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There probably are several more days — or even weeks — remaining before North Texas coach Dan McCarney officially names his starting quarterback.
Following the Mean Green’s first full-scale weekend scrimmage of fall practice Saturday, there certainly appears to be a leader in the clubhouse, though.
Andrew McNulty was the first quarterback up during a 122-play workout that was closed to the media at the Darrell R. Dickey Football Practice Facility.
The senior came out of the scrimmage just like he went into it — UNT’s starter.
“Every opportunity Andy Mac is getting right now, he keeps getting better and better,” McCarney said. “He’s going to be hard to beat out. Not impossible, but if he stays healthy and keeps executing like he has this first week he will be hard to beat because he is really sharp.”
UNT entered fall camp with McNulty firmly atop the depth chart, but there was a possibility another player could excel in fall practice and unseat him before the it opens the season Sept. 12 at SMU.
One of the more intriguing possibilities was junior college transfer DaMarcus Smith. The former standout at Butler Community College in Kansas missed spring practice while he worked to become eligible and is trying to make up ground in fall drills.
McCarney said he has been impressed with Smith’s athleticism but said he is way behind UNT’s other quarterbacks. Smith quickly moved up to share the third line on the depth chart with Connor Means, but he still has a long way to go with the clock ticking down before UNT’s opener.
“We are not just going to throw him in there,” McCarney said. “He has only been here a week. We are not elevating anybody based on hopes or dreams or wishing or hoping or wanting. It’s going to be based on performance each day and consistency in fairness to the guys who have been here. He’s getting a lot of work. He would tell you that.”
Smith wasn’t made available to the media following practice.
UNT’s coaches have told their quarterbacks, including Smith, to go and make plays with the teammates around them, whether they are preseason all-conference players like Carlos Harris or walk-ons trying to make an impression.
Veteran wide receiver Darvin Kidsy has been impressed with the performances of all of UNT’s quarterbacks but has little doubt who is at the top of the heap at the moment.
“McNulty is the best right now,” Kidsy said. “He pretty much knows the offense.”
A full offseason as UNT’s starter has helped McNulty in that regard, especially in a year the Mean Green are adjusting their approach. UNT offensive coordinator Mike Canales is emphasizing playing at a quick tempo and spreading the field.
“I am out there learning every day,” McNulty said. “There are things I take from each practice to get better at and am meshing with the offense. I try to have less and less mistakes each day, put our team in the best position to win, make the right read and get the ball to our playmakers.”
UNT came out of its first scrimmage of the fall believing it will have more playmakers around its quarterback, whoever it ends up being.
Late-arriving junior college transfer Thaddeous Thompson has emerged as a potential difference-maker at wide receiver in the short time he has been on campus. McCarney continued to praise UNT’s running backs after the first scrimmage of the fall, saying it’s the deepest overall group he has had in his time with the Mean Green.
McNulty believes UNT’s offense will be a lot better this season after being held to 21 points or fewer in seven games last season as a result of that depth.
“We have a lot of guys with experience and know what we are trying to get out of our offense with spreading the field,” McNulty said. “We are attacking where a defense is weak and have a lot of guys who not only have great talent, but also have a great understanding of what we are trying to get done.”
McNulty has a firm grasp on what UNT is trying to accomplish, as well, and is benefiting from that knowledge.
“McNulty has continued to have a really good camp,” McCarney said. “He’s just sharp and is taking care of the football, making plays, reading the defense and is getting us in good plays. Our quarterback position is clearly ahead of last year at this time.”
[h=4]Briefly ...[/h]McCarney said defensive end Jareid Combs, a late-arriving junior college transfer, will help the Mean Green this season. ... Defensive linemen Sir Calvin Wallace and Sid Moore and offensive lineman Jordan Murray all missed the scrimmage with minor injuries but are expected back at practice Monday. ... UNT and NFL legend “Mean” Joe Greene attended the Mean Green’s scrimmage.

