Bulldogs Show Improvement In Day Two
STARKVILLE, Miss. ?€“ While joking that not much can be learned about a football team in shorts and head gear, Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom admitted that his team showed some improvement from its first day in the scaled-down uniform.
It was just another day in shorts, but we were able to continue to install our schemes on both sides of the ball, Croom said, and from a practice standpoint, we were better than we were yesterday.
State worked for two hours and 45 minutes for a second straight day of NCAA-mandated shorts and head gear only, and for a second consecutive day, the head coach called out his receiving corps for praise.
You can see that the receivers are getting better, Croom said, and not just the ones I mentioned yesterday (Tony Burks and Omarr Conner). Some of the guys who have been around here for a while are getting better.
Croom specifically called out rising junior Tyler Threadgill (Philadelphia, Miss.), sophomore-to-be Keon Humphries (Montgomery, Ala.) and rising sophomore Aubrey Bell (Mobile, Ala.) as having made progress in the wide receiver rotation.
But while the head coach was pleased with the strides his pass catchers were making, he was even happier with his defensive unit, which he lauded again Tuesday for their efforts in getting to the football and forcing turnovers.
I want us to get where we're getting points out of our defense, Croom said.
The only part of practice which seemed to disappoint Croom was the field goal challenge, conducted near the close of drills. MSU's place-kickers missed three field goals during that segment of work.
The Bulldog head coach also reported that offensive tackle James Redmond (Decatur, Ga.) was granted a medical scholarship and will no longer be a member of the football team. Redmond played in 13 games during his MState career, but only three since returning to campus following one semester at Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) Community College. He was limited during 2005 by both back and knee miseries. He had undergone surgery prior to last fall for the back malady.
It was just another day in shorts, but we were able to continue to install our schemes on both sides of the ball, Croom said, and from a practice standpoint, we were better than we were yesterday.
State worked for two hours and 45 minutes for a second straight day of NCAA-mandated shorts and head gear only, and for a second consecutive day, the head coach called out his receiving corps for praise.
You can see that the receivers are getting better, Croom said, and not just the ones I mentioned yesterday (Tony Burks and Omarr Conner). Some of the guys who have been around here for a while are getting better.
Croom specifically called out rising junior Tyler Threadgill (Philadelphia, Miss.), sophomore-to-be Keon Humphries (Montgomery, Ala.) and rising sophomore Aubrey Bell (Mobile, Ala.) as having made progress in the wide receiver rotation.
But while the head coach was pleased with the strides his pass catchers were making, he was even happier with his defensive unit, which he lauded again Tuesday for their efforts in getting to the football and forcing turnovers.
I want us to get where we're getting points out of our defense, Croom said.
The only part of practice which seemed to disappoint Croom was the field goal challenge, conducted near the close of drills. MSU's place-kickers missed three field goals during that segment of work.
The Bulldog head coach also reported that offensive tackle James Redmond (Decatur, Ga.) was granted a medical scholarship and will no longer be a member of the football team. Redmond played in 13 games during his MState career, but only three since returning to campus following one semester at Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) Community College. He was limited during 2005 by both back and knee miseries. He had undergone surgery prior to last fall for the back malady.