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2014 UK Football Fall Practice Thread
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:28 pm
Just figured I'd start this up to update with fall practice reports as they come out.
Not much on Day 1. Elam looked good and was mentioned by Bud Dupree as well as the coaches as a potential early contributor. Not much news on the QBs other than they're providing good competition.
Stoops did mention some issues with players dropping the ball today. While nobody wants to hear about the dreaded dropsies we've witnessed in the past, it wouldn't surprise me if it was due to a bulk of the WRs being injured in the spring and getting adjusted. It could also be something that gets ironed out once a QB is selected. Something to keep an eye on going forward.
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Not much on Day 1. Elam looked good and was mentioned by Bud Dupree as well as the coaches as a potential early contributor. Not much news on the QBs other than they're providing good competition.
Stoops did mention some issues with players dropping the ball today. While nobody wants to hear about the dreaded dropsies we've witnessed in the past, it wouldn't surprise me if it was due to a bulk of the WRs being injured in the spring and getting adjusted. It could also be something that gets ironed out once a QB is selected. Something to keep an eye on going forward.
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Posted on 8/5/14 at 6:11 pm to BluegrassBelle
Day 2 - OC Neal Brown and Notes
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"I thought we were nervous day one, especially the new guys, the freshmen, and it showed," offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. "We dropped some passes. But we caught the ball really well today. I don't anticipate that being an issue at all, like it was at times last year. During team period, we may have had one drop. I don't anticipate that being a problem going forward."
Five members of UK's highly touted incoming class are wide receivers, giving UK much-needed depth at a position that severely lacked it a season ago. So far, Brown has been encouraged by the group.
"Really, really excited about some of the young freshmen wideouts," Brown said. "They're catching on quicker. The new rules in the summer obviously helped us."
Asked for detail on which of the five impressed him, Brown named Dorian Baker and Blake Bone, "the two big kids."
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:52 am to BluegrassBelle
Day 3 - No happy feels
Darius West is out for the year.
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"Average practice today. Not good enough. Just didn't feel like we had the mentality that we needed. I don't know. Too early in camp for guys to be feeling sorry about themselves getting up early," Stoops said.
Darius West is out for the year.
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On the injury front, Stoops announced after practice that true freshman safety Darius West will miss the rest of the season due to injury. West, from Central Catholic High School in Lima, Ohio, was a four-star recruit by nearly every recruiting database. "He got hurt yesterday," Stoops said. "So, it's a real shame. He's a good player. He's everything we thought he was going to be. He's a really talented football player. He came in with an injury and we thought it was healed up. But it didn't work out, so he'll be out for the year."
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:19 pm to BluegrassBelle
Uggh both members of that Ohio package deal out for the season.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:40 pm to LegendOfCobb
Posted on 8/7/14 at 9:42 pm to BluegrassBelle
Also Jen Smith got ahold of roster numbers for freshman for this season:
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2 Dorian Baker
7 Drew Barker
6 Blake Bone
98 Tymere Dubose
69 Matt Elam
40 Nico Firios
33 Ryan Flannigan
14 Dorian Hendrix
4 Mikel Horton
19 Garrett Johnson
79 Josh Krok
67 Jarrett LaRubbio
86 Darryl Long
59 Adrian Middleton
29 Kendall Randolph
78 Nick Richardson
10 Thaddeus Snodgrass
65 Jervontius Stallings
93 Lloyd Tubman
23 Jared Tucker
8 Kobie Walker
55 Denzil Ware
25 Darius West
18 Stanley “Boom” Williams
82 T.V. Williams
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Posted on 8/9/14 at 11:57 am to BluegrassBelle
Also Shaq Love was dismissed from the team for violation of team rules. He was buried pretty deep on the depth chart so I don't believe it'll effect much in terms of play.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:56 pm to BluegrassBelle
KSR Report on today's open practice. Timmons made some big moves and the defense played well.
Posted on 8/13/14 at 12:00 pm to BluegrassBelle
I have to give it to you. You are single handedly holding this place together!
Btw caught the game against Porta Rico last night. Reminded me of the '92 Olympics.
Btw caught the game against Porta Rico last night. Reminded me of the '92 Olympics.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:22 pm to AirDawg
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UK's quarterbacks once again shared time with the first team as they compete for the starting job, a race that is progressing but still very much up in the air. Stoops expects a decision to come "in the next week," but reiterated that he won't name a starter just to name one. "One of the reasons why we're trying to be very critical of ourselves in making this decision is because it's so important, and when we give that person the reins, we want them to go," Stoops said. "You've heard me say that for a year now. Every time a year ago when we thought we were giving somebody the reins to the quarterback situation, something happened. Maybe they got hurt or maybe they didn't play very good. So we want to make sure we're very precise in our decision-making, and once we give them the keys to the car, we want them to drive it."
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Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:24 pm to BluegrassBelle
Starts with reins and ends with keys. He's mixing his metaphors. Made me scratch my head for minute there...
Who is your QB coach?
Who is your QB coach?
This post was edited on 8/15/14 at 7:58 am
Posted on 8/15/14 at 4:32 pm to AirDawg
OC Neal Brown is over the QBs.
Posted on 8/16/14 at 12:16 am to BluegrassBelle
Mmmmm...
You seem like the kind of person who is out going and likes to try new things.
You seem like the kind of person who is out going and likes to try new things.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 3:02 pm to AirDawg
I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Days after the UK offense had one of its best days of Mark Stoops' time in Lexington on Wednesday, the Wildcats returned to Commonwealth Stadium for the second scrimmage of fall camp.
Calling passes on the majority of plays on Saturday, the goal was clear: gauging the progress of UK's air attack.
"I wanted to see where we are with the quarterbacks," offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. "I wanted to see where we are as far as the receivers getting open. We did some good things. We got some growth to make in that area for sure and I think that's going to be a big part of us improving on third downs: being able to protect, throw and catch."
The results, before film review, were mostly positive.
"I thought we improved in predictable pass situations," Stoops said. "That's the best we've looked as far as drop-back passing. So I thought we made some improvement there."
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UK's contenders to start at quarterback split time as they have throughout fall camp.
"Again, they all did some good things and did some bad things," Stoops said. "So, we'll get in there today and evaluate this film and evaluate the past couple weeks and see where we're at."
Brown, who has been quiet about the quarterbacks since Media Day last week, gave some insight into what he and Stoops will look for in evaluating that film.
"I want to see who manages our tempo," Brown said. "There's a lot of things that go into that as far as getting the signal, getting us going. ... Different quarterbacks operate our offense different as far as how quick they get the signal, communicate it with the O-line and those type of things. I want to see who makes the best decision, especially on crucial downs, third downs. And I want to see who's most accurate."
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Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:24 pm to BluegrassBelle
And she's modest! I love it!
This post was edited on 8/18/14 at 8:37 am
Posted on 8/28/14 at 12:34 pm to BluegrassBelle
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