BYU football coaches were surprisingly blunt about what took place when a veteran defense squared off against a young offense in their first scrimmage of preseason training camp Saturday — a 100-plus play exercise held behind closed doors at LaVell Edwards Stadium — but remained mostly vague on the starting quarterback competition.
As expected, the defense won the day, acknowledged head coach Kalani Sitake and offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, while defensive coordinator Jay Hill took a more political approach and said that the defense should be ahead at this juncture of camp.
“I think defense usually in the first scrimmage (is better),” Sitake said. “That’s how it works. Defense got the better of the offense today. … but offense took care of the football. I think overall the defense was able to pretty much come out ahead.”
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Sitake said having no turnovers was a victory for the offense, but noted that he was “concerned” a bit because of how the defense made getting interceptions one of its calling cards last year.
“So it was a good thing that the offense took care of the football, but I don’t know if we would have taken more chances, taken more risks” if there wasn’t a quarterback battle taking place.
Speaking of that, Sitake said coaches will “possibly” begin paring down the starting QB derby, perhaps as soon as the beginning of next week.
“On Monday, we will let you guys know,” he said.
Sitake and Roderick both said the three quarterbacks in the race to be the starter on August 30 against Portland State — Bear Bachmeier, McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet — got equal reps on Saturday.
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