Brown beats Yale in scrimmage, Colgate falls again

Brown edged Yale 14-7 in Saturday’s scrimmage at Providence, R.I.

Logan Scott hit freshman WR Robert Clemons on a fade route in the red zone for the Bulldogs lone TD.

The biggest issues for Yale right now are consistency and familiarity on offense, along with inexperience on the defensive line and in the secondary.

There are a lot of new pieces to the puzzle still getting acclimated to the offense. The Bulldogs certainly have talent. However, they haven’t named a starting QB and their top two WRs and starting TE missed last season.

On defense, the Bulldogs are simply young.

“I’m definitely very concerned about our d-line and secondary,” Tony Reno said. “Guys who are continuing to improve and doing everything we ask of them. But there’s a learning curve and growth cycle.”

Reno rattled off a few players that played well Saturday: DT Kyle White, DE Beau Palin, LB Andrew Larkin, DB Foyesade Oluokun, OL Wes Gavin and Clemons among others.

He also mentioned DT Copache Tyler. Tyler 6-3, 280-pound freshman, who was also a standout wrestler in Springfield, Ill. Right now, Tyler is taking first-team reps as the 3-technique. Reno said he has great leverage and has been very dependable in camp so far.

The starting QB job has come down to Roberts, Hank Furman and Eric Williams. All three are pretty close, according to Reno.

“At 12:55 p.m. I’ll know,” said a joking Reno, about naming a starter 5 minutes prior to its season opener against Colgate on Sept. 21.

Reno said Brown is very good and have a talented QB in Pat Donnelly, who looked sharp Saturday.

“You could tell when he comes into the game because they are much smoother,” Reno said. “They are good up front on both sides. They have some big WRs. They’ll be a force to be reckoned with.”

LOOKING AT COLGATE
Meanwhile, the Red Raiders, who Yale opens with on Sept. 21, dropped to 0-2 on Saturday. Colgate fell 37-34 to Albany. The Red Raiders turned the ball over four times in the first half. They will have three games under their belt before taking on Yale.