During the 20-play scrimmage at the end of practice, there were a few highlights, like two nice catches by Ricky Marvray and a couple of nice runs, but there were plenty of miscues. The final play was a combination of errors, starting with an early snap Nick Crissman didn’t know was coming. The ball hit the ground, Jonathan Franklin scooped it up and ran it in for a touchdown. But that was definitely not the way that was drawn up. Neuheisel said before that the team would run 20-25 plays and the day was done after.
Only three of the 20 plays went for 5 yards or more. There were the interceptions, one play for no gain, two plays for loss.
Here’s Neuheisel’s assessment: “Absolutely missed assignments, missed checks, missed things that cause the play to completely break up. You can’t play the play if one guy is going right and everyone else is going left. The guy who’s going right is unblocked and he comes back and makes a play for a 4-yard loss. It makes everybody feel we’re all doing things poorly and that’s not the case. It requires everyone to be on the same page. It’s a great lesson for the coaches to know how good they’re coaching.”