[B][h=1][FONT=Arial Narrow]2012 Kentucky Football[/FONT][/h][FONT=Arial Narrow]Blue vs. White Spring Game[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]Lexington, Ky. — Commonwealth Stadium[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]April 21, 2010[/FONT]
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[CENTER][FONT=Arial Narrow][U]UK Players[/U][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Arial Narrow]#11 Maxwell Smith, QB, So. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his thoughts on how he played … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Well to be honest, I made a couple of bad throws. Actually, too many. I didn’t think I played too well. I thought as a team, collectively, we played well. We blocked well, ran it well.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On throwing to the tight ends … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I talked a lot about Demarco (Robinson) and obviously he showed up today. He was running really good routes. Ronnie (Shields) played well. (Anthony Kendrick), too made a couple good catches and like I said they really helped stretch the field. Like I said, I really like throwing to tight ends because you know they are big targets and they can beat linebackers one-on-one. They played well for us today.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On passing the ball more on offense … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“That is a little bit higher, but just a little bit. We have been throwing it quite a bit. I think we are going to see a bit more passing in the fall. Coach said to expect 70/30 today. That’s what it was.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#40 Avery Williamson, LB, Jr.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his thoughts on how the team played … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“We had a few mess-ups and mistakes. We (have) to go in there and fix that on Monday. (The two’s) we still have a lot of work to do with them. But overall, I thought the one’s looked really good out there.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how comfortable he was … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I felt comfortable. I was a little bit nervous at first, but I always get nervous before the games. I calmed down there, and I had to go out there and make plays. That’s my job.” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the communication compared to last year … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Really, we are just getting in the film room and learning it. We started (in the spring) everything over from the basics. We built up, and everybody is understanding things a lot more. That is why communication is a lot better.” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#28 Eric Dixon, CB, So.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his individual play … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I think I did a good job overall. I mean, I could have done a better job, I had some mental mistakes, but that was it.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the team’s play … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“We still are a work in progress. I think we did an okay job, but we need to get better. We had some good effort, but a lot of mental mistakes. We just need to go out there and play ball.” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On if they are where they need to be heading into the summer … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“No, we are not where we need to be. We just need to push ourselves a little bit more, and get some good conditioning in and we will be where we need to be.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#10, Tyler Brause, LB[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether opportunities have opened up for him…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Absolutely. We’re a young group. We’re eager to learn. We want to get better. We’re going to keep working.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether he followed Kentucky football before he was recruited…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“To be honest, I really didn’t and then I got that call. Coach Smith recruited me. He actually called my high school coach. Started thinking about. The SEC is just a great opportunity. I’m excited.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what the team will do this summer to improve…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Seven-on-seven. We’ll lift constantly. Coach (Rick) Minter will have voiceover tapes. We can sit in there in cut-ups and watch and learn. I’ll study on my own and continue to develop physically and mentally.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#4, Raymond Sanders III, TB[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what’s changed since the fall for him…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I’ve improved a lot. I’m healthy now and that’s a big part. I just want to make sure that I keep improving and keep making my body able to take the punch in the SEC and just keep getting stronger and faster.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On coming off of his injury and going into next season…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I feel a lot better going into the fall. Last spring that’s what I hurt my knee the first time so to come out this spring without an injury was a big accomplishment for me. I’m just excited to go out there and keep working and keep competing.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how he feels about his team…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I feel like we’ve got a pretty good team. We’re not where we want to be at, but overall this spring was a very good spring for us, offense- and defense-wise. The defense makes us better and we make them better. Overall, we just have to keep pushing and making sure that we keep getting better because we’ll never be satisfied.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether he did well in the running game…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I came in and I was able to find the creases, the holes that the offensive line gave me and get good yards out of those. I stayed ahead of the chains. That’s one thing; I don’t think I had any negative runs. That was one thing I wanted, was to push forward and make sure that I’m going for it and keeping ahead of the chains so we’re not at 3[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]rd[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] and 13 and instead we’re at 2[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]nd[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] and six.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#9, Demarco Robinson, WR[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what got into him during today’s game…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I don’t know, just finally getting the hang of the game. It’s my second year. I’m just feeling better about the whole situation. It’s coming along very good for us.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether he was expecting to play so well today…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I’ll say yes. I’m always expecting to do better than I always do. Confidence is key.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what he thinks is better about his game since last fall…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I would say just knowing the plays so it’s nothing about thinking but just going on the field at our best so we can just go out there and play.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether he and Maxwell Smith developed chemistry over the spring…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Over the spring we’ve been getting a lot of work. Extra passes and extra throwing and stuff and its really showing that it’s helped. We’re going to keep it up this summer.” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how the team is as a whole…[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“As a whole I think we’re doing better. When what we do is good, it brings our confidence up and when we get confidence it makes us better.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#2, Alvin Dupree, LB[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how comfortable he is with his position … [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I’m very comfortable with it. I’m still just trying to get better every day. I always want to get better each day.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his performance today …[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I think I played pretty good. As a whole on defense we did pretty good. Some people got hurt early in the game, like Cartier (Rice), so we just had to step up for the DB’s as well as the D-line.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what he needs to work on through the summer …[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“I think I need to get more familiar with the playbook and play faster.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On Coach Minter’s system …[/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]“Coach Minter’s system is very good. It throws a lot of schemes at people as well as different types of blitz zones, pass coverages and things you think you can expect which turns into something else.” [/FONT][/B]
