(08-15-2015 11:27 AM)Buho00 Wrote: (08-15-2015 10:56 AM)talon owl Wrote: What do people want to know?
Did any of the true freshmen stand out? Who is playing DE? How did secondary look? Who looks to be a candidate for breakout season at WR? Are the Walter twins lining up at CB and WR?
No real true freshmen standouts, except for maybe at kicker and it wasn't Fox. The walk-on from West, TX (Tobola) has possibly the team's livest leg. Abercrumbia, Padgett and Thompson were in the rotations along the line.
Lots of people rotating through DE. Womac and Schantz are the projected starters. Womac wasn't suited. Peterson wasn't suited (I think he's out for season). Derek Brown is back in action. Brandon Hamilton saw some action in pass rush situations.
Secondary looked good generally. Starters are R. Pollard and Banks at CB. Espinosa at SS, White at KAT and Thomas at FS. WR/TE/RBs had a hard time getting separation for the most part.
Lots of young guys competing to get in the rotation at WR. Parks and Z. Wright were held out as the known quantities. Lance Wright looks to have been a find. Had a quiet scrimmage but he looked good in drills and reeled in a one handed catch in the back of the endzone but was ruled out of bounds. Temi Alaka looks to currently be at the top of the pack, and he participated, but with a red jersey on. We've got good length here. Most productive in the scrimmage was our former punter Decell, who caught a couple deep fades over the shoulder from the slot.
TEs had a good day with both Cella and Wells with long catch and run TDs.
I saw Austin Walter at RB and back on kick returns. I'm not sure where Aston was playing.
(08-15-2015 11:29 AM)cr11owl Wrote: (08-15-2015 10:56 AM)talon owl Wrote: What do people want to know?
Did the defense look as good as all the early reports have indicated? How does the depth look at Dline after the projected starters? How did we compare to early last year?
I heard price made a nice long FG and Fox missed one just wide.
Defense looked solid.
There are certainly bodies at DL, hard to say whether they are of sufficient quality based on the scrimmage.
Again, hard to say.
Each of the 3 participating kickers (Fox, Price, and Tobola [Knopf was holding a yard marker on the sidelines]) attempted several. I wasn't tracking make %, looking more at the quality of the kick, and to my eye Tobola's looked best.
(08-15-2015 11:31 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote: Backup QB report.
We're talking about Stehling and German here. No major fireworks, these guys look as they have, just another cycle stronger / more competent. I'm still intrigued by German's overall physical tools.
Granato got a couple series at the end and showed off a refined and effortless motion. He threw a perfect fade for a deep completion to Decell, and then completed a slant to walkon WR Hudak for a TD.