Everybody spent two days asking who won that scrimmage. Bryan Brown answered a better question. In his press conference Tuesday, Brown said they played a lot of guys on purpose, specifically to see the ones who had never been in that stadium, with no coaches on the field, to find out who can communicate and still make a play with nobody out there to help. Now look at who sat. Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network reported Chambliss was in for about one series. Echoles held out. Perkins held out. Some of the secondary too. And to be fair, Rounsaville called it a pseudo scrimmage and Harrison said they played two-hand touch on the quarterback, so you cannot grade a run game off it. But here is the real one. Brown is in the box this season. Golding still calls the defense. Brown is the eyes in the sky, and they were rehearsing that chain in an empty stadium eighteen days out.
0:00 — The scrimmage was a headset test
2:49 — Defending the Progressive logo at the Vaught
4:44 — Closing
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Everybody spent two days arguing about who won Ole Miss’ first fall scrimmage. Defensive coordinator Bryan Brown answered a completely different question on Tuesday, and it reframes the entire weekend.
Brown said the staff played a lot of guys specifically to see players who had not been in that stadium environment, with no coaches on the field, to find out who can communicate and make plays without help. Harry Harrison of the Ole Miss Radio Network reported that Trinidad Chambliss was in for about one series, that Will Echoles and Suntarine Perkins were held out, and that some of the secondary and some of the interior offensive line were held out too.
The real reveal: Brown will work from the coaches’ box this season as Pete Golding’s eyes in the sky while Golding continues to call the defense. That communication chain did not exist a year ago, and Ole Miss was rehearsing it in an empty stadium 18 days before kickoff.
The honest counterweight: Chuck Rounsaville called it a pseudo scrimmage rather than full contact — thud work — and Harrison said they were playing two-hand touch on the quarterback, which makes the run game close to impossible to evaluate.
Then later: Progressive is adding on-field branding at Vaught-Hemingway through a Learfield deal covering 13 schools nationally and exactly two in the SEC, Georgia and Ole Miss. Vice chancellor Keith Carter called it an investment in the continued growth of Ole Miss Athletics. You can hate how it looks and still understand what it pays for.
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Bryan Brown just told you what the scrimmage was for, and it was not who won. Plus: yes, there is an insurance logo coming to the Vaught, and I will defend it.
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