The Offense Scores Four Touchdowns in Saturday's scrimmage
“Well, it’s kind of funny how it works – today really resembled how practice has been going with the offense and defense taking turns,” head coach said when asked about the improvement of the offense from last week. “Overall, a lot of football today. When they get to play that much they get to learn about game situations.”
Junior running back posted several of the highlights of the day and finished with 95 yards on 13 carries. He had runs of 36 and 24 yards and capped a drive with a two-yard touchdown run. Sophomore added 35 yards on the ground on 16 carries with a score, freshman collected 28 yards on 10 attempts and senior had 12 yards on four attempts.
“Considering we didn’t have Yv (), Clinton (Polk) and Micah (Strickland) it was a good day for the backs,” Riley said. “They ran hard. Part of the reason we went as long as we did today was I have a big job getting down to 105 guys for fall camp, right now we are way over that number. This is a great chance for us to evaluate and see where guys are.”
Bernard has been held out of most of the contact throughout spring and is doubtful for the Spring Game next Saturday. Polk and Strickland could be back in practice Monday.
Sophomore quarterback opened the scrimmage by taking a mostly first team offense down the field for a 16-play 70-yard touchdown drive. He found senior receiver (formerly Wheat-Brown) in the end zone for an eight-yard touchdown pass. Canfield finished the day completing six of 12 passes for 65 yards and the one score.
“That’s exactly right,” Riley said to a question about the quarterbacks improved play from a week ago. “I think they would rather play with a wet ball than windy conditions (prevalent in last week’s scrimmage). Overall, the quarterbacks executed better for the most part.”
Moevao finished the day completing four of six attempts for 109 yards and guided the team on 12-play 70-yard scoring drive that was set up by a 65-yard pass play to freshman tight end . Senior connected on five of 11 attempts for 62 yards and redshirt freshman was nine of 14 for 68 yards. Sim finished the scrimmage with a 10-play 7-yard drive that culminated with an eight-yard touchdown pass to freshman receiver .
Junior walkon receiver Damola Adeniji from
Defensive tackles and suffered what appeared to be knee injuries. The severity of each was not known at press time.
The final week of practice resumes Monday at 3 p.m. The final practice prior to next Saturday’s Spring Game will be Wednesday.
Fans are reminded to access Friday at Noon for the unveiling of the 2007 Nike-designed football uniforms. BNO also has post-scrimmage comments today from Riley.
The Spring Game will air live from 1-3 p.m. on Portland’s new flagship home for Beaver Athletics, (860 AM). The broadcast crew of Todd Mansfield, Steve Preece, Jim Wilson, Cathy Marshall, Jon Warren and Ron Callan will have all the action. Preece and Marshall will be on the sidelines interviewing Riley and players during the game. You can also listen to the game live at KPAM.com. Lead play-by-play announcer Mike Parker will be on the road broadcasting the No. 9 baseball team’s game at Stanford, which can be heard on BNO, KEJO-AM (1240) in the
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Scoring Summary
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Statistics
Rushing (No-Yds-TD)
, 13-95-1; , 4-12-0; , 16-35-1; , 10-28-0; , 1-0-0; , 1-0-0; Tim Sim, 1-0-0
Passing (Att-Comp-Int-Yds-TD)
, 12-6-0-65-1; , 11-5-0-62-0; , 6-4-109-0; , 14-9-0-68-1
Receiving (No-Yds-TD)
, 2-24-0; , 2-14-1; , 1-17-0; Parick Fuller, 2-8-0; , 1-19-0; , 1-8-1; , 2-14-0; Dan Weis, 2-25-0; , 4-5-0; Damola Adeniji, 3-76-0; , 2-71-0; , 1-15-0; , 1-8-0
