JACKSON – The Millsaps football team, behind fourth year head coach \#Mike DuBose\#, trotted out onto Harper Davis Field today at 2 p.m. for its first of two scheduled intrasquad scrimmages in fall camp with a solid turnout of over 200 parents, students and fans.

"I am very thankful and appreciative to the parents of their support," DuBose said. "It gets better each and every year and I know that it means an awful lot to our players."

The two and a half hour scrimmage worked in every different scenario and grouping, starting out with the starting offense and defense and moving through the 2's, 3's and 4's. Each series went 8 to 12 plays, filled with kicking scenarios, substitutions, red zone offense and defense, goal line and several field tendencies. 

"I think from an overall standpoint, we were able to work everybody in today," DuBose said. "We now have tape on each player and will be able to do some evaluating. Depth charts up until this point really haven't meant anything, but starting tomorrow, they will begin to be broken down thoroughly."

Millsaps simulated a majority of its scrimmage to resemble a gameday setting, but will not be able to truly know where they stand until their season-opener on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Mississippi College in "Backyard Brawl X."

"We learned an awful lot today from a personnel standpoint," DuBose said. "There were too many times we had to stop to get the right personnel on and off the field and made some critical mistakes in special teams. We also had times we were offsides and were late coming on the field, but overall it was a productive scrimmage." 

There were also several bright spots in today's scrimmage, including a 58-yard punt return for a touchdown from reigning SCAC Special Teams Player of the Year \#Michael Galatas\# and starting quarterback \#Chris Graves\# making some good reads and shining in the red zone offense towards the end of practice against both the 1's and 2's.

Millsaps will have one final scrimmage next Wednesday, Aug. 26, that will focus more on a game-type scenario, running from 4:20 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. That scrimmage will close out fall camp, with preparations for the season-opener against Mississippi College beginning on Thursday, Aug. 27.