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O-Lineman Believes QB Battle Good for Team

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Kentucky’s football program saw its share of high’s and low’s last season, [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]though, the low’s were definitely stacked. Morgan Newton struggled in nearly all of the eight [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]games he started before being benched by a right shoulder injury. Maxwell Smith went 1-2 [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]and suffered the same injury prior to the Tennessee match-up. This year, they both look better.

[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Veteran offensive lineman, Larry Warford, said:

[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]”We’re all teammates, all family. We sweat together, work together, bleed together. Other people [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]make such a big deal, call it a controversy. It isn’t really true. We support both of those players. [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]We want both to succeed. Whoever wins the position, we’re going to support. They’re both [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]working their hardest to be the starter and they’re making the whole team better. They’re making [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]the receivers better by getting them more catches. There’s not one in front of the other. All I can [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]say is whoever wins that will be really good.”

[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]The team is loaded with young players this year too. Some may view that as a bad [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]thing, but it may be just what this team needs for a fresh start.

Read more [URL=”http://www.kentucky.com/2012/07/28/2275006/uk-football-notebook-quarterback.html”]here[/URL].[/COLOR][/FONT]

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