The story of the day was definitely the kicker battle. More on that later.
QB's: Hansen to Richardson. We'll be hearing a lot of that this year. Didn't see Hirschman on the 11 ons or around the players. Not sure if he was injured or what. Burnette took all the reps at 2nd team. There are quite a few issues with center/QB exchange (fumbles, tripping).
RB's: Speedy took at least 2 long untouched runs for TD's on scrimmages. Far and away our best RB. He really swings the ball around while running tho and he fumbled. Bieniemy was not happy and the entire O had to do push ups. Lockridge and Jones usually go down for a short gain or loss
WR's: Richardson is untouchable. Good hands and he is a burner. No one can catch or cover him on the team. When Hansen threw to him during scrimmages it nearly always went for a TD. Toney is an interesting guy. Lots of trash talk involving him, "not wanting to go over the middle." Still looks good and he caught a curl and deeked Vigo out of his shoes for a TD. I think Espy could be either be #3 WR or 4. Gray dropped an easy pass but was wildcat QB and fumbled. McCulloch still pushing for PT, he made a nice catch along the sideline and almost took out some spectators.
TE: Didn't notice as much here today. More passes to WR's and runs. For those questioning Cordary Allen's size, he is barely shorter than Thornton so TIFWIW.
OL: Still getting pushed around by the DL. Usually the run would go for a loss or a TD, with more on the former.
DL: Pretty happy with DL play. Pericak and Bonsu made some nice TFL's in 9 on 7 drills. Obi and Cunningham running with the one's. Juda was 2ns team DE again. He doesn't appear to be overly fast or strong but he has a motor, I think he could eventually move to DT. Tui is still working extra with Richter calling some of the drills the ER drills (his initials). Nembot will redshirt imo
LB's: One of our better units imo. Webb makes plays but he really heard it from Brookhart during punt protection drills. We are still missing that OLB/DE combo guy.
CB's: Vigo and Sandersfeld with the 1's. Vigo seems fast and physical. Ideally Sandersfeld would make a better nickelback tho imo. Deji and Hawkins with the 2's and Henderson still getting reps in there. Still no Sherrard sighting
S: Polk is probably the fastest guy on the entire D. Perkins and Terrel line up at the LOS a lot. I think we'll see a lot more blitzes this year. No more 3 guys on the LOS. Harlos looks pretty good actually, he is fast but not that physical yet. Jaffee running with the 2nd team Safety's was interesting. The last couple years of DB recruiting was pretty bad (minus this last one)
K: The battle of the day. Embree was personally watching over the Kickers. Castor was with the 1's initially. But, then Embree was getting on them for "no consistency." So he personally watched and made Castor kick from 30 yards out. He had to make 10 of 10, if he missed one he had to start over. It took Castor over 30 kicks and I don't think he got the 10 consecutive makes. Oliver lined up and made 9 in a row. Embree called the entire team to watch. Oliver lined up and made it for 10 in a row. The coaches and players were pretty psyched. Later on during the scrimmages Embree would randomly call for a FG. Oliver would be the one to take it and I think he made 3 for 3 at an average of about 40 yards. Castor lined up for the FG once but Embree kicked him out saying he,"wasn't the 1st team kicker." We'll see if this holds up as it's been a pretty back and forth battle all camp.
P: Grossnickel, O'Neill, Brundage in that order imo but no one was particularly good here today. Surprisingly they were doing some rugby punts
Of the true frosh on O I think McCulloch might actually be the only one to play (D.D. looks to get some time on ST's). Spruce looks ready but there are some guys ahead of him. On D, Daigh, Henderson, Harlos, and Juda play with the 2's so I think we'll burn their redshirts.
Lots of time today was dedicated to the scrimmage. Embree will come up with "situations" like 3rd and 1 or punting from the end zone with 12 seconds left etc. When the offense ran, I'd say the advantage went to the D unless Speedy broke off for a long TD. When the O passed the O won nearly every time. I believe the offense went 3 for 3 on 3rd and short situations. Two being passes one being a run. These players really get into the situations. There's a lot of jawing back and forth between the Offense and Defense and even the coaches. Overall, the Offense definitely won today and the D had to do push ups. I'll post more if I remember and GO Buffs
QB's: Hansen to Richardson. We'll be hearing a lot of that this year. Didn't see Hirschman on the 11 ons or around the players. Not sure if he was injured or what. Burnette took all the reps at 2nd team. There are quite a few issues with center/QB exchange (fumbles, tripping).
