After expressing some disappointment at his team’s performance following Tuesday’s practice, Joker Phillips said that he was more pleased with his players on Wednesday. With that said, he is looking for further improvement in tomorrow’s practice just two days prior the big matchup with Louisville on Saturday.”We were better today but we have to get even better tomorrow,” Phillips said. “We have to get sharper in our assignments, sharper on our alignments and sharper on the adjustments we have to make.”Phillips had good news on the injury front, saying that center Matt Smith was able to practice today. The second-year head coach was pleasantly surprised by what he saw out of Smith as he lined up with the second string.”Matt Smith did practice today,” Phillips said. “He practiced with the twos and looked pretty good. I told him I was expecting him to look like a freshman, but he didn’t. He looked like a guy who’s played a lot of ball around here.”Phillips went on to say that Smith is expected to be available for Saturday’s game, though Jake Lanefski is still slated to start. Wide receiver Brian Adams is also recovering from injury and the coaching staff hopes he will be able to play this weekend.

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