After a week of practice, the University at Buffalo football team took to the field on Saturday for their first scrimmage of fall camp. As has been the case through most of camp, sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted the Bulls on the UB Stadium turf. Before beginning the scrimmage, the Bulls went through a warm-up period and some special teams work, just as they would during a typical practice session. Once that work was over, the UB football team spent the remainder of the session in scrimmage mode.
The defense was stingy to begin the scrimmage. Trevor Scott, Mike Newton and company, along with a few untimely penalties, forced the offense into some long yardage situations and that gave the defense the upper hand early in the afternoon. Despite those difficult situations, the quarterbacks made good decisions throughout the day, evidenced by the fact that no interceptions were thrown during the scrimmage.
The offense did find its stride as the session went on. Gary Rice out-jumped a defender to make a 34-yard reception of a Zack Ingle pass and that play seemed to spark the offense. On the next play, Ingle found tight end Bryan Kisabeth down the seam for 36 yards and the first touchdown of the day for the offense. Later in the scrimmage, Kisabeth was again on the receiving end of a key play when Ed Young found him for six yards on a fourth down to keep a drive alive.
In addition to Kisabeth, Jesse Rack also had a nice day at the tight end position, catching four passes for 24 yards. Other scoring plays included a Drew Willy to Brett Hamlin 20-yard pass play and field goals of 32 yards by Gerry McGroarty and 36 yards by AJ Principe.
The Bulls will not be on the practice field tomorrow, but they will return to the turf on Monday for the first double-session of fall camp.
