First off...my apologies to anyone who started following this blog. My intent was to be more faithful both to the Stallions organization and to this blog. Neither has happened.
But boy oh boy.....tons of stuff has been going on in Stallions world.
Damn...I just typed out this whole long post and now it's gone. I don't have time to re-type it. That really sucks because I had some good things to say too. Oh well. More from me laterl.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Port Huron wins 54-6
Well, the Pirates showed why they are the defending league champs tonight, destroying the Stallions 54-6. I'm listening to the post-game show and the announcers are basically saying the Stallions were outmatched on the field tonight.
During the broadcast the announcers made the same observations that I had made last week - that although the defense gave up a lot of points - they are showing potential. They need to prevent giving up the big play in key situations. That's what happened last week vs. Kalamazoo and that's what happened again tonight.
I hadn't heard about Johnnie Cooper being out for tonights game - but it appears that he was....it appears QB Dom Salvo played most, if not all of the game. He got good reviews from the announcers.
I'll give more wrap-up after I hear/see some stats.
During the broadcast the announcers made the same observations that I had made last week - that although the defense gave up a lot of points - they are showing potential. They need to prevent giving up the big play in key situations. That's what happened last week vs. Kalamazoo and that's what happened again tonight.
I hadn't heard about Johnnie Cooper being out for tonights game - but it appears that he was....it appears QB Dom Salvo played most, if not all of the game. He got good reviews from the announcers.
I'll give more wrap-up after I hear/see some stats.
Didn't make it
Had a long night Friday night so I didn't make it to the Port Huron/Stallion game tonight. I just got home and turned on the game and it's in the 3rd quarter and it appears that the score is 41-6. I guess my wishing the Stallions could have a better game this week was a little misplaced.
One positive note is that it appears that QB Dom Salvo is playing tonight. I just wonder if he started the game or if he came in after the game got away. I'm going to buy the paper tomorrow to see if they have a write up on the game.
Once I get some info on tonights game I'll post it here. I plan on listening to the rest of the game on CIFL radio. Just been listening for a little bit - but the radio announcers are doing a pretty good job. The quality of the broadcast is surprisingly good too.
More updates later.
One positive note is that it appears that QB Dom Salvo is playing tonight. I just wonder if he started the game or if he came in after the game got away. I'm going to buy the paper tomorrow to see if they have a write up on the game.
Once I get some info on tonights game I'll post it here. I plan on listening to the rest of the game on CIFL radio. Just been listening for a little bit - but the radio announcers are doing a pretty good job. The quality of the broadcast is surprisingly good too.
More updates later.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Pictures from last Saturdays game
SJR Coverage
The SJR has a pretty good-sized article on the Stallions in todays paper. Hopefully the Stallions coverage in the paper will continue as the season goes on. The story is here: http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/112030.asp
Coach Gade was quoted as saying:
"All little things, I'm not real worried because everything that (the defense) did wrong, we can correct,'' Gade said.
I agree with Gade's comments. Several people I've talked to since the game last Saturday have been pretty down on the Stallions. But, like Coach Gade, I didn't see that many major issues. Fix the QB position, throw in a little more run game, and get the DBacks to communicate - and the Stallions would have won that game last week.
Funny that Burns says some of the same things as I did about George Wilson. Wilson definitely needs to be more involved in the offense this week.
The article starts off by quoting some players that tried out for the team this year. Apparently they believe some favortism was involved in the player selection process. Just from reading the few facts listed I don't think the players quoted have a valid point at all. If (as a coach or general manager) I had an opportunity to get players that had some previous experience versus those that didn't...I would take the players with experience every time. I don't know what experience, if any, the guys that were quoted had...the article doesn't say that.
I hope to have the pics from Saturdays game (I didn't take as many as I'd have liked) posted tonight. Sorry for the delay. It's been a busy week for me.
I also hope to finish the review of Saturdays game - and post a preview of this weeks game. The Stallions have a tough task this week in facing Port Huron. But I think that the Stallions are up for the challenge. I have confidence that Coach Gade can make some adjustments from last week and give the Pirates a run for their money!
Coach Gade was quoted as saying:
"All little things, I'm not real worried because everything that (the defense) did wrong, we can correct,'' Gade said.
I agree with Gade's comments. Several people I've talked to since the game last Saturday have been pretty down on the Stallions. But, like Coach Gade, I didn't see that many major issues. Fix the QB position, throw in a little more run game, and get the DBacks to communicate - and the Stallions would have won that game last week.
