You'll get a lot more details in Wednesday's Tribune and in future blog entries, but here are a few of my quick thoughts on the spring game.

The game was delayed quite a bit due to rain, but a surprising number of fans braved the bad weather and cheered on the team anyway.

The new scoring system was great, but the scoreboard operator or someone in the press box wanted the offense to win. It seemed like Adam Miller hit a game-winning field goal for the offense, but the official tally UNM coach Rocky Long took gave the defense a 38-35 win, And the defense definitely deserved it. Glover Quin, Frankie Solomon, Major Mosley and Cody Kase had especially good games. You can visit this link to a page on golobos.com to get final game stats.

It was a much better game for the offense, although it's clear the team could still use some work getting the hang of offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin's attack. When I asked Donovan Porterie a sort of fun question about what he looked forward to doing this summer during the short break between finals next and the start of summer school and summer workouts, he said football. He's taking the playbook home and using every second he can to learn the offense. Baldwin said he wanted Porterie to learn more so that he can be a more commanding leader of the offense, and Porterie said he very much wants the same thing.

Marcus Smith had a good night, catching six passes for 170 yards and a touchdown, although he had one turnover after a catch and long run He broke away for what should have been a touchdown but didn't keep the ball tucked in and was surprised when the Major Mosley caught up with him and stripped the ball. It was a great play for Mosley, who you would not guess had the speed to catch Smith.

"I thought it was a really good spring," Long said. "I like going straight through (having 15 practices in 17 days). I liked working in the mornings. We didn't have too many serious injuries."

Long added, "I think we're going to be a pretty good football team and we're going to be one from the start."

That's all for now. Good night.

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