Scrimmage thoughts?

[KeithLee]

Anyone at the scrimmage today?  Wasn’t able to make it. Give us some updates!!!!

[emmitt01]

1) Aune looked good, but no better than in years past.  Gunnell just looks like his ceiling is higher…but whether he reaches it is another thing. 
 

2) Unless it gets cleaned up, we will stop our own drives again this year on penalties.  i watched for 20 minutes and I swear I saw 6-7 false starts.  
 

3) In typical North Texas fashion, they invite fans to show up at 11am to watch the team…and finish practice at 11:20

4) Oscar Adaway looks good. 
 

5) It appears we will be a run first offense again.  I think we should change the motto to “hand it off low, and watch them go”

6) I think we will really miss Novil and Colvin in the middle

 

[GMG_Dallas]

3 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

I swear I saw 6-7 false starts.  

Was this specific to any particular QB or all of them?

[emmitt01]

2 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Was this specific to any particular QB or all of them?

All of them.  It was a line issue, not the QB

[GMG_Dallas]

Just now, emmitt01 said:

All of them.  It was a line issue, not the QB

Ok thanks. That's a problem.

[El Paso Eagle]

15 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

All of them.  It was a line issue, not the QB

Our coordinator is an offensive line coach and we're supposed to have a good offensive line coach and they're still pulling this crap?

[Graddean]

Good grief.  It is early.  They are getting use to different quarterbacks with different cadences.  Give them more repetitions before you write them off.

[Hunter Green]

Can you elaborate more on  Gunnel? What gave you the impression of a higher ceiling?

[emmitt01]

6 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Can you elaborate more on  Gunnel? What gave you the impression of a higher ceiling?

First off, he has the tangibles as far as build.  Second, his ball seemed to get out on time and he was hitting receivers where they are most comfortable making the catch.  A lot was made last year about “drops” by receivers, but a part of that is the body position a receiver us in when he’s asked to make a catch.  Last, after big plays he was going around to everyone on the offense, patting o-linemen on the head and celebrating with skill players (and this was on running touchdowns).  

[GMG_Dallas]

45 minutes ago, Graddean said:

Good grief.  It is early.  They are getting use to different quarterbacks with different cadences.  Give them more repetitions before you write them off.

I mean, their first game is in 3 weeks so things need to tighten up a bit. I don't think anybody is writing them off. Just expressing concern about a pre-existing issue. If that's an issue during scrimmage, what will it be in a packed house in El Paso?

[Hunter Green]

36 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

First off, he has the tangibles as far as build.  Second, his ball seemed to get out on time and he was hitting receivers where they are most comfortable making the catch.  A lot was made last year about “drops” by receivers, but a part of that is the body position a receiver us in when he’s asked to make a catch.  Last, after big plays he was going around to everyone on the offense, patting o-linemen on the head and celebrating with skill players (and this was on running touchdowns).  

I envision a scenario much like Masons freshman year. Aune starts the first game, but if the team is sputtering, enter Gunnell and then ride that horse all the way to the AAC!

[Glory to the Green]

2 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

1) Aune looked good, but no better than in years past.  Gunnell just looks like his ceiling is higher…but whether he reaches it is another thing. 
 

2) Unless it gets cleaned up, we will stop our own drives again this year on penalties.  i watched for 20 minutes and I swear I saw 6-7 false starts.  
 

3) In typical North Texas fashion, they invite fans to show up at 11am to watch the team…and finish practice at 11:20

4) Oscar Adaway looks good. 
 

5) It appears we will be a run first offense again.  I think we should change the motto to “hand it off low, and watch them go”

6) I think we will really miss Novil and Colvin in the middle

 

I thought Adaway and Ayo both looked pretty good. If Adaway has a healthy year, he could be special. 
 

Aune looked better. Gunnel had some nice throws. Ruder had a nice deep pass to #82. 
 

We got there around 10:30. My little one played around, grabbed a snack, then we watched a few mins of the scrimmage. 
 

The event was pretty nice. Got some swag and some drinks.  I overheard another patron say, “This is our third year coming, but it’s never been this crowded.”  It was my first time attending and we’ll be back next year. 

[Glory to the Green]

2 hours ago, KeithLee said:

Anyone at the scrimmage today?  Wasn’t able to make it. Give us some updates!!!!

I have one video that your boy is in, but I don’t know the rules of putting a video on here. I tried messaging you, but couldn’t figure out how to attach it.  

[Dannymacfan]

3 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I have one video that your boy is in, but I don’t know the rules of putting a video on here. I tried messaging you, but couldn’t figure out how to attach it.  

[Dannymacfan]

4 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I have one video that your boy is in, but I don’t know the rules of putting a video on here. I tried messaging you, but couldn’t figure out how to attach it.  

[Glory to the Green]

2 minutes ago, Dannymacfan said:

I know how to do it on the message board, but I wasn’t sure if posting a video is frowned upon on the actual message board.  I don’t know the rules for that stuff. 
 

ETA:  It’s not an exciting video, just something I think @KeithLee would want to see. 

Edited August 6, 2022 by Glory to the Green

[KeithLee]

5 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I have one video that your boy is in, but I don’t know the rules of putting a video on here. I tried messaging you, but couldn’t figure out how to attach it.  

Thanks. He is gonna send me his catches. He said he had a good day.

[Glory to the Green]

1 minute ago, KeithLee said:

Thanks. He is gonna send me his catches. He said he had a good day.

Great!  He’s in that team shot I posted earlier. GMG!

[Marty]

I thought Aune looked okay today. None of the other QBs did anything to unseat him. Gunnell did throw a nice pass to Neville for a TD. Tom Treib is gonna be a treat to watch this season. He showed some good awareness & speed after picking off an Aune pass and taking it 30 yards to the house. RBs are deep, each one showed flashes even the true freshman Farrar. 

[Marty]

33 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I know how to do it on the message board, but I wasn’t sure if posting a video is frowned upon on the actual message board.  I don’t know the rules for that stuff. 
 

ETA:  It’s not an exciting video, just something I think @KeithLee would want to see. 

Walerius came up in the stands & asked not to video the scrimmage.

[Glory to the Green]

Just now, Marty said:

Walerius came up in the stands & asked not to video the scrimmage.

Thanks. I got there late. I’ll delete it. 

[NT80]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

I thought Aune looked okay today. None of the other QBs did anything to unseat him. Gunnell did throw a nice pass to Neville for a TD. Tom Treib is gonna be a treat to watch this season. He showed some good awareness & speed after picking off an Aune pass and taking it 30 yards to the house. RBs are deep, each one showed flashes even the true freshman Farrar. 

Ugh...

[Green Crazy]

Besides not getting to see the practice because I got there at 11:15 and not 10:15, it was the best set up and best attended one I've been to.  The only other issue we had is they kept running out of pizza and you had to be close when the new pizza showed up or you'd miss it.  I was shocked at the attendance because of the lack of interest/excitement I thought surrounded this season. 

[MeanGreen22]

1 minute ago, Green Crazy said:

 I was shocked at the attendance because of the lack of interest/excitement I thought surrounded this season. 

A lot of folks talk online but still show up when it matters. Optimism is more fun. 

[Dannymacfan]

Wow as if we don’t have enough problems - Littrell is moving back to the paranoid run off the fans because we’re concerned about spies watching us run the ball up the middle.