An estimated crowd of about 250 people — mostly family and recent signees — gathered to watch the first scrimmage of the Bulls 2008 football season.
The most obvious positive for the Bulls was the defense, which produced five turnovers and blocked two field goal attempts.
"The defense was good," Bulls coach Jim Leavitt said. "It's not good for the offense."
The first-team defense seemed to be ready to play, as they forced a Mike Ford fumble which was returned for touchdown, blocked a Delbert Alvarado field goal attempt, and intercepted quarterback Matt Grothe twice (cornerback Jerome Murphy and strong safety Carlton Williams made the picks).
"That's one thing we're always stressing is turnovers," defensive coordinator Wally Burnham said. "The only real negative I saw today was that we gave up too many long passes."
Grothe finished the day 10-of-15 for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 23-yard pass to sophomore A.J. Love. Senior quarterback Grant Gregory — who was 12-of -14 on the day, connected on a 53-yard pass to Sophomore Dontavia Bogan. He was also the only quarterback out of the three who participated that did not turn the ball over.
"I didn't think we made real good decisions at quarterback. Those turnovers didn't have to happen," Leavitt said. "I'd have to say that Grant played better than Matt today. I don't think there's any question."
For more on Saturday's scrimmage, check out Monday's edition of The Oracle — which was voted the best university daily newspaper at Saturday's Society of Professional Journalists Awards.
-Joe Rienzi
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How did the Mike Ford fumble happen? He seems to fumble the ball easily, was this one of those cases?
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