Milne the Punter

Stephen Tsai profiles Kurt Milne, who talks about his bad game against Alabama.

"It wasn't just about dropping the snap," Milne said. "I had two pretty bad punts at Alabama, too. I think those (punts) upset coach (June Jones) a little more than dropping the ball. That was the big issue."

With last week's bye, Milne had extensive time to replay the mistakes. In a nudge to Milne's ego, slotback Davone Bess was allowed to punt during Tuesday's practice.

"This could turn out to be a good thing," Milne said. "It could push me to be a better punter."

I think he'll be booming it on Saturday. Unfortunately, that will all be during warm-ups because UH won't need to punt during the game! WOOOOO!!!!

The same article also has a short profile on Malcolm Lane, who's redshirting this year, but is earning praise from Jeff Reinebold.

But in the past two weeks of practices, Lane was asked to portray UNLV quarterback Rocky Hinds, who is 6 feet 5, 225 pounds and can run 100 meters in 10.4 seconds. Lane, who is 6 feet 2, has been impressive enough to make UH coaches search for loopholes in the redshirt agreement.

"We'll do what's in the best interest of the program, and that's always June's criteria, but man, oh, man, Malcolm is a weapon," said assistant coach Jeff Reinebold, who recruited Lane. "You see him in kickoffs or out there running around. He doesn't have any idea what he's doing, but he sure can do it fast."

He's gonna be a superstar for UH! Can't wait to see him on the field next year. I just hope he doesn't keep shrinking. I think earlier this week he was 6 feet 4! Hee hee!