2008 National Champ
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Does Carsen Ryan mean we are worry about Kuithe in the forum Football 9 months, 1 week ago
Ryan coming doesn’t say anything about Kuithe since they don’t play the same position. It’s just an opportunity to correct a recruiting miss from 2 years ago at a position of current need.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Portal Question – Eligibility in the forum Football 9 months, 1 week ago
you can only play for one team per season which includes Bowls & conference championships. The portal doesn’t work like a trade in the pros where you can be on one team on Tuesday and suit up for another team on Wednesday.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Please prove me wrong 2024 football season… in the forum Football 9 months, 1 week ago
never let facts get in the way of a perfectly good rant
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Keaton Bills to enter the 2024 NFL draft in the forum Football 9 months, 1 week ago
mediocre is a little harsh. I wish they had been better as a group but you can’t really grade an O-Line’s performance in a vacuum. PFF tries but I’ve never really bought into their analysis because an individual effort may not translate into a successful play.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Keaton Bills to enter the 2024 NFL draft in the forum Football 9 months, 1 week ago
The O-Line is the one place where I’m not worried about having experienced bodies. They will need to play better as a group in ’24 but there are plenty that have starter experience.
Off the top of my head: Mokofisi, Maea, Fano, Kump, Togiai & Faaiu have all started while I’ve also seen Falcon, Harrison and Lomu in games. Alderman, Olson and…[Read more]
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Keaton Bills to enter the 2024 NFL draft in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
2016 the entire O-Line went to the league but I don’t remember how many were drafted. Bolles obviously, and Asiata was UDFA.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New Safety Commit – Maurice "Rabbit" Evans in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
reminds me of the Key & Peele sketches on football names. Even they admitted that they would never have come up with a name like D’Brickashaw
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New CB Commit in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
They don’t need to but many do.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New CB Commit in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
It was obvious in October that this wasn’t going to be a very good class, rankings wise. At this point, they are just trying to get bodies on board since apparently Rising coming back hasn’t proved to be the recruiting boon that this board believed it would.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Meawhile, Jayden Daniels wins the Heisman in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
You’re right that Utah’s offense wouldn’t have provided Daniels the opportunity to win the Heisman. The only way Rising sniffs a Heisman in any offense in the country though is if every other QB and 90% of running backs take half the season off.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New Safety Commit – Maurice "Rabbit" Evans in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Blair and Ballard were rated 94 and 92, the #3 and #7 rated JUCO’s in 2017. They weren’t projects that were turned into stars due to some innate “Scalleyness” in safety coaching and recruiting
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New Safety Commit – Maurice "Rabbit" Evans in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Garret Bolles, Marquis Blair, Corrion Ballard. All were brought in to be immediate starters. So was BAM but if it hadn’t been for the extra covid year, he’d have been a washout.
Farther back would be Booker and John White. JC guys fill roster holes with proven college experience.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New Safety Commit – Maurice "Rabbit" Evans in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
JC is part of portal recruiting, not HS. The only reason to take a JC at this point is you believe that they are ready to play immediately.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic New Safety Commit – Maurice "Rabbit" Evans in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Yep. The ’24 safety room is pretty empty at the moment.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic I gotta move on from this NIL stuff but…. in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
if they are STUDENT-athletes, then they have the same rights and freedom of movement as the rest of the student population. A typical student is allowed to earn as much income as they can, an athlete has been restricted. A typical student is allowed to change schools for any reason they deem necessary, at athlete has been restricted.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
That’s not exactly true. Kids can pull themselves out of the draft and apply for a waiver to reenroll and use any eligibility they have remaining. It used to be that if you hadn’t signed with an agent, you could also pull yourself out but I’m not sure if that stipulation is still valid.
Jaxson Kirkland, OT at UW, got injured prepping for the…[Read more]
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Makes me wonder Portal & NIL in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
True, but it would be naive to think that McElheney was an isolated incident or that paying players was something that only happened in the 50’s.
Host families, no-show summer jobs, booster functions.,, those were all ways to funnel money to players that were semi-legal
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
You’re assuming he even gets invited to the combine, which isn’t a sure thing. More likely his only chance to impress is at pro day.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Makes me wonder Portal & NIL in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure how anyone couldn’t have seen this coming with NIL. College football has always been pay for play. All NIL did was move it into the open.
I remember an oft repeated quote from Hugh McElheney that when he went pro, he had to take a pay cut. And I knew players at Utah who got hundred dollar handshakes.
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2008 National Champ replied to the topic Mikey Matthew’s in the Portal in the forum Football 9 months, 2 weeks ago
All games matter!
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