While it’s been widely reported that Matt Mullenix is out with a broken hand, in today’s TNT Robb Akey says that he will return in a few days with his hand in a cast. Akey even goes as far to say that he expects Mullenix to play in Saturday’s scrimmage! That’s very good news. Still, playing with one good hand might be a bit of a detriment at DE. Hopefully it won’t hold him back too much. Some speculate that he’ll be a “poor man’s Braidwood”, whatever that means, basically solid against the run and pass, but not great at either. We’ll see.
Also, Aaron Johnson should only be down about a week with the bad hammy, much better than “indefinitely”. Johnson probably will miss the scrimmage, and you never know with hamstrings, but let’s hope an extra week of rest and he’ll be good to go. Really, what does he have to prove in camp? We know he’s huge and has a lot of ability at the DT spot, so don’t push it big guy!
Glenn Kasses also has a tidbit on Bryan Tarkington. He SHOULD finally be eligible to play after some academics should be cleared as of today, and he will be a welcome addition. There has been some decent buzz about him as well, and many think he’ll be an impact guy inside. many believe he will move ahead of Eichelberger and into a 4-man group with Ropati, Johnson, and Ahmu.
The even better news is that Brackenridge and newcomer Markus Dawes should be ready to go by 9/2. Dawes is especially interesting, as several reports so far have raved about his ability at CB. But he had some strange cramping issues, so far as to have some blood tests done. Luckily everything appears fine there.
And, finally, according to the Times, at least the team is in great shape! That will hopefully bode well playing in steamy Auburn in a few weeks.
“Doba is convinced they’re in shape.
He says conditioning coach Rob Oviatt implemented a “pirates” theme with the players, telling them that it was customary for pirates to either raise a white flag to signal they were about to surrender, or a red one to indicate they “would fight to the death.”
“He got a red flag with a skull and crossbones, and everybody on the team signed it,” Doba said. “Midway through conditioning, they’d go out and stick the red flag in the ground to remind them they were going to fight to the death. At the end, they’d take a victory lap, raise the red flag and everybody got to carry it.
“I had more than one guy come up and say this was the toughest summer they’d ever been through.”
“All you little Hulka-maniacs out there, train, say your prayers, take your vitamins, be true to yourself, true to your country, and be a REAL American!”
Finally, someone has made some cool WSU highlights from last year. You’d think we went 11-1 last year after watching some of these big plays! Some serious talent coming back this year, obviously, but we’re also going to miss #1 just a little bit…..but man are we going to score points!
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