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DEL.ICIO.USA ban on Big Blue?
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Some observations from the last portion of practice:
You can take the coach out of Louisville, but…. A cameraman for Comcast was wearing a blue Kentucky shirt, and Petrino asked for a question to be repeated as he jokingly stared down the Kentucky supporter. “You see that shirt he’s got on?” Petrino asked in mock disgust. “Unbelivable. That’s unbelievable.” Then he asked for the question to be repeated. “Sorry,” Petrino said. “I was distracted by that ugly shirt.”
Keith Brooking is itching to hit. It’s obvious while watching the team scrimmage that the veteran linebacker is ready to go. You won’t be seeing full-contact anytime soon during training camp, but Brooking got a pretty good lick in on Jerious Norwood.
Those tracking the Jimmy Williams battle against Chris Crocker for the starting job at free safety might be interested in the fact that Williams hardly left the field during scrimmaging. They’re getting a good look at the second-year DB from Virginia Tech.
P.J. Alexander was working with the No. 2s at center signaling he’s moved ahead of Doug Datish, in the battle to back up starting center Todd McClure. Datish is a sixth-round pick from Ohio State.
In the last bit of action, D.J. Shockley was working with the third-team behind Joey Harrington and Chris Redman, although I wouldn’t read too much into it. Shockley and Redman have been getting pretty equal reps behind Harrington. That being said, Shockley made two nice throws during his work with the 3s. One was a deep out to Jamin Elliott, that showed off his arm strength. The second was completion to Noriaki Kinoshita right on Kinoshita’s break. Speaking of Kinoshita, I have no idea if this guy has any chance of breaking camp, but the 5-10, 179-pound Osaka, Japan native is a lot of fun to watch. He’s quick, and has potential to help the kick return game.
Darrell Shropshire missed practice with what Bobby Petrino called a twinge in his groin. That’s not good news for the middle of the D-line, a spot on the defense already thinned out by injury. Tommy Jackson got some extra work today with Shropshire on the sideline.
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