The first spring scrimmage, 3/1
Hey everyone.Yes, DE Antonio Coleman went down during the final play of the scrimmage. He was engaged with LT Lee Ziemba and ... something went wrong. He was essentially motionless for 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived to cart him away. Coach Tommy Tuberville said Coleman was conscious and alert and showed some movement. Coleman's movement was impaired to some degree. We're talking about a spinal injury of some kind.
UPDATE @ 3:15 p.m.: Coleman suffered a cervical sprain. He since has been released from East Alabama Medical Center.
OG Byron Isom was standing near Coleman as the injury occurred. Isom said he didn't know exactly what had happened, but was very concerned when Coleman began screaming. Then Coleman got quiet, his breathing became more rushed and Isom said that's when he knew the situation was serious.
I chased down Ziemba as he was leaving the stadium (he wasn't avoiding anyone; he just hadn't been requested for interviews) and he was very emotional. He didn't want to talk and that's fine with me. He obviously had a very direct look at what became a very scary chain of events. I'd be worried out of my mind, too.
I found it odd that an ambulance wasn't on site. One was summoned and arrived pretty quickly -- maybe five minutes after the call was made -- but I'm hoping to get more answers on that situation in the future.
Also, RB Mario Fannin went down with what Tuberville described as knocking down the shoudler. It looked like a separation to me based on how Fannin was holding that arm. He was in a lot of pain.
Also, WR Tim Hawthorne suffered a broken arm during Friday's practice and is out for the rest of spring ball.
Here are Auburn's officially unofficial stats from the scrimmage.RUSHING
Furr 10-57
Lester 12-44
Anthony Jemison 6-35
Fannin 2-12
Jason King 2-9
Burns 5-9
Caudle 4-(-2)
PASSING
Caudle 22-33, 243 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Burns 22-37, 162 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Furr 3-5, 26 yards
RECEIVING
Zachery 9-84, 1 TD
Dunn 8-63, 1 TD
Billings 6-57
Trott 5-33
Charles Olatunji 4-34
Carr 2-59
Lester 2-31
John Douglas 2-21
Brent Slusher 2-7
... and so on.
OK. I took pretty copious notes during the scrimmage and I'm going to try to recreate all 126 plays below.Issues: Some players weren't immediately identifiable to me. I'm talking about walk-ons and stuff. Also, I'm using numbers only because it would take all day to write out every single name. Anything inside the ** is simply my take on the play.
> indicates a catch
INC is incomplete
Also, something like "R-C" means it was caught on the right side and cut back toward the middle.
Some basic numbers:
1 Lester
5 Trott
8 Powers
14 Zachery
15 Furr
16 Swinton
18 Burns
19 Caudle
27 Fannin
30 Douglas
80 R. Smith
81 Carr
83 McKenzie
84 Billings
Here we go...