RB's: Speedy took at least 2 long untouched runs for TD's on scrimmages. Far and away our best RB. He really swings the ball around while running tho and he fumbled. Bieniemy was not happy and the entire O had to do push ups. Lockridge and Jones usually go down for a short gain or loss
WR's: Richardson is untouchable. Good hands and he is a burner. No one can catch or cover him on the team. When Hansen threw to him during scrimmages it nearly always went for a TD. Toney is an interesting guy. Lots of trash talk involving him, "not wanting to go over the middle." Still looks good and he caught a curl and deeked Vigo out of his shoes for a TD. I think Espy could be either be #3 WR or 4. Gray dropped an easy pass but was wildcat QB and fumbled. McCulloch still pushing for PT, he made a nice catch along the sideline and almost took out some spectators.
TE: Didn't notice as much here today. More passes to WR's and runs. For those questioning Cordary Allen's size, he is barely shorter than Thornton so TIFWIW.
OL: Still getting pushed around by the DL. Usually the run would go for a loss or a TD, with more on the former.
DL: Pretty happy with DL play. Pericak and Bonsu made some nice TFL's in 9 on 7 drills. Obi and Cunningham running with the one's. Juda was 2ns team DE again. He doesn't appear to be overly fast or strong but he has a motor, I think he could eventually move to DT. Tui is still working extra with Richter calling some of the drills the ER drills (his initials). Nembot will redshirt imo
LB's: One of our better units imo. Webb makes plays but he really heard it from Brookhart during punt protection drills. We are still missing that OLB/DE combo guy.
CB's: Vigo and Sandersfeld with the 1's. Vigo seems fast and physical. Ideally Sandersfeld would make a better nickelback tho imo. Deji and Hawkins with the 2's and Henderson still getting reps in there. Still no Sherrard sighting
S: Polk is probably the fastest guy on the entire D. Perkins and Terrel line up at the LOS a lot. I think we'll see a lot more blitzes this year. No more 3 guys on the LOS. Harlos looks pretty good actually, he is fast but not that physical yet. Jaffee running with the 2nd team Safety's was interesting. The last couple years of DB recruiting was pretty bad (minus this last one)
K: The battle of the day. Embree was personally watching over the Kickers. Castor was with the 1's initially. But, then Embree was getting on them for "no consistency." So he personally watched and made Castor kick from 30 yards out. He had to make 10 of 10, if he missed one he had to start over. It took Castor over 30 kicks and I don't think he got the 10 consecutive makes. Oliver lined up and made 9 in a row. Embree called the entire team to watch. Oliver lined up and made it for 10 in a row. The coaches and players were pretty psyched. Later on during the scrimmages Embree would randomly call for a FG. Oliver would be the one to take it and I think he made 3 for 3 at an average of about 40 yards. Castor lined up for the FG once but Embree kicked him out saying he,"wasn't the 1st team kicker." We'll see if this holds up as it's been a pretty back and forth battle all camp.
P: Grossnickel, O'Neill, Brundage in that order imo but no one was particularly good here today. Surprisingly they were doing some rugby punts
Of the true frosh on O I think McCulloch might actually be the only one to play (D.D. looks to get some time on ST's). Spruce looks ready but there are some guys ahead of him. On D, Daigh, Henderson, Harlos, and Juda play with the 2's so I think we'll burn their redshirts.
Lots of time today was dedicated to the scrimmage. Embree will come up with "situations" like 3rd and 1 or punting from the end zone with 12 seconds left etc. When the offense ran, I'd say the advantage went to the D unless Speedy broke off for a long TD. When the O passed the O won nearly every time. I believe the offense went 3 for 3 on 3rd and short situations. Two being passes one being a run. These players really get into the situations. There's a lot of jawing back and forth between the Offense and Defense and even the coaches. Overall, the Offense definitely won today and the D had to do push ups. I'll post more if I remember and GO Buffs
