First, some injury notes…

On the defense, Dadi Nicolas and Corey Marshall did not participate in the scrimmage.  Nothing serious at all as far as I know, but they were both held out for precautionary reasons.  That’s typical of first scrimmages both in the spring and August.

Wade Hansen missed the scrimmage and I spotted him on the sideline in a walking boot.  That’s unfortunate.  Parker Osterloh took his spot at right tackle, but I couldn’t really tell how he fared because he mostly went up against true freshman Darius Fullwood.  I hope Hansen isn’t out for too long, because the Hokies need to keep that first group together.  If today had been a real game, I think they would have moved Augie Conte to right tackle and started Osterloh at right guard.  I don’t think he moves well enough to block ends in space.

I will say that Osterloh looked better than he did in the spring though.  He dropped about 20 pounds, and that has helped him.

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