 

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TCU coach Gary Patterson said Monday that senior walkon Bram Kohlhausen and redshirt freshman Foster Sawyer have set themselves apart as the favorites to be the backup quarterback.
The odd man out is redshirt freshman Grayson Muehlstein, but not by any mistake of his own.
“I think the two that are fighting for it are Bram and Foster,” Patterson said. “That doesn’t mean Grayson hasn’t done it, that just means at some point in time you have to get to three.”
Kohlhausen played in four games last season, completing 7 of 9 passes for 43 yards.
Sawyer, from Fort Worth All Saints, threw for 3,175 yards, 48 touchdowns and won a second straight SPC championship his senior year. The 6-foot-5, 228-pounder was rated the No. 2 quarterback in Texas and No. 13 nationally by Scout.com.
Muehlstein, 6-4 and 210 pounds, has a similar resume.
The redshirt freshman from Decatur was ranked No. 4 in the state and No. 31 nationally by Scout.com. He is more of a dual-threat option than Kohlhausen and Sawyer.
“Even Grayson’s done some good things,” Patterson said.
It makes the conversation of next season even more interesting when Kenny Hill, the Texas A&M transfer from Southlake Carroll, will be eligible to play.
So far, Hill has been everything TCU has wanted, serving in the role of scout team quarterback.
“Kenny, he had A’s and B’s in summer school,” Patterson said. “No problem. Worked his tail off. His body is totally different from when he got here. He’s been unbelievable.”
[h=3]Running back depth[/h]When Patterson took a moment to think back on some of the deepest running back corps he’s taken into a season, this 2015 edition is among the best, he said.
While senior Aaron Green should be the bell cow of the group, rushing for 922 yards and 9 touchdowns last season, all four members of a committee that includes Kyle Hicks, Trevorris Johnson and Shaun Nixon enter the season as No. 1’s on the depth chart, Patterson said.
It harkened back to some of TCU’s best and most surprising rushing performances, such as Robert Merrill’s 1,107-yard season as a redshirt freshman, when he began the season as the third-string running back.
The only group that might best this season’s foursome is TCU’s 1998 edition.
“Only probably LT [LaDainian Tomlinson] and Basil Mitchell,” Patterson said. “That was a pretty good 1-2 punch and then George Layne was a fullback and he played in the NFL. That was some pretty good dudes.”
[h=3]Defense makes strides[/h]Patterson still wasn’t impressed with his defense Monday, but it is a vastly improved unit from when practice began, he said.
In TCU’s last scrimmage Friday, the unit performed up to expectations in pass defense, but had some issues lining up before the snap.
It’s a whirlwind of information for these young players as the mornings are spent working on game plans for Minnesota and Texas Tech and the afternoons are for improving the unit internally, Patterson said.
The key is making assignments reactionary.
It all begins with the linebackers, a talented but inexperienced group that has three true freshmen, a redshirt freshman and a junior competing for playing time.
“Marcus Mallet was a 5-flat but played like a 4.5,” Patterson said. “Now I’ve got to get the 4.5’s to stop playing like a 5-flat.”

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A week old.....

TCU coach Gary Patterson continues to look at more players, including younger players, as the defense works through injuries in the first two weeks of fall camp practices.

Defensive end Mike Tuaua was in a walking boot, and defensive tackle Davion Pierson sat out practice Thursday, Patterson said. Cornerback Torrance Mosley has not been full speed while he recovers from a groin injury.

Patterson said last week “two or three” cornerbacks are hurt.
Patterson did not identify Pierson’s injury except to say it was something he tweaked in the spring from which he isn’t fully recovered.

“Everything we’ve done, another guy has stepped in,” Patterson said. “If you’re going to win a conference title, want to win your first ballgame, you’ve got to win with your 2s and 3s sometimes.”
Patterson has said since TCU joined the Big 12 that he would have to acquire Big 12-quality depth. He meant it for days like this.

