Coach brooks believes he gives the cats the best chance to win and that may be true. However, it doesn’t change the sick feeling in my stomach at the thoughts of having to sit through a game with him behind center? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want anyone hurt, and I know he was playing some of his best football when he was injured, but it’s more than that. It just seems the team as a whole plays better when he’s doing something else.
Mike Hartline drops back against Sourth Carolina in 2008
If you’re for hime or against hime, here’s the latest news on his progress from ukathletics.com…
The major news was the return of quarterback Mike Hartline, who – except for a brief appearance in the Vanderbilt game – has been out of action since incurring a knee injury at South Carolina on Oct. 10.
“Hartline did 7-on-7, 1-on-1 (drills) and all of that, and if he doesn’t have any setback we’ll increase his reps into the team period tomorrow,” Brooks said. “What I was impressed with was his accuracy. When he came back before we played at Vanderbilt, he was throwing it accurately but when he had to move he couldn’t move. We didn’t stress that today. There’s no soreness right now, there’s no swelling. We’ll see how it reacts from what he did today and increase that on a daily basis and hopefully he won’t have any setbacks. We have two more practices (Sunday and Monday) and then he’ll get a three-day break before a Friday night practice next week.”
