How many of you remember Don Adams in Get Smart?
When Max
wanted to try and keep things secret he would tell "The Chief" to
break out the Cone Of Silence, so that nobody would know how
"Control" was going to thwart the evil plans of "KAOS".
Well today the Lobo football program broke out
their own version of The Cone of
Silence. For those of you that don't read the message board I must
first ask,
what is wrong with you? There is tons of information passed there...
Sorry I
digress. Okay, back to the topic on hand. The new rules as explained to
me is
as followed: UNM asks only two representatives from each media outlet
show up
and check in with the SID's office.
For fans wishing
to attend practice you must call the football offices to receive
permission.
For those that do attend, no live updates from practice i.e. no
twits a
twittering. The best rule of thumb is not to take your cellular devices.
Like I said the cone of silence is on, and being a fan of subterfuge
and the
chess game between coaches I really like it.
Leave your cell phone in the car!
As far as practice, Coach Locksley told me the
coaches are staring to break
down Texas A&M's film, but they haven't really started giving it to
the
players yet. "We still want to clean some things up from the
scrimmage,"
said Locks. "We are putting in some plays we will be using vs.
A&M...
We as coaches know that, but the players don't… yet"
The players were in helmets and I tried to play special attention to
the
quarterbacks as Porterie along with Brad Gruner and B.R. Holbrook are
in a
heated battle for their position on the depth chart. Earlier last week
I felt
that Holbrook had surpassed Gruner, and wasn't looking back. Well Brad
Gruner
isn't just going to give up his spot without a fight, and I'm starting
to see a
sense of urgency that he may not have shown last week. That sense of
urgency
has Gruner back in that three way race.
It was good to see AJ Butler out on the practice field after being
walloped bay
Anthony Hooks during last Saturday's scrimmage. Coach Dickey has for
different
styles at the running back position, with Double D., Kasey Carrier,
James Wright, and AJ Butler. All 4 bring something to the table. It will be
interesting to see how much time each back is given and in what
situations.
With camp fall camp ending and as we move into the season, you see a
lot more
tape on guys and there are those little nagging bumps and bruises
associated
with football. With those sorts of things and with depth chart
movement, there
are a few changes here and there, but we want to respect Coach Locks'
wishes
and will keep quiet! In the movie Meet The Parents I believe they
called it the
"circle of trust"
While
there wasn’t any serious contact, it was nice to see
Ian Clark without the “blue jersey” on we will see if that remains the
same now
that it gets physical again.
Also,
here is the debate, how do you keep Jonathan
Rainey out of the starting Defensive End position? He along with Jaymar Latchison, and DeAndre Davis are pushing each other big time, and the
ones to
benefit from this? Why the University of New Mexico Lobo football team!
Jaymar Latchison
Well I hope I gave you a little taste of what is going on inside the
"Cone
of Silence"... Now I'll go back to my boyhood dreams of Agent 99!