“Yeah, but we’d like it to be a little older,” he said. “When you’re putting in a freshman for a freshman, it’s not necessarily.”
The offense also has its share of injuries. Receiver Deante’ Gray continues to recover from knee surgery, and receiver Josh Doctson — who had a broken hand in the spring — has not been full speed, although Patterson has not said why.
“A little banged-up,” Patterson said.
[h=3]Back-and-forth Orr[/h]Sophomore safety Nick Orr has played cornerback and free safety on alternating days, Patterson said.
“He had a pick today,” Patterson said.
Orr, from DeSoto, played in all 13 games last season, recording three tackles and an interception. Patterson said last season Orr’s speed is one reason he was getting a look at safety.
Patterson said the secondary recorded four interceptions against the first-team offense.

“We played better,” he said. “We’re not a big group, so you’ve got to be able to play big receivers. We’ve been working on that. You’ve got to be able to run with people in this league.”

[h=3]Emerging rusher[/h]Freshman Tipa Galea’i is playing his way into a shot at defensive end this year, Patterson said.

“He’s got a chance probably in the three-deep and not redshirting because he’s got a great pass rush,” he said.
But then cautioned: “Now, he hasn’t played in the stadium. But right now, we’re preparing everybody. You’re one play away from the next guy’s got to go.”
Galea’i, at 6-foot-5, 210 pounds, had eight sacks and 15 tackles for loss last season at Euless Trinity.
[h=3]Boykin praise[/h]Trevone Boykin is “brimming with confidence,” ESPN analyst Rece Davis said after he and fellow analysts Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway visited the TCU quarterback Thursday.

“He is a really sharp and engaging guy,” Davis said. “You can just see the confidence brimming from him, not only on the practice field, but also in the video room. He was very sure of himself, sure of what he was looking at, very much in command when he was explaining what TCU’s offense was trying to do and what he saw on the defensive end.”

A film session with Boykin, Kanell and Galloway was part of ESPN’s SportsCenter coverage Thursday.
“Sort of offhandedly, he said, ‘I know this offense so well, I could talk about it all day,’” Davis said of Boykin following the meeting. “That’s something you like to hear from your quarterback. Not only that he understands it and knows it, but that he just sort of revels in being able to talk about it and dissect it.”

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First-year coach Chad Morris is busy changing the culture of an SMU program that suffered through a 1-11 season in 2014. Until the wins come, chutzpah might have to do.
Morris made clear it’s time to move on from last season and the June Jones Era during the Mustangs’ kickoff luncheon Tuesday at the Hilton Anatole.
“It doesn’t matter who we play, where we play or what time we play,” he said. “Just tell us when. … If you want to play the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 4, we don’t flinch. Whatever it is, don’t flinch.”
Moreover: “When we step out on the field, you’re going to have to kill us to beat us.”
Morris also made a couple of references to how different his approach is to what the players are used to. The former staff brought a laid-back vibe with them from Hawaii and believed in repetitions in practice more than physical contact.
“Football is a tough sport played by tough people,” Morris said. “A lot of these guys are understanding that right now. We’ve hit more in the last week than they’ve hit in five years. Big deal. It’s football — that’s just part of it.
“You have to learn to play the game, learn how to tackle. How do you learn how to tackle? You got to tackle in practice.”
Morris also referenced how an employee of the program who worked for both staffs described the new dynamic in the football office.
“Well it’s like sitting on island time with my feet in the sand and laid-back,” Morris recounted the staffer saying. “And within a day, my whole world changed, and all of a sudden I’m in downtown Manhattan with cars flying all around us.”
Jones led SMU to a school-record four straight bowls before consecutive losing seasons. He resigned after the second game last season.
Morris has been installing his #PonyUpTempo mind-set since December.
The Mustangs face a challenging start that no program in the Football Bowl Subdivision envies. They play Baylor and TCU, two top-five teams nationally, in the first three weeks.
Morris noted a friendship with Baylor coach Art Briles, as both are former coaches at Stephenville High, and gave credit for what Briles has built at Baylor. Then he pleased the assembled SMU fans:
“But I’ve also been to Waco, Texas,” Morris said. “If you can win in Waco, Texas, I know you can win in Dallas, Texas.”
[h=4]Earning the pony[/h]Morris said that when he arrived in University Park, he had the Pony sticker and stripes ripped off players’ helmets. They are earning them back by standing up in front of the team or position groups and reciting SMU’s new culture.
That’s defined, as compiled by the team, as: accountability, work ethic with great energy, mental and physical toughness, family, integrity, confidence, belief and faith that the process is going to work.
[h=4]Notable[/h]-- Morris said SMU hopes to solidify its two-deep after another scrimmage this Saturday. It is 10:15 a.m. at Ford Stadium and open to the public.
-- Morris praised the improvement and unity of the offensive line, which was heavily criticized a season ago.

