TEXAS STATE NEW NAMES MORE TALLENT

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Wide receivers, backfield, defensive line see wave of new players

By Nathan Brooks
The University Star




Mark Decker/Star photo

LIGHT FEET: Mitch Odem (32) tries to evade the defense during practice on the morning of Aug. 12.


Mark Decker/Star photo



ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: Oklahoma State transfer Greg Gold (6) leads his fellow Bobcats back onto the field for the first two-a-day practice of fall camp.



Texas State opened training camp Aug. 7 with the need to prove a team loaded with 30 newcomers can build on last year’s success.

“We’re young but we’ve had great focus,” coach David Bailiff said. “We’ve practiced with purpose and our seniors have done a great job of educating our newcomers and freshmen.”

Adjustment on and off the field has been a point of emphasis among coaches and players while they try to help a talented freshman class and recent transfers get used to the system and campus life.

“We have assigned big brothers,” Bailiff said. “We really want to make sure these new guys get all they need to succeed on and off the field because of all the anxiety they are going through.”

On the field, the new class of Bobcats has started to make an impact at several positions, and in the process, has shown glimpses of what is in store for the future. :read:
http://star.txstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1740

Future looks bright for the Bobcats.:cool: :smiley_wi

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Former redshirt Wasson to be helped out by running back Jolly, wide receivers Crosby, Scott, Miller

By Nathan Brooks
The University Star




Mark Decker/Star photo

THE CHOSEN ONE: Chase Wasson (14) scrambles through the defense during practice Aug. 12.



Chase Wasson walks onto the steaming-hot turf of Bobcat Stadium, happy to be a quarterback again.

“It feels good to be under center,” Wasson said. “It feels good to be the guy.”

After starting four games at quarterback as a redshirt freshman in 2004, Wasson struggled last season to discover ways to get onto the field, finding playing time at wide receiver and running back while Barrick Nealy terrorized opponents en route to the NCAA semifinals.

Now that he’s back at quarterback, Wasson finds himself trying to replace the man who set nearly every school passing record, in addition to fending off redshirt freshman Bradley George for the starting job.

Wasson understands the comparisons and pressure are there, but it isn’t changing his approach to the game.

“It’s definitely a tough act to follow,” Wasson said of Nealy. “But I know I can make plays within the system and put the ball in the playmakers’ hands.”

:read: http://star.txstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&Itemid=179

With so many weapons to go to Wasson will be the General in the hudle.:thumbsup: :rotateh: :rotateh: