VERO BEACH, Fla. – The University of South Florida held their first scrimmage of 2011 fall camp in front of an estimated crowd of 400 fans on Saturday at Vero Beach Sports Village. The Bulls, who are on the 10^th day of their fall training and their eighth day in Vero Beach, were looking forward to getting some live reps. Unfortunately, due to some weather in the area, the scrimmage, which had just gotten underway, was delayed for about an hour-and-a-half. But, when the Bulls returned to the field, they maintained the enthusiasm they've had during the entire camp and were able to get some good work in.

"I was really proud with the attitude of this team, the way they came out here, the little adversity that we had having to go back inside for about an hour, hour-and-half," head coach Skip Holtz said following the workout. "They came back out here, they didn't let it drag, they were upbeat, they were up-tempo. I think the attitude was great, the hitting was great. "

Overall, the Bulls ran in upwards of 100 plays during the workout and with junior QB B.J. Daniels sitting out the scrimmage to rest an injury from earlier in camp, the other quarterbacks received the majority of the work.

"I thought they did a really nice job of running the offense," Holtz said of sophomore Bobby Eveld and true freshman Matt Floyd. "They're both still young. They both need to continue to keep coming. I think they're both doing some really good things. I think Bobby's a little bit ahead of Matt right now just because he's got a whole other year in the program, but Matt, for a true freshman doing what he's doing, has really been impressive."

With the ones taking a few reps and the twos and threes getting a majority of the snaps, there will be plenty of opportunity for the Bulls' coaching staff to evaluate where each player fits into the puzzle. Defensively, coordinator Mark Snyder felt like there were a number of guys that played well today and with the offense moving quickly from play-to-play to simulate what they'll see from opponents this season, he feels like the defense is getting better by the practice.

"It's been great," Snyder said. "We're getting better each practice. There is amount of difficulty there. It puts stress in your life and you have to know your assignment. We're very multiple on defense, as you guys know. You have to think on your feet. We're handling each day better and better."

Offensively, coordinator Todd Fitch was pleased with what he saw from his group as well.

"I liked a lot of things about it," said Fitch. "The tempo, the kids, the conditioning looked like we were in good shape. We made some plays down the field. This was a great scrimmage because we got to evaluate some personnel. From here, we'll start getting more situation-based. I think we'll have a good run game. Our line is jelling. Now, we'll start honing in on situations that will make us successful in games."

Overall, coach Holtz was pleased with the day's work. The team got out of the scrimmage relatively healthy with only a handful of injuries. But, the effort and enthusiasm that coach Holtz demands was prevalent and as the players are getting more comfortable, they're talents are starting to show.

"A lot of great individual efforts out there," Holtz concluded. "There's some talent on that field and I'm just excited to put it all together."

NOTES: The Bulls will have Sunday off from practice and will spend the day meeting and watching the film of the scrimmage ... the first six events of the Bulls Olympics were pushed to Sunday due to the scrimmage's weather delay ... the Bulls will now partake in all 10 Olympic events on Sunday.

The Bulls senior class has gone 24-15 over the past three seasons and helped USF to three consecutive bowl victories. They've finished each of their seasons with 8-5 records. As freshmen, they won the St. Pete Bowl over Memphis. They went on to defeat Northern Illinois in the 2009 International Bowl as sophomores and helped USF to a big win over Clemson in the 2010 Meineke Care Care Bowl as juniors.  

Today's question from Bob Sullivan on Facebook:
What do you try to accomplish with your scrimmages? 

Answer: 
Appreciate the question Bob. First off, we want to get some good work in and get out of them healthy. The first scrimmage is kind of like our first preseason game. We use the scrimmage to make some decisions about the depth chart. The players we know are going to be at the top of the depth chart at their positions don't play as much becuase we want to give the 2s and 3s a chance to be evaluated. They get the bulk of the reps because we want to build the depth we've talked about and scrimmage reps go a long way to doing that.