QB's rehab long `Hill' to climb, Herd's Hillstill gets limited work while nursing knee injury

HUNTINGTON - Stan Hill is accustomed to being in the pocket.

But not this pocket.

Instead of standing tall in the pass pocket, Marshall University'sstarting quarterback spent most of MU's first spring practice heretoday standing with his hands in his sweat pants pockets. He did takethem out long enough, though, to throw a few passes.

"I still have two more months in my rehab cycle," said Hill, whounderwent off-season surgery on his left knee. "So, I'm just outthere taking it easy."

Or so it seemed.

But the truth of the matter is the senior quarterback's pulse wasracing, his heart was pounding and his adrenalin was pumping.

"It's still …