18-5 R INC
18-3 L INC
18-3 C deep INC
1 R
1 C draw
>18-81 mid L
18 keep L misdirection
>18-14 bubble screen L **big gain**
27 R read
18-80 INC dropped
18-80 INC caught out of bounds in the endzone; 8 on coverage
27 L
>19-3 L screen
19-84 INC cross route dropped
15 R keep
15 keep; broken play
>19-3 R-C
19-3 INC overthrow
>15-83 L screen
15 R broken play
>15-3 L slant
>19-14 R quick
19 keep read **bad decision**
19-3 INC **should have been INT**
15 L keep FUMBLE RECOVERED
19 INTERCEPTION by Wade Christopher **bad read**
1 L sweep
1 C read
18-80 INC overthrow
>18-84 R read pass
18-14 INC **55 crushes 14 with a hit**
18-83 INC
27 L sweep
27 R pitch sweep FANNIN INJURED
>18-5 L slant
1 L read
18 R BIG PLAY **breaks free for 20 yards or so**
>18-84 R midrange **84 toes the sideline**
1 L read
1 C read
1 C-R sweep TOUCHDOWN 10 yards or so
>19-3 L **3 jukes and turns it into 25 yards**
>19-21 L quick
>19-81 R deep TOUCHDOWN 40 yards or so
19 INTERCEPTION by Jonathan Vickers, returned for a touchdown
>19-14 L quick
>19-28 R dump **nobody else open**
15 keep R
15-42 INC dropped
15 L keep read
15 R keep read
24 C read
15 R keep; busted play
>15-35 C
24 R pitch
15 INC; tipped at line
15 C keep read
>15-88 R drag route
24 R pitch TOUCHDOWN went for 2 yards
>18-84 R deep BIG PLAY went for 30 yards **nice catch along the sideline**
1 C read
>18-5 R out route **one-handed catch**
18-84 INC
18-16 INC
18-16 INC
18-16 L screen SAFETY and BIG HIT **ball caught in own end zone; 91 crushed 16**
18 keep L
1 C-L
>18-5 R quick
>18-3 R screen BIG HIT **8 all over it**
42 L read
>18-14 L quick curl
24 R read
24 C-L read
>19-80 L quick curl
>19-3 L cross **jumps way up to get it**
19-16 INC dropped
19 SACKED by 98
19-24 INC
>19-24 L screen
24 C-R read
>19-5 L inside curl
24 L read
>19-21 L
29 C read
19-3 INC dropped
>19-14 TOUCHDOWN **breaks free after short throw for 10 yards**
HALFTIME (87)
>18-14 L midrange **jumping catch; nice**
18 INC
18 INC tipped at LOS
18-80 INC dropped
>18-1 R screen **jukes 55 and gets 25 yards or so**
18 SACKED by 52
>18-21 L slant
15 R keep BIG PLAY **15 body-slams 55 after the play ends; goes for 15 yards or so**
15 R keep
42 L
15 C-R **drops two jukes**
19 INC
>19-14 R midrange
>19-16 C midrange BIG PLAY **goes for 25 yards**
>19-14 R deep TOUCHDOWN **goes for 25 yards or so**
>18-3 L **breaks like three tackles for an 8-yard gain**
>18-84 L inside curl
1 C-L read
18 SACKED by 52
>18-1 R deep TOUCHDOWN **pump fake; 1 beats 8 and 26 on the play**
19-85 INC pass was way off
>19-14 C cross
>19-21 C
>19-3 L TOUCHDOWN **wide open on 20-yard play**
>19-30 L quick
19 L scramble
>19-24 C
>19-30 R **jukes two people; gets 20 yards**
19 INC
>19-35 L curl
19-81 INC ball knocked out
19 INC
>18-5 C curl
>18-42 R screen
>18-84 C dump; nobody else open
18 INC inaccurate pass
18 SACKED by 94
18-14 L screen **pass was way too lofty for a screen; got 14 hammered**
18-14 INC COLEMAN INJURED
End of scrimmage
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
posted by Jay G. Tate at
12:42 PM
36 Comments:
Ziemba needs his ass beat down for what he did. Tried to break his neck.
I don't want to say much until I see some video of the situation. I think Coleman and Ziemba were either in a fight or about to get into a fight when the injury occurred.
There's so much going on at once during a football play. I wasn't watching that particular matchup at that particular time.
I just hope it is not as bad as it sounds.
anon ...
I don't want to be educated about the QB situations at Texas Tech. I don't care and it wasn't my point.
We have had a lot of transfers that have done quite well. Kenny Irons and Rudi Johnson come to mind.
And, I wasn't trashing Chris Todd. I am sure he's a fine young fella. I was, however, stating the facts. He got beat out for the starting job by a fellow freshmnan. He left and went to CC. He did not have a good year. And now we have a scholarship that can't throw the football. These are not personal insults. So, unless you are his mama ... get over it.
What about the other stuff. Which QBs played well, etc
I'm getting to that.
Burns played best. Caudle started slowly, had two earlyish INTs, but was better as the day wore on. He has some weird mechanical issues.
DeRon Furr mostly ran and he was fearless.
