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    I think the line will come together but still not sure about Carnesale at center, Grzymkowski is starting but Francis will eventually start I assume. Harris at left tackle is a bit of a concern since he hasn't played it since his sophomore season. At least they have options.

    D-line needs a healthy Anderson and I really don't know what big Reece is going to give.

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    Ok, first real humid day out there at practice. They practiced at 12pm, which was a good thing considering the weather (Field Hockey had the field earlier). But pretty hot in terms of humidity.

    Defense ruled most of the scrimmage, especially the early part. With K. Anderson still out, they've been using Cummings at defensive end with Clifton Jones and Zane Harps Upshur at DT, along with Malik Tyne at the rush end spot. That's probably the best line right now with no Anderson and no Reece (now has a boot). Thought Tibo is getting better and might play as a true freshman. Mullins, the other defensive tackle recruit, looked very good late against the 3's, who couldn't block him. I'd like to see him more against the better DL but I presume they'll get him to 290 next season and he'll probably start after a redshirt season (hopefully with 2 more transfers).  A lot of these are nagging injuries as Ambrose told me, which means 1-2 weeks, maybe more. Linebackers had Wallace and Heyward with Paye as the hybrid rover guy. Still concerned about Wallace against the pass. I think that's where Tedder comes in or Konate. Dymelle Parker has a shoulder issue and is out another week or so. RA also talked about Christian Dixon and Nygill Johnson as freshman standout linebacker but I don't see them playing this year, especially if Parker is healthy.

    At corner, Lyrics is fine but there is a battle with JPD and McDade for the other spot. McDade has looked great and could start. With JPD's size but not great speed, I wonder if he'll wind up at safety eventually because Watson is also coming on. Sheppard and Boals continue to battle it out at safety. Boals is the more athletic player but Shep is the more experienced player and knows where to be. Studies film and RA called him his smartest DB.

    As for the punting game, I screwed up. They did bring in another punter, maybe he was just added to the roster but forgot to ask Rob about him. Honestly, I wasn't that impressed. Thought Toomey was better but maybe he'll get better as camp continues.

    On offense, was speaking with my old friend Stan "the Fan" Charles, who has Rob on his Press Box show tomorrow morning at 10:30am. He wanted to check out Mahalak, so what does Morgan do? Throws a pick to Tedder in the red zone part of the scrimmage and is way off target for about the first hour of the scrimmage. But he turned it around after that thankfully. Not incredibly concerned but he has to be more consistent. Stover ain't getting worse-he's getting better. That kid has a great touch.

    Receivers are banged up with Tsimis (hammy), Greaves (?) still out and Jabari Allen dealing with some leg injury and then Kilgore getting dinged up but they still looked really good, especially Leatherbury and Jabari Underwood. Talk about catch radius, Underwood was called "tarantula" by some of his teammates for his catches. Looked very impressive. I continue to be impressed by Brent Richardson and Ryan Rutkowski is 6-2 with great hands. Somewhat similar to Tom Ryan. Sam Gallahan also performed well out of the slot. Even Scroggins was making plays. Both those guys better continue to push hard because there is so much competition. Then there's Rodney Dorsey, playing with a sore groin but still making plays and burning people. Also returning kicks, though again, not sure if he's going to be redshirted or not.

    With Shane dinged up, which is fine this early that he didn't get a ton of reps in a scrimmage. They went with David Bryant, who played some in the spring. Not bad. C.J. Williams is legit but no surprise. Platt was out (no injury) so they moved Kobe Young from corner to running back. The freshman bumped into backup QB Tyler Raines on the first attempt and fumbled. But after that, he was impressive. What a great athlete. Once again, guessing he'll redshirt but at what position?

     

     

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    http://towsontigers.com/news/2017/8/12/football-tigers-hold-first-scrimmage-of-camp.aspx


    RA's thoughts on the scrimmage
    "First time in the heat, probably what I expected. Maybe a hair better. The defense is always going to be ahead of the
    offense, because the defense doesn't always have to be right. A year ago, I probably had 8 1/2 to 9 guys on the right
    page on offense. Today probably was about 10 1/4. We have a lot of work to do."

    In the first part of the scrimmage, they went four series, three and out and one interception. One thing leads to
    another. I like how they finished.

    We've done nothing live. So this is the first bit of live work and everybody turns their speed up a little. We talk
    about how we need to prepare if we're going to be in synch once we do go live.


