We Talkin' About Practice

Practice started today, and I just finished watching the first practice video of the season. I feel like I could go head butt my dog, and I don't own a dog. Sure, you cannot learn much from such a short sampling of stretching and drill work, but seeing the gleam of the golden helmets in the sunshine is a beautiful thing. How wondrous it is to here pads cracking, whistles blowing, and the tough love of Bernie Parmelee.

About the only thing that could be gleaned from the practice video was that the freshmen need some coaching, which is to be expected, and we have good coaches who are quick to correct them. I could clearly hear the ND coaches giving instruction to Taylor Dever, Golden Tate, and Matt Romine. This is not too surprising since this was their first day of practice, but they are going to have to prepare quickly because they will be needed on such a young team. If the youth can gel, this could be an exciting season.