Montana State University-Northern's quarterback Derek Lear (left) throws over blitzing linebacker Kaimi Kanehailua during MSU-N's first fall scrimmage of 2012 Saturday morning in Havre. The Lights will scrimmage again this week and are now just 11 days away from their season-opening game against Carroll College.

It is always tough to gague a team when scrimmaging themselves, but after the Montana State University-Northern Lights football team completed their first scrimmage since returning to the practice field, both the offense and defense did a lot of good things.

Saturday at the MSU-N...