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With Big 12 play getting underway this Saturday [tag]Ryan Palmer[/tag] and the entire secondary are about to really be tested. Watch the video below (courtesy of the AAS) to see Ryan dish out a few cliches, discuss facing the top teams in the conference, [tag]Colorado[/tag], and the young defensive backs in general.

Texas blew out [tag]Arkansas[/tag] 52-10 Saturday thanks to big plays, near perfection from [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag], and an impressive defensive showing. It was great to see the Texas defensive front seven really get after the quarterback, something that will need to continue in conference play in order to protect the young secondary.

Watch highlights from the game below:

Somehow the video quality from these highlights almost looks better than the live game did in standard definition on ABC yesterday. Hopefully the Horns have played their last SD game of the season now that they’re playing real opponents.

Billion dollar bailouts and fighting in Washington, DC got you down? Retirement savings so low you’ll have to work until you’re 80? Don’t worry, [tag]Chance Mock[/tag] has a plan for you. “The Mock Plan” from Triton Financial will somehow in some unclear way help you thrive in uncertain times. Watch below:

I’m not sure what, if anything, he’s selling. For all I know “The Mock Plan” involves stuffing money under the mattress or making it rain with Pacman Jones. I do however love watching that last minute TD pass from Chance to [tag]Roy Williams[/tag] against Tech… so where do I send my check? (via)

There’s no embeddable highlights from FSN (watch that here) but I did find two good clips on YouTube from yesterday evening’s game against [tag]Rice[/tag]. I’m not sure what it would take to get TV networks to figure out this whole Internet thing and make high quality video available after the games are over but some bootleg highlights will have to do for now.

Watch Colt McCoy’s bulldozing first quarter touchdown run:

Watch the full five minute video of Texas’ 11 play goalline stand:

Texas made a huge splash in national basketball recruiting by gaining the commitment of top-10 ranked 2009 guard [tag]Avery Bradley[/tag]. Bradley chose Texas over UCLA, creating one of the biggest “gets” in the [tag]Rick Barnes[/tag] era. While Bradley lived in Dallas for a stint, the fact Barnes and the Longhorns could get a Californian kid out of the Pac-10 is huge for this program. New assistant, and ex-player [tag]Chris Ogden[/tag] did the recruiting of Bradley who has moved up national lists with his strong performances in tournaments throughout this summer.

Bradley is 6’2″, but his long arms and tremendous athleticism makes him the premier perimeter defender in high school basketball. His size and defense will make him an instant impact player when he gets on campus. He’s not a polished outside shooter however his midrange game gives him the potential to be an elite scorer at shooting guard.

Rivals.com expert Jerry Meyer gives the following scouting report on Bradley:

“There might not be a better midrange scorer in the class nor a better on the ball defender than Bradley. He does have room for improvement as a rebounder and passer, but his niche as a scorer and defender make him one of the top shooting guards in the country. His wing span and heart allow him to play bigger than his height.”

Bradley is the second commit in the 2009 class, joining four-star small forward [tag]Shawn Williams[/tag] out of Duncanville who committed back in early August. Add the commitment of arguably the top player in the 2010 class in [tag]Tristan Thompson[/tag] and Longhorn hoops has a great future.

The fact that Bradley will play for the Horns may not even the best part of the deal, Bradley’s good friend, and top 5 player in the 2009 class [tag]Jordan Hamilton[/tag] was already a Texas lead and the two have expressed desire to play at the same school. With Bradley, Hamilton, Williams, and Thompson on the same team, Texas should become a fixture at the top of college basketball.

Check out a video clip of Bradley below:

I know this doesn’t really have anything to do with Texas Longhorns sports, but this video reminded me of some of the embarrassing college raps songs we have shown in the past (Don’t Worry, Aggies Can Also Rap and Ohio State Rapper Reps His Countaaaay).

Two Georgia Tech players Josh Nesbitt and Jonathan Dwyer fans decided that their new option is so good that they felt the need to make a rap video. And they somehow talked some players into making cameos in the video.

It’s hard not to laugh pretty hard when watching this video, and yet I think some of their fans actually like it. I doubt the “perfect option” will prevent them from getting destroyed this weekend by Virginia Tech.

Check out the ridiculousness below. Thanks ESPN.

It isn’t the standard high brow content you’d expect from Bevo Sports, but a guy getting hit in the groin with a football will never stop being funny. [tag]UTEP[/tag] was having major issues getting the ball back to the punter so they were working out new guys on the sideline. Apparently one of them was very accurate, because he absolutely nailed his target. Watch and enjoy:

Mack Brown’s Monday press conference video is now up for your viewing. Talks about some of the key players from the [tag]UTEP[/tag] game, who they want to get on the field more, and what the team has to continue to improve on before the [tag]Arkansas[/tag] game. Watch it below:

The Austin American-Statesman has posted the full 30 minute video of the [tag]Florida Atlantic[/tag] postgame press conference up and it’s embedded below. The Texas coaches field most of the questions but [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag] and [tag]Brian Orakpo[/tag] also have a few things to say. Watch it:

(Kudos to the paper for providing high quality video and to UT for actually allowing them to post it.)

Rick Barnes is blazing the 2009 recruiting trail and is a player or the possible leader for several top national recruits. Two players rumored to be leaning to playing for the Horns are small forward [tag]Jordan Hamilton[/tag] and guard [tag]Avery Bradley[/tag].

Both players are incredible five-star prospects and they showed everybody why against FMP-Serbia this weekend. The 6-foot-7 Hamilton uses his quickhands to poke the ball use and then after leading the break dishes back to the 6-foot-3 Bradley for the facial on the Serbian player. Check out the video below:

Both guys look incredible and are reportedly Texas’ to lose. If Barnes can pull them both in they’ll team with recent commit [tag]Shawn Williams[/tag] to possibly make a deep tourney run in 2009-2010. I’m excited already.

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