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Attended Fan Fest today,
Biggest crowd I can remember seeing at this event, we ended up guessing 1244 people attended,
SU did a nice job setting things up. They ranged for a large set of bleachers near the practice fields. Also opened up an area to spectators behind the end zone on the north side of the practice field.
Season ticket holders were able to pick up their tickets. Pocket schedules, rosters and football posters were available. Cheerleaders were there, as was Otto. Reasonable priced food was available and someone, Tops I think, gave away free ice cream. And they had a couple of those inflatable things for kids in. Good show SU AD department.
Don't have a ton of time but some comments...
The team continues to get bigger. There is more depth than there has been in more than 10 years. Based on what I saw today, the team continues to get faster as well. This team passes the look test.
In the drills and scrimmage, Drew Allen and Terrell Hunt split time working with the North (first team) offense. They appear closely matched right now.
In general terms, I think Hunt is playing steadier, doing better on short passes, less likely to throw long and less likely to throw a pick.
Allen was more spectacular. He had a couple nice fairly long passes, seems v Rey aggressive, and also had a couple poor passes that were intercepted. For better or for worse, he makes things happen.
Not sure what is going to happen here. It looks like a really close race right now.
Kinder remains at WR, where he looked good working with the third team.
Loeb threw the ball well in drills and looked good, but he is not playing reps with the first team. Looks like a girl from the bayou is going to be a little disappointed.
First look at Wilson and Kimble. Both looked good in limited reps. Wilson showed a big arm and some poise with a nice down in the flat to Funderburke. Kimble also made a good throw. He is behind Austin in terms of physical development. Both threw it well in passing drills.
At RB, JS was impressive, a man amongst boys. He broke some tackles, ran very hard and at one point, hit Jerami Wilkes so hard he flew 4 or 5 yards backwards on impact.
PTG also ran well, ran low to the ground, showed no signs of the upper body injury from last season. It is really weird to see him play without his dreads though.
GSIII looked okay in limited reps. McFarland had a spectacular run down the left sideline where he outran one defender to the corner, ran over another and sprinted to the end zone from there for a TD run of over 50 yards.
AAM looks in the best shape of his SU career and rsn over a number of people. New SU DC Chuck Bullough and Javadoc look a like kept screaming at the defense to tackle him low. Indeed.
Was surprised at the variety of formations used so early in the ppreseason. Nearly everything in the book, including 2 TE formations (Josh Parris was the 2nd TE here). Broyld got lots of reps split out against a DB and made a nice catch on a play whistled dead.
The defense was able to apply pressure on the North offense. No surprises here, the get much run. right side was the weak link. It is an area of legitimate concern. On the positive side, they looked better run blocking. Looks like the starters are set right now, there was no flopping of players from the South unit.
I think Cleveland is still working with the North unit but he will be hard pressed to hold off AAM
At WR, West is the top dog. Kobena got a lot of looks and for now might be the # 2 target. Fleming worked with the North unit but didn't get much of a chance to do anything. ACIII had a nice catch and run for a long gain. Lewis still looks skinny and didn't get much run. Warfield made a nice catch but got hit in midair and dropped the ball. As mentioned before, Funderburke and Kinder both had nice receptions too. PT is wide open here and your guess is as good as mine regarding how things fall out.
Broyld and Estime played at H-back. Good sign for Brisly to be getting reps so early. Broyld looked good here, I think this is a better fit for his skill set.
Defense
No surprises here with the North unit. Anderson and Lyn seemed to plat all reps with the North unit. Robinson and Welsh played at the DE slots. Welsh looks like our best pas rusher, he consistently put pressure on the QB.
Whigham might be passing Reddish as the 3rd CB. Both look solid to me. Zeke Johnson had a couple nice plays and showed potential as a pass rusher. Kirkland missed most of the practice with a suspected pulled shimmied. Luke Arciniega was a force at the Mike position, looking good against the run and the pass.
Raymon was not there. No idea why. Sloan didn't play. No idea why. Tyler Marona opened as one of the South DEs and is an early surprise. So far Sugar Bear is not making an impact at DE but I am happy to report he is running well and looks fine.
Desir made a couple of plays too. Good player.
Krautman was solid today, was drilling the bell down the middle consistently.
Norton was also impressive kicking field goals. He has a huge leg.
Dixon and Fisher had a fine punting duel at the start of practice. Both had their moments but on this day, Dixon was more consistent and effective.
What else? The staff was animated, particularly on the defensive side. They had the defensive players singing a song before they faced off with the offense and they showed a lot of spirit.
Thought this was a promising start. You can't make a lot of informed judgements about a team based on one inter squad scrimmage, but the team looks good. They have the potential to win some games.
