Snapshots from Tuesday at Turpin

Quick hits, not as quick as freshman Jeremy Jefferson (check www.shreveporttimes.com and the sports section for a feature story) but hopefully interesting ...

... Most of the Lady Demon volleyball team has been attending portions of football practice, sitting as a group in the west side stands, in their team T-shirts. This afternoon, they were on hand just a few minutes before their own 6 o'clock practice.

... "Hustle everywhere" has been a standard set down by coach Scott Stoker, and nobody is immune. The iconic Harris Wilson Jr., aka "Coach Black" to his boys, was scolded by Stoker Monday after he didn't jog to a drill. "We were in the office this afternoon and I said it was time to go downstairs, and he almost took out Mrs. E (football secretary Elizabeth Holloway)," reported Stoker.

... Graduated weak safety Jason O'Brien was on the sidelines for Tuesday's practice. Nobody ever enjoyed playing for the Demons more than the four-year letterman and three-year starter from Abbeville.

... Former players Stuart Wright and Britt Brittain are frequent practice observers, and they stuck around afterwards to grill their friend Stoker about personnel. They swapped stories about three-a-day practices in their playing days. Stoker said he didn't even leave the fieldhouse between practices, just stretching out in the locker room instead of going to his apartment for two hours. Brittain said that was fine, it didn't take up much space, Stoker being 5-foot-6.

... Ticket manager Zach Williams walked his game day crew through the stadium after practice as they prepared for the Sept. 1 opener and reviewed seat locations and policies. Some of the game day employees are among NSU's most avid fans.

... Senior defensive end Charlie Brooks played centerfield in the "last play Hail Mary defense" as the Demons scrimmaged at the end of the practice. Brooks was a state tournament MVP in basketball for his Alabama high school and would be a good man to have in a Hail Mary pass jump ball situation. The one that unfolded Tuesday went to the defense as safety Gary Riggs came out of the crowd with an interception.