South
Alabama held its Annual Spring Game on Saturday at Ladd Pebbles Stadium. The
Jags play a spring game that was full of excitement and very physical.
In front of a big crowd at
Ladd Pebbles Stadium, attendance is unknown at this time; the Jags really
showed that they are determined to be better in 2013 than they were last
season. In Saturday spring game the Blue team made the first scoring drive led
by Quarterbacks Brandon Bridge and Trey Fretner. Even head coach Joey Jones
think his team perform well on Saturday than before.
The improvements I seen
during Saturday game was the tempo of the Jags offense under the direction of Coordinator
Robert Matthews. South Alabama two offenses (Blue & Red) combined for 666 yards
of total offense, the Blue coming in with the most at 362. Blue quarterback
Brandon Bridge was 10-of-18 passing for 169 yards, two touchdowns and an
interception. Bridge is competing for the starting spot and is an eligible to
play this season after transferring from Alcon State last season. Bridge showed
that he has a quick and strong arm and able to connect with players. Brandon
also can run, he doesn’t mind running the ball if he has to and when there is
an opportunity.
Also on the Blue team QB Trey
Fetner of the Blue; Fretner scored a pair of touchdowns, both on 1-yard runs. He
carried the ball six times for 35 yards and also threw for 51 yards. Fretner
also is a running quarterback; he don’t mind running the ball.
South Alabama offense
produce more running in their offense than before, that’s a plus in this new
spread fast tempo offense the Jags is adapting.
Red team offense came back
with some answers but not enough for defeat the Blue team. The Red team was led
by QB Ross Methany, Grant Powell and Kolt Peavy. Methany the starting QB going into spring
game was 7-of-11 for 78 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. Methany
carried the ball three times for 14 yards.
E.J May picked off two of
the passes with Tyrell Pearson getting the other of QB Ross Methany. Redshirt
freshman Grant Powell was 5-of-9 for 41 yards and had six carries for 40 yards.
Kolt Peavey was 5-of-7 for 41 yards passing and had three carries for 18 yards.
On Defense I seen better
play on the field than last season, I believe the defense is getter after the
Quarterback more quickly and there are more physical than before. This is an
area of improvements that will help the Jags win some of those close games like
the one at Mississippi State and Arkansas State last season.
The Blue defense was led
by Qudarius Ford and Cordivido Grice with seven stops each. May, Enrique
Williams, Pearson and Bryson James had five stops each. The Red defense was led
by Eric Miller's six stops. Hawkins and Ceasare Johnson had five each and
Desmond LaVelle had four. Alex Page had the game's only sack.
