Punter Blake Ochsendorf has entered the portal.

(01-09-2023 08:26 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 07:29 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  Dan Sunderman just committed
https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16126...NnPBA&s=19

Based on his video he is a RG.

The staff knowing that Sow is gone will know have to figure out the guard rotation and alignment.

We ASSUME Howie is a natural RG. We don't know if Howie is a natural RG OR placed there because Sow had LG nailed down.

Now the staff needs to decide who is the LG and who RG. Who know about Dooley? Is he a natural RT or did he play there because Johnson was at LT?

Guess what I'm saying in 200 words or less, lol, is that the whole OL will be reformed and I can see players moving around.

(01-11-2023 05:07 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 08:26 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 07:29 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  Dan Sunderman just committed
https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16126...NnPBA&s=19

Based on his video he is a RG.

The staff knowing that Sow is gone will know have to figure out the guard rotation and alignment.

We ASSUME Howie is a natural RG. We don't know if Howie is a natural RG OR placed there because Sow had LG nailed down.

Now the staff needs to decide who is the LG and who RG. Who know about Dooley? Is he a natural RT or did he play there because Johnson was at LT?

Guess what I'm saying in 200 words or less, lol, is that the whole OL will be reformed and I can see players moving around.

In High school, Alex started as a sophomore and played in all five down-linemen positions over his three years on Varsity. In his senior year he bounced around the line some depending on where his coach felt their opponent's best d-lineman was. He did play Center in a number of games his Junior and Senior year.

When he came to Eastern, he was redshirted his first year and played Center on the scout team that year. His next two years he was slotted at LG behind Sidy (a tough place to be as Sidy rarely came off the field when the Eagles were on offense). The past two years Alex has been starting RG (when not injured).

While his game experience is at RG, I don't think you can say he is a "natural" at that position or really any specific position. He can probably be best described as a versatile down-lineman with game experience at RG. As I mentioned in a previous post, for now it looks like Howie and Dooley will stay on the right side. If either of them were to make a move, it would probably be Howie. I don't see Dooley moving anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary. IF Howie does move, I wouldn't be surprised to see them test him at LG or Center. For now, though, I think he is locked in at RG.

(01-11-2023 12:07 PM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 05:07 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 08:26 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 07:29 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  Dan Sunderman just committed
https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16126...NnPBA&s=19

Based on his video he is a RG.

The staff knowing that Sow is gone will know have to figure out the guard rotation and alignment.

We ASSUME Howie is a natural RG. We don't know if Howie is a natural RG OR placed there because Sow had LG nailed down.

Now the staff needs to decide who is the LG and who RG. Who know about Dooley? Is he a natural RT or did he play there because Johnson was at LT?

Guess what I'm saying in 200 words or less, lol, is that the whole OL will be reformed and I can see players moving around.

In High school, Alex started as a sophomore and played in all five down-linemen positions over his three years on Varsity. In his senior year he bounced around the line some depending on where his coach felt their opponent's best d-lineman was. He did play Center in a number of games his Junior and Senior year.

When he came to Eastern, he was redshirted his first year and played Center on the scout team that year. His next two years he was slotted at LG behind Sidy (a tough place to be as Sidy rarely came off the field when the Eagles were on offense). The past two years Alex has been starting RG (when not injured).

While his game experience is at RG, I don't think you can say he is a "natural" at that position or really any specific position. He can probably be best described as a versatile down-lineman with game experience at RG. As I mentioned in a previous post, for now it looks like Howie and Dooley will stay on the right side. If either of them were to make a move, it would probably be Howie. I don't see Dooley moving anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary. IF Howie does move, I wouldn't be surprised to see them test him at LG or Center. For now, though, I think he is locked in at RG.