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Biggest crowd I can remember seeing at this event, we ended up guessing 1244 people attended,
SU did a nice job setting things up. They ranged for a large set of bleachers near the practice fields. Also opened up an area to spectators behind the end zone on the north side of the practice field.
Season ticket holders were able to pick up their tickets. Pocket schedules, rosters and football posters were available. Cheerleaders were there, as was Otto. Reasonable priced food was available and someone, Tops I think, gave away free ice cream. And they had a couple of those inflatable things for kids in. Good show SU AD department.
Don't have a ton of time but some comments...
The team continues to get bigger. There is more depth than there has been in more than 10 years. Based on what I saw today, the team continues to get faster as well. This team passes the look test.
In the drills and scrimmage, Drew Allen and Terrell Hunt split time working with the North (first team) offense. They appear closely matched right now.
In general terms, I think Hunt is playing steadier, doing better on short passes, less likely to throw long and less likely to throw a pick.
Allen was more spectacular. He had a couple nice fairly long passes, seems v Rey aggressive, and also had a couple poor passes that were intercepted. For better or for worse, he makes things happen.
Not sure what is going to happen here. It looks like a really close race right now.
Kinder remains at WR, where he looked good working with the third team.
Loeb threw the ball well in drills and looked good, but he is not playing reps with the first team. Looks like a girl from the bayou is going to be a little disappointed.
First look at Wilson and Kimble. Both looked good in limited reps. Wilson showed a big arm and some poise with a nice down in the flat to Funderburke. Kimble also made a good throw. He is behind Austin in terms of physical development. Both threw it well in passing drills.
At RB, JS was impressive, a man amongst boys. He broke some tackles, ran very hard and at one point, hit Jerami Wilkes so hard he flew 4 or 5 yards backwards on impact.
PTG also ran well, ran low to the ground, showed no signs of the upper body injury from last season. It is really weird to see him play without his dreads though.
GSIII looked okay in limited reps. McFarland had a spectacular run down the left sideline where he outran one defender to the corner, ran over another and sprinted to the end zone from there for a TD run of over 50 yards.
AAM looks in the best shape of his SU career and rsn over a number of people. New SU DC Chuck Bullough and Javadoc look a like kept screaming at the defense to tackle him low. Indeed.
Was surprised at the variety of formations used so early in the ppreseason. Nearly everything in the book, including 2 TE formations (Josh Parris was the 2nd TE here). Broyld got lots of reps split out against a DB and made a nice catch on a play whistled dead.
The defense was able to apply pressure on the North offense. No surprises here, the get much run. right side was the weak link. It is an area of legitimate concern. On the positive side, they looked better run blocking. Looks like the starters are set right now, there was no flopping of players from the South unit.
I think Cleveland is still working with the North unit but he will be hard pressed to hold off AAM
At WR, West is the top dog. Kobena got a lot of looks and for now might be the # 2 target. Fleming worked with the North unit but didn't get much of a chance to do anything. ACIII had a nice catch and run for a long gain. Lewis still looks skinny and didn't get much run. Warfield made a nice catch but got hit in midair and dropped the ball. As mentioned before, Funderburke and Kinder both had nice receptions too. PT is wide open here and your guess is as good as mine regarding how things fall out.
Broyld and Estime played at H-back. Good sign for Brisly to be getting reps so early. Broyld looked good here, I think this is a better fit for his skill set.
Defense
No surprises here with the North unit. Anderson and Lyn seemed to plat all reps with the North unit. Robinson and Welsh played at the DE slots. Welsh looks like our best pas rusher, he consistently put pressure on the QB.
Whigham might be passing Reddish as the 3rd CB. Both look solid to me. Zeke Johnson had a couple nice plays and showed potential as a pass rusher. Kirkland missed most of the practice with a suspected pulled shimmied. Luke Arciniega was a force at the Mike position, looking good against the run and the pass.
Raymon was not there. No idea why. Sloan didn't play. No idea why. Tyler Marona opened as one of the South DEs and is an early surprise. So far Sugar Bear is not making an impact at DE but I am happy to report he is running well and looks fine.
Desir made a couple of plays too. Good player.
Krautman was solid today, was drilling the bell down the middle consistently.
Norton was also impressive kicking field goals. He has a huge leg.
Dixon and Fisher had a fine punting duel at the start of practice. Both had their moments but on this day, Dixon was more consistent and effective.
What else? The staff was animated, particularly on the defensive side. They had the defensive players singing a song before they faced off with the offense and they showed a lot of spirit.
Thought this was a promising start. You can't make a lot of informed judgements about a team based on one inter squad scrimmage, but the team looks good. They have the potential to win some games.
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