UCO Has Long Scrimmage

8/15/2010 10:33:34 PM

Keno Meadows

EDMOND (Aug. 15) – There were plenty of highlights on both sides of the ball Sunday night at Wantland Stadium as Central Oklahoma took advantage of an unusually cool summer evening to go through an 111-play scrimmage.

Four quarterbacks combined to complete 31-of-58 passes for 342 yards and five touchdowns – four of those in red zone situations – to highlight the offense, while the defense gave up just 96 yards rushing and returned one of three interceptions for a touchdown.

“I liked what I saw tonight,” UCO coach Tracy Holland said. “I was most impressed with the physical play we had on both sides of the football. We really flew around and that's what we wanted to see.

“This was a scrimmage where about everybody played. We're a young football team and we looked at a lot of different guys in different situations. We needed to come out of this scrimmage knowing who the guys are that we're going to rely on against Pittsburg State and we learned a lot.”

The Bronchos will return to practice Monday evening as preparations continue for the Aug. 28 opener against the Gorillas. Kickoff for that contest is 7 p.m. at Wantland Stadium.

Sophomore Ethan Sharp, redshirt freshman Landon Greve, senior Carter Whitson and rookie Brett Maxie all took turns directing the offense during the lengthy skirmish.

Sharp finished 10-of-17 passing for 108 yards and two TDs, while Maxie was 6-of-13 for 100 yards and two scores, Whitson 9-of-22 for 110 yards and one TD and Greve 6-of-8 for 34 yards.

Fifteen receivers caught at least one pass during the scrimmage, with the touchdowns going to five different players – Cole Eddy (40 yards), #Brando n Winn# (26), Daniel Morrell (25), Waylon Botkin (20) and Greg Everidge (11).

Winn also had a three-yard TD burst and Josh Birmingham scored on an impressive 29-yard scamper.

Linebacker Turner Troup, lineman Herbert Byrd and defensive back Creadell Pennon led a stingy first-team defensive unit, while Aaron James, Keno Meadows and Mashawn Copeland all picked off a pass. Meadows returned his interception 66 yards for a score midway through the scrimmage.

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