Yes, it’s true. T.J. Porter and McKenzie Mathews were practicing with the team today.

On having T.J. Porter and McKenzie Mathews back at practice:

They were great to have. In fact, they both made some plays today. It was encouraging. Like anything, I realize that things like that happen. They happen every year. It happened in the NFL. You just do the best you can, and there’s always that fine line where you want to make sure you keep as many players as you can, but you sure as heck can’t compromise anything from a team standpoint. And this has nothing to do with football. These are just personal things with young kids. That’s all part of it.

T.J. had a nice play today for a touchdown. Mack had a couple nice rushes. How much they would contribute, it’s early yet. Right now we’re just trying to get everybody as much work as we can.

These things happen, and while it needs to be covered and discussed. Perspective needs to be kept. Nice to see Coach Wannstedt agrees with me. They are still kids.

The press conference transcript also notes that the freshmen who came and took some summer classes to get a head start did very well. H.B. Blades gets some attention for his ongoing work ethic.

Tomorrow will be another scrimmage, though QBs will of course be off-limits.