Initial Thought From Scrimmage Today

[Harry]

Thompson impressed the hell out of me. 4 scoring possessions 2 runs 2 passes, a beautiful deep ball and enough speed to get 4 when you need it. tune is good but Thompson is going to be tough to catch now. Byrd had a huge day at RB and may be securing #2 spot. Oh biggest story is they are now lining up under center in the red zone and actually scoring when they do it! Much more to come and some great pics later in the blog! GMG

PS it was hot!!

[MeanGreenHoops]

Thompson impressed the hell out of me. 4 scoring possessions 2 runs 2 passes, a beautiful deep ball and enough speed to get 4 when you need it. tune is good but Thompson is going to be tough to catch now. Byrd had a huge day at RB and may be securing #2 spot. Oh biggest story is they are now lining up under center in the red zone and actually scoring when they do it! Much more to come and some great pics later in the blog! GMG

PS it was hot!!

Thanks Harry. What about the defense? We need some playmakers.

[emmitt01]

Thompson impressed the hell out of me. 4 scoring possessions 2 runs 2 passes, a beautiful deep ball and enough speed to get 4 when you need it. tune is good but Thompson is going to be tough to catch now. Byrd had a huge day at RB and may be securing #2 spot. Oh biggest story is they are now lining up under center in the red zone and actually scoring when they do it! Much more to come and some great pics later in the blog! GMG

PS it was hot!!

If that's how it turns out them I'm confident with Tune as our backup.

8 wins.

[Harry]

Well I will have a lot more in depth in the blog later but I saw some good things from the defense. Robertson is a stud but saw some other guys like Prior and Orr starting to make themselves known. The QBs were wearing red so that does take a little away from physicality aspect of the defense and makes it harder to gauge the passrush. More to come.

[SUMG]

Credit goes to my buddy and poster Deep Green who was the first to point this out:

NOT ONCE did our team look over to the sideline after lining up for a play. (to see what play was being signaled in). We just ran our plays. It was great.

Also....if you are on the student side and look at that gap between the deck and the end of the stadium (press box side).......you get an unbelievable view of the new stadium. I think Harry took a picture of it.

At WR....after his inital drop.....I thought Willie Taylor had a great day.

Three guys that I really wanted to watch on the D line were held out of practice: La Chris Anyiam, Brandon McCoy and Kyle White. They were all three doing conditioning work....so I'm guessing they're just dealing with minor injuries.

Serrano kicked the first few PATS....instead of Olen.

Areas where I think we have good depth: O line, WR, RB, and linebacker. Depth at DB, QB and D line...not quite as good as those other areas, IMHO.

Derrick Teegarden....didn't play any at QB....all his plays were as a WR.

Oh and one more thing: If it's still unbearably hot next week.....the student side of the stadium......is a good 15 degrees cooler than the press box side. (For folks who watch next week's scrimmage after the Kickoff Cookout Breakfast.)

Edited August 14, 2010 by SUMG

[Will to Win]

nobody has mentioned the cannon leg that Will Atterberry displayed today. He is going to make huge difference in field position.

[Green P1]

nobody has mentioned the cannon leg that Will Atterberry displayed today. He is going to make huge difference in field position.

That cannon leg fell to pieces after getting a couple blocked last year. I really hope he's got his mind right again.

[Harry]

Well he had a little wind behind him but Atterbury hit a 70 yard punt today he looked really good. It looked like Troy and Blake were splitting time at the deep snapper. Getting Atterbury back to how he looked against Ball State would be huge for this team.

[TheTastyGreek]

Credit goes to my buddy and poster Deep Green who was the first to point this out:

NOT ONCE did our team look over to the sideline after lining up for a play. (to see what play was being signaled in). We just ran our plays. It was great.

Which one is the emoticon for "tears of joy"?

[Censored by Laurie]

Tight Ends? U-Backs?

[SUMG]

Tight Ends? U-Backs?

Yes, they were used if that's what you're asking. Draylen Ross caught a couple of passes, as I recall. And Michah Moseley got a lot of action in a U Back role.

[Censored by Laurie]

Yes, they were used if that's what you're asking. Draylen Ross caught a couple of passes, as I recall. And Michah Moseley got a lot of action in a U Back role.

Good to hear...I think diversification is good.

Bold stance, I know.

[Side Show Joe]

nobody has mentioned the cannon leg that Will Atterberry displayed today. He is going to make huge difference in field position.

Atterberry did look great. Even when he got bad snaps or didn't get a spiral on the ball, he was still getting 50 yards on his punts. His best punts were around 60 to 70 yards.

[Side Show Joe]

That cannon leg fell to pieces after getting a couple blocked last year. I really hope he's got his mind right again.

Atterberry has changed his punting technique. Last season he used a mult-step punting technique. I noticed during spring practices that he had switched to a one step technique. This allows him to get the ball out faster. Sometimes a punter will lose distance with the one step, Atterberry's leg actually looks stronger. I was very pleased with his play, and I think he will help us win the field position battle in many games this season. In my opinion, the All Sun Belt Team is a real possibility for him.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Atterberry has changed his punting technique. Last season he used a mult-step punting technique. I noticed during spring practices that he had switched to a one step technique. This allows him to get the ball out faster. Sometimes a punter will lose distance with the one step, Atterberry's leg actually looks stronger. I was very pleased with his play, and I think he will help us win the field position battle in many games this season. In my opinion, the All Sun Belt Team is a real possibility for him.

Good observation. I hadn't heard anyone point that out before.

[Side Show Joe]

Yes, they were used if that's what you're asking. Draylen Ross caught a couple of passes, as I recall. And Michah Moseley got a lot of action in a U Back role.

The one handed catch by Ross was really nice. I thought he had a good day at TE.

[NT03]

Speaking of QB's, Parker went 10/14 170 yds 3TDs in Clemson's scrimmage...

Edited August 15, 2010 by NT03

[UNT 90 Grad]

Thompson impressed the hell out of me. 4 scoring possessions 2 runs 2 passes, a beautiful deep ball and enough speed to get 4 when you need it. tune is good but Thompson is going to be tough to catch now. Byrd had a huge day at RB and may be securing #2 spot. Oh biggest story is they are now lining up under center in the red zone and actually scoring when they do it! Much more to come and some great pics later in the blog! GMG

PS it was hot!!

I'm glad Thompson has earned his way up to having a name, instead of being referred to as "the kid from Glen Rose".

[MGFFL]

Speaking of QB's, Parker went 10/14 170 yds 3TDs in Clemson's scrimmage...

The defense must suck! We have a chance!!!!

[pollock]

NOT ONCE did our team look over to the sideline after lining up for a play. (to see what play was being signaled in). We just ran our plays. It was great.

If this is true, we could go 1-11 and I would call it an improved season. Nothing in the Dodge era has made me more insane than that.

[greenminer]

The defense must suck! We have a chance!!!!

If we're in the business of knee-jerk interpretations of scrimmage results, I would prefer a Clemson squad coming in with a terrible offense.

We've tried scoring 100 points on people; it didn't seem to work out so well.

[oldschoollefty]

As long as the other side scores less than 100, it's all good!