Bobcat Camp Report #3
8/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Fall Camp Report
Thursday - Day THREE
Upcoming Practice Schedule
Fri., 8/20 - 2:30 pm
Sat., 8/21 - 2:30 pm
Sun., 8/22 - 3:30 pm
Of Interest
Blake Wolf, a three-year starter at tight end, played the entire Weber State game last year at right tackle
Quips
“Now the fun starts.” - Mike Kramer, on the team donning shoulder pads Thursday
Countdown to Kickoff
22 days til MSU vs Adams State, 9/11
* * * INJURY UPDATE * * *
The injury bug bit the Bobcats for the first time Wednesday and Thursday, and the results caused MSU coach Mike Kramer consternation.
Sophomore cornerback Eddie Smith suffered a hamstring injury that will shelve him for 2-3 weeks. Smith spent the summer in Bozeman after transferring from a junior college, and had impressed Kramer. “Eddie is a wonderful guy and a terrific player, and this situation is hurtful for him. He loves to play football so much, standing on the sideline is not easy for him.” Kramer indicated that redshirt freshman Andre Fuller, who spent the spring working with the Bobcats’ first defensive unit, moves back into a starting role in Smith’s absence.
Backup Sam linebacker Clayton Curley also suffered a shoulder injury on Wednesday.
* * * PUTTING ON THE PADS * * *
They may be just shoulder pads, but it doesn’t matter to Mike Kramer. He loves to hear them pop.
“For us it’s just like a full-pad day,” Kramer said on Thursday, the first day his Bobcats don shoulder pads and, therefore, are allowed contact. “The main thing is that we want to stay healthy. Good coaching allows that everyone improves all facets of their skill when in gear.”
Kramer said fundamentals of contact move to the top of the coaching staff’s priority list once the pads come on. “Players need to learn to hit correctly and be hit correctly.”
Visits by MSU coaches to NFL training camps this summer led Kramer to implement a practice rule that most professional teams use. “One of the things we picked up at those NFL camps this summer is that, unless we’re scrimmageing or in full-contact mode, there is no third-man-in on any ball carrier. That’s a safety and health issue.”
Kramer said that the ability of MSU’s defense in recent years to control contact situations in practice is crucial to a team's good health. “We teach body control during the full strike of initial contact," Kramer said. "Finishing a play in that manner takes considerable skill. Going into Pete's (Kwiatkowski) fifth year, one of the things that we do so well is mastering the craft of coaching contact without having everyone end up on the ground. Really, it's an art."
Thursday - Day THREE
Upcoming Practice Schedule
Fri., 8/20 - 2:30 pm
Sat., 8/21 - 2:30 pm
Sun., 8/22 - 3:30 pm
Of Interest
Blake Wolf, a three-year starter at tight end, played the entire Weber State game last year at right tackle
Quips
“Now the fun starts.” - Mike Kramer, on the team donning shoulder pads Thursday
Countdown to Kickoff
22 days til MSU vs Adams State, 9/11
* * * INJURY UPDATE * * *
The injury bug bit the Bobcats for the first time Wednesday and Thursday, and the results caused MSU coach Mike Kramer consternation.
Sophomore cornerback Eddie Smith suffered a hamstring injury that will shelve him for 2-3 weeks. Smith spent the summer in Bozeman after transferring from a junior college, and had impressed Kramer. “Eddie is a wonderful guy and a terrific player, and this situation is hurtful for him. He loves to play football so much, standing on the sideline is not easy for him.” Kramer indicated that redshirt freshman Andre Fuller, who spent the spring working with the Bobcats’ first defensive unit, moves back into a starting role in Smith’s absence.
Backup Sam linebacker Clayton Curley also suffered a shoulder injury on Wednesday.
* * * PUTTING ON THE PADS * * *
They may be just shoulder pads, but it doesn’t matter to Mike Kramer. He loves to hear them pop.
“For us it’s just like a full-pad day,” Kramer said on Thursday, the first day his Bobcats don shoulder pads and, therefore, are allowed contact. “The main thing is that we want to stay healthy. Good coaching allows that everyone improves all facets of their skill when in gear.”
Kramer said fundamentals of contact move to the top of the coaching staff’s priority list once the pads come on. “Players need to learn to hit correctly and be hit correctly.”
Visits by MSU coaches to NFL training camps this summer led Kramer to implement a practice rule that most professional teams use. “One of the things we picked up at those NFL camps this summer is that, unless we’re scrimmageing or in full-contact mode, there is no third-man-in on any ball carrier. That’s a safety and health issue.”
Kramer said that the ability of MSU’s defense in recent years to control contact situations in practice is crucial to a team's good health. “We teach body control during the full strike of initial contact," Kramer said. "Finishing a play in that manner takes considerable skill. Going into Pete's (Kwiatkowski) fifth year, one of the things that we do so well is mastering the craft of coaching contact without having everyone end up on the ground. Really, it's an art."
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