2008 Woodie Awards
Huskies throw on the pads for spring game
Travis Weldon
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: Sports
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The SCSU football team is learning that the hard way.
The team had a fair number of miscues, bad snaps and penalties in its annual spring game Saturday at Husky Stadium.
"We definitely have some kinks to work out," senior quarterback Mike Hammerseng said. "It is going to be a lot of work in the off-season."
Many things did not go the way Hammerseng wanted.
"We came out flat. Little mistakes, who to block, who to throw to, just making sure everything is locked down straight," he said.
Hammerseng went 2-for-5 passing for a total of 9 yards. He scrambled for 11 yards and was the game's third leading rusher.
The Huskies switched the focus on offense this spring by playing a majority of their time out of the shotgun.
With the first snap of the game, sailing over the quarterbacks head into the end zone, it was a sign of things to come.
"We didn't play particularly well," junior quarterback Jon Quesnel said. "It would have been nice if we would have come out and moved the ball a little more consistently."
The offense had plenty of trouble throughout the game.
"We had so many mental mistakes, physical mistakes today," Quesnel said. "The pace picked up a little bit in the second half when we started running the ball a little more effectively. We have a lot of work to do over the summer."
Quesnel went 3-for-7 with 16 yards passing. He connected with junior tight end Matt Hoffman, a transfer from Minnesota-Duluth, with a 7-yard pass for the only offensive touchdown of the game.
Red-shirt freshman Derek Skala, from Owatanna, led the rushing attack with 45 yards on the ground. The air attack did not have the zip, with just 7 completions on 21 attempts.
On the other side of the ball, the defense played well, keeping the offense at just 100 total yards. Red-shirt freshman Josh Popanda, from Twin Lakes, Wis., led the defense with 6 tackles.
"In the scheme of things, we got better today," senior Philip Hedlof said. "We really wanted to set the tone today, and I thought our tackling was a lot better. We wanted to improve on that."