WARNING: this is a post about Razorback football and not about the Dunn girls.
My Dad and I went to the Razorback football practice this morning and I felt I just had tell everyone about it. We actually almost didn't even make it to the practice -- I almost backed out. The truth is I don't really like watching practice. They are usually endless drills and boring repetitions. And I told my dad that I was positive I would not really be able to decipher the New Era under Petrino by just watching drills.
We got to the practice around 9:15 am (this week is two-a-days) and my fears were realized. The various positions were doing their reps. This is why I quit even going to Houston Nutt's practices. But by 9:30, everything changed. They started scrimmaging, and scrimmaging, and scrimmaging. The practice broke up around 11:30 and there was practically no break from full-on football. I couldn't believe it!
They were knocking the snot out of each other! If a receiver fell catching a pass he had to get up and run with the ball. Running backs were lowering their heads and pounding the defense. And the defense was gang tackling and head-hunting. We were seeing true game-speed football. Several times the players would lag a bit getting up from a collision or getting back to the huddle, and the coaching staff would come unglued. They drove these guys harder than anything I had ever seen. Did I mention there was two full hours of this? This was a practice in front of about 30 people and yet it had the speed and intensity of the Red-White game with 50,00 people.
When I see the reports about practices I tend to get a lot of details about who did well and who did poorly. I didn't care about that. I was just overwhelmed at the sheer toughness of the whole system. Gone are the days of Nutt's yellow jerseys and mind-numbingly slow practices. I know we may not have all the talent in the world this year, but the truth is, this team may be one of the toughest teams we have seen in a very long time.
NOTE: I am not an analyst so my report was meant to give the big picture. And yet, Tyler Wilson is a really good quarterback. I thought he looked better than anyone else at the position (except for the ten magical minutes Ryan Mallet got to play). I would not be surprised if Wilson is the back up QB by the start of the season and even starting by the end. I know that is a big statement but I have nothing to lose - I had no reporting credibility to begin with.
My Dad and I went to the Razorback football practice this morning and I felt I just had tell everyone about it. We actually almost didn't even make it to the practice -- I almost backed out. The truth is I don't really like watching practice. They are usually endless drills and boring repetitions. And I told my dad that I was positive I would not really be able to decipher the New Era under Petrino by just watching drills.
We got to the practice around 9:15 am (this week is two-a-days) and my fears were realized. The various positions were doing their reps. This is why I quit even going to Houston Nutt's practices. But by 9:30, everything changed. They started scrimmaging, and scrimmaging, and scrimmaging. The practice broke up around 11:30 and there was practically no break from full-on football. I couldn't believe it!
They were knocking the snot out of each other! If a receiver fell catching a pass he had to get up and run with the ball. Running backs were lowering their heads and pounding the defense. And the defense was gang tackling and head-hunting. We were seeing true game-speed football. Several times the players would lag a bit getting up from a collision or getting back to the huddle, and the coaching staff would come unglued. They drove these guys harder than anything I had ever seen. Did I mention there was two full hours of this? This was a practice in front of about 30 people and yet it had the speed and intensity of the Red-White game with 50,00 people.
When I see the reports about practices I tend to get a lot of details about who did well and who did poorly. I didn't care about that. I was just overwhelmed at the sheer toughness of the whole system. Gone are the days of Nutt's yellow jerseys and mind-numbingly slow practices. I know we may not have all the talent in the world this year, but the truth is, this team may be one of the toughest teams we have seen in a very long time.
NOTE: I am not an analyst so my report was meant to give the big picture. And yet, Tyler Wilson is a really good quarterback. I thought he looked better than anyone else at the position (except for the ten magical minutes Ryan Mallet got to play). I would not be surprised if Wilson is the back up QB by the start of the season and even starting by the end. I know that is a big statement but I have nothing to lose - I had no reporting credibility to begin with.
Thus ends the Razorback talk and we can now resume the stuff about our little girlies.
3 comments:
Reed..this is what excites me about the upcoming year. From what I have been reading, I have felt that something so new was coming that we aren't going to be the same Razorback's that Houston Nutt left. One of my friends dad went to a small luncheon that Petrino was at and my one question was this: "Did you come away thinking we had a couple more wins than you previously thought" and the answer was YES.
I am an optimist by heart but I love reading stuff like this from non-paid people like yourself. Keep up the good work.
And by the way, you have some really cute girls.
I definitely predict a resurgence for the Razorbacks since Nutt-job left. I'm also, glad they will be renewing their old SWC rivalry with Texas. I hope they spank 'em good (go SEC!). But most of all, I'm glad they have rotated off Tennessee's annual schedule.
ditto from me, Reed's dad. As Reed walked out, he turned to me, smiled and said, "wow, there's a new sheriff in town!" The speed of the practice and the attention to detail was incredible. Good times are ahead, possibly a year off, but definitely ahead!
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