It’s always important to bear in mind what you can and cannot take away from spring practice. A good play for the offense is a bad one for the defense and vice versa. Some things on offense work that wouldn’t in a game because they’re not doing any real hitting. A lot of teaching is going on, so some things may not look quite right because a coach wants his players to focus on a detail to the exclusion of other things.
These have always been and will always be true about spring practice. So with the appropriate caveats in place, there are some signs of a second-year improvement for Dan Mullen’s program in the reports from spring practice.