I just finished watching Morgan Newton on ESPN, and I came away extremely impressed by the kid. Here are some bullet points. *The knock on mobile quarterbacks is that they sometimes get impatient when the pass protection begins to break down, resulting in scrambles for minimal gains. I didn’t see that out of Newton today. [...]
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An assessment of Morgan Newton
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Morgan Newton, Randy Sanders, Rich Brooks, UK football0
Just Another Program Changer In the Fold
Posted: 21st August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Morgan Newton, Ryan MossakowskiKentucky just picked up it’s second program-changing caliber quarterback for the class of 2009 by way of Morgan Newton. The athletic pro-style signal caller out of Carmel HS in Carmel, Indiana narrowed his choices down to UK (his Dad’s favorite), Clemson (mom’s), and Florida (always a sexy pick). In the end, UK was the way [...]
SAM SIMPSON PICKS KENTUCKY
Posted: 12th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Randy Sanders, Rich Brooks, UK footballWell, another day, another outstanding recruit for Rich Brooks and Joker Phillips. Sam Simpson, the *** center from Henry Clay HS in Lexington, has apparently just now committed to Kentucky as of the time I began writing this column (2:13 PM). For those of you who look at stars and nothing else when judging the [...]
Mossakowski: The Impact
Posted: 9th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Kentucky Football, Mike Hartline, Morgan Newton, Randall Cobb, Randy Sanders, Recruiting, Ryan Mossakowski, UK footballIt’s not everyday that a tall, strong-arm big QB prospect lands at Kentucky. Especially an out of state one. But hey, hey, looky here… It’s Ryan Mossakowski, all dressed up in blue. Thank you sir. This class was already shaping up to be solid, maybe even good, with tons of three-star prospects in-state and around [...]
Mossakowski, 4-Star QB, Reportedly Commits To Cats
Posted: 9th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Ryan MossakowskiNews coming out of Lexington media outlets says that the Wildcats have secured a stud quarterback for the class of 2009. Ryan Mossakowski, a 6-4, 203 pound quarterback from Texas, notified coaches at Kentucky that he would be verbally committing to the Cats for 2009. Mossakowski is a 4-star prospect as rated by scout.com. He [...]
Does UK Have A New Football Commit?
Posted: 31st July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Football Recruiting, Joker Phillips, Kentucky Football, Mister Cobble, Rich Brooks, Ridge Wilson, UK footballIt’s no secret that Rich Brooks and Co. have been working the recruiting trail hard recently, grabbing a slew of three star recruits and in-state talent before fall practice even starts. Pretty good considering the rest of the SEC has decided to come out firing as well. And now, UK has another kid from the [...]
Joker Phillips and Rich Brooks: Winners of the Billy Gillispie Impression Contest
Posted: 30th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Football Recruiting, Joker Philips, Kentucky Football, Mister Cobble, Morgan Newton, Recruiting, Rich Brooks, UK footballWe all remember the best thing about Billy Gillispie. No, no, not that he’ll win games, but that he recruits like none other! Yes, we all know that now and we worship it (well, most of us anyway). Little did we know that recently there was a Billy Gillispie impression contest. All UK coaches were [...]