Longhorns Announcement: "The Brown Bag" - Q&A with former UT QB James Brown

[HornSports Staff]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

 

We hope you guys are as excited as we are about this, but we are pleased to announce former University of Texas quarterback James Brown will be contributing to the site in the form of a Q&A several times each month.  The piece will be called "The Brown Bag" and will resemble a mailbag format in which members can ask questions and James will provide a response.

 

Brown was the quarterback from 1993 - 1997 under then head coach John Mackovic and was the Southwest Conference offensive player of the year in 1995.

 

Brown played Arena League football after leaving Texas and in 2004 starting coaching high school football.  He eventually made his way to coaching the college ranks, coaching in his hometown of Beaumont, TX under Lamar Coach (and former Texas player) Ray Woodard.  He spend 4 years at Lamar before moving on to coach high school ball at KIPP Academy Charter School in Houston.

 

While James gave Texas fans many memorable moments during his time under center with the Longhorns, he is remembered most for the following play against 3rd ranked Nebraska in the inaugural Big 12 Championship in 1996:

 

 

He changed the Texas program in a lot of ways as a quarterback and in our opinion, was the catalyst for helping awaken a sleeping giant in Austin.

 

FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF JAMES IN THIS THREAD.  

 

We will post his responses to them early next week.

 

Hook'Em, ya'll.

 

 

 

[Mike Roach]

As a guy who's first jersey was the reebok burnt orange number 5 I just have one question.

 

James -

 

How does it feel to be so awesome

[tejasrulz]

His first game/start against ou and of course the inaugural Big XII Championship game will always be my fondest memories of James Brown.

 

Speaking of the 1st Big XII championship game, the NU fans really didn't like your comment "Maybe we'll beat them by 21 pts". Did the NU players talk a lot of smack to you early in the game about your remark and then afterwards, were they gracious enough to congratulate you?

 

On the Roll Left call, were you surprised at Mackovic's call and how open D Lewis was?

[Aaron Carrara]

JB, you started as the backup QB to Shea Morenz and toward the end of your Texas career you ended up in a QB competition with Richard Walton.  In between you did some amazing things for Texas.  What advice can you give Tyrone Swoopes and Jerrod Heard about playing QB at Texas?

[Mike Roach]

JB here's my real question

 

How much if any contact have you had with Charlie Strong and the current coaching staff, and what is your impression of them?

[Godz40acres]

1. I finally wore a hole in my James Brown footie PJs - where can I get another pair and will you autograph them?

 

2. Which UT game did you enjoy playing the most (regardless of outcome)?

 

3. Would you have liked to play in the type of spread offenses of today?

[streettopeschel]

Wow. Pretty cool. Not to go all fanboy but if the 95 aggie game isn't my favorite ever, it's on a very short list.

[Aaron Carrara]

Wow. Pretty cool. Not to go all fanboy but if the 95 aggie game isn't my favorite ever, it's on a very short list.

 

I don't remember the score but I remember Brown to Mike Adams happened early... and often in that game.

[tejasrulz]

Going off memory here but 95 was 16-6 in cs. If not, well I am getting old! 

[java]

I would like to know, James, how difficult Mackovics offense was to learn We hear that 'the spread' is easy to learn and Watson's is difficult. Where would you rank the three?

 

Thank you and Hook 'em!

[java]

Oops. Sorry about the lack of punctuation.

[streettopeschel]

So, like, when does JB actually appear?

[HornSports Staff]

So, like, when does JB actually appear?

 

We were leaving the thread up in hopes of more questions.  He'll answer soon.

[java]

James, how does coaching high school ball differ with what you recall as a player? I'm a woman, passionate about football, and a high school teacher. Do you feel that kids have less self-discipline now? How does that impact what you can do?

[MikeV73]

Who was the best RB, WR, TE you played with at UT? Favorite game/win for you?

[MikeV73]

Do you ever talk to Macovic? If so about coaching, old games?

[J.B. TexasEx]

James -

 

What do you think of Coach Strong's "core values" and old-school discipline? Do you think today's high school recruits are responsive to it or does Texas Football need to get with the times? What are you hearing from other HS coaches?

 

Thanks

[Aaron Carrara]

We have JB's responses to the questions and will post them on Monday.