BATON ROUGE - Southern put on shoulder pads for the first time in fall camp on Wednesday. They had limited contact, but the intensity of practice was raised a bit.

Southern offensive coordinator, Ken Merchant, is still trying to tailor his "Go-Go" offense to the personnel, but believes they are a lot better than they were in the spring.

Southern will continue fall camp practices throughout the month before their first game against Alabama State in Birmingham on Aug. 29.