CFB Fans: Scrimmage reports from your team?

Really need Tavien Feaster to step up, will make things easier for Bryant. I'm liking what I'm hearing about Overton. Freaky athlete and a tall guy. Ray ray better step up or Amari will take his spot starting. Tre Lamar is going to be a animal at mike linebacker. Mickey conn raves about tanner muse, he looks to be the real deal in camp. Everyone raves about the d line but there is just so much depth at linebacker. Also want to see how mark fields and travon Mullen have progressed. This defense will keep clemson in every game and will be fun to watch. If the offense puts up points and doesn't turn the ball over look out

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This defense will keep clemson in every game and will be fun to watch. If the offense puts up points and doesn't turn the ball over look out

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As much as I love all of the potential of this defense, they really need to flip the switch and turn into the consistently dominant presence for this team to have another chance at a run.

There were times last year when we were incredible, borderline immovable, but then you look at some of the point totals we gave up and it's just whoof. It appears they're really harping on this a lot in the offseason as you hear every defensive player saying things like "a mistake on offense is a punt but a mistake on defense is a TD".

I hope they turn the corner and reach that level, but for now I think the hype is a tad bit premature. I'd likely have LSU and Bama's defenses above Clemson's until proven otherwise. There were too many 30+ point games on our resume last year for me to put us on top to start the year. I'm hoping a lot of those issues were with regards to depth which I expect us to have drastically more of this year, but I just need to see more consistency.

I think they will. Venebles best defense at Clemson. Louisville game they were a different team early last year. Pitt game just sucked no way around that. VT they were really good at the end of last year and Dorian Odaniel was ejected very early and Fuente went after Jalen Williams who was exposed in pass coverage. Shaq Smith will provide depth there. Van Smith, Tanner Muse and Isiah Simmons are all very good. Secondary also has the benefit of a great d line who will consistently get pressure. No one is running the ball on Wilkins, Lawrence, Ferrel and Bryant

Buckeyes are loaded again. Many names you aren't familiar with yet but a slew of 4 and 5 star talent thats been waiting their turn. Highlights are:

- JK Dobbins at RB. Being called the next Maurice Clarrett as he is expected to see significant playing time as a true freshman. Lets hope his career goes better than Claretts.

-Benjamin Victorat WR. Big, tall fast receiver that started to come into his own late last year as a true freshman. Looking for a big year from him.

-JT Barrett back for his 25th year (seems like) in a new Kevin Wilson offense and with a new QB coach that should allow him to put up Heisman type numbers.

-Parris Campbell/Demario McCall filling the Curtis Samuel role filing the Percy Harvin role. Both very fast and very elusive.

-Offensive line improved with 5th year senior Billy Price at Center.

-Defensive line looks like one of the best in the nation with many returning starters and Nick Bosa (joeys brother) back also

-Linebackers are strength of defense with Jerome Baker back off a strong season and Dante Booker back from 2016 injury

- Secondary once again lost 3 first rounders to the draft but is loaded with Denzel ward looking like a first rounder in the next draft.

-Biggest improvement has been Kevin Wilsons offensive philosophy. He knows how to manage all of the weapons that the Buckeyes possess.

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Travis Etienne (coaches LOVE him, can't believe we got him out of Louisiana).

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Just shows how much talent at RB comes out of Louisiana...he was not a priority to LSU.

QB sucks, RBs are solid, O Line is a mess and the Defense is spooky

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Defense is looking really good. We finally have some good depth on the Dline. Offense is breaking in new receivers, so timing is off right now. Not worried thou, these guys are very talented and just need some experience

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Are your freshman DTs going to be in the 2 deep?

- Wisconsin got unfortunate injury news last week. Jack Cichy tore his ACL and it'll be the second year in a row that his season ended with injury. Really too bad. Dude is an absolute beast. If any good comes out of this, ILB is Wisconsin's deepest position. I would expect Chris Orr to step-up and start alongside T.J. Edwards. Orr started several games as a freshman and was a starter in 2016, but tore his ACL first play against LSU.

- Related to the above is the injury bug hitting Wisconsin. Have a feeling many are being held out as a precaution, but Wisconsin had 15 guys on their injury report last week.

- Bradrick Shaw was the presumed starter at RB for the Badgers with Chris James (Pitt transfer) playing a large role, too. I would still expect Shaw to start, but James is making it awfully difficult on the coaching staff. It sounds like he is absolutely torching the defense catching balls out of the backfield.

- Difficult to replace a four-year starter in Sojourn Shelton, but Nick Nelson and Derrick Tindal might be a better duo than what we saw in 2016. Nelson, in particular, might be the most physical corner Wisconsin has had since Jamar Fletcher.

- Dontye Carriere-Williams and Lubern Figaro are battling at Nickelback. Figaro may or may not win this one out, but he will be on an incredibly short leash after getting torched time-and-time again against Penn State in the B1G Championship Game last season.

- Alex Hornibrook has been solid, but unspectacular. With a strong OL and running game that is predicated on TOP, he doesn't need to win many games with his arm against this schedule. However, he does have a couple All-Conference targets in Jazz Peavy and Troy Fumagalli.