Funny that Burns says some of the same things as I did about George Wilson. Wilson definitely needs to be more involved in the offense this week.
The article starts off by quoting some players that tried out for the team this year. Apparently they believe some favortism was involved in the player selection process. Just from reading the few facts listed I don't think the players quoted have a valid point at all. If (as a coach or general manager) I had an opportunity to get players that had some previous experience versus those that didn't...I would take the players with experience every time. I don't know what experience, if any, the guys that were quoted had...the article doesn't say that.
I hope to have the pics from Saturdays game (I didn't take as many as I'd have liked) posted tonight. Sorry for the delay. It's been a busy week for me.
I also hope to finish the review of Saturdays game - and post a preview of this weeks game. The Stallions have a tough task this week in facing Port Huron. But I think that the Stallions are up for the challenge. I have confidence that Coach Gade can make some adjustments from last week and give the Pirates a run for their money!
Monday, April 9, 2007
Saturday wrap up
History was made Saturday night at the Prairie Capital Convention Center as the Springfield Stallions opened play against the Kalamazoo Explosion. The Stallions fought hard but lost 49-17. The game was much closer than the final score would indicate (more on that later). Overall the experience my family had at the game Saturday night was pretty positive. The boys had a great time during both the game, and watching the “Brawl between the Walls” wrestling matches after the game.
I’ll go through and grade each segment of the experience from Saturday night…
PCCC (grade: A)
We sat in the mezzanine – section 115, row C. My observations during the scrimmage were correct. The mezzanine is the best place to watch the game. I would have liked to have been closer to the center – but overall our seats were pretty good. The PCCC is going to make a good place to watch indoor football. The field was pretty cool looking – but needs a couple extra coats of paint in spots.
Concessions (grade: C-)
Concession prices were pretty reasonable. Hot dogs were $2.50, soda’s $2.00, pretzels $2.50. That’s a pretty comfortable pricing level for this kind of entertainment. The hot dogs were really good. Either that or I was really hungry. LOL. Either way, I was impressed with the quality of the food. My family each had a hot dog and soda and I got a couple of more soda’s and some pretzels before the wrestling. Everything was pretty good.
BUT. And that’s a big BUT.
MORE CONCESSION STANDS ARE NEEDED.
Wow. The lines most of the night were crazy. There weren’t any concessions on the second floor (bad move people), so we had to walk downstairs every time we wanted something. It looked like there was only one concession stand open. I may be wrong – but that’s what it looked like. And there weren’t ANY vendors in the crowd selling anything. Someone walking around selling soda or beer would have been nice. Team management needs to get on top of this and address the issue with the Convention Center folks ASAP. I would expect this issue to get rectified before the next game. If not, then the team will need to expect to lose some fans. People don’t want to spend half their night standing in line for concessions.
Atmosphere (grade: A+)
One of the things I noticed when researching the CIFL was their stated intention to create a family friendly atmosphere. This played big with me since I have two young boys. Previous professional franchises in the Springfield area have failed for this main reason (in my opinion). They’ve lost site of the demographics of the area. The atmosphere at the Stallions game on Saturday was great. The boys loved the fact that they played music from some of their favorite shows (Sesame Street, Spongebob). Our two year old giggled when the Sesame Street song came on. The cheerleaders did a decent job at halftime and during various parts of the game. I’d have liked to have seen more crowd interaction to keep fan interest in the game. Our section was trying to get “The Wave” going but didn’t have much success. The cheerleaders were giving out T-Shirts most of the night – although none made it up to the mezzanine from what I saw. They may want to try to change that for next game. Give everyone a shot at the free merchandise. They had some kids try to kick field goals at halftime for a shot at winning some cards to Kicks. That was fun to watch. The “Brawl between the Walls” wrestling event was fun. The boys really enjoyed the wrestling show. Some of the language used by the wrestlers was a little more PG-13 than I would have liked, but standard fare for that type of entertainment. The Stadium announcer really did a great job during the game. He had a high energy level for the entire game. I was really impressed. That added to the atmosphere immensely.
