When Texas held it is first preseason scrimmage Saturday, gamers had been largely shielded from main public criticism as a result of most followers could not catch the sport. That wasn’t true for freshman quarterback Trey Owens, as a result of the critique he confronted got here instantly from his personal home.
Owens, a freshman and third-string quarterback from Cy Truthful (Texas), regarded spectacular through the group’s Orange-White spring follow scrimmage. He is continued getting reps in preseason coaching, and on Saturday acquired scrimmage snaps, which led to a minimum of one interception. Higher in a scrimmage than an actual recreation, proper?
Sure, although apparently that distinction wasn’t wholly endorsed by Owens’ personal father, Joe Owens, who took to Twitter to out his son’s mistake … after which double-down on his criticism in a direct interplay along with his Trey.
Graham Gillespie picked off Trey
— Joe Owens (@JoeOwens78) August 10, 2024
Aye dad let’s chill
— Trey Owens (@TreyOwensQB) August 10, 2024
😂don’t prefer it? Don’t throw em!
— Joe Owens (@JoeOwens78) August 10, 2024
To be honest, the elder Owens’ emoji selection appears to intimate that the whole trade was all in good enjoyable. Nonetheless. the concept that a father would take his son to process so publicly, not to mention after his first quasi-competitive motion of his first actual season in faculty, is fairly outstanding.
It might additionally appear to point simply how excessive the bar has been set for Owens by his household — and maybe by himself — whilst he prepares for an anticipated first season spent on the bench can solely bode nicely for his future in an surroundings as aggressive because the one he’ll encounter in Austin.
