Branson still getting good press
While college spring football has wrapped up and is waiting on fall camp to get here, NFL teams are currently practicing, and Marquez Branson is still being talked about by the Denver press. He’s seen time at fullback, tight end, H-back and split out wide.
Despite “gale force winds” on Monday, the Broncos continued on with passing camp, and Branson caught one of just a few complete passes of the day:
Tim Tebow completed 2 of 3 including a gorgeous, downwind out pattern to tight end Marquez Branson.
Here’s another account of the day’s action:
Marquez Branson continued to get involved in the offense, taking a few snaps at fullback but mostly participating as a pass-catching tight end. During 7-on-7s, he made one of the only catches of the afternoon despite the wind, leaping over a linebacker to haul in a catch. It even drew “ooohs” from some of the media since so many other passes had fallen incomplete.
Other stories posted in the forum from the last week:
Confirmed: Clark has resigned
Literally seconds after I decided to go ahead and publish the blog post below about hearing from multiple sources that Doug Clark was no longer the head baseball coach, the athletic department sent out a release confirming it to be true.
University of Central Arkansas baseball coach Doug Clark resigned from the position Tuesday following the Bears’ season finale on Saturday.
The speculation was that the announcement had to be made by tonight’s Purple Circle event, but as the event got closer, there was still no official word.
The comment from the release that sticks out the most is the end of athletic director Brad Teague’s statement here (emphasis added by me):
“Coach Clark turned in his letter of resignation this morning and I accepted it,’ said Dr. Brad Teague, UCA’s director of athletics. “We certainly appreciate the work that Coach Clark has done with our baseball program over the past eight years. However, a new and fresh perspective for our baseball program could be beneficial.’
So, with the season just days from ending, Teague plans to begin the search “immediately” and interviewing in two weeks. The speculation can now turn from is the news of Clark’s leaving true to who will be his successor.
The Southland is a pretty good baseball conference, so the interest could be higher than with the openings of other sports. There could be other high-major assistants (similar to Clark’s time before coming to UCA) interested in the position. And with several successful division II coaches within the state, it could make for an interesting process.