It wasn't the scene parents and fans wanted to see Saturday afternoon at Blackstock Stadium. While points were scored in a scrimmage with Franklin College, a majority of them were not from the DePauw football team.
Parents of players left the stands and proceeded to the north end of the stadium for lunch while Franklin piled up the points and the Tigers struggled to string together first downs.
By the end of the two periods, the score was 35-3. After a series of two-minute drills, it ballooned to 45-3.
"We did some good things, and we did some bad things," said head coach Robby Long after the scrimmage. "We got the ball where it's supposed to be, but we have to clean some things up with our running backs as far as their track and the hole they're supposed to hit."
"We're blocking for an inside play, and they're bouncing it outside," Long continued. "Those two things don't mix. It's more discipline things more so than anything else. Eleven guys at a time need to be doing the right things."
While the running game stalled, the aerial attack wasn't effective either.
With sophomore quarterback Drew Seaman under center, his first two series ended in punts, and the third resulted in an interception. The fourth offensive drive was more productive, as Seaman connected with his receivers downfield and drew a penalty to get the ball within the 15-yard line.
That resulted in DePauw's only points of the day.
Throughout the scrimmage, Long used all of his second, third and fourth string players, however, none were able to find momentum and move the ball downfield.
All six quarterbacks on the team received playing time.
"As a group, they made some great reads and great throws, but at other times we didn't make great reads and great throws," Long said. "But it's the first competitive situation that we've been in, and we expected some of that. We just have to have more consistency, not just at the quarterback, but everybody needs to become more consistent."
DePauw will have a split-squad game Saturday at Blackstock Stadium.