1.   Almost lost amid the Soward hype, tight end Lonnie Ford has recovered faster from his ankle sprain against Stanford, and returned to practice this week.

2.   And he should have been allowed to return to practice only after two full weeks without symptoms.

3.   As Crouse returned to practice, forward Gary Williams left to get stitches in his upper lip after receiving an inadvertent elbow.

4.   Both returned to practice yesterday in a limited fashion.

5.   A child of the Texas aristocracy, he prepped in the East and graduated Princeton, then returned to practice corporate law in Houston.

6.   Aaron returned to practice this week, but Cox remains the starter.

7.   After a day off Sunday, the club will return to practice Monday morning to try to fix what went wrong.

8.   Akers, who suffered a slight ligament tear in February, returned to practice this week.

9.   Although both were considered highly doubtful for the game, Oriskovich returned to practice Thursday and is expected to be ready.

10.   But after putting on a brace, Pearsall returned to practice Tuesday and proclaimed himself ready to start against Purdue.