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The University of Utah Athletics
Ute Football Team Is In Week 2 Of Spring Drills
4/1/2002 12:00 AM | Football
April 1, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY -
UTES IN PADS THIS WEEK
The Ute football team, which opened spring camp with two days of non-contact drills, will put on pads this week. The Utes will practice on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the McCarthey Practice Fields. The Tuesday and Thursday practices will start at 3:30 p.m., while Saturday's practice gets underway at 10:30 a.m. The practices are open to the public.GETTING PHYSICAL
Most of the two practices last week were spent on teaching, 7 on 7 drills and identifying areas that need the most work. Practices will get more physical this week with the addition of tackling to the drills.TIMES, DATES, DETAILS
Weekday practices will run from approximately 3:30-5:30 p.m., while Saturday workouts will usually go from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. There will be situational scrimmages on April 13 and 20 at 10:45 and 11:00 a.m., respectively. Weather permitting, practices will be held at the Thomas Kearns McCarthey Practice Fields (see Watch the Weather). The Spring Game will be held at East HS.WATCH THE WEATHER
The Utes will practice outside under most weather conditions. In the case of heavy rain or snow, practice will either be moved to another day or held inside the Bubble. The Bubble is located just south of the Smith Center, adjacent to the McCarthey Practice Fields.HEAD COACH RON MCBRIDE
Utah Head Coach Ron McBride, gearing up for his 13th year at the helm of Ute program, is one of the longest tenured coaches in the country. Just eight other Division I head football coaches have been at the same school as long as McBride. He and Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez are the only Division I coaches hired in 1990 who are still at the same school. In 12 years, McBride has compiled an 83-57 record and taken the Utes to six bowl games. He is the second-winningest coach in Utah football history and has more wins than any Ute coach in the last 52 years. His six bowl games is the most by one coach in school history and his teams are 3-3 in bowl games. Utah has shared in two conference titles under McBride: the 1995 Western Athletic Conference and 1999 Mountain West Conference titles.UPGRADED SPRING GAME
Rather than a situational scrimmage held at the practice facility on the final day of camp, this year's spring finale will be a full blown Red-White game. It will be held on Saturday, April 27 at the East High School Stadium starting at 1:00 p.m. The public is invited. Under the new game-like format, Utah's offense and defense will run real plays in full uniform. The special teams will be limited to kickoffs, punts and field goals (no returns), but everything else will be "live."MCBRIDE SAYS
"The first two days of camp showed me that competition is very good at every position. I liked the way the wide receivers and DBs went at it in the 1-on-1 and 7-on-7 stuff. The guys are competing on every rep. We spent last week introducing the offensive and defensive schemes and looking at the guys' abilities at different positions. A lot of the first two days was mental. We did a lot of teaching. The team appears to have very good concentration. I liked how the guys paid attention to details and executed what was being taught."Now we're going to see where we are physically. We start contact drills this week and every day we'll look for something different. Some things I know we'll watch this week are how the tight ends run their routes, ball security and developing the No. 2 offensive line.
"I like how the defense looks, especially the front guys. I also liked the coverage skills on defense. This week we'll do more live 9-on-7 drills to try and put the parts together."
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