Practice Three (8/4)

Hey everyone. Practice has been pushed back to 4:15 p.m. today. I'll be there to provide all the necessary information. As an added bonus, I may try to post my first-ever HABOTN video this evening. I have a sweet camera and some sweeter video-editing software, so maybe I can make miracles happen.

See you around 7.

Here is what You Need To Know about today's business:

• Practice lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. It was sunny, but a gentle wind kept things tolerable.
  
  
• CB Aairon Savage went down with a knee injury. He was on his way to diagnostics the last time I saw him. Savage was in pain. Coach Tommy Tuberville said he didn't have any additional information about the situation.
  
  
• Tuberville said S DeRon Furr's status "has not changed," but declined to elaborate on what that even means. S Zac Etheridge, who was involved in the fracas that ended Furr's last practice appearance Saturday, said players were trying to prove a point. Etheridge insinuated that Furr has been loafing and that teammates were trying to correct that behavior.
  
  
• Here's the quote from Etheridge: "It was just setting an example to the freshmen. It wasn't nothing but bumping heads. It's just showing them we're here to work and get to the championship."
  
  
• Freshman DE Jomarcus Savage humiliated OT Lee Ziemba during one rep of pass-rush drills. Savage took three steps toward Ziemba, faked inside, faked outside then rammed directly into Ziemba's chest. Ziemba fell on his back. Cockroached. Ziemba played much better before and after that play, but it was a pretty special performance by Savage.
  
  
• OT Ryan Pugh played particularly well in pass-rush drills. OG Tyronne Green and DT Sen'Derrick Marks played basically to a draw with each player winning his fair share. It's fun to see those two go at it.
  
  
• OC Tony Franklin said afterward that he's been very impressed with WR Chris Slaughter so far.
  

Auburn added a pair of commitments today. The newcomers are cornerback David Conner of Batesville, Miss., and junior-college wideout Cameron Kenney.

Kenney is the bigger name of the two. He's playing this season at Garden City (Kan.) Community College and has a really wide array of skills. He kicks field goals, punts and even played defensive back last season.

Auburn now has 22 commitments. They are listed below.

HIGH SCHOOL
LB Harris Gaston, Birmingham (Bessemer Academy)
WR Brandon Heavens, Birmingham (Bessemer Academy)
QB Raymond Cotton, Mobile (Faith Academy) ... though he's moving this summer
DT Terrence Coleman, Mobile (Williamson)
DE Jamontay Pilson, Greenville (Greenville)
TE Philip Lutzenkirchen, Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter)
TB Rodney Scott, Cross City, Fla. (Dixie County)
LB Jonathan Evans, Mobile (Blount)
WR Travante Stallworth, Leesville, La. (Leesville)
WR Ladarius Perkins, Greenville, Miss. (St. Joseph)
OL Andre Harris, Hampton, Ga. (Lovejoy)
WR LaVoyd James, Mobile (Williamson)
OL Aaron Moore, Frisco, Texas (Centennial)
DE Donald Ford, Odenville (St. Clair County)
LB Brandon Jacobs, Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview)
LB Jamie Collins, Meadville, Miss. (Franklin County)
DB Reggie Taylor, Fort Valley, Ga. (Peach County)
CB Davis Conner, Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

JUNIOR COLLEGE
*LB Eltoro Freeman, Alex City (Miss. Gulf Coast CC)
*DE Wilfred Journet, Lafayette, La. (Copiah-Lincoln CC)
*DL Nick Fairley, Mobile (Copiah-Lincoln CC)
WR Cameron Kenney, Dacula, Ga. (Garden City Community College)
* signed with Auburn out of high school in Feb. 2007.

My first attempt at a practice video.

EDIT: I upgraded the quality. It's about 50% better now.



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