Team
Coaching (grade: B)
Coach Gade put a pretty good product on the field Saturday night. I won’t really argue with too many play calls – but I would like to see the running game used a little more next week vs. Port Huron. I think that QB Johnnie Cooper was expected to do a little too much on Saturday and as such it forced him to make some bad decisions. Overall the team was pretty disciplined. There seemed to be an issue with Cooper getting plays late in the game. Not sure what that was all about. That seemed to hurt the offensive flow in the 3rd quarter when the team was trying to mount a comeback attempt.
Defense
Line/Linebackers (grade: B-)
The final score wasn’t truly indicative of the play of the defense…..especially the D-Line and Linebackers. Several turnovers by the offense late in the game gave KMZoo really good field position and resulted in a couple of easy scores. Big props go out to the D-Line and Linebackers. Several key pass knockdowns by Winston Taylor and Donnie Moore contributed to some important defensive stops. The run defense was pretty impressive. I don’t have any numbers – but I would guess that most of the Explosions offense came via the air.
The Defense looked really tentative the first couple of plays – I guess that’s understandable being the first game. Things improved as the game went on.
DBacks (grade: C-)
I’m splitting the defense because were it not for the poor play of the defensive backs, the Stallions would have had a better chance to win the game. Several coverage lapses on deep routes/end zone routes allowed the KMZoo QB to get easy pickings on a couple of TD passes. I’m not sure what caused the coverage lapses – but it appeared from my viewpoint to be due to a lack of communication between the backs. I’d anticipate Coach Gade focusing on the DBacks this week in practice.
Offense (grade D)
To say that QB Johnnie Cooper had a tough game would be making an understatement. 5 interceptions and only 76 yards of passing just isn’t going to cut it. As I stated in my short summary after the game, some of the same timing issues that I saw during the Green/White Scrimmage surfaced Saturday night versus Kalamazoo. Cooper just appears to be holding on to the ball too long. Granted, the O-Line needs to do a little better job holding the pocket…but in this brand of football you just don’t have the time to take 5 step drops and make 3-4 reads. At most you have two steps and time to either pass or run. That’s it. I’m hoping that backup QB Dom Salvo gets a chance to show his stuff this next game against Port Huron. Salvo showed better decision making in the Green/White scrimmage. He wasn’t overly impressive in his very short stint Saturday night, but by that time the game was over…..he didn’t even get a chance to shake off the nerves.
Running Back George Wilson (#4) impressed me again during the game. He looked really good in the Green/White scrimmage a couple of weeks ago and didn’t disappoint Saturday night. I’m not sure how many carries he had – but it wasn’t near enough. As I said in the opening, I’m hoping that Wilson gets more looks next game. He’s got unbelievable talent. He takes hard hits and keeps on going as evidenced by his one touchdown run he had late in the game.
It’s lunchtime for me. I’ll finish later.
I’ll go through and grade each segment of the experience from Saturday night…
PCCC (grade: A)
We sat in the mezzanine – section 115, row C. My observations during the scrimmage were correct. The mezzanine is the best place to watch the game. I would have liked to have been closer to the center – but overall our seats were pretty good. The PCCC is going to make a good place to watch indoor football. The field was pretty cool looking – but needs a couple extra coats of paint in spots.
Concessions (grade: C-)
Concession prices were pretty reasonable. Hot dogs were $2.50, soda’s $2.00, pretzels $2.50. That’s a pretty comfortable pricing level for this kind of entertainment. The hot dogs were really good. Either that or I was really hungry. LOL. Either way, I was impressed with the quality of the food. My family each had a hot dog and soda and I got a couple of more soda’s and some pretzels before the wrestling. Everything was pretty good.
BUT. And that’s a big BUT.
MORE CONCESSION STANDS ARE NEEDED.
Wow. The lines most of the night were crazy. There weren’t any concessions on the second floor (bad move people), so we had to walk downstairs every time we wanted something. It looked like there was only one concession stand open. I may be wrong – but that’s what it looked like. And there weren’t ANY vendors in the crowd selling anything. Someone walking around selling soda or beer would have been nice. Team management needs to get on top of this and address the issue with the Convention Center folks ASAP. I would expect this issue to get rectified before the next game. If not, then the team will need to expect to lose some fans. People don’t want to spend half their night standing in line for concessions.
