Griz hold first football scrimmage of fall camp
8/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Senior quarterback Jeff Disney connected with senior wide receiver Tate Hancock for a nine-yard touchdown pass to highlight The University of Montana Grizzlies' first football scrimmage of fall camp Saturday morning in Washington Grizzly Stadium.
The Disney to Hancock score was the only touchdown of the hour-plus, controlled scrimmage, which was mostly used to evaluate numerous young players on the team, as well as to give Disney a chance to work with the number one offense.
"That was the definition of a controlled scrimmage," said Griz Head Coach Bobby Hauck. "We went exactly 54 plays which is exactly what we wanted. The best thing about it was that now we have video of several of our young players playing live and at game speed, which we can evaluate and teach from. That goes for the kicking game, the offense, and the defense.
"It was ragged, but that's to be expected because we played so many young guys and we played a lot of different combinations of players," Hauck said. "I am concerned with the youth on our defense and its youth and youthful mistakes. I am also concerned with our offensive line. It was good work though, and a good learning experience for players and coaches alike."
Hauck rested senior starting quarterback Craig Ochs to give Disney reps the number one offense. Disney was 7-of-13 for 52 yards and the TD pass to Hancock. True freshman quarterback Cole Bergquist was 4-of-8 for 17 yards in his Grizzly debut.
"Craig's taken every rep with the ones during camp and we needed to give Jeff a chance to work with them," Hauck said. "We also wanted to give our young quarterbacks some work."
True freshman cornerback Jimmy Wilson picked off a pass by redshirt freshman QB Casey Cordial for the scrimmage's only interception. Senior linebacker Nick Vella had the only sack.
The only other scoring came via field goals. Sophomore Paul Cahill connected from 38, 37, and 36 yards out, and missed a 36-yarder. True freshman Dan Carpenter made one-of-four field goal tries, connecting from 36 yards on his fourth attempt.
"The nature of kicking is that some days those guys are on, and some days they're off; kind of like a golf swing," Hauck said. "I am comfortable that those guys will be ready to go on September 4 (UM's season opener at home against Maine)."
Hauck said the Grizzlies' final scrimmage which is scheduled for next Thursday morning, "will be different that today's as we prepare for Maine. It will be our one and two offenses and defenses against Maine looks. We're not going to scrimmage a lot during camp. The players who will get the most reps will be are our young guys, who haven't had a lot of game experience."
The Disney to Hancock score was the only touchdown of the hour-plus, controlled scrimmage, which was mostly used to evaluate numerous young players on the team, as well as to give Disney a chance to work with the number one offense.
"That was the definition of a controlled scrimmage," said Griz Head Coach Bobby Hauck. "We went exactly 54 plays which is exactly what we wanted. The best thing about it was that now we have video of several of our young players playing live and at game speed, which we can evaluate and teach from. That goes for the kicking game, the offense, and the defense.
"It was ragged, but that's to be expected because we played so many young guys and we played a lot of different combinations of players," Hauck said. "I am concerned with the youth on our defense and its youth and youthful mistakes. I am also concerned with our offensive line. It was good work though, and a good learning experience for players and coaches alike."
Hauck rested senior starting quarterback Craig Ochs to give Disney reps the number one offense. Disney was 7-of-13 for 52 yards and the TD pass to Hancock. True freshman quarterback Cole Bergquist was 4-of-8 for 17 yards in his Grizzly debut.
"Craig's taken every rep with the ones during camp and we needed to give Jeff a chance to work with them," Hauck said. "We also wanted to give our young quarterbacks some work."
True freshman cornerback Jimmy Wilson picked off a pass by redshirt freshman QB Casey Cordial for the scrimmage's only interception. Senior linebacker Nick Vella had the only sack.
The only other scoring came via field goals. Sophomore Paul Cahill connected from 38, 37, and 36 yards out, and missed a 36-yarder. True freshman Dan Carpenter made one-of-four field goal tries, connecting from 36 yards on his fourth attempt.
"The nature of kicking is that some days those guys are on, and some days they're off; kind of like a golf swing," Hauck said. "I am comfortable that those guys will be ready to go on September 4 (UM's season opener at home against Maine)."
Hauck said the Grizzlies' final scrimmage which is scheduled for next Thursday morning, "will be different that today's as we prepare for Maine. It will be our one and two offenses and defenses against Maine looks. We're not going to scrimmage a lot during camp. The players who will get the most reps will be are our young guys, who haven't had a lot of game experience."
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