Nederland scrimmage 8-12

[football04]

Anyone know if the scrimmage was played or not, haven't heard anything about it.

[Roughrider]

Yea it was a three way scrimmage with Nederland, Galveston Ball, and Goose Creek Memorial. Nederland dominated both teams.

[WOSgrad]

Oh, so it was played today?  The Enterprise had it starting at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.  Should not have changed my schedule from the 10:00 a.m. start time today.

[Gtj007]

Can you give us the highlights on offense and defense?

[Honest Abe]

I heard we scored five times, and did not allow any points from either team! No details though.

[baddog]

I like the word dominated. WOOF!

[adminbaberuth]

Sounds good. Looking forward to hearing about the ground game.

[Guest Penny]

Many standouts for Nederland, Raines had complete control of the action on offense.  Obviously the game has slowed down for him, look for Carson to continue progressing, but he played like a seasoned qb today.  Benjamin ran very strong, he appears to have bulked up and not lost any of the burst he had last year.  Offensive line played well in general, they have work to do, but they gave Raines great protection and provided good run blocking.  Brett Brown is going to give people fits, he's a bull, in a football uniform, squeezed into a china closet. Shaw will make it tough to remember Salenga this year.  He toasted the defense on the first play of game situations, had the ball slip through his hands, but then caught one and outran the defense to the endzone, kid has a gear that most won't see.  Overall, impressive offensive performance for what was supposed to be the question mark of this team.  Next week will give a better picture of the true potential of this team.

Defensively, Nederland was about as solid as they've been in a VERY long time.  Not sure if Ball had a first down against the no. 1 defense.  GCM moved the ball the first series of game situation, but Nederland wound up holding them.  Pryor appeared to be a man among boys.  So many defenders flying around, it's tough to point out standouts, the defense should be something to watch this year.  Only weakness may be defensive depth, but that's probably an issue at most 4A schools.  Lots to be optimistic about, but I want to see us against Dayton, they should tell us what our potential is, but first impressions are Nederland has something going this year.

[baddog]

Thanks Penny.

[Gtj007]

Awesome.  Thanks!  How did the big soph. On the D line perform?

[Guest Penny]

The entire front four was very impressive, as for the soph looks like they were trying to move a 260 pound anvil off the line of scrimmage, he was impressive.  Could be the best front 4 in the past decade, probably longer (2000?).  Just need to stay healthy.  Carr and Cuoron both logged time at TE... I know that's nice to hear.  I think folks are going to LOVE the new/old offense.  We moved from I, to pro, to spread, to two back with a slot rec... lots of formations, very crisp on offense.

[BMTSoulja1]

Was the scrimmage game conditions or a controlled scrimmage?

[outanup]

Did the sophmore tightend play?

[Guest Penny]

1/2 and 1/2 Soulja, 10ish plays for the 1st team O and D, then two quarters of game conditions.  The soph TE did not play, he has some sort of injury?  But the soph split end played, and caught a nice go route for a TD with the 2nd team.  He has a combination of size and speed that is rare.

[BMTSoulja1]

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1/2 and 1/2 Soulja, 10ish plays for the 1st team O and D, then two quarters of game conditions.  The soph TE did not play, he has some sort of injury?  But the soph split end played, and caught a nice go route for a TD with the 2nd team.  He has a combination of size and speed that is rare.
[/quote]Hmmm..  That's good to hear that Nederland shined on those teams.

[scapegoat]

My son plays linebacker behind Malvo.He told me Malvo played great and sure made his job much easier!Sounds like they have pretty good team chemistry going on this year.Can't wait till Thursday!

[Guest Penny]

Wood and Stampley both played the run very strong, and as the goat said, it had a lot to do with the front 4, Pryor and Malvo both require double teams.  The with Wood and Stampley who both run VERY well and are strong/aggressive, makes for a formidable defense in the middle.... and that's just the middle.

Something else I noticed,  I'm going to predict we run at least 3 kicks back for TD's this year.  Z. Taylor is a game breaker.

[dawgnut]

Anybody have a clue when the Dayton scrimmage will be? I hope not at 1:00 on Friday >:(

[Roughrider]

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Anybody have a clue when the Dayton scrimmage will be? I hope not at 1:00 on Friday >:(
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Dayton scrimmage is next Thursday and I think a 7pm start time.

[scapegoat]

Penny, thanks for your evaluations.The middle is great and if you try to hit the quick slant you have to deal with the wing spans of Couron and Carr.Penny, I also can"t wait for the duo of Shaw and Taylor as kick returners.Talk about dynamic!

[dawgnut]

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[quote author=dawgnut link=topic=86620.msg1034561#msg1034561 date=1313202001]
Anybody have a clue when the Dayton scrimmage will be? I hope not at 1:00 on Friday >:(
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Dayton scrimmage is next Thursday and I think a 7pm start time.
[/quote]

Thanks, I would like to go see this one, and its a lot cooler at 7:00

[outanup]

Does anyone know if Xavier Bill played? I know hes had a tender hammy....

[cooligan]

X did not play. He is supposed to be back practicing Monday. The Dayton scrim shows it is set for 6:00 on the 18th. I hope it changes to 7:00. 

[Mike George]

6 means that the freshmen and jv will scrimmage at 6, each utilizing half the field. That will go til about 7 or 7:15 depending on how much is accomplished. Then the varsities will warm up and play which will be more like 7:30 or 7:45. The fact that school doesn't start until next Monday means they're not worried about how late the finish is.

Last night's proposed 7 pm scrimmage against Spring didn't get started until 8 pm.

[dawgnut]

Your right, most of them are not going by any time schedule, it gets started when they get ready.