Morning practice wrapup
Nick Ekbatani, Reggie Stokes and Jess Ward (all knee injuries) actually had their MRIs last night, so we should have the results after this evening's practice. Ekbatani was optimistic his knee injury was just a sprain, because he said it's feeling stable. Randall Carroll (hamstring) returned to practice today. Carroll said he's feeling a lot better and that it was better to shut things down for a bit because participating in limited practice wasn't helping the groin issue.
Trevor Theriot (sore knee, swelling) and Logan Paulsen took limited reps in the morning as did Christian Ramirez. Paulsen and Ramirez both have tight hamstrings.
Dalton Hilliard shed the red jersey in practice today.
Kevin Prince threw several interceptions in practice.
``He's fine,'' Rick Neuheisel said. ``But he's got to make sure he throws it to our team. We have to keep harping on no turnovers.''
The defensive backs had a big day. Alterraun Verner had two interceptions and one deflection that I saw, and Rahim Moore had two interceptions. All of Verner's interceptions came off Prince.
Regarding freshman fullback Jason Allmond's possibility of not redshirting, Neuheisel said: ``We have to see. He's got to know what he's doing.''
I do agree with your order of preference. However, I cut Jill some slack because of her other beats she must cover. I do not know if Jon or Erik have other responsibilities or if their "specials" to the DN are their momentary exclusive gig. Further, we do not know if Jon or Erik are actually in the running for the job and are busting their butts to impress the Sports Editor. If so, and one of them gets the gig, I would hope and pray that the level of intense coverage would continue. I don't think Jill is in the running for the permanent gig -- she probably digs her regualr assignments and UCLA coverage was always an add-on/fill-in to Dohn's primary coverage. WHOMEVER GETS THE GIG MUST KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT WE (UBTA) EXPECT THEIR PRESENCE AT OUR TAILGATE BEFORE EVERY HOME GAME. DOHN OBLIGED AND SO MUST THE REPLACEMENT. (Jill, you are always welcome, even if you don't get/take the gig. Especially when we make that special Pasta dish you like!)
Right on, VB! But . . . .
PC can't do it because that would leave his Mom alone in the stands with his GF and "headset" Dad.
CB can't do it because his tats would frighten Petros if they crossed paths in the Press Box.
CH can't do it because he is waiting for his cell phone to ring . . . ("CH? This is Norm! Norm Chow! I need you in the booth RIGHT NOW!)
And, did Jill accumulate 10 minutes. I thought it was just a drive by . . .
it's funny you guys act like someone actually cares about your writer rankings.