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Fall camp opened for the Texas Longhorns with coach Brown having a lot of fixing to do. In all, 18 of their players have left the team and of this 18, many had left behind key positions in the game. Included in this number are QB Colt McCoy, WR Jordan Shipley, AT Adam Ulatoski and OG Charlie Tanner.

McCoy has gone on to sign a contract with the Cleveland Browns. The Cincinnati Bengals got Shipley in the 2010 NFL draft. Ulatoski has signed in as a free agent with Houston and likewise, Charlie Tanner has gone in as a free agent of the New York Jets.

The first concern of fall camp for this season is to train freshmen and sophomore players and enable them to take the place of older players who can then be moved up to man the important positions that were left behind after the exodus. Obviously, the task is not an easy one.

Undaunted by the long odds he is currently facing, coach Mack Brown is anticipating the best outcome for his team this season. He doesn’t rely on predictions. He pointed out that just before pulling off the unexpected in 2008, the team had been expected to make a score of 9-3 or even less. Of course, they surprised everyone by finishing with a 12-1. In the succeeding season they upped that tally by another winning point 13-1. They had then gone on to compete in the BCS national championship, a match which they lost to Alabama. In spite of that, they had managed to raise their overall rating. By the time fall camp opened this year they sit in number four position.

The current rating of the team has been called exaggerated by some pundits on the grounds that the current unmanned condition of the team does not justify placing them in the fourth position. Justifiable or not, that position puts them close to the top and gives them a much better chance to compete in the championships.

The power of belief is something the coach does not underestimate. The importance that good expectations had for their last games was underscored when he said “When we weren’t expected by the public to win all the games and our players and coaches still expected to…”

Along the same line, there are many who claim that the Longhorns actually have a real chance of getting the trophy for this season. One reason cited is that the team will be facing its most important adversary, Texas A&M, towards the end when they will have had enough time and practice to be in top playing condition.

Additionally, game units have been undergoing rehabilitation. In doing so, players with talent have been fielded in key positions. For example, the back line now has Aaron Williams, Curtis Brown, Chyke Brown and Blake Gideon.

Sophomore Garrett Gilbert is plenty reason for expecting the best this season. He packs great talent and unusual determination in his game. After floundering in the first half of the last BCS championships he rallied himself up to almost achieve for the team the comeback they have always wanted.

Whatever the pundits say, they have their reasons for saying. While player count doesn’t necessarily add up to a winning game neither does pure talent and determination. The glaring fact is that coach Brown is in for many training sessions this year.

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