The practice facility at Scottsdale Community College, where the Broncos practice, is just ridiculously nice for a junior college. They have two football fields, side by side, other than the game field. The grass is perfectly manicured, bizarre for this city without grass. There’s a lot of brown down here. I bet the Fiesta Bowl puts a lot of money into that place. TCU is practicing at a high school that simply isn’t as nice.
I talked to Richie Brockel today after practice. He is still on crutches, but plans to start walking without them tomorrow or the day after. He said he still feels pain in the bottom of his foot, just because he has not walked on it in weeks. instead he’s been working his upper body. He bench pressed 285 pounds 10 times yesterday. He’s getting stronger. Once he gets back into the gym, he’ll have a few months to recover and prepare for the NFL tryouts. I think he’ll be just fine. The Minnesota Vikings might be a good fit. Someone can use a hyper-intelligent fullback. Brockel is probably the best NFL prospect on the team.