Mack says less is more in the backfield
On the same day Mack Brown announced Fozzy Whitaker was back at practice and could see his first action of the season Saturday, he also said he would like to trim down his rotation of running backs and go with the the “hot hand”. Right now that means Tre Newton is the first option. Since Newton is also their 3rd down back in passing situations, that means he’ll spend a lot more time on the field as long as he’s producing. Cody Johnson is their short yardage back with just three carries in the last two games, but 4 rushing touchdowns overall. Vondrell McGee was the starter but has been bothered by an ankle, Whitaker is the explosive, but just can’t stay healthy. Last year he appeared in seven of their 13 games and ran for 306 yards on 64 carries. Then there is D.J. Monroe, the redshirt freshman burner who can take it the distance any time he touches the ball. Monroe is a change of pace guy who will also be featured in the “wild Horn” package when they line John Chiles up at quarterback. What they don’t want Monroe to have to do is pass protect, at about 170 pounds, Browns says Monroe could try to take on linebackers and defensive ends, but might end up in Colt McCoy’s lap. So saturday will prove interesting as the running back situation sorts itself out before a week off.
September 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
The comment is on the NY Jets uniforms. The original name was the NY Titans and that was there team colors and uniform.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Mac Brown ought to scheduel off games with girls basketball teams or high school teams instead of finding the worst teams available to play. He ought to step up and have a better off conferance scheduel I know he wants to run up numbers and make his team look good going in conferance play. But all the big numbers and stats don’t mean anything if they don’t win the big 12.