Bears Return To Work
8/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 21, 2006
After its first off day since fall camp began, the Baylor football team returned to practice on Monday evening with a 2 hour and 15-minute workout on the grass practice fields at Floyd Casey Stadium.
"They were sharp and had a little skip in their step," said Morriss. "I think it (the off day) really freshened them up. We are not going to keep them out here long, which should help them."
After watching his team being slowed by nagging injuries over the first 16 practices, the Bears' training room was cleared out for Monday evening's workout which followed the first day of classes on the Baylor campus. The only players held out of the workout were senior preseason All-America punter Daniel Sepulveda (sore knee), senior linebacker Paul Howard (sore knee) and freshman offensive lineman Dylan Hagens (sore back).
The Baylor offensive line, receiver and linebacker corps were all at full-speed on Monday, which brought a smile to the Bears' fourth-year head coach.
"Travis (Farst) moved really well, he said that he didn't have any problems and that he just has to trust the knee and I think over the course of the next couple of days he will do that," said Morriss. "Gay (Dan) moved good, Will (Blaylock) toward the end of practice had some soreness, but I think he will be fine. It was good to see all of the receivers back working and I think the linebacker corps was back out here. So, we are kind of at full speed for another day or two, hopefully.
"We've cut a lot of the hitting out of it (practice), which ought to help them," he added. "We are going to have them out here in hot part of the day tomorrow, so we'll keep the time down."
The Bears return to the practice field on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. Baylor opens its 2006 season at home on Sept. 3 against No. 22 TCU at 4:30 p.m. in a nationally-televised (Fox Sports Net) contest.
Notes: Nine walk-ons joined the team Monday and another 11 are expected to be added to the Baylor roster by the end of the week ... Among the walk-ons beginning their five-day NCAA-mandated acclimatization period were senior outside safety Bryan Bays, redshirt freshman wide receiver Ryan Campbell, sophomore defensive end Adam Geib, senior inside receiver Andrew Heard, senior defensive tackle Anderson Horn, junior linebacker Daniel Lopez, sophomore quarterback Ryan Roberts, sophomore linebacker Sam Shalala and senior cornerback Avery Sneed ... All-told, the Bears expect to carry 125 players during the season ... Both season and single-game tickets for the 2006 Baylor football season remain on sale through the Athletic Ticket Office ... Tickets may be purchased in-person at Floyd Casey Stadium, over the phone at 254.710.1000 or on-line, 24-hours-a-day, at baylorbears.com.
