Iowa State’s defense won Saturday’s scrimmage, but it was closer than the 40-35 score.
ISU head coach Gene Chizik was proud of what he called a “physical” scrimmage. The Cyclone head coach also said that running back J.J. Bass has been reinstated to the football team.
“For just our second live scrimmage I thought there was a lot of production out there,” Chizik said. “The guys are tired and beat up but still played very physical.”
“There were good things and bad things on both sides of the ball,” Chizik said. “We kept score because I tell them ‘there is always a winner and a loser.’ It went back and forth but we had a lot of big plays on offense. There was a score on a bootleg pass. The defense battled back, got some turnovers and won the scrimmage. The offense had won the last scrimmage.”
Chizik said both sophomore quarterbacks, Austen Arnaud and Phillip Bates, had some big moments.
“They are really battling hard to be the best quarterbacks they can be and move our football team. We are proud of them. Reps are building up and making them better, which is what happens. I’ve seen a great improvement in the last three days.”
The Iowa State head coach affirmed the progress made in practice by several newcomers.
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