University of Richmond Athletics
Spider Football Practice Report No. 9
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – After their second two-a-day on Thursday, the University of Richmond Spiders football team was back on the field at Robins Stadium for practice on Friday morning.
On a clear, beautiful day in Richmond, the Spiders practiced for two hours, implementing red zone offense and defense for the first time in camp.
Tomorrow, the team will hold its first scrimmage of training camp at Robins Stadium. Richmond will practice for the first 45 minutes, before scrimmaging for the final hour and 15 minutes.
In tomorrow’s scrimmage, head coach Danny Rocco will look for his the first and second groups to get about 30 plays, while the younger groups will see about 10 to 12 snaps. The scrimmage will focus on goal line and red zone situations.
Practice at Robins Stadium on Saturday is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m.
Post-Practice Quotes
"Today went pretty good. It was the first day that we implemented our high red zone – ball on the 22 offense going in – and low red zone work today and we also were coming off the goal line, so we cover three really critical situations in a football game. At this stage of the game, we have had just about every thing in that we need to be able to have to play a complete football game so I feel like we are in a good spot.”
-- Head Coach Danny Rocco
“I thought practice went really well today - we got a good start implementing red zone. The defense is looking forward to the scrimmage tomorrow, hopefully its full tackle. We will be ready for that.”
-- LB Aaron Roane
“Today was a good day, we worked on red zone and other crucial situations. We just have to show some extra focus when we get in those. Really looking forward to the scrimmage tomorrow and finally getting to get some game situations in.”
-- TE Sam Roller