AWC football notebook: intra-squad scrimmage
The Matadors scrimmaged for about 90 minutes Saturday night, and the result was the same as past preseason intra-squad scrimmages over the years — the defense dominated.
“I just posted something on Twitter (saying that) in my 11 years at AWC, the defense is 11-0 (in first scrimmages),” coach Tom Minnick said. “It’s always that way. Even (though) we’ve got some returners on the offensive line, when you blitz all the time and you’re putting pressure on the quarterback early in the season,” the offense will struggle.
• AWC’s offense scored two touchdowns, both on long runs — one by sophomore running back Kendon Walker midway through, and one by freshman running back Alphonzo Graham on the scrimmage’s final play.
• AWC’s defense also scored twice, though one was simply a recovered fumble in the end zone by defensive end Lazarus Williams. The other was a pick-six by cornerback Jaylen Moore, who stepped in front of a Jacquez Carter pass.
• Carter and fellow freshman El Julian Jordan split the first-team reps at quarterback, with Carter going first in the rotation. Minnick said that as of right now, “it’s going to be (the) two of them” at quarterback, as they’re the leaders for the starting job but neither has earned it outright.
• One problem for the offense was the inability to complete a shotgun snap. Two of the offense’s five turnovers on the night were the result of a snap that went over the quarterback’s head, and there was a third such snap that the offense was able to recover.
The Matadors scrimmaged for about 90 minutes Saturday night, and the result was the same as past preseason intra-squad scrimmages over the years — the defense dominated.
“I just posted something on Twitter (saying that) in my 11 years at AWC, the defense is 11-0 (in first scrimmages),” coach Tom Minnick said. “It’s always that way. Even (though) we’ve got some returners on the offensive line, when you blitz all the time and you’re putting pressure on the quarterback early in the season,” the offense will struggle.
• AWC’s offense scored two touchdowns, both on long runs — one by sophomore running back Kendon Walker midway through, and one by freshman running back Alphonzo Graham on the scrimmage’s final play.
• AWC’s defense also scored twice, though one was simply a recovered fumble in the end zone by defensive end Lazarus Williams. The other was a pick-six by cornerback Jaylen Moore, who stepped in front of a Jacquez Carter pass.
• Carter and fellow freshman El Julian Jordan split the first-team reps at quarterback, with Carter going first in the rotation. Minnick said that as of right now, “it’s going to be (the) two of them” at quarterback, as they’re the leaders for the starting job but neither has earned it outright.
• One problem for the offense was the inability to complete a shotgun snap. Two of the offense’s five turnovers on the night were the result of a snap that went over the quarterback’s head, and there was a third such snap that the offense was able to recover.
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