Heading into the last week of preseason practices before the college football season starts, the three DFW teams are started to take shape. Some questions have been answered and surprises have been revealed.
All three of the DFW teams, the TCU Horned Frogs, the SMU Mustangs and the UNT Mean Green have announced their starters for the first game. In Fort Worth, coaches still insist that it is Andy Dalton at 1A and Marcus Jackson at 1B. Gary Patterson has always done a good job of having two QB’s ready, but this year he has really outdone himself. While Dalton will be the starter, Jackson has and will receive playing time. The Frogs have two QB’s ready to play with extensive playing experience.
In Denton, UNT announced, just days after its first practice, that Sophmore Giovanni Vizza will start at QB in the first game against Kansas State. This might come as a bit of a surprise to some who were penciling in Coach Dodge’s son and Freshman Riley Dodge as the heir apparent. With a second QB an upperclassmen, who has the single game passing record for UNT, Dodge might be ordering a redshirt for his son.
Finally, at SMU, where the stars come to watch practice, Head Coach June Jones and his staff announced earlier this week that Freshman Bo Levi Mitchell from Katy (TX) will start in the opener, a big show in Houston against Rice. This is also somewhat of a surprise as the record holding QB Justin Willis returns for his Junior year. However, many know that Willis was suspended in the spring missing Spring Practice. The SMU staff sited accuracy and knowledge as the main reason, Furthermore, second team QB is Freshman Braden Smith of Rockwall. The future begins now in Dallas. Willis, however, is hanging around.