Thanks Cid,
That's great to know that Alex can shift around on the line if need be. One more question, is next year Alex' last year of eligibility? sidenote but I've got to think there will be nfl scouts looking at Dooley, him and others like Shine, Kline, Sparacio next year

(01-11-2023 04:36 PM)steve4840 Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 12:07 PM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 05:07 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 08:26 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 07:29 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  Dan Sunderman just committed
https://twitter.com/SSN_EMU/status/16126...NnPBA&s=19

Based on his video he is a RG.

The staff knowing that Sow is gone will know have to figure out the guard rotation and alignment.

We ASSUME Howie is a natural RG. We don't know if Howie is a natural RG OR placed there because Sow had LG nailed down.

Now the staff needs to decide who is the LG and who RG. Who know about Dooley? Is he a natural RT or did he play there because Johnson was at LT?

Guess what I'm saying in 200 words or less, lol, is that the whole OL will be reformed and I can see players moving around.

In High school, Alex started as a sophomore and played in all five down-linemen positions over his three years on Varsity. In his senior year he bounced around the line some depending on where his coach felt their opponent's best d-lineman was. He did play Center in a number of games his Junior and Senior year.

When he came to Eastern, he was redshirted his first year and played Center on the scout team that year. His next two years he was slotted at LG behind Sidy (a tough place to be as Sidy rarely came off the field when the Eagles were on offense). The past two years Alex has been starting RG (when not injured).

While his game experience is at RG, I don't think you can say he is a "natural" at that position or really any specific position. He can probably be best described as a versatile down-lineman with game experience at RG. As I mentioned in a previous post, for now it looks like Howie and Dooley will stay on the right side. If either of them were to make a move, it would probably be Howie. I don't see Dooley moving anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary. IF Howie does move, I wouldn't be surprised to see them test him at LG or Center. For now, though, I think he is locked in at RG.

Thanks Cid,
That's great to know that Alex can shift around on the line if need be. One more question, is next year Alex' last year of eligibility? sidenote but I've got to think there will be nfl scouts looking at Dooley, him and others like Shine, Kline, Sparacio next year

Next year is his final year of eligibility. There is high anticipation that there will be a good cadre of NFL scouts in and out of practices next year. There are a few guys who might spur some interest. Alex's big hope is that he can avoid injury next year. The key to that will be trying to avoid his fellow linemen. Each of his three injuries resulted from him and his teammates getting too close during blocks and one of them stepping on his lower leg while his foot was planted. He has three times been a victim of "friendly fire."

I was able to talk with Malik Tullis and he told me he is still 100% committed
I will try and reach out to Ugo Nosike in the coming days

Does the portal ever close?

(01-11-2023 06:28 PM)fanfrompowellspub Wrote:  Does the portal ever close?

You can announce your entering the portal any time of the year but you can only actually be in it between December 5th, 2022 and January 18, 2023

Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

One thing I think we need to remember about transfers, namely, their ratings are adjusted from their h.s. ratings based on what they did in college. A player who earns say an '87' and then redshirts and plays sparingly as a Rf Frosh will see his rating adjusted down and the new schools recruiting him will probably be more G5 than P5.

Ditto what happened with Emoni. He was a 5-star out of h.s. but wouldn't be that highly rated coming out of Memphis.

(01-12-2023 10:52 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

I like Ike.

(01-12-2023 10:52 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(01-11-2023 10:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Owen Snively.

https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/16...tyk7a-AipA

Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

Coming out of Cincy Cam had a hell of an arm. He could sling the rock farther than anyone there. The issue they had with his arm wasn't power and strength, it was accuracy. I always will go back to what my buddy at Cincy told me, "Cam has a cannon for an arm, expect it was a revolutionary war cannon. You know the ball will can be on target but it probably won't be." Cincy didn't want to put time and effort into getting him to be a starter.

We on the other hand thought he could be molded into a starter and we have. He no longer has a revolutionary war arm cannon, he now has a tomahawk missile.

He can do it all. He can run like the wind and pass where ever the ball is needed to go. I think he is beyond a viable QB and should 100% get some starting reps.

