Live blog from Scrimmage No. 4

That’s going to be it for now. About 200 showed up for the scrimmage. Carta-Samuels is driving the No. 1 offense down the field against the No. 2 defense.

Will check in later for a recap.

Thanks for everyone who responded to today’s live blog. It was fun.

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Doing some kicking work now, and walk-on Kraig Tafoya from Cheyenne made a 35-yard field goal. Tafoya isn’t in full pads yet. He joined the team Monday when school started.

A guy just asked about the dropped passes today. There were 12 in last Saturday’s scrimmage. I’ve seen a couple today but it hasn’t been nearly as bad so far today.

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Sophomore punter Austin McCoy has worked a lot during camp on a rugby-style punt where he rolls out before he kicks it.

It has had mixed results, but the ball definitely gets a good bounce once it hits the ground.

Despite the inconsistency of the kickers, UW’s special teams has shown decent improvment from last season.

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Sween led a decent drive with the No. 3 offense against the No. 3 defense, but was intercepted by redshirt freshman linebacker Adam Barry — a former quarterback. It was Sween’s first turnover in the four scrimmages during camp.

Burns graduate and true freshman walk-on Duell Petch was the running back in that series.

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Mark, who has been watching the blog today, asked if I could get the names of the new walk-ons who joined the team when school started on Monday.

Mark, I will work on that but even the sports information staff here don’t have the names yet.

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The No. 1 defense stopped the offensive back-ups on fourth-and-1 from the offense’s 34-yard line. Sophomore linebacker Gabe Knapton tackled sophomore running back James Davis for a 1-yard loss.

The No. 1 defense is looking really good so far.

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Carta-Samuels back with the No. 1 offense and led a 71-yard drive in under four minutes for a touchdown. Bolger ran a reverse in from fivewyards out.

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Carta-Samuels threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to junior Zach Bolger, but it was called back because of a penalty. Benjamin came back in and the drive stalled, but both Austin McCoy and Jake Scott kicked 34-yard field goals.

Like last Saturday’s scrimmage, there is no score being kept.

The No. 1 defense is out there against the a mix of second and third stringers on offense. Senior Karsten Sween is running the offense. Has he slipped from one to three on the depth chart?

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Had to head inside for a better Internet signal.

On the first play of the scrimmage, Benjamin hit junior receiver Travis Burkhalter for a 75-yard touchdown.

Junior running back — and starter — Darius Terry is out with an ankle injury. True freshman Alvester Alexander got the start with the No. 1 offense.

Right now, true freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels is working with the No. 1 offense and is driving the team.

The offensive and defensive starters are all on the east sideline, the the two quarterbacks on that side are Benjamin and Carta-Samuels.

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Sitting 27 rows up on the 50-yard line at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium getting ready for the final scrimmage for the University of Wyoming football team.

The players are out doing their warm-ups now.

Will try and keep you updated on any big happenings throughout the scrimmage, as long as I can keep an Internet signal and I don’t hit the wrong button. The most updated stuff will be at the top of the blog. I will separate them with lines to avoid confusion.

A couple of early observations:

–Quarterbacks Robert Benjamin and Austyn Carta-Samuels are both wearing braces on their left knees. However, both look ready to go.

–Senior defensive tackle John Fletcher is wearing a red jersey, meaning he probably won’t play today. I think the coaches are making sure he doesn’t tweek that knee he hurt early in fall camp before the season starts.

–A few more walk-ons joined the team Monday when school started. Cheyenne Central graduate Kraig Tafoya was one of them. He’s a kicker and may get some action today. He did some kicking in warm-ups.