Comprehensive Scrimmage Notes?

Not really much to go off of since media/public weren't allowed in. Just a few things I read elsewhere:

- Chavis Dawkins looked good
- TySon Williams is the real deal
- Observer feels like Orth will take the first snap
- Only INT was made by Elder (no info on who threw it)
- Defense was flying around

Muschamps thinks the DL is coming along great, he's happy with the effort from the young DL.

Coaches feel like they have a high "hit" rate on the WR's they recruited. Lots of effort, guys getting open in practice, etc....

No QB separated himself at the scrimmage. Orth and McIlwain neck and neck.

D Whitfield moved from DL to interior OL. Charleson moved from WR to DB.

DB Montac (late scholly addition from JUCO) got his bell wrong at the scrimmage. No word yet on if or how long he'll be out, but I imagine he's under concussion protocols.

Crosby is back starting yesterday. Hurst has been lighting it up though in his absence. Hurst is supposedly faster than last year, and already has the frame of a SEC TE.

Jamari Smith is getting open a lot, he's going to be big for us in the slot this year.

They weren't allowed to run inside/b/w the tackles, and RB's had to bounce outside. That serves Turner's game well, but D Williams also looked really good with that too.

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- TySon Williams is the real deal

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I don't really get caught up in recruiting but I remember keeping up with this kid and hoping he'd pick us.

Although with the prohibition on running in between the tackles I take it with a grain of salt

Here's the link to Spurticus's Practice Report over on CT.

https://cockytalk.com/showthread.php?t=226034

It echoes what I've read elsewhere too. It's an exciting read.

What I read elsewhere:
QB's are still battling for position. Bentley might be the most talented QB, but he doesn't have as much time with the playbook. Turner is #1 RB. D WIlliams had a good practice/scrimmage. B Edwards was making insane 1 handed catches, redzone threat, scoring points. Deebo and Banks are really fast. Hurst is in for a Breakout Season, he can catch, run and run block. Defense was getting pressure, King made a diving INT. McIlwain is elusive and so is Turner. Starting OL should be really solid. Sawyer moved to DE and Lewis inside on passing downs. The tempo of the practice was unlike anything we've done in 30 year fans' memories.

Yeah it's a wall of text for sure.

TL;DR - It's good info, but it's a slog to get through.

I'll be attending the scrimmage tomorrow (Saturday the 19th) night so I should be able to glean some pertinent observations while there. We're having dinner first with some of the coaches - and I'm pretty sure we're going to get to stay and watch the entire scrimmage if we want.

I probably will not be allowed to share any secret stuff I would imagine - but at least I'll be able to get a feel for things and can share the stuff not considered top secret in terms of plays or whatever. OpSec will be important this year.

I cannot wait for that first game ... perhaps the most important season opener in recent history for our program.

good to have you back, friend

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good to have you back, friend

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It's good to be back. I missed y'all.

Literally just got off the plane a couple of hours ago and I told my wife first thing I was gonna do was activate my new phone that I knew was waiting on me (I got one of these Moto Z Force things) and get my new tablet set-up (I got another iPad mini but newer and with more memory) and then I was going to catch-up with my piasanos on the SECr and find out what's been going-on.

We actually were not supposed to come back until the 23rd but when I got the invite to attend the dinner and scrimmage this Saturday we decided it was time to come home.

I totally avoided the election news and sports news all summer so I've got a lot of catching up to do. Reading the recruiting thread it looks like our coaches have been busy. I did hear this morning, talking to a friend, who has attended all three open practices, that we're going to be better than predicted by everyone in his opinion but he's still worried about RB. He usually knows his stuff so I trust his observations.

I've got a lot of catching-up to do though - going to make a lot of calls today and find out how things are going.

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...it was time to come home.

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hope y'all enjoyed your travels. good to have ya back around.

AJ could be a great scat back just don't think he's thick enough to pound the ball inside 15-20 times. Could prove me wrong, we'll see. Hoping DWill finally comes around and shows why he was so highly recruited. I know you prop can't say to much but what were your thoughts on the QB play?

Ok, so on defense there is an interesting dynamic happening.

First from a pure observational perspective in terms of where the coaches were working.

I think, I'm not sure but I think, Roper was on the sideline calling in plays the entire scrimmage and talking to the guys in the box upstairs.

Muschamp, on the other hand, was on the field ten or fifteen yards behind the QBs watching plays develop.

Very rarely did any defensive coach take to the field or come off the sidelines. Now, I think Muschamp was where he was more to watch plays develop than to have any input on the offense ... had he been behind the defense he would have been in the way. I didn't see him interjecting himself into any thing the offense did - he was just watching.

I saw all the D coaches working their guys hard when they came off the field - and a lot of shuffling was going-on with the defense.

That brings up a good point I should touch-on.

The scrimmage was run as two, one hour each, halves. They started promptly at 8:00, scrimmaged hard until 9:00, took a 15 minute break then went hard at it again until 10:15 and then we were done.

It was fast and furious and physical. All the assistants and sideline crew and support people and refs and umps were very involved from start to finish.

So with that picture painted ...

We're going to be better on defense than the pundits are suggesting imho. Good gosh ... I hate to admit this, but if Muschamp would have come here instead of Auburn last year .... there are so many different scenarios that could have played-out instead of what happened.

Anyways - we're lacking depth in the secondary but the guys are playing hard and fearless and smart. Completely different body language than last year already - they appear to really want to not be the weak link.

DLine ... they're gonna be fine. Some of the things they are doing with the DLine are brilliant. They reminded us not to talk about formations and stuff after someone said something outloud about the DLine and then whipped out his phone to take a picture (which he got called on) ... but Lance Romance and Boom have drawn it up to get the most out of the strengths of their personnel. They are doing things in such a way ... it's clear their mindset is to keep everything contained inside the tackles (as in corral) and put a ton of pressure on the QB. Could cost us if someone gets draws and dives going but I think there is a plan for that too.

To be continued ....