12 minutes ago, St. Matthews Boy said:

Watson is rocking #6 as at WR for the Rocks. He started and was in the game quite a bit. Not sure how many targets he had and don't believe he had any catches. Was maybe targeted just a few times. If anything, adds a good bit of depth at WR. We'll see how much he's used and what he can doing in real action.

Thanks for the update.  I saw him with one catch near the end of the 3rd to move the chains, it was a back shoulder up the sideline.  Was just curious if he got much run before that and how he did.  Kid is a baller and was a big player for Campbellsville last year.  He came to Trinity to get some visibility and to try and have a shot at the next level, so I am hoping he has a big year.

I thought the Trinity defense looked very strong. Gotta get the run blocking going and the timing on pass plays. I thought it was a good look for the Rocks. They have two weeks to get ready for the season. I suspect they will have it all together by then.

Scrimmaging an Ohio team not three hours away is preferable....I am still seeing orange barrels. 

My take after watching today’s scrimmage in person.

Rocks will be fine. But very much a work in progress. 
 

What I liked - WRs and DBs are going to be strong with depth. QB moves better than last year and can make any throw on the field. Timing with WRs will come. DL is stout on the run and on upfield push. 
 

What I think can get much better - OL was not good “together”; 3 guys would block well on a play and 2 guys would get beat. Never felt they had a drive where OL controlled the line of scrimmage. LBs need to fill gaps better and run sideline to sideline better. Too many plays where Springfield should have been stopped 4 yards or less but got 5 to 8 yards on the play. 
 

All in all a good experience today vs a strong opponent. 

Lot to be desired in 2nd half.  Zane overthrough two WRs by a step that were touchdowns. Timing will come.  They mixed oline entire game and last drive was 2nd string.  They are working on developing depth.  They will be fine.  

Just a few notes from my watches of the scrimmage:

The OL was subbed out in the second half and it seemed Nate Shields and Cam Nichols sat for most of that. I'm sure Cobb/Giacomini wanted to get some backups out there and mess with a few things. I thought converted TE AJ Greene did a nice job at RT but they are still looking for a few things from the rotation.

Zane looked solid in the first half but missed on a few deep balls. The seam route TD to Duvall over the CB was a top-tier throw and Duvall made a nice adjustment on the long TD as well. To be fair, I didn't have Jayce Duvall super high on my depth chart at WR but I do now! Great game from him. Watson and Warner had a few nice catches and Hagan fought a double team for a ton of the game. Ashton Taylor and JB Berry will split carries at RB and I'm not sure how that will go or if Berry is still nursing an injury from last year. He has gotten bigger and hopefully he takes that next step. 

Defensively, Sekou Kamara and Elijah Burns-Crump were both out as a precaution and that allowed Myles Howze and Kajohnna Watkins to get some needed reps. There were a few mistakes but overall I thought the defense did a nice job against a speedy Springfield team and kept them to 14 points in the 3 quarters.

Sophomore Peyton Hilbert was spectacular punting the ball and received his first offer from EKU after the game. He averaged almost 55 yards per punt and will be a major weapon like his brother was the last 3 years. He also had several kicks get to the end zone despite no field goal attempts.

IMO, this was a great scrimmage for Trinity as the press clippings to how great this team is can subside for a little while and the coaches can provide a lot of film for the guys to work on. There is a TON of talent on this team, maybe the most since 2011-12, but they will need to come together and take all the coaching they can get against this brutal schedule if they want to challenge for supremacy in Kentucky this year. 

P.S. It was really cool to see some top flight coaches on the sidelines for the Rocks! Tommy Williams (PRP), Breno Giacomini (NFL), Chris Engstrand (Central Hardin) and Simon VanDerPool (Western Hills) have all joined the staff this year. There might be more talent in the booth than on the field this year!!! 

Sorry to be a Trinity homer, yes this team has a lot of talent, but its not fair to mention this team with the 2011-12 team.  That team with Travis Wright, James Quick and Coach Beatty's offense, sorry this team doesn't compare.  Trinity this year will have a great defense, but there is no way the Trinity offense can put up the numbers that the teams in that era did!

9 hours ago, JohnWinger said:

Sorry to be a Trinity homer, yes this team has a lot of talent, but its not fair to mention this team with the 2011-12 team.  That team with Travis Wright, James Quick and Coach Beatty's offense, sorry this team doesn't compare.  Trinity this year will have a great defense, but there is no way the Trinity offense can put up the numbers that the teams in that era did!

It was Andrew Coverdale's offense (mostly) but I agree with you. And the defense from that team is probably also the best we've seen and certainly should not be discounted (White, Barry, Reynolds, Hatcher, Bertram, Jordan, Timmy Smith, etc.)

But if we're really looking at apples to apples, this team has just as much *talent* overall. Coaching and the will to win will be what separates this team from all the great Shamrock squads from years past. I just meant they had the tools for it.

Will Sekou Kamara and Elijah Burns-Crump be 100% for week one? 

Nothing about the scrimmage changes my thinking that the Rocks are the team to beat in the bluegrass.

9 minutes ago, StraightShooter said:

Nothing about the scrimmage changes my thinking that the Rocks are the team to beat in the bluegrass.

From what I have watched so far the scrimmages reinforce my belief the Shamrocks are the team to beat.

Here's video of a pretty nice pop from the scrimmage...

https://i.imgur.com/jU6fIRh.mp4

15 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Here's video of a pretty nice pop from the scrimmage...

https://i.imgur.com/jU6fIRh.mp4

It was a good pop but he didn't wrap him up. 

5 minutes ago, theguru said:

It was a good pop but he didn't wrap him up. 

#truth

On 8/14/2025 at 12:30 PM, fatsnbul said:

Will Sekou Kamara and Elijah Burns-Crump be 100% for week one? 

EB is probably out, not sure about Sekou but he has been practicing