As the 2010 fall football camp starts to heat up, we have our first incident to report on the young season:
- According to coach Lane Kiffin, senior FB Stanley Havili and junior CB T.J. Bryant got into an altercation last week during a conditioning drill, which led to Bryant needing cheekbone surgery today. The corner will likely be out three to four weeks.
- This was an unsupervised conditioning drill during offseason workouts, which coaches cannot attend per NCAA rules.
- "It was a pretty high intensity drill, which turned ugly towards the end," Kiffin said.
- Kiffin on Havili: "It's very out of character, sometimes people show leadership in the wrong ways. It's just a situation where Stanley tried to step in to get guys to finish without the coaches being there, tried to take a leadership role, tried to get guys to finish the way that he's used to. For my understanding, there was talking back and forth, some pushing and it did not end very well."
- Kiffin and his staff are still looking into the details of the incident and have not decided if and/or how Havili will be punished. He only recently found out about it.
- Havili spoke with the media today after practice and apologized for his actions. He said that he and Bryant are on good terms now.
- With Bryant out, Daniel Harper was getting looks with the first team in nickel situations.
- The running back rotation has been a big issue the last few years in terms of how many backs are used and how the touches are doled out. New RB coach Kennedy Pola said, "I don't set a number. They set the number."
- Freshman RB D.J. Morgan is still undergoing rehab on the knee he injured during his senior year of high school. The doctors have not cleared him for contact yet according to coach Kiffin.
- During individual workouts, the coaches ran all the players through a speed and agility drill, which got competitive. Basically, two players race to a box and then a game of tag ensues. Freshmen Dillon Baxter and Robert Woods were the marquee matchup. Baxter won the first two rounds, but Woods adjusted and took the last one.
- WR De'Von Flournoy and CB Brian Baucham squared off as well. Flournoy is known for his speed, but Baucham got him anyway and then declared, "Everyone's fast here!"
- As for the talented trio of receivers, Robert Woods looked infinitely more comfortable on day two.
- Kyle Prater does not catch the ball, he envelops it. He has gigantic hands and the ball makes a different sound when it hits his paws as opposed to a normal human being.
- Both Woods and Prater showed off their one-hand catch talents.
- The freshmen class features a talented group of tight ends as well, but senior Jordan Cameron is the one who stood out today.
I love the videos... but please work on the audio. I know Kiffin doesn't exactly project into the mic, but do some editing or something, the interview borders on worthless if you cant understand the interviewee.
Fight On!
strong team looks good..I might have to get back into SC Football.