The rumor is that the decision to hold out Jones another week will depend on his performance in practice today. Hopefully he is able to work in full contact without a hindrance as we will need him against Miami Datko finally took a full day in practice and did reportedly well. He will continue to be monitored and Jimbo has said he will not make a decision until Thursday, but felt Datko was in a good position to come back this week. Mister Alexander reportedly did well in a noncontact practice yesterday, and will be in full contact today despite his concussion on Saturday. This is welcome news as he has played extremely well this year and would be very sorely missed for UM. Also here is another story with some more info