* Obviously the news of the day was Richard Brehaut’s sprained foot, but beyond that, it was not a very good day. Practice lacked a little of the energy that developed yesterday afternoon in response to a weaker morning performance.

* Kevin Prince is still off with his timing and accuracy, and he looked like it was weighing on him after practice while meeting with reporters. He described it as a “slump” and related a story about a similar practice slump before the Oregon State week of his redshirt freshman year, and how he broke out of it with extra work. He and Ricky Marvray stayed after practice to work on the simple throw-and-catch.

* Prince’s issues were evident during 11-on-11 drills, when he constantly underthrew and overthrew receivers. Keep in mind, with several in the defensive two deep battling small injuries and sitting out, Joe Tresey isn’t sending as much pressure, so many of the miscues were not against a heavy rush.

* Albert Cid stepped in at first-team guard and did well. Kid has some mustard. He smashed Sean Westgate on one block I was watching. Hearing Bob Palcic after practice, I think Cid has a good shot to be in there Week 1.

* Prince had a few nice balls, including one beautiful deep pass to Anthony Barr and one to Nelson Rosario.

* Chris Ward was working with the second unit, and Neuheisel said he’s trying to push him to compete harder.

* The kicking game…not good. Knuckleballs, shanks, balls hit the crossbar. Not good.

* Datone Jones beasted once more, particularly on a tackle of Johnathan Franklin that was just textbook.

* Alberto Cid ran with the No. 1 offense at the strong guard spot, with Greg Capella at the quick guard and Chris Ward taking his reps with the No. 2 offense.

* Rick Neuheisel said that Vanderbilt cornerback transfer Jamie Graham has torn cartilage in his right meniscus and needs surgery. He should be out 3-to-4 weeks. Aside from him, the same guys are out.