Joker Phillips On USC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Kentucky Head Football Coach Joker Phillips held his weekly press conference on Monday and was asked several questions about the #6th ranked Gamecocks. The former Lou Holtz USC assistant coach gave Connor Shaw praise for his accuracy and his running ability. ” But the guy is really accurate. He actually ran — you guys may not get the highlights of it because he was called back, an 80-yard touchdown run last week against Missouri, an SEC opponent that the quarterback outran for 80 yards. So he’s a guy that can run the football. He’s really accurate. He’s a coach’s son, so he’s like a coach on the field. He’s a challenge for us.” Phillips talked about Marcus Lattimore and his ability to protect the football. “Big physical back that always falling forward. He protects the football. He’s done a really good job of protecting the football, and he catches the ball well out of the backfield.” Phillips also discussed Jadeveon Clowney’s ability to create problems for an offense. ” Again, they should issue everybody one of those. I’m just telling you. He’s even better this year. He’s a lot faster, a lot quicker off the ball, uses his hands better. Again, he would be the number one pick this year if I was a GM, if he was coming out. They should let him come out, I think. They should let him — huh? Yeah. We could pick him up in the supplemental draft or something and that’s one of the guys I was telling you we gotta manage the “oh, shoots.” When he’s coming at you with a screwed-up protection, what do I do with the ball? Oh, shoot. Here he comes.”