Mark WiedmerThe clock approaching 10 a.m. Saturday, the last practice of preseason camp stretching past the two-hour mark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive lineman Corey Levin heard Mocs head coach Russ Huesman yell out that No. 52 was excused from further wind sprints. Given that Levin wears No. 62, he asked for further clarification, hopeful his ears had deceived him.
Replied Huesman: “I said No. 52,” which is worn by Jacob Revis.
So Revis headed for the Finley Stadium locker room and Levin got ready to run a few more wind sprints.
Asked his reasoning for keeping THE preseason All-American on the field until the bitter end, Huesman smiled and said, “No. 52’s taken a whole lot more snaps than No. 62 so far this fall.”
This bit of jocular merriment aside, the seriousness of this 2016 UTC football season is growing close. The Sept. 1 season opener against Shorter University at Finley is now only 11 days away. Camp may have ended, but there remains work to be done. Kinks to be ironed out. Rough edges to smooth.