Lots of fun in two minutes of video from Skip Holtz after Wednesday's practice. Sorry for the occasional gusts of wind -- they helped Wednesday afternoon, believe me -- but you do get the debut of another Holtzism -- "the hay's in the barn" -- and a steady parade of Bulls players walking past in the background.

Holtz is laidback enough that he'll talk to reporters briefly during practice -- he's giving me grief for wearing khakis to a hot afternoon practice Wednesday, and I explain that many days I'm working in an office before coming to practice, where shorts seem less appropriate. He asks if the Times is OK with my goatee, and I say that they are, but ask him if he has rules about facial hair among his players. His rule? If he can walk past and grab the beard, it's too long and it has to go. "None of the billy-goat stuff," he said.