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Constant Eyes of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mack Brown has asked for a show of hands.
It's Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5. He is standing in front of his Texas football team on the day after its 34-17 season-opening victory over Rice. Brown and his assistants have just run through game video with the players, offering commentary on all phases of the Longhorns' performance. Positives are sprinkled in among the critiques. Brown has congratulated his team on being 1-0, and called for the players to applaud themselves.
But the clapping was brief, and now it's time for the man in charge of arguably the biggest and most valuable brand in college football to drop some hard, big-picture truth on his players.
"Raise your hand if you played with as much passion and emotion as you ever have in a football game," Brown says, then looks out and counts the hands.
There were six.
"How much do you like being at Texas and like being a football player?" Brown continues. "Some of you like being at Texas more than you've earned the right to be here.
"I was embarrassed for myself. I was embarrassed for some of my coaches, not all. I was embarrassed for some of you players, not all. … It was kind of embarrassing.
"Boy, I'm scared. I'm worried about this team. I'm worried about it.
"We've got some entitlement in this room. Got to get that fixed. Got some selfishness in this room. Got to get that fixed. This isn't Texas football.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=texasfootball
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mack Brown has asked for a show of hands.
It's Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5. He is standing in front of his Texas football team on the day after its 34-17 season-opening victory over Rice. Brown and his assistants have just run through game video with the players, offering commentary on all phases of the Longhorns' performance. Positives are sprinkled in among the critiques. Brown has congratulated his team on being 1-0, and called for the players to applaud themselves.
But the clapping was brief, and now it's time for the man in charge of arguably the biggest and most valuable brand in college football to drop some hard, big-picture truth on his players.
"Raise your hand if you played with as much passion and emotion as you ever have in a football game," Brown says, then looks out and counts the hands.
There were six.
"How much do you like being at Texas and like being a football player?" Brown continues. "Some of you like being at Texas more than you've earned the right to be here.
"I was embarrassed for myself. I was embarrassed for some of my coaches, not all. I was embarrassed for some of you players, not all. … It was kind of embarrassing.
"Boy, I'm scared. I'm worried about this team. I'm worried about it.
"We've got some entitlement in this room. Got to get that fixed. Got some selfishness in this room. Got to get that fixed. This isn't Texas football.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=texasfootball
