Went to the scrimmage today. It was pretty lackluster to say the least. Fairly short and entirely second or third stringers from what I could see. Here is a list of jerseys that were not padded:
Numbers: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 34, 39, 40, 48, 50, 57, 59, 65, 69, 70, 78, 82, 89.
A lot of young guys on our defensive line today. Pretty much all incoming freshman. I'll spare saying names, because I don't want to embarass any players. A lot of interior lineman seemed very slow off the snap. It made them very easy to block and very few won their individual battles. I am not a coach, so I do not no how to measure potential on the line, but those young men are definitely a work in progress. Defensive ends seemed to do okay, but some of them got swallowed up by blocks. Andre Lino stood out again with good penetration.
I hate to sound pessimistic, but our secondary got beat. A lot. There was lots of space for our receivers and missed tackles. A lot of this can probably be attributed to our insanely deep wide receiving corps. But if we field that kind of play this year, we are going to have a very poor showing at pass defense. Again. However, keep in mind this was the second and third string and not our starters.
There were definitely more on the defensive side of the field, but this is all I was able to jot down real quick. I was a little disappointed, because I was hoping to get a little bit of a look at what preparations we were making for SHSU, but I guess I'll just have to be surprised next week. Seeing as this was pretty much a scout scrimmage, there were many rookie mistakes, some standouts, some confused players, etc. So, my notes weren't as extensive as last week.
Jordan West, Reilly Hennessey, and Gage Gubrud got significant reps at quarterback. I showed up a little late, so I might have missed Conner Richardson getting some reps. Each one of them looked solid. Jordan had some absolutely beautiful deep throws. There were a couple of underthrows, but I see him being very fine tuned by the end of the season. I still haven't gotten to see him scramble. Reilly Hennessey also looked very solid. Great throws and this one I did get to see scramble. The kid is much faster than I anticipated. under pressure he juked a defender and took it out of bounds for a gain of seven. Gage Gubrud also had splendid throws. He had a lot of redemption for his tentativeness last week. The poor kid had to contend AGAIN with low snaps from the backup center, but was ready and recovered from them quickly. Any low snaps he scooped right up and would hurl a good ball to the wide receivers.
In the wide receiving category, all I can say is that we are insanely deep at this position. Every receiver was on fire and made the secondary look like they were boys among men. Jump balls, catches in double coverage, diving catches, one handed catches.... you name it and our receivers nailed it today.
#36 got a lot of reps at runningback. I was very surprised at the wheels this kid has. He will surprise folks next year, seemingly coming out of nowhere from our deep stable of runningbacks.
As far as our kicking game, we hit every PAT from what I saw.
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