Report day sets mood for Demons ahead of Tuesday’s opening practice

As the Northwestern State football team gathered together Monday for its “report day” portion of fall camp, there was something that seemed to be lacking a season ago: Familiarity.

“We didn’t really know what to expect (last year),” redshirt junior linebacker Danny Sears said. “We had only had a spring (with head coach Blaine McCorkle and his staff) before fall camp. New people, you’re merging with a lot of different people, and you didn’t know what to expect. I think we’ve done a really good job this summer of coming together more. We know what to expect from each other, and we really established our standards as a team.”

The Demons spent most of Monday handling the tedious parts that come with the beginning of the season.