11/6/01

Tuesday's practice report

Mack Brown's post-practice comments (01.36 .mp3)

THE PRACTICE REPORT: No. 5 Texas (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) began its preparations for this weekend's game against Kansas (2-6, 1-5 Big 12) with a two-hour practice on Tuesday afternoon at Frank Denius Fields. The Longhorns opened the workout with 15 minutes of special teams work, followed by 30 minutes of individual drills. The team also worked on one-on-one drills, scrimmage situations and began to implement the offensive and defensive game plans against the scout teams.

INJURY UPDATE: Senior offensive guard Antwan Kirk-Hughes, who has missed the past two games with a sprained ankle, returned to practice this afternoon. Meanwhile, sophomore guard Tillman Holloway (stinger) will miss this weekend's game against Kansas and be re-evaluated next week.

HOME SWEET HOME: UT enters Saturday's game against Kansas on a 12-game home winning streak, its longest since a school-record 42-gamer from 1968-76 (No. 6 in NCAA history). It is tied for the fifth-longest home winning streak in school history and the Horns have put up at least 40 points in the last 11 home games. UT, which will be aiming for its third undefeated home slate in the last four years on Saturday, is 20-2 under the direction of head coach Mack Brown at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

"FAN"-TASTIC: Saturday's game, which has been sold out for nearly a month, will mark the 10 consecutive sellout at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. In fact, UT has played in front of sellout crowds at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in 18 of the 20 home contests.

LOOKING AHEAD: The Longhorns will continue their gameweek preparations for the Kansas game with practices on Wednesday and Thursday. Tomorrow's workout will be at Denius Fields, while Thursday's session will take place inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Saturday's game against the Jayhawks is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (CT). The contest, which will not be televised, can be heard across the Longhorn Sports Network. Bill Schoening (play-by-play), Craig Way (color) and Brian Jones (sidelines) will call the action.