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October 23, 2008 5:02 PM

More from UW practice

Not much excitement today on the field. We updated the injury situation earlier and there were no further additions to the injured list as far as I could tell. When the media entered the stadium, QB Jake Locker watched warmups from the first row of the stands. He's still wearing a cast around his broken right hand.

As for the other Dawgs, it was obvious they miss Locker. During a two-minute drill that pitted the No. 1 offense against the No. 2 defense, backup cornerback Matt Mosley intercepted quarterback Ronnie Fouch's pass and returned it for a touchdown.

There was plenty of hoopla from the UW defense in the end zone, which is to be expected from a group that has just two interceptions this season. In case you're wondering the last time the UW returned an interception for a touchdown, it was Sept. 29, 2007, against USC when Mesphin Forrester returned a pick 54 yards.

More startling is the amount of time that's lapsed since the last UW player returned a fumble for a score. The last to do so was Terry Johnson on Sept. 20, 2003, against Idaho. That's five years and counting. Wow. After looking up that little factoid, it probably makes sense why the defensive linemen were practicing strip drills today.

Back to Fouch's pick. It was difficult to determine what went wrong, but there wasn't a receiver in the general vicinity, so I'm guessing there was a communication error.

Backup quarterback Taylor Bean continued the interception theme when he directed the No. 2 offense against a collection of backups. This time, Marquis Presley came down with the ball in a crowd.

Our 25-minute allotment ended as the team split for offensive and defensive drills.

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