The
football team’s slogan for the 2016 season is E.A.A.T. – and it has nothing to
do with calorie intake. It stands for
Effort-Attitude-Accountability-Toughness.
After
Thursday’s practice in Fisher Stadium, I talked with four members of the team.
I asked each of them the same question: Which of the four aspects of that
slogan means the most to you?
Here
are their answers.
DESEAN
BROWN, Junior running back –
“I’d say effort because it’s something you can control. All of them can be
controlled, but I think effort is the biggest thing because it’s something you
can teach yourself. Some people don’t have the mentality to be a tough guy, and
and some people just don’t grow up being accountable for things they do. I
think effort is something you can teach yourself. Go out there and play hard
whenever you want to.”
DREW REED,
Senior quarterback – “I think they all feed off one another. If you come out
with the right attitude you’re going to put forth the right effort. Attitude, I
think, is maybe the biggest one. If you have the right attitude, you’re going
to put forth the effort and you’re going to be tough. You’re going to be accountable
if you have it, because you’re going to be doing the right thing. Attitude is the
biggest one because they all play off of that one.”
BEAU
BOSCH, Junior defensive end – “It’s hard to sort one out because they play off
of each other. but I would say it would have to be accountability. Being able
to have your teammates count on you to do your 1/11th and effort, toughness…
it’s really hard to pick one.”
DANTE
LONARDO, Sophomore defensive end – “Attitude. Combine attitude and effort
because they kind of go hand in hand. You might not be the biggest, fastest,
strongest person, but if you come out every day with the attitude that you are
going to give the maximum effort, you be able to have success. If you’re able
to push yourself harder than somebody else you might beat them because they’re
not willing to give that 100 percent effort. Attitude speaks volumes about how
well the slogan applies to our team.”
With
answers like those, it’s no wonder I continue to look forward to covering
Lafayette games. The athletes at Lafayette and in the Patriot have a depth that
you don’t find in a lot of other Division I conferences and programs.
RAMBLING
ABOUT A DAY AT FISHER
I ran into
linebacker Brandon Bryant and tight end Dylan Wadsworth early in the day, and
they weren’t dressed for football. While their teammates were donning full pads
for the first time this camp, Bryant and Wadsworth were headed off to class.
Both took a summer course that finishes up on Friday, and both told Coach Frank
Tavani they had made A’s in the course. I guess the team has really taken the
Bryant snub by the Patriot League personally. He looks absolutely great, and
from every report I’ve had of him in the first couple of days at camp, he’s
flying all over the place making plays. I expect to see a lot of that during
the season.
I don’t
think I mentioned it before, but several players are wearing new numbers this
season. The No. 1 won by Jared Roberts for four years is now being worn by slot
receiver Joey Chenoweth ,,, wide receiver Rocco Palumbo has given up his No. 86
in favor of No. 6 formerly worn by Ben Carroll, and “strike” linebacker Jerry
Powe is wearing the No. 3 that belonged to Darrell Crawford. Freshman David
Nelson, a tackle in high school, was recruited as a tight end because of his
athletic ability (former outstanding basketball player) and size (6-7, 280) and
was given No. 84. But with OT Tanner Kern missing the entire season and the
numbers on the o-line dwindling, Nelson was moved to offensive tackle and given
No. 76.
Among the
guys who didn’t practice on Thursday were DE Dante Lonardo (left-should
stinger, expects to be back in action Friday), DL Keith Earle; WR Josh Davis
(leg, but not serious), OT Logan Grieser (dehydration aftermath); kicker Jacob
Bissell (leg, but Tavani thinks the break will be good for Bissell, who has
been “killing them”). OG Connor Staudle left early but didn’t seem hurt; DL
Robin Cepeda and Matt Rothrock sat out the last scrimmage period but didn’t
seem to be having problems. In fact, “The Yard”, the place where injured
players go to exercise while others practice, was empty on Thursday.
I really
like the way a bevy of WRs are making all kinds of catches. The play of the day
for me was a bomb touchdown pass from freshman QB Austin McCrum to freshman WR
Jake Liedtke. Lafayette won’t be able to get all its playmakers on the field at
the same time. It’s all a matter of personnel packages as to how much we see of
Chenoweth in the slot and Kyle Mayfield lined up as a fullback. Davis, who is a
converted quarterback, has been looking good in early passing drills; wish he
could have played today. We’ll see some of him, too.
Perhaps
the youngest group on the team is the defensive backs. Draeland James is only
senior on the two-deep chart, which has three junior, two sophomores and two
freshmen. “They’re very young but very athletic,” Coach Tavani said. “They’re
going to make some plays and they’re going to give up some plays.”
Reinhard
Darkhorse of the Day – Freshman RB Mike Dunn. He’s 6-0 or 6-1, 200 or 205. He’s
got speed. He’s got power. And, he comes in a year older than the rest of the
freshmen class because he prepped at Cheshire Academy. He looked tough running
the ball today. Coach Tavani never has enough running backs, and this guy seems
to fit in very well. Brown, Amill, Tyler West, Dunn, Mayfield (6-1, 225),
Rajhan Meriwether. Nice.
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