Hurricanes Hold First Scrimmage of Camp

Aug. 18, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami football practiced twice on Wednesday, with a two-hour session in both the morning and afternoon at the Greentree Practice Facility.

The morning practice was in shells, while the afternoon session was in full pads. Miami spent the final hour and 15 minutes of the afternoon practice in a team scrimmage.

“This was a good day for us,” Miami head coach Larry Coker said. “It looks to me like we came out of this scrimmage injury free, and the guys played pretty hard. We had a fairly long practice this morning and they were a little tired, but they should be tired. This is two-a-days, and if they are not (tired), we are not doing a very good job coaching.”

Several Hurricanes stood out to Coker during Wednesday scrimmage.

“You see some guys making plays,” Coker said. “We still have to throw the ball better and get it down field. You see Jonathan Beason on defense obviously making plays. Offensively, the tight ends are going to be a good position for us, but we still have to get the ball to the wide outs more.

“All-in-all, I think we are going to learn a lot from today, and today was a pretty important day for us,” Coker added.

The Hurricanes are scheduled to practice once on Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. Tomorrow’s workouts are open to the public.

Miami opens the regular season on Monday night, Sept. 6 against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. For more ticket information visit www.hurricanesports.com or call 1-800-GO-CANES.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Media should note the following three schedule changes: The team scrimmage in the Orange Bowl has been changed to Thursday, Aug. 26 (it is closed to the media). On Friday, Aug. 27, a practice is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. (first 30 minutes and last 15 minutes open to media). And on Saturday, Aug. 28, the team will practice at 3:30 p.m. (first 30 minutes and last 15 minutes open to media).