Time to get back to work....

Vacation's over, and we're all in now, as we plow forward toward the season.  Above is a pic I got while I was gone....pretty nice, huh?

Anyway, from what I can see there were a couple of developments over the week.

The first was BG's first scrimmage of Fall Camp.  Based on what I saw from reports, the offense was able to out-do the defense, which is among the first times that has happened during camp.  I think that tells you something...the defense is likely to be improved, but you wouldn't want to be the offense they dominate day in and day out, at least at this stage.

So, it was a good day for the offense.  According to The Blade, Trent Hurley led several scoring drives and ran a TD in along with throwing for two.  Matt Schilz had a TD run.  Make of all that what you will.

Coach said the offensive line continued to improve.  The BG News noted that we did have trouble getting the running game going.

So far, there do not seem to be any serious health issues.  The only serious injury reported was to Scott Lewis, O-lineman, who will have surgery and miss the first few weeks.  (of course, the line is the last place the team needed an injury).

Other players were just dinged up...(again from The Blade).

Several key players didn't see action, most notably linebacker Dwayne Woods, wide receivers Kamar Jorden, and Adrian Hodges and defensive back Aaron Foster. Clawson said he expects all four to return to action soon.

The Kicking game continued to struggle.  Burkhardt made a couple easy field goals, while Stephen Stein missed a couple.  Clawson is high on the return game, though.  John Pettigrew had a 94 yard TD return on the opening kickoff.

Scrimmages are tough to tell much from...so we remain hopefully optimistic.

On one other news note, Freddie Barnes is back in pro ball.  He's been signed by the Calgary Stampeders Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL.  He's part of an overhaul of the team after the season began on poor terms.  We'll keep an eye on how he does.  He has the right kind of game to play very well up there, but due to the limits on American players, he won't be able to get away just being good.