Atmosphere (grade: A+)
One of the things I noticed when researching the CIFL was their stated intention to create a family friendly atmosphere. This played big with me since I have two young boys. Previous professional franchises in the Springfield area have failed for this main reason (in my opinion). They’ve lost site of the demographics of the area. The atmosphere at the Stallions game on Saturday was great. The boys loved the fact that they played music from some of their favorite shows (Sesame Street, Spongebob). Our two year old giggled when the Sesame Street song came on. The cheerleaders did a decent job at halftime and during various parts of the game. I’d have liked to have seen more crowd interaction to keep fan interest in the game. Our section was trying to get “The Wave” going but didn’t have much success. The cheerleaders were giving out T-Shirts most of the night – although none made it up to the mezzanine from what I saw. They may want to try to change that for next game. Give everyone a shot at the free merchandise. They had some kids try to kick field goals at halftime for a shot at winning some cards to Kicks. That was fun to watch. The “Brawl between the Walls” wrestling event was fun. The boys really enjoyed the wrestling show. Some of the language used by the wrestlers was a little more PG-13 than I would have liked, but standard fare for that type of entertainment. The Stadium announcer really did a great job during the game. He had a high energy level for the entire game. I was really impressed. That added to the atmosphere immensely.
Team
Coaching (grade: B)
Coach Gade put a pretty good product on the field Saturday night. I won’t really argue with too many play calls – but I would like to see the running game used a little more next week vs. Port Huron. I think that QB Johnnie Cooper was expected to do a little too much on Saturday and as such it forced him to make some bad decisions. Overall the team was pretty disciplined. There seemed to be an issue with Cooper getting plays late in the game. Not sure what that was all about. That seemed to hurt the offensive flow in the 3rd quarter when the team was trying to mount a comeback attempt.
Defense
Line/Linebackers (grade: B-)
The final score wasn’t truly indicative of the play of the defense…..especially the D-Line and Linebackers. Several turnovers by the offense late in the game gave KMZoo really good field position and resulted in a couple of easy scores. Big props go out to the D-Line and Linebackers. Several key pass knockdowns by Winston Taylor and Donnie Moore contributed to some important defensive stops. The run defense was pretty impressive. I don’t have any numbers – but I would guess that most of the Explosions offense came via the air.
The Defense looked really tentative the first couple of plays – I guess that’s understandable being the first game. Things improved as the game went on.
DBacks (grade: C-)
I’m splitting the defense because were it not for the poor play of the defensive backs, the Stallions would have had a better chance to win the game. Several coverage lapses on deep routes/end zone routes allowed the KMZoo QB to get easy pickings on a couple of TD passes. I’m not sure what caused the coverage lapses – but it appeared from my viewpoint to be due to a lack of communication between the backs. I’d anticipate Coach Gade focusing on the DBacks this week in practice.
Offense (grade D)
To say that QB Johnnie Cooper had a tough game would be making an understatement. 5 interceptions and only 76 yards of passing just isn’t going to cut it. As I stated in my short summary after the game, some of the same timing issues that I saw during the Green/White Scrimmage surfaced Saturday night versus Kalamazoo. Cooper just appears to be holding on to the ball too long. Granted, the O-Line needs to do a little better job holding the pocket…but in this brand of football you just don’t have the time to take 5 step drops and make 3-4 reads. At most you have two steps and time to either pass or run. That’s it. I’m hoping that backup QB Dom Salvo gets a chance to show his stuff this next game against Port Huron. Salvo showed better decision making in the Green/White scrimmage. He wasn’t overly impressive in his very short stint Saturday night, but by that time the game was over…..he didn’t even get a chance to shake off the nerves.
Running Back George Wilson (#4) impressed me again during the game. He looked really good in the Green/White scrimmage a couple of weeks ago and didn’t disappoint Saturday night. I’m not sure how many carries he had – but it wasn’t near enough. As I said in the opening, I’m hoping that Wilson gets more looks next game. He’s got unbelievable talent. He takes hard hits and keeps on going as evidenced by his one touchdown run he had late in the game.
It’s lunchtime for me. I’ll finish later.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Hard Times on the Homefront
Well. Just got home from the first Stallions home game. The Stallions took a beating tonight....I think the final was 49-17. The game was a little closer than that. KMzoo didn't pull away until a couple of quick late scores in the 4th quarter. It was a close game pretty much all night long. The boys played hard. Showed some promise. Especially on the O and D lines. The D Line was really, really impressive. D Backs need some work. They got toasted a couple of times tonight.
Johnnie Cooper had a tough game at QB. Same problems I saw in the scrimmage. He just holds the ball way too long. You need to get rid of the ball Johnnie. You're thinking too much. You've got the talent. You've got the athleticism. You just need to make it work a little faster.