 

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BY CARLOS MENDEZ
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The linebacker spots remain wide open for TCU, but progress is being made there and at other positions, coach Gary Patterson said Wednesday.
Freshman Mike Freeze and junior Sammy Douglas are getting first-team snaps, but Patterson is still looking at Montrel Wilson, Ty Summers and Alec Dunham. Wilson was back at practice after missing one week with an undisclosed injury.
“Really, it’s a wide-open deal,” Patterson said. “There’s four or five guys. Every day’s been a new experience as far as somebody having a better day.”
Two weeks remain for the Horned Frogs to sort it out, although it would not be surprising to see more than two linebackers play when the season begins Sept. 3 at Minnesota.
“That’s normal for us — eight defensive linemen, always three or four linebackers,” Patterson said.
It remains a learning atmosphere for the linebackers, who are receiving information about both Minnesota and Texas Tech, the Frogs’ opponent in the conference opener.
“Depends on the day if they’ve made some progress,” Patterson said. “Biggest thing is linebackers have to make plays on their own. Offenses now put you in space; you’ve got to go make plays. Our whole thing is you’ve got to go make plays.”
[h=3]Defensive chemistry[/h]Patterson said the defense had a strong scrimmage Monday, with multiple interceptions and good performances in several areas.
“Defense won about the whole day — red zone, goal line,” Patterson said. “Not a good day for the offense. Defensively, we played really well, or they didn’t. We picked them three or four times.”
Patterson said he’s still trying to find a second or third cornerback, with Torrance Mosley still slowed by injury, but that the safeties have been playing well.
“We’ve really done a pretty good job of covering them,” he said.
Patterson said Nick Orr continues to play some corner and safety, and that freshman Julius Lewis has been playing with the second unit since recovering from an injured ankle earlier in camp.
“The biggest thing is just a little bit more chemistry, playing better,” he said. “We’re starting to get our legs back a little bit, and that’s how we’re going to be able to play defense. We’re going to be fast; we got to be able to run.”
[h=3]Gray, Doctson ‘closer’[/h]Patterson said receivers Deante’ Gray and Josh Doctson are “starting to get closer” as they recover from injuries.
Gray had knee surgery in the spring and had not practiced as of last week. Doctson, who had a broken hand in the spring, was being limited at practice last week.

“We’re working with all those kind of things,” Patterson said. “Got to get all your weapons back.”




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[jimmymo]

Small part of today's column from UW beat writer.....at the end of the day, the fact that true frosh Browning in the mix (if not leading the race) to start at QB is an indictment of our returning QBs Lindquist and carter-samuels.....

Another fact.....today's 1st string Oline have 12 career starts for UW......71 frosh/sophomores on the roster...

In a stark statement about the youth movement taking shape in Petersen’s second season at Washington, it remains a real possibility that the Huskies could play both a true freshman at quarterback and a true freshman on the offensive line this season. Whether QB Jake Browning and/or left tackleTrey Adams wind up starting the Sept. 4 season opener at Boise State remains to be seen; they have, however, done enough to warrant consideration for such roles after two weeks of fall camp.

 

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Small part of today's column from UW beat writer.....at the end of the day, the fact that true frosh Browning in the mix (if not leading the race) to start at QB is an indictment of our returning QBs Lindquist and carter-samuels.....

