Spring Ball

[TomCat88]

New name I haven’t heard much is Tayden Gray. Vigen mentioned him right after Bryce Grebe, who also sounds like he’s doing really well this spring.

[technoCat]

So any news from the scrimmage? Anyone impress?

[lutecat]

Vigen made a comment about the DL needing to catch up I will take that as DT's. We have always lacked quality depth at DT. Hard to find big and athletic DT's at our level. I think we have some good players at DT but not great and I worry about even one injury and the effect it will have at that position.

Hard to say without knowing who all is playing. Spring ball tends to have players sitting out or limited due to injury/surgery. With Valdez gone the position isn’t as good as it would’ve been but there seems to be a lot of talent there between Schmidt, Brott, and Black. Are any of them out?

Not for sure who all is out. I see in the scrimmage that Sharbono played quite a bit

Sharbano....seeing where we are and his last name(though spelled differently) we should call him....T Sharbano!

[TomCat88]

So any news from the scrimmage? Anyone impress?

Gray, Bryce Grebe, Jones, Korom, Pottenger, Dolan, Jefferson, Mastel are some of the names I heard.

And Trimble. Looks like Taco had a big day.

[AFCAT]

[TomCat88]

Colson Coon put up good numbers as did Adam Jones. About 550 yards on 87 plays.

[Bocephus]

Running backs and receivers both look loaded.

[saintcat40]

How are we looking at linebacker? It seems like we really needed to improve our athleticism at that spot. Any young guys stepping up? Is Daily healthy?

[TomCat88]

How are we looking at linebacker? It seems like we really needed to improve our athleticism at that spot. Any young guys stepping up? Is Daily healthy?

Bryce Grebe has been looking good. So there’s Bullock, O’Reilly, Grebe and Uluilakepa. Vigen said the LB group was looking good after the first scrimmage, along with the secondary.

[Bocephus]

How are we looking at linebacker? It seems like we really needed to improve our athleticism at that spot. Any young guys stepping up? Is Daily healthy?

Bryce Grebe has been looking good. So there’s Bullock, O’Reilly, Grebe and Uluilakepa. Vigen said the LB group was looking good after the first scrimmage, along with the secondary.

Grebe LB?

Edit: nevermind, was confusing him with Brody.

[TomCat88]

How are we looking at linebacker? It seems like we really needed to improve our athleticism at that spot. Any young guys stepping up? Is Daily healthy?

Bryce Grebe has been looking good. So there’s Bullock, O’Reilly, Grebe and Uluilakepa. Vigen said the LB group was looking good after the first scrimmage, along with the secondary.

Grebe LB?

Edit: nevermind, was confusing him with Brody.

Other LBs are Daily, Taylor, Krahe (who I think Vigen was saying good things about), Aby (another LB I believe Vigen mentioned), and Waible. Not sure if Vigen mentioned those players this week's scrimmage or last week's.

[TomCat88]

From MSU -
BOZEMAN, Montana – Sometimes the best comes first, and that was the case for Montana State’s offense in the team’s second major closed scrimmage of the spring on Saturday morning in Bobcat Stadium.

MSU’s starting offense struck on the first drive, capping a four-play, 70-yard drive with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Mellott to Taco Dowler. After a four-yard run by Scottre Humphrey to open the scrimmage, Mellott found receiver Lonyatte Alexander Jr. for 35 yards and tight end Rohan Jones on a seven-yarder to set up the touchdown. “As the head coach you want the ebbs and flows, the back and forth, for our offense to show what they can do, to be mixed between run and pass, and that’s what happened on that first drive,” said Bobcat coach Brent Vigen. “It was finished with a really good play, an adjustment in the air from Tommy to Taco.”

Mellott finished the day 11-16 passing in the 100-play scrimmage for 133 yards and the touchdown while Taco Dowler caught five passes for 73 yards, and Vigen lauded the two for adapting on the touchdown pass. “It was a play where Tommy had to process some things,” Vigen said. “Taco wasn’t the primary (receiver) relative to that play call, but he got the ball where it needed to go relative to the defense called. That was a really good one. I thought Tommy continues to be very efficient. He’s showing big play capability in the pass game. I know we didn’t connect on another one where he threw a beautiful ball down the field. Allowing him to make progress where it’s not about his ability to run the football is really what spring has been for him, and I really like the progress he’s making.”

Dowler missed much of last season, and his absence hindered MSU’s offense. “Taco is a really good football player at the root of it,” Vigen said, “and not having him through a bulk of last season offensively hurt us. The obvious is the punt return game and what he brought there and will continue to bring there, but offensively he’s got feel. He’s a really explosive athlete, but he’s got really good feel at the same time, whether it’s downfield catching the ball or feeling out spaces between linebackers in zones, and the ability to hand him the ball time to time is a dimension we missed last year from time to time.”