Special Teams showed some MAJOR improvement over the scrimmage. Kicker Jerry Lakin had some perfectly placed kicks all night. Only one bad kick late in the game (when the Stallions were still in it and needed a better kick) hurt the Stallions. Gave KMZoo the ball at the 25 and they got a quick score. That hurt pretty bad.
It's late. I'll post some pics and a more thorough wrap-up tomorrow.
Johnnie Cooper had a tough game at QB. Same problems I saw in the scrimmage. He just holds the ball way too long. You need to get rid of the ball Johnnie. You're thinking too much. You've got the talent. You've got the athleticism. You just need to make it work a little faster.
Special Teams showed some MAJOR improvement over the scrimmage. Kicker Jerry Lakin had some perfectly placed kicks all night. Only one bad kick late in the game (when the Stallions were still in it and needed a better kick) hurt the Stallions. Gave KMZoo the ball at the 25 and they got a quick score. That hurt pretty bad.
It's late. I'll post some pics and a more thorough wrap-up tomorrow.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Thoughts from Scrimmage
So I attended the Green/White Scrimmage on Saturday with my family. Here are some random thoughts I had while viewing the scrimmage....
The Coaches
Per the Stallions website, Head Coach Kevin Gade is a local boy who played football at MacMurray College. It looked like he had a pretty good handle on the players yesterday at the scrimmage. All of the coaches seemed to be pretty engaged with the players. The players seemed to be responding to the coaches' instruction and guidance. The staff has some local members that Springfield area fans may know about (Derrick Leonard, Jim Dodd) and a good mix of experience in the rest of the staff....for more information on the coaching staff see the Coaching staff link to the Stallions web page over on the side bar.
The Team
Unfortunately, no information was given out at the scrimmage yesterday concerning the players. So unless you were family or friends of the players you really didn't know much about the guys running around in green and white shirts down on the field. It would have been nice to have a handout of some sort giving some background on the players. From reading on the Stallions' website, yesterday was the last practice before final cuts. I guess final cuts were made yesterday after the scrimmage. You could tell that the players were giving extra effort to try and impress the coaches. The Stallions definitely are going to have some speed and athleticism on both sides of the football. There were some flashes of brilliance on the field yesterday.
QB's
Some of the early quarterback play was encouraging...most of the early passes were right on the money with the quarterbacks showing good reads and touch on the ball. But later in the scrimmage the defense stepped things up a little and the quarterbacks had a harder time being effective. Especially the quarterback for the white team. He showed some good speed and athleticism early...but had trouble with his touch on the deep ball later in the game. He's also going to need to learn that you can't hold on to the ball so long in indoor football. Either pass immediately or take off running. With his speed, he shouldn't have trouble creating space for himself. The green team quarterback had some really good passes early....especially across the middle through the defense. He seemed to have pretty good defensive reads most of the game and showed some quickness and agility when flushed out of the pocket.
RB
The running game showed some promise yesterday. I was really impressed with #4 for the green team. He had one really good run down by the goal-line towards the middle of the game. He cut left off the snap only to be met by a wall of defenders. He was able to switch back to the right almost immediately breaking a couple of tackles and running it in for the TD. He seems like a pretty tough nosed back who can hold on to the ball. He got smacked good a couple of times and never lost the ball from what I can remember. #25 (or26...can't remember) for the White team had some pretty good runs with the ball too.
Rec
You can tell it's early in the season because the QB's and receivers weren't really in sync yet. But the Stallions do seem to show some promise at the receiver position. For the most part, the receivers seemed to run pretty good routes. A couple of times the QB's put the passes on the hands of the receivers but the receivers couldn't come up with the ball. There were some good runs after the catch. #9 for the green team had one catch along the sideline and then proceeded to break the ankles of his defender with a fake to the left/run to the right that was so good that even people in the audience let out an audible "ohhhhhh"...
OL/DL
The Stallions definitely have some size and quickness on the Offensive and Defensive lines. The O-Lines only had a couple of breakdowns in protection from what I saw. More from the white team than the green team.
The D-Lines showed some pretty good pass penetration and run coverage throughout the game. The white team had some really good stops late in the game when the green team got down by the goal line. One especially good play was a 3rd down run play where #56 on the white team stuffed a run up the gut.