    Injuries
    Warren Bruckner has an ACL and is done. The rest are a week here, two weeks there. Everybody else is camp-dinged.

    On Kobe Young moving to RB
    Happened last night. Adrian (Platt) had to go somewhere and Shane wasn't healthy. He was on the list as a running back and we recruited him as a running back but Jaelen (THompson) committed ahead of him. I wanted him on our team and he wanted to be here. He can play corner or safety. After what he did today, there is going to be some negotiation from the staff.

    On freshmen
    Christian Dixon hasn't hit the wall yet and Nygel Johnson have stood up. Rodney Dorsey has a groin strain that is getting better. He has stood out.

    On Underwood
    Has a hamstring that is getting better. Thought (Scroggins) played well. The wideouts are strong. That group has gotten better by leaps and bounds because we have so many guys that can play.

    On tight ends
    We played them all. We didn't care who the ones and twos are. I saw a lot of good stuff and and a lot of dumb shit.

    On corners
    We have guys that know what to do and know how to do it. Who is going to play the best and locked in? Shep has   done the best job of any guy on the team in terms of intelligence. He's the smartest defensive back I've got. He's maxing out everything he can control. Not the most athletic guy.

    On offensive line
    "Decent but not good enough. Didn't expect them to be great by now.

    On D-line
    Clifton and Zane are playing their faces off. Cummings is having his best camp. They have a chance to be pretty good. We have to grind through the next week and stay healthy. Tibo has looked good. Playing a true freshman on the D-line is not possible but he's the closest thing I've had to somebody playing as a freshman. Will be a tough decision.

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    Tunstall is 6-8, 215. Needs about 10 more pounds or he will play 10-15 minutes per game. Maybe a little more but Gorham needs to play about 20 and Keith, who knows. Not sold on his frame playing as a stretch 4 with a baby Barkley type of body. He didn't show much tonight but they didn't really have much size. I think he can take advantage of bigger power forwards by dribbling past them or shooting from the arc. If Gorham continues to improve, I think he'll ultimately start or get most of the minutes at the 4.

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    Sanders is ineligible this year so no biggie unless it's a serious injury. Probably just a precautionary thing. Still would like to have one more big body but will have to get used to Gorham, Tunstall, and Thomas as the only 3 true post players. Gorham has really improved thanks to added strength and Coach Kilee.

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    Ok, McGill looked pretty bad tonight. Hard to believe they took SMU to two overtimes the other night but I guess they just hit everything in sight. Their coach complained about playing 4 games in 5 nights. We played 5 games in 5 nights.  He also mentioned what a senior-laden team we have but with no Morman, it's really just Morsell, Starr and Keith. But those guys really weren't the difference. It was the sophomores.

    Finally got a chance to watch this team tonight on the stream and sure, there are some issues. If we are going to play an athletic, pressing lineup (and we just mainly zone pressed tonight), we might not have our best shooters on the floor. Morsell is still Morsell. When he's on the floor with Zane, it almost seems like he defers to the sophomore.

    When Zane becomes more of a 3-point threat, he'll be nearly impossible to guard. And I think he's close. He has to start but who sits? Starr is the point guard, if Martin is the 2, then who is the 3? Morsell? Morman? McNeill? A lot of options there but I think it's either Morman or Morsell off the bench. Still not sure about EK at the 4. Not bad as a high post passer but he's not a good enough threat as a shooter for teams to guard him tightly. Tonight, he was going against a small, finesse team so he didn't really have much impact on the game.

    But Justin Gorham did. At 6-7, 234ish, he's got much more strength to post up and has a decent face-up game. Also active defensively. Just need to see him crash the boards more like Tunstall, who was wreaking havoc all night on D. Big Al Thomas was more active than I've seen him but he's not an instinctive post player. He's better facing the basket from the foul line. While Gorham is more confortable with that jump hook (he made 3 tonight). He was also active on D, which is important.

    If Van Rolle, who was pretty good tonight, plays backup point guard, not sure where that leads Prophete, who didn't play tonight. Thought Ingram played well and fits this system because he's so darn athletic. McNeill also had a nice trip and Starr was solid.

     

    PG Starr, Rolle, Prophete

    SG Martin, Morman, Ingram

    SF Morsell, McNeill, Drayton

    PF Keith, Gorham

    C Thomas, Tunstall

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