re: 2017 Spring Football Thread

No doubt. Hope he lets the players attack and play aggressive.

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No doubt. Hope he lets the players attack and play aggressive.

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It sounds like he will. Lots of talk of players playing closer to the line and blitzing more has me hopeful.

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The defense stuffed Rawleigh Williams on the first two plays, but he broke a 37-yarder on the third. Bounced outside and Josh Liddell didn't have the right angle.

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Shocker

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Cole Kelley came in after a few plays and hit Jordan Jones for a 63-yard TD on a crossing route. Pass traveled about 18 yards in the air and Jones outran the defense.

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Big drop by T.J. Hammonds on a pass over the middle from Kelley. Would've been a big gainer. Looked like it got into his body.

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Another drop by Hammonds, this time in the flat.

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Interested to see how this experiment is going to work out. Not helping himself if he can't catch the ball

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Kelley has been considerably better than Storey so far. Storey just missed a receiver in the flat and followed it up by sailing it over an open Jordan Jones in the end zone.

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Too early to say Kelley is a lock for the #2 QB?

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First move the ball drive of the day, the first team offense marched down to the 10. Ran it right at the starting defense. Only threw 1 pass.

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Rawleigh Williams 68-yard touchdown run right up the middle. No one got close to him. Run game has been pretty dominant.

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Welp

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Tipped pass led to a Bijhon Jackson INT against Kelley. Returned it for a TD. High-stepped the final 10 yards.

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Would have liked to see this

Unofficial scrimmage stats from 247:

Passing Stats:

Austin Allen, 15-23 161 yards, 1 interception
Cole Kelley, 3-9, 77 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
Ty Storey, 6-11, 78 yards
Carson Proctor, 2-4, 12 yards
Jack Lindsey, 3-4, 49 yards
Daulton Hyatt, 1-3, 9 yards

Rushing Stats:

Rawleigh Williams III, 19-182 yards, 1 touchdown (68 yards)
Maleek Williams, 18-94 yards
Juan Day, 3-40 yards
Devwah Whaley, 13-81 yards
Connor McPherson, 12-68 yards
Justice Hobbs, 1-6 yards

Receiving Stats:

Jordan Jones, 4-99 yards, 1 touchdown (63 yards)
LaMichael Pettway, 3-35 yards
Jared Cornelius, 4-59 yards
Brandon Martin, 3-20 yards
Tyson Morris, 1-28 yards
Deon Stewart, 3-28 yards
Troy Allison, 1-13 yards
Austin Cantrell, 2-9 yards
Cheyenne O'Grady, 1-15 yards
Juan Day, 1-6 yards
Rawleigh Williams, 1-9 yards
Jamario Bell, 2-15 yards
Jonathan Nance, 2-36 yards
Jack Kraus, 1-6 yards
Connor McPherson, 1-8 yards.

Sacks:

Karl Roesler, 1.5-7 yards
T.J.Smith, 1-6 yards
Ben Brasuell, 1-9 uards
Tyler Phillips, 1-4 yards
McTelvin Agim, 1-3 yards
Randy Ramsey, .5-7 yards

Interceptions:

De'jon Harris, 1-0 (tipped by Santos Ramirez)
Bijhon Jackson, 1-37 yards, 1 touchdown

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Michael Taylor and Randy Ramsey, the two starting outside linebackers, have the ability. Neither was consistently solid in shutting down the edge on Saturday, although the top tight ends have something to do with that. There were flashes from both in the scrimmage.

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Umm, is this as bad as I think it is? Isnt this one of the most important parts of the 3-4?

If the DL wasn't able to do anything then the OL was basically teeing off on the front 7 and probably made it a little more challenging than normal. Hence the 400+ rushing yards. If they can't do it once they turn the DL loose then it's definitely a problem.

Growing pains are fine as long as there's growing. The last 2 years were just pains.

Yea hopefully it will pay off next year, even if we're still not at the level we need to be next year we need to stay with the 3-4. Really don't want to be like sunseri at tennessee and give up on it after 2 years.

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Redshirt freshman linebacker Alexy Jean-Baptiste will miss an extended period of time after breaking his foot last week, 

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Right of passage for freshmen at this point i guess

It makes no sense since other Nike schools aren't having this issue. i wonder if it has more to do with something Herbert is doing with them instead.