Orange Crush to battle Blue Waves in annual spring game Friday
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – A draft has been conducted. Coaching staffs have been divided. Orange will match wits with Blue when Carson-Newman football puts on its annual spring game Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Burke-Tarr Stadium.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – A draft has been conducted. Coaching staffs have been divided. Orange will match wits with Blue when Carson-Newman football puts on its annual spring game Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Burke-Tarr Stadium.
There is no cost for admission and the event is free and open to the public.
The spring game is slated for two, 15-minute quarters.
The special rules in place involve the kicking game. There will be no kickoff or punt returns. Everything must be fair caught. There is also a modified scoring system in place for ball security, in addition to scoring six points for touchdowns and the usual three for field goals, two for two-point conversions and one for PATs, teams are rewarded or punished for any balls that hit the ground. Fumbles give teams two points, a recovery nets an addition two points. An interception is worth four points. Furthermore, if you aren't spinning at these XFL-like rule changes, a defensive touchdown is worth eight points, plus the try for a potential of 10 points awarded for a defensive score.
A team can also score bonus points in the kicking game. A punt downed inside the 10 is worth one point. Field goals are following fantasy football rules. A 40-yard field goal is worth four points, while 50-yarders are worth five.
Offensive coordinator Larry Slade is the head coach of the Orange Crush, he will be assisted by Joe Ray, Scott Brock, John Cryder and Leonard Weaver
Defensive coordinator Brock Pursley is at the helm of the Blue Waves. His assistants are Antonio Goss, Justin Zimmerman, Johnson Jamison, Tony Ierulli and Joel McDevitt.
The SOAR Leaders drafted each team. The Orange teams captain are composed of Fletcher Gibson, Zane Whitson, Christian Bass, Christian Hicks and Zach Williams. Meanwhile, the Blue team captains and general mangers are Tre Luttrell, Brian Do, Jacorey Long, Major Williams and Kendall Williams.
Full team rosters are below.
| BLUE | ORANGE | |||||
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1
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Tre | Luttrell |
1
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Jalen | Anderson | |
| 2 | Major | Williams | 2 | Tyler | Curtis | |
| 3 | Jackson | Ward | 3 | Vonte | Brackett | |
| 4 | Kendall | Williams | 4 | Galen | Washington | |
| 5 | Jayden | Sullins | 6 | Bryan | Payne | |
| 6 | Jelan | Pearson | 7 | Tyree | Nelson | |
| 9 | Zack | Chalmers | 8 | Champ | Baker | |
| 10 | Jyliek | Harrington | 9 | Erie | Lawrence | |
| 11 | Ja'Laun | Walton | 10 | Zane | Whitson | |
| 12 | Mason | Brang | 12 | Christian | Hicks | |
| 13 | Storm | Livesay | 13 | Kade | Parker | |
| 14 | Cade | Meeks | 15 | London | Sales | |
| 15 | Tae | Kiner | 16 | Seth | Cooper | |
| 17 | Caleb | Keeter | 17 | Carson | Donathan | |
| 18 | Amauri | Johnson | 19 | Solomon | Dade | |
| 21 | Jackson | Martin | 21 | Hayden | Sherer | |
| 22 | James | Maddox | 22 | Jet | Jones | |
| 24 | Daylin | Hawk | 24 | Mekhi | Brown | |
| 25 | Nate | Adebayo | 32 | Dimitri | Kelly | |
| 26 | Isaac | Bohleber | 33 | Kelsey | Graham | |
| 33 | Bubba | Meyers | 40 | Ryan | Bolten | |
| 34 | Jake | Cottle | 41 | Christian | Erwin | |
| 35 | Corey | Climpson | 44 | Fortune | Woods | |
| 37 | Carson | Brengle | 47 | Austin | Brackett | |
| 40 | Jacorey | Long | 50 | Braelon | Robinson | |
| 41 | Storm | Livesay | 51 | Nick | Hart | |
| 43 | Jackson | Martin | 58 | Tyler | Needs | |
| 44 | Drew | Morrison | 62 | Jarrett | Mclemore | |
| 52 | Sawyer | White | 74 | Rick | Jeantihomme | |
| 55 | Claude | Vangelus | 75 | Fletcher | Gibson | |
| 56 | Jaquan | Dickey | 79 | Hunter | Lucy | |
| 57 | Ricky | Trejo | 80 | Bill | Kirby | |
| 64 | Xavier | Shoemaker | 82 | Collin | Campbell | |
| 69 | Brian | Do | 87 | Tyler | McCloud | |
| 80 | Skyyler | Kibler | 88 | David | Alexander | |
| 81 | Don | Bradley | 95 | Max | Bryant | |
| 82 | Andrew | Sybert | ||||
| 94 | Dedrick | Mcclain | ||||
| 99 | Jordun | Wilson | ||||