This is just terrible news about A.C. Any updates from EAMC?
No updates yet. I'll pass it along as soon as I get it.
Just heard the radio station in Opelika is reporting that he is moving his arms and legs.
What is the deal with Justin ALbert from prattville. Just read where he is going to play with AU. DId we offer him?
As I understand it, Albert is going to arrive in the fall as a walk-on.
That might be the best walk-on in America. Albert may be short. He's a really fast and elusive guy. He is coming back from knee surgery, so results may take a while, but he'll have a chance...
Jay what is the story on Anthony Jemison RB #24 (i think)? He played well and I hear he is the brother of Marcus Jemison S but I cant find any other info on him. Is he a transfer, walk-on, etc. What were his hs stats?
I have no idea about Jemison.
He's short, like 5-9, but seemed like a decent little player.
the auburn rivals site called a. jemison a walk on and older brother of recruit marcus jemison
phred........ fair enough, my point was simply, he was beat out by a very good sophomore (not freshman), who went on to have a solid year and was the unquestioned starer, combined with the fact that todd came in injured, does not make todd a bust / waste of scholarship (paraphrase, didn't go back to the quote).
I have a feeling Terrell Zachary is gonna be a stud this fall, is this a possibility?
What makes you think Zachary will be a stud? I don't get it.
Dr Tuberville, what is a "knocked down" shoulder? Goos grief.
I have to also add this:
Hargrove is NOT a pure shooter. Shame on my declaration last week.
Is it just me, or does this seem to be one intense spring drill?
I have read up on cervical strains. Very painful but not very dangerous. Same condition as whiplash.
Thats good news. So it sounds like he just got his head knocked around, no pun intended.
Somebody hit it and knocked it down. The doc had to knock it back up and it works now.
There you go, Phred
Billy from what I saw of Zachary today, he will get alot of touches. He and Dunn probably made the most plays after the catch. Zachary was not just elusive, he ran through tackles.
Weeeeeeeell. Let's see Zachery do this more than once before anyone starts anointing Mr. Dog House the next great wideout.
I think that I really like a QB (Furr) who doesn't mind getting in a fight with an LB. If the kid is the kind of athlete they say he is, and if he is the kind of competitor he seems to be, they need to find a way to get him on the field.
Just my two cents.
He can't throw right now. At all.
I understand ... I didn't say on the field at QB ... I just said on the field. Know what I sayin'?
JG - anymore word on the public interpretation of the Ziemba/Coleman tie up? I have been on a few other message boards in the last hour or so just checking things out, and people are all over Ziemba. Is that fair?
I didn't see enough. Ziemba was so upset afterward that I sensed he somehow felt responsible for what happened, but I think it's unfair to say he was trying to hurt Coleman in any way.
Phred,
Please stop posting so much.
Signed,
People who dont want to read your thoughts on everything.
Don't read them then.
Late night, boys?
Not really. I turned in around midnight. I think Phred stays up 'round the clock.
Jay, I have always though a seperate shoulder was worse than a broken collarbone (in Fannin's case). Thoughts?
Also, based on what I saw out of Furr, he's going to be a force to reckon with in the future. This is another area where the recruiting process is fuzzy. I never, in a thousand years, expected Furr to be the player he was yesterday.
I'm not saying Furr dominated at all. What I saw is that he has a great arm but he doesn't know what to do with it yet. He has some mechanical issues like Burns. What I am saying is he's a big, athletic guy with good speed and a great nose for football.
I wasn't sure what Auburn coaches had in mind with Furr. I just never pictured him as a QB. And I didn't really ever see anything that made me think he could do what Burns could do with his feet. But he's bigger and maybe faster than Burns. And he's not always going to run around you.
I think they can make a good college QB out of this kid (6'3" nearly 220lbs to date).
well Jay, since you deleted my response to crudup, I am guessing the anonymous comment was from you?
Okay.
The only deleting I have done during the past 24 hours was a spam message taking people to a bogus website and a double post from "jhag" re: Zachery.
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