Defense dominates Southern’s spring game

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Southern closed spring football camp Saturday with a 121-play scrimmage at A.W. Mumford Stadium, and surprisingly the defense stole the show.

Ending its first preseason under first-year head coach Dawson Odums, who previously was defensive coordinator, the second-team defense kept the first-team offense out of the end zone.

The scrimmage began with the first-team offense backed up to its 3-yard-line against the second-team defense. Both units rotated starters and reserves for a couple of rounds before moving the ball to the 45 for the same drill.

The final period of the scrimmage was a red-zone drill, with the offense beginning just 20 yards from the end zone. Drives led by senior quarterback Dray Joseph and the rest of the starters never resulted in points; the only offensive scores came from the second-teamers, when quarterback Wynton Perro was at the helm.

Joseph ended the scrimmage 12-of-24 for 118 yards and an interception but was upbeat afterward.

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