KENTUCKY'S FUTURE HOPES AT QB TO REST ON COUCH.Byline: Mike Embry Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. For three months, freshman Tim Couch Timothy Scott Couch (born July 31, 1977 in Hyden, Kentucky) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was a standout Heisman Trophy finalist in 1998 while playing for the University of Kentucky, and was the number one selection in the 1999 NFL has been throwing footballs to his receivers at Kentucky. Slowly, he's been getting used to how much faster his new teammates can run. ``It took me a couple of days to get used to their speed,'' Couch said. ``But now I feel like I've adjusted to it.'' If Couch adjusts to football in college the way he did in high school, then the Wildcats might find themselves back in the winning business. Landing the best recruit in the country has a way of making everyone feel good about the upcoming season. And Kentucky fans are feeling great about Couch. But coach Bill Curry William "Bill" Curry (born October 21, 1942) is a former NFL football player and NCAA football coach. He currently works as a football analyst for ESPN and the director of the Leadership Baylor program at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. makes it perfectly clear he already has a starting quarterback in Billy Jack Haskins Billy Jack Haskins is a former American football quarterback for the University of Kentucky from 1993 through 1996. Haskins won the Kentucky "Mr. Football" Award as a senior at Paducah Tilghman High School and at graduation had passed for more yardage than any player in and is in no rush to put Couch into the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. . ``People say, `How are you going to handle this situation?' '' Curry said. ``We'll keep our word and our word is as follows: Billy Jack will be our starting quarterback. With pressure on Curry to win more games, the Couch option, even with freshman Ryan Keller in the quarterback mix, might be used earlier than expected. |
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