How WVU Aimed to Create a Game-Like Feel to the 1st Scrimmage of Fall Camp

Rich Rodriguez Admits Blunder in First Scrimmage as Trouble Forces Reunion With Legend’s Son

The 10th practice of fall camp had everything you’d want from an intra-squad scrimmage. Nearly 100 plays, plenty of competition, and just about everyone getting a taste of the action. Rich Rodriguez offered his first-blush reactions to West Virginia Mountaineers’ first scrimmage, noting the quarterbacks ran “competitively” and the defense tackled well overall. But there was a shadow hanging over the day’s work — a few too many silly mistakes tha…

How WVU aimed to create a game-like feel to the 1st scrimmage of fall camp

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — College football coaches only get a few opportunities each preseason to test their teams in a game setting. Rich Rodriguez and the WVU football coaching staff took their first crack at it on Saturday, as the Mountaineers ran between 100 and 110 plays inside Milan Puskar Stadium. Quarterbacks could be tackled. Each side was trying to make a play. Coaches were almost completely on the sidelines, and weren't stopping the action …

WVU Football Coaches Mostly Encouraged After Scrimmage

Saturday marked a major step in Rich Rodriguez’s plan during WVU football fall camp. The Mountaineers held a morning scrimmage at Milan Puskar Stadium. The scrimmage was closed to the media, but Rodriguez and his defensive coordinator Zac Alley both shared their thoughts about what happened. As planned, they got through 100 plays and did so without the coaches having to constantly interrupt the action. “Everybody was getting reps, which was good…

Saturday Scrimmage Recap - West Virginia University Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia had its first major scrimmage of fall training camp Saturday morning inside Milan Puskar Stadium. Coach Rich Rodriguez said the team got about 100 plays in for the coaching staff to evaluate.

Rich Rodriguez: First WVU scrimmage provides plenty to teach from

WVU held their first scrimmage of fall camp which spanned over 100 plays and head coach Rich Rodriguez saw both positives and negatives