The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Checking in: Jason Glynn
08.09.2004 | Football
As senior center Jason Glynn prepares for the inaugural practice of the 2004 campaign, he is a key fixture in a talented and deep offensive line that hopes to continue its success from 2003. The Longhorns return four of five starters to a line that paved the way for the nation's sixth-ranked scoring offense (41.0 ppg) and eighth-ranked rushing offense (232.5 ypg) one year ago. Glynn has made 26 consecutive starts over the past two seasons at center and was tabbed a preseason candidate for the Dave Rimington Trophy (nation's top center). Also an outstanding student who has earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors three times and CoSIDA Academic All-District IV accolades twice, Glynn took some time to give his thoughts on off-season work-outs and preseason camp as the Longhorns begin their 2004 season.
How were your offseason workouts? Personally, I know the workouts were a little different than they had been in the summer. We used a couple different weight-lifting techniques. The running has been real strenuous this summer. But that's a good/bad situation - you never want to do it, but it makes you better, so it's been a really good offseason. Bottom line is, you get as much out of offseason workouts as you put into it, and I think guys put a lot into it this spring.
You return four out of five starters on last year's offensive line. Are you excited to see how good the line can be this year? Yeah, and we're real deep too. Last year, one guy goes down and the other backup is just as good. That happened all the time. Sometimes you give up a little bit of experience here, or a little bit of strength there, but we'll definitely be good.
Five years ago, you walked into training camp for the first time, what is it like for you now as a senior? You know what to expect. You've done everything before. You're just ready to go through the two-a-days and get into the season because you know as much as you need to know to play, but you do need to be refreshed, work hard and get there.
Tell us what it feels like to be one of the freshman? Haha. It wasn't fun. You didn't know anything. You didn't get to play much and when you did, you were confused and uncertain. Not the best feeling, but you get through. You learn things and it makes you better and stronger.
Any advice for the first-year guys? Get plenty of sleep and call your mom a lot.
