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Quarterback Battles to Watch: Tennessee: Redshirt freshman George MacIntyre and true freshman Faizon Brandon Florida: Georgia Tech transfer Aaron Philo and redshirt freshman Tramell Jones Jr. Arkansas: Redshirt sophomore KJ Jackson and redshirt freshman AJ Hill

Texas is on the practice field this afternoon for day one of training camp, meaning football is back in Austin, Texas! For the most part, the majority of Texas' opponents will be beginning practice Wednesday as well. Will keep this thread alive over the week as developments continue from across the 12 campuses on the Texas schedule. *** First practice of fall camp: Texas State ... Wednesday, August 5th Ohio State ... Thursday, August 6th UTSA ... Wednesday, August 5th Tennessee ... Wednesday, August 5th Oklahoma ... Wednesday, August 5th Florida ... Wednesday, August 5th Ole Miss ... Thursday, August 6th Miss State ... Thursday, August 6th Missouri .... Monday, August 3rd LSU ... Wednesday, August 5th Arkansas ... Wednesday, August 5th Texas A&M ... Wednesday, August 5th

I attended…seeing the team in person was really an eye opener on how much size this team has. Can’t wait for the season to start!

I've mentioned in summer workout stories prior that the player of the week wears a gold jersey in workouts the follow week. Mikey Lewis was gold jersey yesterday, his second time of the summer. Was told David Punch will be wearing it next for second time this summer. Austin Goosby has worn it one week this summer as well.

One more note ... new floor at the Moody Center. Was first day being used by mens team. A little slick as it gets broken in.

What is the world coming to? A bunch of Aggys agreeing with Bobby. 😂😂😂 #Batteredaggiesyndrome wins again.

CJ has to sleep on the top bunk at OTF HQ each night during Fall Camp for every hour the mod thread isn't up!

Defund OTF 😂

No mod fall camp thread yet...... disappointed!! 🤣

May everyone stay healthy and hungry out on the practice fields.

Let it consume you.

it’s the Godly season Football and Hunting

Thanks Gerry.

It is indeed.

Practice begins today. Football has arrived. Enjoy the ride! Hook'Em 🤘

I don’t make too much in a structured workout setting in terms of % of makes and misses. Nothing really different for me. Texas should be in that 35.5%’ish range shooting the 3 over course of season. If they get to 36% on season, huge for this team. Isaiah Johnson was 37.8% in year one in CBK, can see similar. Mikey Lewis was in the 37.% area. See similar. Elyjah Freeman was 34.%’ish at Auburn. Can see slight bump to 35.5%’ish in second year of high major ball. Amari Evans will make the decent second year jump. Should be in the 32-33% range. And has to be. Ogden and Sterling can really knock down catch and shoots, but won’t play big minutes year one. Goosby has the ability to be a 34-35% guy as a freshman. Texas will very likely be similar to Arizona last year, however. Not a high volume of 3’s as a team. They will live at FT line, push in fast execution transition offense because they will be an elite rebounding team, play off the wings angles on penetration and take higher percentage 3’s off that in half court. That Arizona team led nation in FT attempts per game among the high-majors, and only made 200 3’s on the season (but at 36.0%). Texas is very similar IMO

For the freshman guards/wings … one of the toughest adjustments is when they have ball in hand and are defended in an iced ball screen scenario. The ball screen iced by college bigs and experienced guards … that’s just so different from anything they have played against. All the drills in the world can’t simulate that. Maybe Isaiah Johnson was best prepared for that as a freshman because he worked in paps gym space against NBA players, but those bigs at a Texas can take your space and then you have to see over high-major arm length and do so without leaving your feet and getting in trouble. And the pass is a difficult one due to distance of pass a lot of times. That’s a hidden adjustment for young guards/wings. Have to learn to fight for your space in a live situation when the game is still moving fast.

BTW, not worried in the least about Isaiah Johnson taking over a team running task full time. He’s just damn good, and knows how to play (as one would expect with Chris J being papa). Complete control of his game. He changes speeds so well. Reads the game very well. When Goosby or Lewis is in team running spot, when Johnson is getting rest, teams will very likely turn up the pressure until Goosby/Lewis shows they can get into half court sets with correct timing. Especially with Goosby being a freshman. That’s one area I would attack early in season from an opponent standpoint. Not saying Goosby/Lewis won’t be fine… but looking for an area to test the Horns - that’s one for me. Goosby has the ability/feel and smarts to play team runner in spurts for sure, but he will be tested by older and physical players - as he should be.

lol it looks funny for sure

I think Sterling is the best pure shooter on the team. He will be a solid role player long term. Offensively he belongs in high-major ball. He has total control of his game, and most importantly knows who he is. Defensively, that’s where he will need time. Texas likes where he can go in time. Not sure how much we see him in meaningful games this season if team is healthy. As far as what was seen during the practice. Was very structured continued install practice. It wasn’t get ball off rim and go, and attack a matchup type practice. They ran offense 95%+ of time. Was a lot of ball screen defense structured teaching. Nothing surprising to me outside of what I had reported on summer workouts. If there was one key takeaway… Marcus Spears Jr. will be even more of an impact player than I thought. Not so much in minutes as the third big, but scoring the ball. He should have a few big games this season, and wouldn’t be surprised if he averaged 11-12 ppg after he gets comfortable in games. He still going to make 17 year old mistakes, but he’s picking things up quickly and competed very well against Punch. His first step is not only quick for his size, but he covers so much ground if he has a downhill angle. Defenders are instantly in a recovery position with a fouling angle. He competes physically. He played off the weak side offensive glass very well yesterday.