Short Blurb On PSU

From the Portland Tribune:

Portland State opened spring practice Wednesday loaded with linemen.
“The defensive line is extremely talented and deep, and probably bigger size-wise than it’s ever been,” coach Tim Walsh says. “The offensive line is extremely experienced and 11 or 12 deep, and we’ll only travel nine. So we’ve got numbers and quality on both sides of the ball, enough that we can get a lot of physical reps in this spring. That’s going to make guys even better.”
• Eighty-five players turned out for the first of 14 workouts. “For us, that’s a ton,” Walsh says. “We’ve got about 14 more players coming in the fall, and we’re only allowed 90, so we’ll have to cut some guys.”
• Quarterback Sawyer Smith, who missed the 2005 finale with a fractured thumb, looks fully healed and ready to show progress in his ability to move the offense through the air. “He got better as the year went on last fall,” Walsh says, “and people don’t realize he finished second in the Big Sky in passing efficiency, when you count only conference games.”
• PSU is looking for receivers, including someone to replace last year’s top threat, Shaun Bodiford. A leading early candidate is senior Tremayne Kirkland, a transfer from Nevada-Las Vegas. “He looks like he’s going to be the real deal at wideout,” Walsh says.