I thought the funniest moment of the Cherry-Silver scrimmage was the over-the-top touchdown celebration by Marcus Smith and Travis Brown.
I wrote about their antics and Smith's newfound confidence in today's Tribune.
I also included a recap of the scrimmage -- the big plays on offense, defense and special teams. I'm not sure why UNM's unofficial stats didn't include an interception by starting quarterback Kole McKamey, although it could have been called back by the refs. In a pretty clear sign of Kole's character, he dove at safety Blake Ligon and tried to unsuccessfully to tackle him and save the touchdown. Quarterbacks don't get hit, and they're certainly not expected to tackle, in spring games.
The offense looked a little sloppy early, but offensive coordinator Bob Toledo chalked some of it up to nerves and a handful of players making mistakes. "You can have one guy make a mistake on defense and recover it if the offense doesn't attack that spot, but your offense doesn't function if one or two guys make mistakes," he said. "It took awhile, but I think our guys calmed down and made some pretty good plays."
Toledo said he is looking forward to using this week to run the offense against more conventional and traditional defenses the Lobos are more apt to face this season.
Both Toledo and head coach Rocky Long said the upside of having three practices left after the Cherry-Silver game is that they have some time to work on mistakes that popped up during the scrimmage.

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