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No significance to it. I worked extensive overtime in part of February and March. I took a few days off, went to see Billy Joel and relaxed. It seemed like the best time before racking up more time to do it, given that the Zips softball and baseball teams have improved and the spring promises to be interesting.

Wow. My phone just went wild. I was trying to respond to B&G's question. Pittman played primarily at the left end spot today, but played some tackle as well.

I joined ZipsWin!, 2Ball, and K92 in attending today's scrimmage. Here are a few observations: Heading into 2014, I was pretty concerned about the secondary, especially the loss of Freeman. My concerns are greatly subsided after seeing the secondary, particularly #21 Kris Givens, display competence and ability against a pretty good receiver corps. Givens will be a "shut down" corner.Nordly Capi is in significantly better condition now than he was in 2013. He had a decent season last year, but I predict he'll play more like the guy shown below in 2014 (i.e. he'll create turnovers like a machine):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1x5tVI0N4 3. The backup QBs (Woodson and Hirschman) need to improve dramatically for UA to have any useful depth at this position. 4. Manny Morgan will get some playing time at RB in 2014. He has nice balance and decent speed and power. 5. LT Smith should have a banner 2014. The 2 long pass plays were both from KP16 to LT. 6. "Fresh" is now wearing #4 7. CJ Mizell also looks to be in better shape for 2014. 8. Jatavis Brown just keeps getting better and better. Ditto with Justin March. The LB corps is so deep Rossi has apparently been moved back to fullback. 9. Austin Wolf had quite a few balls tossed his way. He looks to be more of a possession receiver to me, but that's a bad thing, I like his hands. 10. The offensive line has some growing to do. There is talent there, but the D-line is definitely ahead at this point. 11. Hollis played very well, completely blowing up one running play for a big loss. Pittman played both DE and DL and played well in both positions. 12. MTB was targeted frequently, buy he needs to become more reliable at bringing in catchable balls. 13. As expected, Lane, Gauthney, and Moore did not participate. They should join the team for practices in summer camp. All in all, I'm pretty happy with the things I saw. The biggest concern is depth at QB. Perhaps Hoyer or Kincade, both of whom certainly looking the part physically, might eventually contribute in this area.