SB Nation User Blog: Cyrus

Fisher embarrasses Vince Young!

Cyrus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:55:15 -0000

Fisher was giving a speech to NFL rookies, and after warning them about off the field issues, he makes an example out of Vince.

One of Fisher's prime examples of unwanted embarrassment involved his most famous player — quarterback Vince Young. He never mentioned Young by name. He simply showed slides that appeared on two giant screens flanking the stage. The first showed Young posing with fellow participants in a panel discussion during last year's rookie symposium.

"You recognize the second guy from the left?" Fisher said. "He was here last year, and you know what he talked about? He talked about off-the-field (behavior) ... how you guys have got to be really careful because ... one little cell phone camera that sends out (photos or video from) here and it ends up here. And guess what? You're embarrassed."

WOW! Note that this was in front of ALL rookies, not just Titans rookies. What the hell was he thinking doing that? What does embarrassing his own QB in front of whole NFL achieves?

Here is a link to the article: titansonline

What you all think?

Commit #19: Derek Johnson

Cyrus — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:28:46 -0000

Defensive Tackle Derek Johnson from Arkansas became Texas 19th commitment. There were talk all along that we need at least 2 defensive tackles in this class, with the uncertainties around Jamarcus McFarland, the staff offered Derek Johnson and apparently he committed on the spot. I think he is originally from El Paso.

Obviously, he is no Jamarcus McFarland, but he seems to be solid. He is #7 on the Arkansas top 21: http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=812287

Here is the blurp that Rival's Arkansas mods wrote about him (apparently a while ago):

Johnson is a big, athletic defensive linemen who could move up this list with futher evaluation. He is also a good bet to receive an official scholarship offer from the Razorbacks following summer camps. Mississippi State was the first school to extend an offer, but they will not be the last. At 6-foot-3, 285 pounds, he has good size and athletic ability. He is also strong in the weight room with a 315-pound bench press max. Johnson registered 98 tackles and forced five fumbles last season for Hoxie. The fact that he plans to major in business could be a bonus for Arkansas since the UA has a nationally ranked business school in the Walton College.

Razorbacks did end up offering.

PS. This is free info from Rivals, btw.

We are not hosting a baseball regional

Cyrus — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:29:31 -0000

So, this is a first time in a while that we are not hosting a baseball tournament regional.

Here are the regional hosts:

Arizona State (45-11), Tempe, Ariz.;

Cal State Fullerton (37-18 through Saturday, May 24),Fullerton, Calif.;

Coastal Carolina (47-12),Conway, S.C.;

Florida St. (48-10), Tallahassee, Fla.;

Georgia (35-21-1), Athens, Ga.;

Long Beach State (36-19), Long Beach, Calif.;

LSU (43-16-1), Baton Rouge, La.;

Miami (Fla.) (47-8); Coral Gables, Fla..;

Michigan (45-12), Ann Arbor, Mich.;

Nebraska (40-14-1), Lincoln, Neb.;

North Carolina (46-12), Chapel Hill, N.C.;

North Carolina State (38-20), Raleigh, N.C.;

Oklahoma State (42-16), Stillwater, Okla.;

Rice (42-13), Houston;

Stanford (33-20-2), Stanford, Calif.;

Texas A&M (43-16) College Station, Texas.

Tomorrow it will be announced that which regional each team will play in.

Where do you guys want us to play? Houston vs Rice?! That's a tough draw if you ask me! Far away from home?

Vince Young going naked with guys!

Cyrus — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:28:09 -0000

Vince Young going naked with guys!

hehe, most of you guys have probably seen this already. But if you haven't, check Vince Young drinking half-naked with some other longhorns. Is it Texas locker room!?

Commit #18: Calvin Howell

Cyrus — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:21:08 -0000

Commit #18: Calvin Howell

6-4 DT out of San Antonio Warren. He had offers from likes of LSU, OU, Tenn, and Arky....

Ryan Perrilloux hires agent

Cyrus — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:19:49 -0000

Ryan Perrilloux hires agent

Women Basketball

Cyrus — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:44:47 -0000

Texas beats Minnesota 72 to 55. Lady horns jumped to an early 15 - 5 lead and that was the end of it. Brittainey Raven had a great game with 19 points and 3 steals. Texas will play overall #1 Connecticut Tuesday 8PM CST. Very tough draw.

All 8 Big 12 teams won their first game. 1/4 of second round teams are from Big 12!

scout 300

Cyrus — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:34:45 -0000

The new scout 300 list is out. Here is the list

Longhorn commits on the list (11/16):

Garrett Gilbert

Marcus Davis

Alex Okafor

Chris Whaley

Tariq Allen

Thomas Ashcraft

Greg Timmons

Paden Kelley

Kenny Vaccaro

Garrett Porter

Dominique Jones

Jermichael Finley

Cyrus — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:17:17 -0000

Jermichael Finley talking about why he left Texas: (From DMN)

Finley just finished up describing why he left Texas. It all started with the Oklahoma game, a big one for him. His four catches and 149 yards affirmed what he thought all along, and led him down the path of no collegiate return.
"That game showed that I needed the ball more," Finley said. "Texas couldn't do it, so I'm coming to the next level. And hopefully at the next level I'll get the ball more. Hopefully I get an offensive coordinator that'll get me the ball, some kind of way. It was against a great defense, a top-five defense, and I showed what I could do."

My question to you Mr. Finley, did you forget the A&M game already? You had one good half kid! It's not like the ball was thrown at you just one half. I may be over reacting, but I'm happy that he left. This is the type of player I don't like.

Women Basketball

Cyrus — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:55:21 -0000

We lost at Colorado yesterday, and now we are 16-9 and 4-7 in conference. Big 12 south is pretty tough though. What is our status now, how many wins do we need in order to get to the tourny? Is 7-9 in conference going to be enough?

ESPN bracketology has us as a #9 seed, but that's before the win against Baylor and the loss to Colorado.