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The other new faces making plays

Texas has played 18 freshmen this year, and a few could be about to shine

Updated: September 23, 2011, 11:19 AM ET
By Carter Strickland | HornsNation
AUSTIN, Texas -- There is some calm in the chaos that is the Texas sideline. It seems hard to fathom, considering against UCLA alone the Longhorns used 55 players in the first quarter -- 23 on offense and 22 on defense. But Texas coach Mack Brown insists it is true.

"It is difficult," he said of moving so many players in and out of the game. "But the offensive staff has done an amazing job of getting in and out without much problems."

In fact, Texas has had no illegal-substitution penalties. In Week 2 against BYU, Texas burned a timeout to figure things out. But a week later, things were running smoothly.

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