Thoughts from Wednesday's practice, through the eyes of USCRipsIt...
- As Matt Barkley sat out with a bruised shoulder for the third consecutive practice, Aaron Corp continued to take all the first-team reps Wednesday, but a decision on Saturday's starter is still undetermined. "We'll just wait it out and see what happens," Coach Carroll said.
- Though he threw an interception for the second day in a row, Corp had an otherwise sharp workout, directing a dominating offensive performance in 7-on-7 period and leading the offense to a 14-12 overall practice victory in the final team period. "I'm happy with the way Aaron has taken advantage of this opportunity," Carroll said.
- Nursing a sprained right knee, safety Taylor Mays remained sidelined again Wednesday, but he did do some running at the start of practice. And Barkley, with an ice pack on his shoulder for much of the workout, remained involved in practice by staying close to quarterbacks coach and play-caller Jeremy Bates. "We're putting a sense of urgency around Matt and Taylor to see how quick we can get them back," Carroll said.
- Defensive back Marshall Jones snagged the interception off Corp in the final team period to officially label it Turnover Wednesday.
- Quarterback Mitch Mustain took reps at punter and stayed after practice to get in extra work as the redshirt junior experiments with a new position. He was booming 50-plus-yard punts during special teams period, though Carroll said he's still a few weeks away from working into the competition at punter. "He's got a really good leg," Carroll said.
- The running backs had an especially productive day Wednesday. Tailbacks Allen Bradford and C.J. Gable turned in lengthy runs up the middle during team period and, on the final play of the day, fullback Stanley Havili used a vicious stiff-arm to shed the linebacker and scamper in for a short touchdown around the left side.
- Offensive tackle Charles Brown returned to practice after sitting out the last two days with the flu. He is slated to start Saturday.
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