– The biggest news of the day from Wednesday’s media extravaganza was Derrick Locke’s endorsement of senior Mike Hartline as UK’s starting quarterback, as reported by Chip Cosby of the Lexington Herald-Leader and Brett Dawson from the Courier-Journal. As reported Wednesday on our live blog, head coach Joker Phillips is not ready to name a starter quite yet but did admit that Hartline was the leader coming out of spring practice.

– Darrell Bird from The Cats’ Pause writes that defensive lineman DeQuin Evans was surprised by the invite to Southeastern Conference Media Days.

– Larry Vaught from the Danville Advocate-Messenger says that Phillips knew quickly that Randall Cobb was unique on and off the field.

– Brandon Shields from the Jackson Sun on the Wildcats using Tee Martin’s name, tech skills in recruiting.

– Along those lines, Austin Ward from the Knoxville News-Sentinel says that Cobb is glad Martin is at Kentucky.

– Andy Bitter from Macon.com writes that Phillips is keeping Kentucky on its toes.

– Matt May from The Cats’ Pause believes the quarterback battle is still UK’s most pressing concern.

– Also, some additional photos from Wednesday from an actual photographer: Photo Gallery