Originally Posted by besserheimerphat 
The o-line didn't look as good as I thought they did at the Coaches Clinic scrimmage (April 5th). Based on the practice reports, it sounds like the defense/D-line had been stepping it up over the past week. As someone posted in an earlier thread, 15 practices against a limited playbook probably means that the defense was catching on to what the offence was doing.
I agree the line looked better that first weekend in April compared to the spring game.
I think that Bolt snuck into McFarland's office the night before the spring game, stole his playbook and held a double-secret midnight meeting with the defense to brief them on what the offense had planned.
It would've worked if not for Bates tossing TD passes and the running backs doing fairly well.
After the spring game, Bolt could be heard from space yelling "We would've pulled it off if it had not been for them damn kids. Foiled again!".
