A lot of talk about freshmen today...
- The injury list was the same as yesterday, but DT DaJohn Harris and WR Kyle Prater came back to full action.
- MLB Lamar Dawson (ankle) is the injury to watch. If he cannot go, senior Chris Galippo might have to play every snap in triple digit heat unless the coaches trust former walk-on Will Andrew to spell him.
- Lane Kiffin announced that freshman WR George Farmer is on track to redshirt this season. Farmer came in as the #1 receiver recruit in the country, but he was slowed by a concussion in camp and has been crowded out of the rotation since then.
After several dazzling runs in practice, RB Amir Carlisle showed that he is back to full strength. While he still has not made his debut, Kiffin hinted that it could come as early as Saturday. "We think that he can help us," Kiffin said. "He adds another dimension. He's got some juice."- "After three games right now, he's ahead of where Robert [Woods] was a year ago. This kid is really special," Kiffin said about freshman WR Marqise Lee (photo by John McGillen).
- OG Aundrey Walker is another freshman who could get more playing time if he starts practicing harder. "If Aundrey would practice like he played in that game, he'd be one of our best players," Kiffin said. "
- Redshirt freshman WR Kyle Prater made the play of the day with a one-handed grab while falling to the ground. He actually caught the nose of the football. "He's very capable of huge plays, but he's got to get more consistent," Kiffin said.
- While Kiffin mentioned yesterday that Torin Harris has been susceptible to trick plays against ASU last year and Syracuse last week, he is generally happy with his start to the season. As for the third corner, "We just wanted to see how Anthony [Brown] would do in there and he did a good job."
- "The Robert Factor" opens up the field for the rest of the offense, but its namesake is not going to settle for being a decoy. "I just try to get open when I can and if they do make a mistake, I hope I can gash them," Woods said. "I'm happy for my teammates, but I'm still trying to get open with the double coverage."
- Add Woods to the list of players who love playing road games. "It's more exciting to have the people rooting against you," he said.
- The head coach tried to have crowd noise pumped into the practice field, but the lone speaker did not match the decibels of the Sun Devil faithful. "We need to buy some more speakers," Kiffin said with a smile. "Somebody stole one of our speakers actually, so we're down to one. That was not loud enough."
- Kiffin on the Pac-12 deciding against expansion: "I think it's great. I love where we're at right now and we're just getting used to this format."
- Here is the head coach...
We need PETE CARROLL back to coach the Trojans FOREVER and bring them back to prominence again!!! Fight On!
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