Wednesday Notes

Nothing in any paper today. Nothing in the DMN, nothing.

Thankfully, the LAJ has a really informative notebook today where there are a couple three notes:

1. Robert Johnson is practicing. This is a good thing. It's really difficult to figure out why he was suspended for last week's game and to speculate isn't going to make this any better. He can be a real important part of this offense and he needs to be out there.
2. Offensive lineman Brandon Carter is being punished internally. Carter is doing body rolls which is a form of punishment. Leach notes that he's a young kid who has made a mistake. I agree, it's obvious he's in the wrong, and unless there's a suit filed, this should be the end of this incident.
3. Finally, there's some decent insight on the depth of communication between the quarterback and the wide receiver. For whatever reason, lots of fans expect a new QB to be able to run this system without flaw and to perfection. Obviously, it's much more difficult than most of us realize or understand. There's probably a lot of nuance within a certain play that we really don't get.
   

I like this quote: "Just before halftime Saturday, Harrell threw a pass for a route that inside receiver Eric Morris didn't run, and the ball was picked off.

Holgorsen said Morris sensed that the play had been changed, but didn't get the audible and couldn't get Harrell's attention in time. He ran a corner route, which was the original call, and Harrell threw a deep vertical, which was what his route had been changed to."

Good stuff.

Last but not least, there's an article from Lubbock Online regarding Damir Suljagic and his return to play. But more than that, I did not realize that there are 7 newcomers this year:
"Headlining this year's class is 7-footer Esmir Rizvic and guards Charlie Burgess and Benny Valentine.

Rizvic is the tallest player in the Knight era since 6-foot-11 center Andy Ellis, who played for Knight in his final season when Knight was in his first year at Tech.

Burgess was named the NJCAA Player of the Year last year. He and Valentine led Howard College to a 35-2 record, the best in Hawks' history."

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