Another fact.....today's 1st string Oline have 12 career starts for UW......71 frosh/sophomores on the roster...

In a stark statement about the youth movement taking shape in Petersen’s second season at Washington, it remains a real possibility that the Huskies could play both a true freshman at quarterback and a true freshman on the offensive line this season. Whether QB Jake Browning and/or left tackleTrey Adams wind up starting the Sept. 4 season opener at Boise State remains to be seen; they have, however, done enough to warrant consideration for such roles after two weeks of fall camp.

That may not be the best news for the team in Wk 1, but I would consider that good news for the direction of the program. Peterson was rarely afraid to start youngins at Boise, simply because he always got guys that he knew would work for him.

 

[jimmymo]

That may not be the best news for the team in Wk 1, but I would consider that good news for the direction of the program. .

Agree...I think they will really, really struggle early on offense (the D will be OK), but they will get better and it is even possible that the line over-adjusts (especially if they happen to lose to USU at home, although the catch them in a great spot) and they have some kind of value once they hit the @USC/Oregon/@Stanford stretch in Oct and are huge dogs....as a fan, I have faith that things are going to get better with Pete...

Been great to follow the Lockie/Adams battle now that Adams in camp....players seem to be quite impressed with Adams...Helfrecht playing it cool right now, but they gotta go to MSU early and you have to be committed at that point to one I would think....

 

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UNT made coaches and players available after practice today. Here are a few items of note:
– Dan McCarney acknowledged that he is handling the situation surrounding Antoinne Jimmerson’s arrest on a minor pedestrian violation this week. The matter will be handled internally. McCarney was upset not only that Jimmerson was arrested, but also because he was out after curfew.
– UNT is making a concerted effort to get back to the point where it is forcing turnovers at the rate it did in 2013. The Mean Green forced 39 turnovers in its bowl season, but had just 22 last season. I will get into that more in the paper tomorrow.
– Andrew McNulty continues to play well in practice and is at the top of the depth chart. McCarney made sure to point out that Josh Greer is also playing well and that he is running with the second team. We haven’t mentioned Greer much since he was yanked from the starting lineup early last season. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least at this point if Greer opens the season second on UNT’s depth chart.
– McCarney mentioned that freshmen cornerbacks Ashton Preston and Nate Brooks, two of UNT’s top recruits in the 2015 class, are playing well in practice and could see time this year.



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Overs?