Special Teams
Late in the game the coaches ran some special team drills. Kickoff plays were practiced. The Special Teams game still needs some work. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Overall the scrimmage showed that the Stallions are going to be a fun team to watch. They look like they're going to be putting a pretty exciting product on the field. I'm looking forward to the first Home game on April 7th.
The PCCC
The Stallions will be playing their home games at Midwest Technical Institute Field at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Downtown Springfield. According to my sources, the field had just been laid out that morning. It still bore the insignia of a previous league. The walls for the field had not been put up yet. We sat at mezzanine level in one end zone with most of the other fans in attendance. I would guess the overall attendance for the scrimmage to be in the 100-200 range. Mostly friends and family of the players from what I saw. The overall view from the end zone mezzanine level is pretty good with the exception that you can't really see the end zone that is beneath you. Preferred seating is definitely going to be on the side mezzanines or down on the floor. Ticket prices from what little I've seen appear to be reasonable. Since this is the first year for Stallions Football I would assume that good tickets for games shouldn't be hard to come by.
The Coaches
Per the Stallions website, Head Coach Kevin Gade is a local boy who played football at MacMurray College. It looked like he had a pretty good handle on the players yesterday at the scrimmage. All of the coaches seemed to be pretty engaged with the players. The players seemed to be responding to the coaches' instruction and guidance. The staff has some local members that Springfield area fans may know about (Derrick Leonard, Jim Dodd) and a good mix of experience in the rest of the staff....for more information on the coaching staff see the Coaching staff link to the Stallions web page over on the side bar.
The Team
Unfortunately, no information was given out at the scrimmage yesterday concerning the players. So unless you were family or friends of the players you really didn't know much about the guys running around in green and white shirts down on the field. It would have been nice to have a handout of some sort giving some background on the players. From reading on the Stallions' website, yesterday was the last practice before final cuts. I guess final cuts were made yesterday after the scrimmage. You could tell that the players were giving extra effort to try and impress the coaches. The Stallions definitely are going to have some speed and athleticism on both sides of the football. There were some flashes of brilliance on the field yesterday.
QB's
Some of the early quarterback play was encouraging...most of the early passes were right on the money with the quarterbacks showing good reads and touch on the ball. But later in the scrimmage the defense stepped things up a little and the quarterbacks had a harder time being effective. Especially the quarterback for the white team. He showed some good speed and athleticism early...but had trouble with his touch on the deep ball later in the game. He's also going to need to learn that you can't hold on to the ball so long in indoor football. Either pass immediately or take off running. With his speed, he shouldn't have trouble creating space for himself. The green team quarterback had some really good passes early....especially across the middle through the defense. He seemed to have pretty good defensive reads most of the game and showed some quickness and agility when flushed out of the pocket.
RB
The running game showed some promise yesterday. I was really impressed with #4 for the green team. He had one really good run down by the goal-line towards the middle of the game. He cut left off the snap only to be met by a wall of defenders. He was able to switch back to the right almost immediately breaking a couple of tackles and running it in for the TD. He seems like a pretty tough nosed back who can hold on to the ball. He got smacked good a couple of times and never lost the ball from what I can remember. #25 (or26...can't remember) for the White team had some pretty good runs with the ball too.
Rec
You can tell it's early in the season because the QB's and receivers weren't really in sync yet. But the Stallions do seem to show some promise at the receiver position. For the most part, the receivers seemed to run pretty good routes. A couple of times the QB's put the passes on the hands of the receivers but the receivers couldn't come up with the ball. There were some good runs after the catch. #9 for the green team had one catch along the sideline and then proceeded to break the ankles of his defender with a fake to the left/run to the right that was so good that even people in the audience let out an audible "ohhhhhh"...
OL/DL
The Stallions definitely have some size and quickness on the Offensive and Defensive lines. The O-Lines only had a couple of breakdowns in protection from what I saw. More from the white team than the green team.
The D-Lines showed some pretty good pass penetration and run coverage throughout the game. The white team had some really good stops late in the game when the green team got down by the goal line. One especially good play was a 3rd down run play where #56 on the white team stuffed a run up the gut.
Special Teams
Late in the game the coaches ran some special team drills. Kickoff plays were practiced. The Special Teams game still needs some work. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Overall the scrimmage showed that the Stallions are going to be a fun team to watch. They look like they're going to be putting a pretty exciting product on the field. I'm looking forward to the first Home game on April 7th.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
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