Rivalry Week: Joker Phillips Press Conference

Today, Joker Phillips had the first of his annual Rivalry Week press conferences.

Hilights:

• Billy Joe Murphy and Matt Smith, Taiedo Smith still not practicing tomorrow.
  
• Josh Clemons "Durable."

• Don't have to say much about the rivalry.
• Morgan Newton "Faster than he looks."
• Have to run Newton more, especially from the shotgun.
• Louisville will "stack the box and dare you to throw."
• Have to recognize blitzes.
• Newton has had 9 or 10 drops.
• Had to use tight ends in protection a lot.
• Newton runs better than the tight ends, and needs to check down after a couple of reads and run the football.
• About Josh Clemons -- Backs are "born" a great back.  You don't teach it.
• "There will be a lot of swings in momentum in a game like this."
• Was not surprised about anything Randall Cobb did except bring it out 8 yards deep.

There will be lots of these this week, no doubt.