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Roy Williams spent the last three quarters of Saturday's game on the sideline dressed in street clothes. Admittedly, even in jeans and loafers, he's still probably better than half the receivers in college football.
But Mack Brown would prefer the Texas split end adhere to the same dress code as the rest of his football team.
Williams, you see, was injured Saturday night in Texas' 41-11 win over Houston. On a scale of 1 to 10 in seriousness, that ranks as about an 11. The Longhorns junior with the Velcro hands, the Kobe Bryant vertical and the Randy Moss height now has one good wheel. Expecting him to play that way would be a little like counting on Jeff Gordon to win Daytona on three wheels.
The diagnosis: strained hamstring.
The prognosis: ouch for the Texas offense.
"Roy's like a racehorse," Simms said. "The littlest thing goes wrong. . . . I guess he pulled it pretty good."
Longhorns fans everywhere just want to know when he's going to catch his next one.
Maybe it's not serious, but hamstrings can be curious maladies. A little twinge, and it could be nothing more than a very slight strain, and he could be ready for Tulane. A tear or a stronger pull, and it's goodbye to his season.
Sadly, the injury interrupts a magnificent start for Williams, who was coming off one of his best games against North Carolina. Fully healthy for the first time in his career, the junior from Odessa was off-the-charts good and made an unbelievable behind-his-head catch of a pass out of bounds last week against Carolina.
The Longhorns would dearly miss one of the best five wide receivers in college football. It would mark a serious blow to an explosive offense that, except for a field goal, was shut out on the scoreboard in the second half for the second straight home game.
"To me, Roy's the best receiver in America, by far," said teammate Sloan Thomas. "I know how badly he wants it. He told me, `I'd do anything to be out there. I'd give up every dime I have to be out there.' "
Thomas showed some turn-on-a-dime ability himself. All but forgotten with just a single catch in the first two games, he caught five balls for 71 yards and a touchdown. He's as slippery as they come and almost as sure-handed as Williams.
"If Roy can't play, Sloan will be there," Simms said. "Sloan's a home-run hitter. B.J.'s a home-run hitter. When they open it up on the straightaway, they can run with the best of them.
"But Roy strikes a little bit more fear in them."
Now it's Texas that's afraid. Afraid that its big-play man might not be available for the biggest game of the year next month. Without Williams, no opponent will have to double-team a Texas wide receiver, not even Johnson, who has been missing in action for most of this early season and whose consecutive-games streak with at least one catch came to a halt Saturday.
Without having to double up on Williams, the opposing free safety could devote himself to helping stop Cedric Benson. And that's not good.
If there is one position that could withstand a lingering injury or even a catastrophic one, it's receiver. Besides Thomas and Johnson, Tony Jeffery is better than capable, and true freshman Robert Timmons showed his mettle with the first catch of his career on a crossing route where he was battered by Houston defenders.
It's three short weeks till Oklahoma. And you can expect Texas to try everything from acupuncture to voodoo to get Williams well.
Roy Williams spent the last three quarters of Saturday's game on the sideline dressed in street clothes. Admittedly, even in jeans and loafers, he's still probably better than half the receivers in college football.
But Mack Brown would prefer the Texas split end adhere to the same dress code as the rest of his football team.
Williams, you see, was injured Saturday night in Texas' 41-11 win over Houston. On a scale of 1 to 10 in seriousness, that ranks as about an 11. The Longhorns junior with the Velcro hands, the Kobe Bryant vertical and the Randy Moss height now has one good wheel. Expecting him to play that way would be a little like counting on Jeff Gordon to win Daytona on three wheels.
The diagnosis: strained hamstring.
The prognosis: ouch for the Texas offense.
"Roy's like a racehorse," Simms said. "The littlest thing goes wrong. . . . I guess he pulled it pretty good."
Longhorns fans everywhere just want to know when he's going to catch his next one.
Maybe it's not serious, but hamstrings can be curious maladies. A little twinge, and it could be nothing more than a very slight strain, and he could be ready for Tulane. A tear or a stronger pull, and it's goodbye to his season.
Sadly, the injury interrupts a magnificent start for Williams, who was coming off one of his best games against North Carolina. Fully healthy for the first time in his career, the junior from Odessa was off-the-charts good and made an unbelievable behind-his-head catch of a pass out of bounds last week against Carolina.
The Longhorns would dearly miss one of the best five wide receivers in college football. It would mark a serious blow to an explosive offense that, except for a field goal, was shut out on the scoreboard in the second half for the second straight home game.
"To me, Roy's the best receiver in America, by far," said teammate Sloan Thomas. "I know how badly he wants it. He told me, `I'd do anything to be out there. I'd give up every dime I have to be out there.' "
Thomas showed some turn-on-a-dime ability himself. All but forgotten with just a single catch in the first two games, he caught five balls for 71 yards and a touchdown. He's as slippery as they come and almost as sure-handed as Williams.
"If Roy can't play, Sloan will be there," Simms said. "Sloan's a home-run hitter. B.J.'s a home-run hitter. When they open it up on the straightaway, they can run with the best of them.
"But Roy strikes a little bit more fear in them."
Now it's Texas that's afraid. Afraid that its big-play man might not be available for the biggest game of the year next month. Without Williams, no opponent will have to double-team a Texas wide receiver, not even Johnson, who has been missing in action for most of this early season and whose consecutive-games streak with at least one catch came to a halt Saturday.
Without having to double up on Williams, the opposing free safety could devote himself to helping stop Cedric Benson. And that's not good.
If there is one position that could withstand a lingering injury or even a catastrophic one, it's receiver. Besides Thomas and Johnson, Tony Jeffery is better than capable, and true freshman Robert Timmons showed his mettle with the first catch of his career on a crossing route where he was battered by Houston defenders.
It's three short weeks till Oklahoma. And you can expect Texas to try everything from acupuncture to voodoo to get Williams well.
