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[COLOR=#000000][B][I]Kentucky Football Notebook[/I][/B][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky football team returned to the practice fields at the Nutter Training Facility on Tuesday, with the Wildcats turning wary eyes to the speed of this week’s opponent, the Ole Miss Rebels.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]Defensively, Kentucky is expecting to see a similar offense to what it has seen the past two weeks in Jacksonville State and Mississippi State. Coach Joker Phillips said the Ole Miss attack will use multiple looks, including the Wildcat formation, and there is outstanding speed in the Rebel backfield.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]“Similar to the two we have seen the past two weeks,” Phillips said when asked what he expects for the Ole Miss offense on Saturday. “More shotgun, zone read, triple option. They have a really athletic quarterback and a good jet-sweep guy and a good running back and quality receivers. This bunch probably has more speed in the backfield than we have seen the last couple of weeks. We will see more Wildcat type stuff along with the zone read and triple option mixed in.”[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]The Wildcats are looking to mend bumps and bruises in order to have some key players at full speed in time for UK’s matchup on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]Phillips said after practice on Tuesday that starting tailback CoShik Williams and starting defensive lineman Donte Rumph did not practice because of injuries, but are hopeful to return to practice on Wednesday. Wide receiver La’Rod King practiced but was held out of contact. Phillips said quarterback Morgan Newton was “very limited” and is still nursing the ankle he injured in last Saturday’s game vs. Mississippi State.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]With Newton being limited on Tuesday, Phillips said the first-team snaps went to true freshman quarterback Maxwell Smith.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]“Max got all the No. 1 reps today and I think that he did a good job,” Phillips said. “One of the things that we have had issues with is getting signals and getting up to the line and I thought he did that a lot better today.”[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]Kentucky will return to the practice fields on Wednesday to continue its preparation for the game on Saturday.[/COLOR]
