Offense sets pace during Demons first full-pads practice – Northwestern State University Athletics

By: Brad Welborn, Assistant Sports Information Director NATCHITOCHES – The first day in full pads brought the physicality Northwestern State head coach Blaine McCorkle expected, and the Demons’ offense answered the challenge Monday morning.   The offense found success throughout the workout, winning the day according to McCorkle while consistently moving the line of scrimmage in the running game and capitalizing on scoring opportunities during goal-line work.   “I love this day of practice every year,” McCorkle said. “We get our goal line and short yardage scrimmage in and it was good. It was physical. I would like to have seen a little more intensity at times, but the guys were feeling the drills out a little. For the most part the guys gave us what we wanted in terms of physicality. We’ll repeat this exact same practice again next week and it should look a lot better.”   Before the pads ever started popping, one position group made sure the energy level was already where it needed to be.   The tight ends arrived at the pre-practice meeting fully dressed in their pads, an energy-setting move for the team’s first fully padded practice camp.   “We planned the whole
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