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Bobcats Pass Mid-Point of Spring Drills
4/2/2015 9:53:00 AM | Football
MSU stages Friday half-scrimmage, transition from install to polish
This week, as the Bobcat football team passes the half-way mark of its spring practice session, the fine-tuning begins.
Montana State practices for the eighth time this spring on Thursday at 3:45 pm, then stages a half-scrimmage Friday during its ninth practice at around 12 noon. Ninth-year head coach Rob Ash said the set of sessions marks a transition from focusing on installing and tweaking offensive and defensive schemes to simply playing.
"I feel pretty good about where we are right now," Ash said, "but at some point we'll cut the install so the players can actually go out and make plays. We want to get people in the right spot and see who can execute. We're about at that point in the spring."
Friday's practice will include about 40 scrimmage plays, and while a portion will include a free-flowing scrimmage setting much of it will be situational. "We'll work on third down situations, on short yardage situations," Ash said.
Bobcat offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey said that personnel remains a focus, even through the installation phase of the spring. "We want to continue to evaluate the young guys," he said. "We want to put them in a position to be successful so we can have a look at who executes."
After Friday's practice the Bobcats get Easter weekend off, then return next Tuesday and Thursday at 3:45 pm in Bobcat Stadium. The team travels to Great Falls for the Triangle Classic on Friday, and scrimmages at Memorial Stadium on the Great Falls High campus at 1:30 pm Saturday.
Montana State practices for the eighth time this spring on Thursday at 3:45 pm, then stages a half-scrimmage Friday during its ninth practice at around 12 noon. Ninth-year head coach Rob Ash said the set of sessions marks a transition from focusing on installing and tweaking offensive and defensive schemes to simply playing.
"I feel pretty good about where we are right now," Ash said, "but at some point we'll cut the install so the players can actually go out and make plays. We want to get people in the right spot and see who can execute. We're about at that point in the spring."
Friday's practice will include about 40 scrimmage plays, and while a portion will include a free-flowing scrimmage setting much of it will be situational. "We'll work on third down situations, on short yardage situations," Ash said.
Bobcat offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey said that personnel remains a focus, even through the installation phase of the spring. "We want to continue to evaluate the young guys," he said. "We want to put them in a position to be successful so we can have a look at who executes."
After Friday's practice the Bobcats get Easter weekend off, then return next Tuesday and Thursday at 3:45 pm in Bobcat Stadium. The team travels to Great Falls for the Triangle Classic on Friday, and scrimmages at Memorial Stadium on the Great Falls High campus at 1:30 pm Saturday.
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