The University of Memphis football team finally was able to practice on its Murphy Athletic Complex fields Tuesday after last week’s rains had saturated the area forcing the Tigers to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
At the end of Tuesday’s workout, the Tigers scrimmaged for about 25 plays — all in the red zone. The defense made its presence felt for the first 16 snaps (Michael Grandberry had a pick in the end zone, freshman defensive back Jermaine Richardson added several big hits and Tony Bell and Steven Turner combined on a second-and-goal stop from the 1-yard line).
But the scrimmage ended with the offense executing as well. Junior college quarterback Arkelon Hall tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Singleton, converted linebacker Jeremy Longstreet ran 17 yards for another score and Hall ended the practice with a 15-yard TD run.
“A point of emphasis for us on offense (this year) is scoring touchdowns,” Tiger coach Tommy West said. “We didn’t start good (in the scrimmage), but we finished pretty good. We’re getting a little better at different things every day.”
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Responses to “Spring Football: Week 2”
March 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
The defense always looks good in the first few weeks of spring and fall practice. They don’t have to work on timing like the offense does.
The defense is the key. They have plenty of offense but you can’t win many 45-42 games. At some point the defense has to improve enough to limit teams to at least 21 points. If they do that, the Tigers will probably be in every game.
I went to school with some Stukenborg’s (Bishop Byrne). Any relation?
March 27th, 2008 at 7:52 am
“A point of emphasis for us on offense (this year) is scoring touchdowns,”
Now if we could just get the defense to emphasize stopping the other team from scoring touchdowns…….
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
In the midst of the madness, and well deserved coverage of the Tiger basketball team, I’m looking for more info on Tiger football this spring…
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