Miami Holds Short Practice with Scrimmage Set for Wednesday
Aug. 10, 2010
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – For the third straight day, the University of Miami football team missed out on South Florida’s usual August heat, practicing under cloudy skies in cool, damp conditions during a brief walk-through practice Tuesday morning on the Greentree Practice Fields.
The `Canes spent just under an hour on the practice fields sharpening up for the team’s first fall scrimmage Wednesday night. After working through positional drills, the team came together and spent the rest of the session in 11-on-11, two-minute drill work.
Defense Continues to Shine
The Hurricane defense had another strong showing Tuesday morning in the two-minute drill. The first-team defense forced a quick three-and-out, and only allowed one score the rest of the session. Among the highlights were a DeMarcus Van Dyke pass break-up, a Marcus Forston quarterback hurry and a Luther Robinson sack.
Ford Stands Out Offensively
Despite it being such a short practice, junior tight end Chase Ford may have turned in his best showing of camp on Tuesday. Ford caught a big first down pass over the middle on a third a long before later scoring the session’s only touchdown on a 40-yard catch-and-run down the right sideline.
`Canes Welcome Local Youth Football Group
Kids from a Miami Gardens youth football team were on campus Tuesday morning to meet UM players and coaches as they left the practice fields. Quarterback Jacory Harris, Strength and Conditioning Coach Andreu Swasey and other players and coaches stopped to speak to the kids as they left the field for the locker rooms.
Wednesday’s scrimmage is closed to the public. Following the scrimmage, the team will take its first day off from camp on Thursday before returning to the practice fields for its first two-a-day on Friday.