The Bobcats pushed the ball across the goal line three times on Saturday. Jared White scored from eight yards out, while quarterback Jordan Reed connected with Rohan Jones on a 22-yarder. Rohan Jones finished with five catches for 74 yards, while Reed completed nine of his 15 passes for a touchdown. He also threw an interception, the day’s only turnover, by Takhari Carr.

Defensively the Bobcats got contributions from young and old alike. All-America defensive end Brody Grebe logged a sack and two other tackles-for-loss, while redshirt freshman defensive tackle Hunter Sharbono also recorded a sack and two other tackles-for-loss. “The young guys continue to impress,” Vigen said generally of the team’s second- and third-year players.

Montana State near the end of spring drills, and Vigen said the flow of scrimmages benefits his squad. “What happens in a scrimmage is it unveils a situational aspect of football that even though we try to replicate in practice some days it’s not the same sequencing,” he said. “To see how the guys respond to that, to see how they respond to the good and the bad that occurs, that’s all part of a scrimmage. We continue to see some guys stepping up. We’ve got some guys out there today that hadn’t been out there previously last week. I like the progress we’re making.”

MSU practices Tuesday and Thursday, and MSU’s Sonny Holland Spring Classic on Saturday, April 20, at 1 pm in Bobcat Stadium closes spring drills.

TOUCHDOWNS
Taco Dowler 22 yards from Tommy Mellott
Jared White 8 run
Rohan Jones 22 yards from Jordan Reed

RUSHING: Colson Coon 12-81-0, Adam Jones 7-48-0, Elijah Elliott 7-30-0, Jared White 9-30-1, Scottre Humphrey 2-10-0, Jordan Reed 3-27-0, Ty McCullouch 1-1-0, Tommy Mellott 1- -2-0, Patrick Duchien 2-1-0, Chance Wilson 1-17-0.

PASSING: Tommy Mellott 11-16-0, 133, 1; Jordan Reed 9-15-1, 111, 1; Patrick Duchien 3-6-0, 53, 0; Chance Wilson 3-5-0, 19, 0

RECEIVING: Rohan Jones 5-74-1, Taco Dowler 5-73-1, Jacob Trimble 3-10-0, Marqui Johnson 2-43-0, Lonyatte Alexander Jr. 2-42-0, Adam Jones 3-21-0, Christian Anaya 2-25-0, Colson Coon 1-9-0, Jared White 1-7-0, Ty McCullouch 1-10-0, Max Murphy 1-13-0, Luke Smith 1-2-0.

SACKS: Brody Grebe 1, Hunter Sharbono 1, Hunter Parsons 1, Nicholas Korom 1, Cole Bullock 1, Dominic Solano 1.

OTHER TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: Hunter Sharbono 2, Brody Grebe 2, McCade O’Reilly 1, Alec Eckert 1, Talon Marsh 1

INTERCEPTION: Takhari Carr 1

[AFCAT]

I see Davis had no stats in the scrimmage. I hope they are just holding him out and it’s not because of an injury. I saw him take a nasty hit at a practice about a week ago.

[TomCat88]

I don’t think Reed threw TD pass to Jones. The video I saw had 4 (Mellott) making the pass.

If so, Mellott’s stats might be 12-17-0, 155, 2 tds.

[CatBot]

I don’t think Reed threw TD pass to Jones. The video I saw had 4 (Mellott) making the pass.

If so, Mellott’s stats might be 12-17-0, 155, 2 tds.

The official stats have the two passes interchanged. Tommy to Jones and Reed to Taco.

[Travelingcat]

Colson Coon put up good numbers as did Adam Jones. About 550 yards on 87 plays.

Any chance Colson sees real time this year in a stacked RB room?

I'm surprised that his brother Garrett hasn't gotten any bites in the transfer portal. He did a good job for us when he played. .

[TomCat88]

I don’t think Reed threw TD pass to Jones. The video I saw had 4 (Mellott) making the pass.

If so, Mellott’s stats might be 12-17-0, 155, 2 tds.

The official stats have the two passes interchanged. Tommy to Jones and Reed to Taco.

Thanks. I was wondering if that was the case.

[TomCat88]

Colson Coon put up good numbers as did Adam Jones. About 550 yards on 87 plays.

Any chance Colson sees real time this year in a stacked RB room?

I'm surprised that his brother Garrett hasn't gotten any bites in the transfer portal. He did a good job for us when he played. .

If he’s gonna keep doing that he will.

[94VegasCat]

Could Garret come back to the Cats in the Fall?

[gtapp]

Could Garret come back to the Cats in the Fall?

NO