doberman1
2nd String
Posts: 400
Joined: Sep 2015
Reputation: 19
I Root For: StAte
Location:
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-05-2017 07:09 AM)HighCountry Wrote: (05-04-2017 04:39 PM)doberman1 Wrote: Does anybody realize that, without a couple of my compadres from the Den talking smack, this would be an all App thread? I'm not trying to tell you what to do....but we have our own forum where we talk amongst ourselves. LOL....just messing with you. You can tell things are getting slow everywhere. Here in Arkansas we are pretty much watching rivers rise and fall. Flooding has wrecked my trout fishing. Shooting range is all muddy, etc. Picking on you guys is all I got today!!
We haven't been able to do much fishing in Boone either, though the flooding hasn't been anywhere near as bad as it has out your way. The mountain bike trails are muddy too!
Woe is us !!!
|
|
05-05-2017 01:43 PM |
|
ericsaid
Heisman
Posts: 9,233
Joined: May 2013
Reputation: 227
I Root For: App. State/ECU
Location: High Point, NC
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-04-2017 04:41 PM)AppManDG Wrote: (05-04-2017 02:42 PM)Saint3333 Wrote: (05-04-2017 01:35 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (05-04-2017 09:46 AM)Saint3333 Wrote: Getting Upshaw back helps the WR core as Evans will be allowed to slide to WR. I have a feeling Evans and Virgil (track speed) are going to be fun to watch at WR this year.
I'd rather see Evans at running back. This offense isn't great for wide receivers getting touches through the air and I feel like he will be severely under utilized.
Our offense can be very good for WRs. However the last couple of years our WRs have had trouble creating the separation required to get them the ball. Given Evans speed and size i believe you'll be surprised this season.
Meadors, Jones, Letman and Lewis have good spreed, but with the 40 times of these young guys we ought to be able to stretch the field better. Plus the staff is extremely high on the two incoming freshmen. Jake Henry (offered by Troy, Marshall, So Miss and WKU) is is an absolute flyer, while Thomas Hennigan (Virginia, Navy, Army, UNCC, Miami OH and several Ivy league schools - can you say smart) is a bigger posession guy who will go over the middle.
6-2 210 RS Freshman WR Jalen Virgil 4.27.
5-11 190 Soph WR Darrynton Evans 4.38 with a 36.5" vertical.
6-4 200 Soph WR Mock Adams ran a 4.43 with a 35" vertical.
And we will still run the ball 35-45 times a game, which is fine. Receivers aren't going to put up big numbers in this offense, or at least until it becomes a better option to pass rather than run.
|
|
05-05-2017 02:15 PM |
|
TroyFootball05
1987 Man of the Year
Posts: 10,673
Joined: Feb 2009
Reputation: 585
I Root For: Good Times
Location: 8-Bit Pizza Bar
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
I wish we were playing you guys, because our #1 and #2 are arguably the best in the belt. Would have loved to have settled in on the field.
For the rest of you, get ready for "J-Time" Jamarius Henderson. He's a Memphis transfer and may be the best running back I've ever seen at Troy.
https://twitter.com/TroyTrojansFB/status...2316821504
|
|
05-05-2017 02:21 PM |
|
asuwon
Special Teams
Posts: 959
Joined: May 2002
Reputation: 66
I Root For: Arkansas State
Location:
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-05-2017 02:21 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote: I wish we were playing you guys, because our #1 and #2 are arguably the best in the belt. Would have loved to have settled in on the field.
For the rest of you, get ready for "J-Time" Jamarius Henderson. He's a Memphis transfer and may be the best running back I've ever seen at Troy.
https://twitter.com/TroyTrojansFB/status...2316821504
We heard the same thing about Chunn last year too.
16 carries for 51 yards against the Red Wolf defense.
Color me unimpressed.
|
|
05-05-2017 04:06 PM |
|
EigenEagle
Hall of Famer
Posts: 10,231
Joined: May 2014
Reputation: 645
I Root For: Ga Southern
Location:
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-05-2017 02:21 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote: I wish we were playing you guys, because our #1 and #2 are arguably the best in the belt. Would have loved to have settled in on the field.
For the rest of you, get ready for "J-Time" Jamarius Henderson. He's a Memphis transfer and may be the best running back I've ever seen at Troy.
https://twitter.com/TroyTrojansFB/status...2316821504
I'd put LA Ramsby and Wesley Fields up against any duo in the conference. Both guys could make NFL rosters when their times come.
The numbers don't tell the story because our offensive coaches made our good OL including our Remington watch list center and our freshman All-America honorable mention left tackle look like 20th-team all-Sun Belt linemen.
And made the guy who was on pace to lead the FBS all time in YPC before last season averaged less than 4 yards per carry.
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2017 06:10 PM by EigenEagle.)
|
|
05-05-2017 06:09 PM |
|
Saint3333
Hall of Famer
Posts: 11,426
Joined: Feb 2011
Reputation: 854
I Root For: App State
Location:
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-05-2017 04:06 PM)asuwon Wrote: (05-05-2017 02:21 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote: I wish we were playing you guys, because our #1 and #2 are arguably the best in the belt. Would have loved to have settled in on the field.
For the rest of you, get ready for "J-Time" Jamarius Henderson. He's a Memphis transfer and may be the best running back I've ever seen at Troy.
https://twitter.com/TroyTrojansFB/status...2316821504
We heard the same thing about Chunn last year too.
16 carries for 51 yards against the Red Wolf defense.
Color me unimpressed.
*after App softened him up, he wasn't the same back until the bowl game.
|
|
05-05-2017 08:23 PM |
|
Florida RedWolf
Special Teams
Posts: 772
Joined: Jan 2016
Reputation: 26
I Root For: arkansas state
Location:
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
We will see how good App is this season. With its schedule, it should have an opportunity to run away with SBC title. And that being said, A-State will be the one crowned.
|
|
05-06-2017 07:09 AM |
|
AppManDG
Heisman
Posts: 6,142
Joined: Aug 2010
Reputation: 308
I Root For: App State
Location: Gastonia, NC
|
RE: App Backs Gonna Be Tough To Bring Down
(05-06-2017 07:09 AM)Florida RedWolf Wrote: We will see how good App is this season. With its schedule, it should have an opportunity to run away with SBC title. And that being said, A-State will be the one crowned.
Noted - May 6, 2016...
|
|
05-06-2017 11:54 AM |
|