Quick Scrimmage Report

On a day that certainly feels more right for football than baseball, just a quick report after listening to Coach Clawson's comments after a full-scale tackle football scrimmage by the Falcons.

First, right now, the top WRs are Jordan, Hodges and Cooper.  However, Shaun Joplin, an uber-talented player who has been working his way into our system, had a killer scrimmage.  He had a couple of good grabs, and a huge catch and run in a two-minute drill.  From what we have always heard, he has game-changing skills, and makes us much harder to cover.  He adds a lot if he contributes this year, and with most of our WRs being seniors, he can easily be a featured guy next season.

Coach was also happy with how our RB position is going.  Jordan Hopgood is back from last year, but he singled out John Pettigrew as having a good day.  Pettigrew is a true junior who played a little as a freshman and then seemed to disappear a little last year, and was, in fact, passed by Hopgood who came here at WR. So, he seems to be re-emerging.  Coach also mentions R-Fr. Erique Geiger and Jamel Martin as being potential contributors.

In the end, look for a RB by committee approach for the Falcons, and a lot of "internal competition."

Finally, coach was happy with the O-line, which he said played as a unit during the scrimmage.  It is no secret to BG's season...BG must play better on both sides of the line, run and stop the run, and that will open up things so we can see what we have at QB.

If you want to watch it for yourself, you can click here...