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Texas fans will get the opportunity to see this in person on April 23.
Texas is about halfway through spring ball and several highlights have surfaced via social media over the last two weeks. Continue reading “Highlights from Texas’ first scrimmage of spring ball”
On Saturday afternoon inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Alabama football team completed its first of three scrimmages of the 2022 spring festivities. After the scrimmage was wrapped up, head coach Nick Saban took to the podium to answer some …
On Saturday afternoon inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Alabama football team completed its first of three scrimmages of the 2022 spring festivities. After the scrimmage was wrapped up, head coach Nick Saban took to the podium to answer some questions from members of the media.
Here are a few of the thoughts from the seven-time national championship head coach.
First…thoughts on the wideouts…
Texas released a highlight video from their second scrimmage. The annual Orange-White game will be held on April 24.
Texas football is nearing the conclusion of spring practices. Continue reading “WATCH: Texas releases highlight reel of second scrimmage ahead of the Orange-White game”
Though he is still working in a backup role, freshman quarterback Ty Thompson received a rave review from coach Mario Cristobal.
There were a lot of things that we can take away from our first live glimpse at the Oregon Ducks at Saturday’s spring scrimmage, but one thing that everyone had an eye turned towards was the competition at the quarterback spot.
It remained senior Anthony Brown who took the first-team reps, and he certainly looked polished and capable throughout the day. However, that was expected. What fans really wanted to see what their first look at freshman QB Ty Thompson, the program’s first five-star recruit at the position.
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The 6-foot-4, 215-pound future phenom did some impressive things on the day, but his youth was still present. After all was said and done, though, head coach Mario Cristobal had some encouraging words.
“Ty is about as talented as a freshman you’ll see,” Cristobal said, via The Athletic‘s Tyson Alger.
A program that has seen its fair share of talented freshman over the past several years — both Noah Sewell and Justin Flowe last year, plus Kayvon Thibodeaux a couple of years back — that is some high praise coming from Cristobal. It appears that Brown is still the heavy favorite to get the start once fall camp begins, but the things we’ve seen from Thompson so far have been encouraging.
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For the first time in the Steve Sarkisian era, spring football is underway. Texas posted a video of various highlights from the scrimmage.
For the first time in the Steve Sarkisian era, spring football is underway. A slight pause occurred due to COVID-19 but Texas was able to have its first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday.
According to Sarkisian, it was a 100 play, full-contact (minus the quarterback) scrimmage. Thankfully there were no injuries, something the head coach said was a “positive”.
Roschon Johnson, Ray Thornton, and Jordan Whittington were the three names largely highlighted by Sarkisian. Early enrollees Juan Davis and Gunnar Helm also drew praise from the tight end position.
You can see everything Sarkisian said to the media after the scrimmage here.
The official Texas Football Twitter account posted a minute-long video of various highlights from the scrimmage. A few thoughts based on the video titled “Scrimmage 1: Another Step”.
Scrimmage 1: Another Step 🤘 pic.twitter.com/i7ZxMIbmxl
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) April 12, 2021
The annual Orange and White game is just under two weeks away on April 24. It will give us a better idea of where the Longhorns stand, especially in the quarterback competition between Hudson Card and Casey Thompson.
Spring ball may run after the spring game as well due to lost practices from the COVID-19 pause. Instillations of both Sarkisian and Pete Kwiatkowski’s schemes will continue until the summer break.
