Had a chance to see most of it.  The heat finally got to me and I made  hasty retreat towards some cold drinks.  Thought it was a decent performance....many of the starters sat out......some casual observations:

*  Beau Blankenship is a really quick back.....hard to see and to tackle... possibly an impact player for us.

*  Jamil Shaw gives us great depth at CB.....good size and he is aggressive.

*  Joe Stefanski looks like an adequate backup at MLB....always seemed to be around the ball.

*  The starting OL looks ready to go.....guys like A.J. Strum look huge.

*   Vick looks like the #2 QB......Bell and Snyder pressing today.....Snyder with some decent runs.

*  Tettleton was a good field general today....and looked like a # 1.....and I hate to say it .....but I only worry about his height.....I've even said it's no big deal....but when you see him out there it is just a tad disconcerting.

*  The injuries to  DT's Taylor and Hastings didn't look too serious....keep those fingers crossed.

*  A.J. Grady had a pick at LBer......good quicks and smarts.

*  Nate Carpenter  looks like he can get some pt at the safety position.

*  DT Crutcher definately looks the part.

Thought I heard it was a hammy?

He was out of last Saturday's practice with a hamstring injury, so I'm guessing it's still the same injury and they are just being extra cautious.

That's not good news if it's true. In last Saturday's press conference, Solich said he had a sore hamstring.

I really had a great time yesterday..... even in the heat.  There is something special about Athens in the summer and I need to make more visits like these.

What struck me this morning were the comments my friend made about a few players.  Bob is a former college b-ball coach so he knows what it takes to be a successful athlete. We spent little time on the way down talkin about athletics....just life in general.  It wasn't like I set him up on any particular athlete....and he's seen about 4 Ohio games the last few years so he knows many of the returning players.

His first comment was the size of the team.  He had heard that we were much smaller this year...but he was really impressed with the offensive line.  Guys like Strum don't seem to be bigger... but I agreed with him that they had the look of a D1 college offensive line.

There were 2 guys that he surprisingly raved about...without any prompting from me.  The first was running back Beau Blankenship.  He kept saying stuff like " the guy takes a hit"....."he's hard to see and hard to tackle"....and "one of the quickest backs I've seen at Ohio".  I agreed that Beau didn't seem to be super fast....but his quick moves and darting seem to confuse and give him a step or 2 on the D.

The most surprising comments were about the QB situation.  Bell and Snyder didn't have a good practice throwin the ball...so it was obvious they didn't impress him. Tettleton he thought did OK....although he thought the hurry-up offense could be quicker. It was his raving of Derrius Vick that surprised me....he didn't know the guy nor thad he heard of him....just picked him out among the 4 as the one he thought looked like a D1 QB.  Vick did throw well and threw a wicked shovel pass during the game.  He doesn't look a rookie QB.

Someone asked about Hammonds.....he was on special teams....Bass and Hammonds were both true freshman that got yelled at for being off the field when they should have been out there.

Thanks, Doc, for posting your observations.  They made for very interesting reading.  I'm getting more anxious every day for the season to start.  Go OHIO!

I gather that there was a whole lot of hurry up in the pace of which plays were run during the scrimmage.  What did that produce?...how'd the offense look?...was the execution not sloppy?...did the defense keep up?...does that get our defense better prepared?...was there a lot of substitution during a given series because of the wear on personnel?...or did we go deeper in the rotation drive to drive (with no substitution during a drive but with different guys in for different drives?

really missing the Arkley post practice tweets. Anybody with any injury status updates?

I follow G Moore on twitter and he has messages about hospital visit, blood test and iv's?

Good to hear, last tweet was about waiting on test results.