Anyone who has ever had that feeling of being in the right place at the right time knows what Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie felt a year ago.
“We got really lucky,” Meacham said.
He and Cumbie had just been put in charge of the TCU offense as co-coordinators, allowed to reshape it for the Air Raid offense. They just didn’t know if they had the parts.
But they did.
“We fell into a really unique situation, talent-level wise,” Meacham said. “We had some pieces of this puzzle that were perfect.”
The assembled picture, with receiver-turned-quarterback Trevone Boykin in the middle of the frame, wound up displaying the best offense in TCU history. Now, in 2015, offense may be what the No. 2-ranked Horned Frogs lean on as they begin a quest for a spot in the College Football Playoff, and with it, a chance at the national championship.
“I think we’ll be where we have to win early on offense,” coach Gary Patterson said. “The defense has the potential, the longer the season goes, the better we’ll keep getting.”
The schedule allows for that; the biggest games of the season for TCU could be the last two, at Oklahoma and home against Baylor, when the defense may be needed most.
Until then, it’s on the offense.
Those pieces that fit perfectly a year ago will have to slide into place again. At least Meacham and Cumbie remember how they fit.
“We were a blank canvas last year,” Cumbie said. “We didn’t know what any of these guys were going to do. You had nothing to pull from the year before. We kind of got going well, so now you have something to draw from — you have a starting point.”
That’s probably Boykin. The senior threw for a school-record 33 touchdown passes a year ago and ran for eight.
He is back as a more experienced, confident player and has at his disposal almost every player he threw to or handed off to in 2014.
Josh Doctson and Kolby Listenbee combined for 1,771 yards and 15 touchdowns as the top receiving tandem in the Big 12. Aaron Green had nearly 1,000 yards rushing despite not starting until the final five games.
“We left some points on the board last year,” Doctson said. “We always have room for improvement. I know there were times when I could have blocked better, maybe run the route faster. But we’re definitely starting at a point where we already know the offense. We’re not coming in learning the offense like we were last year.”
Who knows what that could mean for down-the-roster players like Ty Slanina, Deante’ Gray and Emanuel Porter. They are part of a receiving corps that goes eight-deep for the Horned Frogs. The running backs, with Kyle Hicks, Shaun Nixon and Travorris Johnson, are four-deep.
Pass-catchers and ball carriers, the Horned Frogs have.
“Before I got here, you might have thought, ‘It’s going to be 15 tight ends and five fullbacks,” Meacham said with a smile. “There was some of that. But there were really pieces to the puzzle as to how we would have recruited. I thought it’d be a little more of a process in terms of getting personnel. But it wasn’t. I was pleasantly surprised.”
Linebackers and cornerbacks and safeties, the Horned Frogs need.
“We’ve got a long way to go,” Patterson said. “We’ll lose at least four or five ballgames if the defense doesn’t keep coming. We’ve made a lot of progress; we’ve just got a long way to go.”
The Horned Frogs, missing six starters from a year ago, are likely to start a freshman, Mike Freeze, at linebacker and play two or three others in the season opener at Minnesota.
As fall camp went along, Patterson grew more encouraged about the secondary, particularly the work of the safeties. But injuries slowed the progress of the cornerbacks, and the defensive line — experienced as it is — was largely unimpressive to Patterson.
Which is not surprising. Patterson sets a high bar for his defenses at TCU. This season, with what could be at stake, he has more reason to.
“If everyone thinks we’re coaching them like we think we’re third or second in the nation, it’s not happening,” Patterson said. “Right now, we’re 70th. If we don’t play better on one side of the ball, that’s what we’ll be.”
Patterson knows Meacham and Cumbie have their pieces in place on offense. He wants his side ready to do its part — sooner rather than later.
“Biggest thing is just a little bit more chemistry,” he said. “We’re starting to get our legs back a little bit. And that’s how we’re going to be able to play defense. We’re going to be fast. Got to be able to run.”
And got to be able to score. As the national championship quest begins, the offense holds the pieces for that.

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[jimmymo]

Just a cool story about CP doing little things to change the culture at the UW.....

http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210294836&DB_OEM_ID=30200

 

[JML4481]

Going to alter that somewhat and use that for our ball team come spring time! Thanks!

 

[jimmymo]

Locals "in the know" are saying the CP will go with Jake Browning as the starter against Boise State.....tough spot for a true freshman to get his first start.....

 

[RetroVK]

Boise moved to -11.5 on the news.

 

[jimmymo]

Not a huge surprise, but Vernon Adams named starter for Oregon

 

[RetroVK]

Which is worse .. their uniforms or his haircut?

 

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Less than two weeks before the season opener, junior punt returner Cameron Echols-Luper announced on Twitter he is leaving TCU.
“I’ve decided to close this chapter in my life and move on and begin a new chapter, a fresh start!” he said in a message posted on his Twitter account.
TCU coach Gary Patterson said the move is to Arkansas State to play quarterback.
,,,,,,,,,,,The depth chart lists the backup punt returners as safety Derrick Kindred, receiver Deante’ Gray and cornerback Ranthony Texada. Gray is the only player in that group who returned a punt last season, and he is still recovering from knee surgery.

 

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TCU will also be minus two starters with injuries although Patterson declined to identify the players. The decision continued the coaching back-and-forth with Minnesota’s Jerry Kill, a close friend.
TCU didn’t issue a depth a chart, with Patterson saying that Kill had enough information about the Horned Frogs. Kill had made a similar statement last week.