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BYU head coach Kalani Sitake talks with media members after the Cougars held their first fall football practice in Provo on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Saturday’s closed-to-the-media scrimmage at LaVell Edwards Stadium will be the first of several for BYU’s football team during 2024 preseason training camp, but coaches are not hiding the fact that it will be one of the most important in recent memory.
“Saturday is a critical part of our progress,” defensive coordinator Jay Hill said Thursday. “The scrimmage will be a big deal.”
Said head coach Kalani Sitake: “In terms of install, we are pretty much almost there. Now it is (time) to play ball, and let guys compete, and figure out who are going to be our guys who start the first game, our starting 11 on both sides of the ball.”
Said receiver Parker Kingston: “Coaches have been pointing to (the scrimmage) for days. It’s going to be huge. There’s a lot still to be decided.”
Hill said the scrimmage “might be the biggest practice for (figuring out the depth chart)” since he’s been at BYU.
“Because once you get further on into fall camp, and you do some of your other scrimmages, some guys will be sat,” Hill said. “This will be a big deal to see whether our starters are where they need to be. It will be a big deal on just moving up and down the depth chart for certain guys.”
Receivers coach and passing game coordinator Fesi Sitake said for probably the only time in camp, every receiver will play in the scrimmage, at least for a few plays each.
“Those key guys, I have seen get tackled. So I don’t need to see a ton of them. Our starters, I am not going to have them play live just because I need to see them make a play,” Fesi Sitake said. “Ahead of the season, it is that fine balance. They gotta get hit,…
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Publish date : 2024-08-09 22:08:43
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