MARSHALL, WVU PRESEASON FOOTBALL PRACTICES: Free safety Wicks is Mountaineer film major

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: August 8, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

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MORGANTOWN - A typical night at the movies for Eric Wicks doesn't include popcorn or a date, and it certainly doesn't involve "The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

More than likely it is a screening of Brian Brohm or Brian Leonard or Mario Urrutia. Or even Eric Wicks.

Perhaps no West Virginia defensive player watches as much film as Wicks, the Mountaineers' highly touted senior strong safety.

"I just like to try to watch as much film as possible of the quarterback or the running back or the receivers that I'm playing against," Wicks said. "You see their athletic abilities, you see ...

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