Spring Practice Report (Day 4) -- The Great Indoors
Heavy rains during the early morning hours pushed the fourth day of practice to the comfortable confines of the
Just in case anybody had forgotten the speed of , he quickly reminded everybody, particularly safety , when he took an end-around handoff and raced down the sideline. Afalava had the angle, but that wasn’t enough, and he heard about it from his teammates in a joking manner.
The timing was off between the quarterbacks and the receivers early in the practice, but both and heated up during the last part of the day during the 11 vs. 11 drills. Canfield made precise touchdown passes to Stroughter – we’ll probably see that combination at some point during the fall – and to . Moevao and tight ends and also made impressive connections. and newcomer Damola Adeniji made a nice play early in the day.
The defense had its moments, particularly with an interception. Dockery has impressed coaches and could see considerable action this year. Linebacker made several good plays, but it was the one where he got juked by that drew the taunts of his teammates.
As noted on Friday, practice was attended by numerous high school and small college coaches, all in attendance for the annual coaches clinic at the
Easter Sunday is an off day for the Beavers; the team will be back on the field at 3 p.m. Monday.
Check out later today for an interview with head coach . asked questions that were emailed to -- you can ask your favorite Beaver a question there.
Media in attendance represented the Daily Barometer, Register-Guard, Gazette-Times, The Oregonian, Portland Tribune and television stations KMTR (Eugene) and Fox12 (Portland).
FACILITY NOTE
Due to construction around Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum the “Beaver Fun Run” and Football 101-Workshop for Women will not be offered this spring. Speaking of construction, a large portion of steel was erected today in the south end zone of Reser Stadium. You can watch the progress at this .
