Ryan Practices and Coach Rod on the Radio

• Ryan Mallett continues to practice as his waiver from the NCAA is still under consideration. Here is how Ryan did at his first scrimmage as a "Hog":

  Ryan Mallett, the former Texas High quarterback from Texarkana and transfer from the University of Michigan, completed 7 of 13 for 60 yards, quarterbacking the second offense versus the second defense.

  What no fumbled snaps? The 7 of 13 sounds about right.

• Is it me or is Rich Rodriguez everywhere? Radio interviews, TV interviews, Newspaper interviews, Hey Rich why not give Bighouse blog an interview? I can ask you the same questions you've heard a 100 times already. Here is some takes from his recent visit to WTKA-AM. He talks about the O-line learning but still has work to do. That right now they are not considering moving any D-lineman to the O-line. (you think? The D-line has worst dept then then the O-line when you include the incoming Freshman). That the Defense is ahead of the Offense. Now to the quotes on specific players: John Thompson:

  We’ve pushed him pretty hard and he’s responded well. I’ve been really pleased with the way he’s practiced, he’s flew around and made some plays and he’s got an opportunity to prove himself to a new staff and he’s been doing that. I’ve been really pleased with him, and I think our guys are slowly understanding the tempo of our practices and getting more familiar with how we want to do things.”

  On Marques Slocum:

  He had a lower leg infection that really put him off about a week and a half and that hindered his progress. He’s got a long way to go until he gets in shape. We think once he gets in shape—and that’s probably not going to be until the end of summer—he’s going to be able to help us because he’s a big guy that loves to play. He’s got some ability but he and a couple other guys up front really have a ways to go to get in condition with the way we want them to play.”

  On Darryl Stonum:

  “Darryl’s done well for really a guy that’s supposed to be in high school right now. He graduated early and got here and it’s a good thing because he’s getting a lot of reps and learning the system and he’s going to have an opportunity to play quite a bit this year. We’re just low on the numbers here. Obviously changing systems and then having the two guys leave early for the draft, he caught us in a numbers crunch and it’s going to take us a couple of years to get caught up in that. Going to a spread offense, you need a bunch of guys on the perimeter that you hope to have with experience. We’ve got a handful and they’ve done a great job this spring, but we’ve got a long way to go. We’re going to have to really rely on young kids, not only this year but probably next year, especially to get that two-deep at the wide receiver position.”