Very little can be drawn from this “scrimmage” so it was just bland as usual for an outing like this. Kelly was not going to give any of his real offense for others to plan on. That being said there was some good hitting from the linemen on both sides of the ball. Chris Watt LG did not play Tackle Ronnie Stanley took his place.

Thoughts on the performances:

Offense needs a lot of work – just not crisp at all. Quite frankly I really expected much better play or at least an offense that was in sync.

QB’s:

• Golson started out very shaky missing 2 easy plays in flat and unfortunately he reverted back to sandlot ball which just cannot happen in real games.
• Rees – boy do I wish he had a stronger arm and just a little mobility – he sure looks like a QB that would be starting on many other teams.
• Hendrix – unfortunately he just has not progressed.
• Zaire – Frosh – big kid with a strong arm (lefty) real nice pass to Prosise for a TD – kid will be good in a few years.

RB’s – hurting here and would not be a surprise if the freshmen coming in move to the front:

• George Atkinson – unfortunately he just looks like a track-man playing football. Very fast running just straight ahead, has trouble cutting, does not look to have the swivel that good backs have. Straight up runner that was really blasted by Carlo Calabrese.
• Cam McDaniel – just a more complete RB than Atkinson. Beautiful catch and run. Will play a lot this year.
• Will Mahone – disappointed, thought he would be the big power back.

Others worth mentioning:

• TJ Jones and D. Daniels looked real good.
• Troy Niklas (TE) kid is just a monster at 6’7″ 260 – expect big year from him.
• Steve Elmer OT freshman – big kid working with the 2nd unit already. Bright future.

Defense:

• The DL for the most part won the battle in the trenches. NT Kona Schwenke destroyed Center Bruce Hegge for a safety.
• Carlo Calabrese hardest hit of the game when he almost killed George Atkinson.
• Jarrett Grace filling Manti’s old position looked pretty good.
• Jarron Jones – really expected better showing.
• Lou Nix – comic relief scoring 2 pointer with a QB draw. He just does not look in shape to me–sure he’s big but man he better put in a lot of work this summer.
• Punt Returners – looked like they wanted to get out of consideration–certainly no Tommy Z with this group.
• Punters – horrible. Must be some kid on the rugby team better than these guys.

Now we just have to wait for the Opener against Temple – in the meantime here’s game highlights provided by und.com