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The future was at least part of the discussion at Kentucky’s weekly football press luncheon today. There were questions about whether there is talent inside the program to turn things around. With Randall Cobb, Mike Hartline, Derrick Locke and Chris Matthews all departed from last year’s team, UK had to know that finding playmakers might be a problem. But did Phillips think it would be this much of a problem?

“We definitely don’t have the speed that we had the past couple of years to stretch the field,” Phillips said today. “But we’ve gotten behind people, too. You don’t have to have great speed to get behind people. We have made some plays down the field. The thing that we are lacking is the guy to throw screen, or a five-yard play to and he turns it into a 50-yard play. That’s what we’re lacking.

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Big Blue Links for Friday:

• Rumble at Rupp to attract big-name targets, says H-L staff report.
• UK dodgeball has turned into a hit, writes Paul Jones of the Kernel.
• Key stats of UK-LSU, from Herald-Leader.
• Woodson has LSU memories, writes Scott Hotard of The Advocate.
• Miles says Lee and Jefferson can handle it, reports Les East of The Advocate.
• Jefferson addition is lethal, reports Glenn Guilbeau of Shreveport Times.
• LSU wants to avoid 2007 repeat, reports Luke Johnson of Times-Picayune.
• UK still searching for offensive breakout, says my H-L story.
• Phillips has a fond memory of Tiger Stadium, writes H-L’s Mark Story.
• UK coach trying mind games to help team, reports C-J’s Kyle Tucker.
• Matt May of Cats Pause gives a UK-LSU scouting report.
• Cats ready for Death Valley encounter, writes Kernel’s Cody Porter.
• Billy Joe Murphy won’t back down, writes Keith Taylor of Winchester Sun.
• UK fall sports off to a great start, reports Guy Ramsey of Cat Scratches.

Video of offensive tackle Billy Joe Murphy talking today about UK’s opportunity Saturday at LSU.

UK offensive tackle Billy Joe Murphy has earned plaudits for staying healthy and showing improvement during fall camp. With UK’s opener set for Thursday night, here is the senior from Monroe County talking about his development.

Kentucky offensive lineman Billy Joe Murphy has played every position on the offensive line but center. He started against Louisville at right tackle. Last Saturday at Florida, Murphy started at left guard for the injured Stuart Hines. At Monday’s UK press luncheon, the junior talked about playing all over the place.