Here's a link to a video The Dallas Morning News and its high school sports Web site, HS GameTime, did this week with Irving MacArthur middle linebacker Tariq Allen, who has orally committed to Texas.

Allen (6-2, 231) is No. 13 on Rivals list of the nation's top inside linebackers for the 2009 recruiting class. He says he's trying to graduate early in an attempt to enroll at Texas for spring classes.