(01-12-2023 12:34 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:52 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

Coming out of Cincy Cam had a hell of an arm. He could sling the rock farther than anyone there. The issue they had with his arm wasn't power and strength, it was accuracy. I always will go back to what my buddy at Cincy told me, "Cam has a cannon for an arm, expect it was a revolutionary war cannon. You know the ball will can be on target but it probably won't be." Cincy didn't want to put time and effort into getting him to be a starter.

We on the other hand thought he could be molded into a starter and we have. He no longer has a revolutionary war arm cannon, he now has a tomahawk missile.

He can do it all. He can run like the wind and pass where ever the ball is needed to go. I think he is beyond a viable QB and should 100% get some starting reps.

I was more impressed with Cam than Austin during the spring game. I feel Cam has huge upside and hopefully he puts in some work to get the reps this spring game.

(01-12-2023 12:34 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:52 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 09:07 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  Nice pickup!

Owen was a solid 3 star on both rivals and 247, 6'4" 310 lbs. he was listed as a guard by 247 and tackle by rivals. On some highlights on his twitter it looks like they had him at tackle. Had offers from Colorado State, Rutgers, UConn, Kent State, and Syracuse out of high school...once he went into the transfer portal it looks like we were his only FBS offer, the rest were FCS. In 2020 he didn't play but that year didn't count, then he didn't play at all in 2021 so I think he could have redshirted that year as well. So he would have been a RS freshman this past season, maybe? It doesn't look like he started this year but he did play some. He'd come in with at least two, maybe three years left.

I think the O-line is in about as good of shape as we could hope for after losing Sow, Johnson, and Bates. While it would have been nice to keep Johnson around, we still have Dooley and Howie who are great vets. Douglas and Rewolinski both have starting experience, we have some of the young guys who were highly recruited and/or we've had good reports on (Conti, Jackson, Warnsman, Roman, Indestad, Anderson, Lee), and now have added three transfers (Mayo, Sunderman, and Snively) with two of them coming from D1 programs. Who knows how it will shake out, but it should be a great competition which leads to high quality starters and a great depth.

One thing I've found interesting is the lack of talk about a quarterback. I think most of us thought he would look to add a grad transfer-type QB like Bryant and Powell. Obviously we have not done that yet, but there also hasn't been any rumors or reports of offers or interest from anyone. For example, we know they are still looking to add a WR We knew they were looking to add on the O-line and even knew about the three recent commits before they committed. Nothing on a potential QB though, so maybe that is a sign they just think they have their guy between Austin, Ike, or Cam'Ron.

We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

Coming out of Cincy Cam had a hell of an arm. He could sling the rock farther than anyone there. The issue they had with his arm wasn't power and strength, it was accuracy. I always will go back to what my buddy at Cincy told me, "Cam has a cannon for an arm, expect it was a revolutionary war cannon. You know the ball will can be on target but it probably won't be." Cincy didn't want to put time and effort into getting him to be a starter.

We on the other hand thought he could be molded into a starter and we have. He no longer has a revolutionary war arm cannon, he now has a tomahawk missile.

He can do it all. He can run like the wind and pass where ever the ball is needed to go. I think he is beyond a viable QB and should 100% get some starting reps.

Good thing about a QB with a strong arm (albeit inaccurate) who is an excellent athlete and can run. He can always run the RPO and throw the ball 10 - 20 yards down field.

That isn't bad.

(01-12-2023 12:59 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 12:34 PM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:52 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-12-2023 10:07 AM)EdifiedVoyage6 Wrote:  We probably won't need a transfer QB for the next few seasons unless one of those guys transfers
Which is probably not going to happen with Cam or Ike with the new transfer rules
Austin is the only one that could transfer without penalty
And he is loving Eastern

Austin has a lot of potential. Right now I would say he is one heck of an athlete playing QB. The trick is to harness all that potential into learning to be a QB and refining his throwing. If he taps into all that he can be he will be a scary good QB. Ditto that for McCoy.

They did pick up Ike as a JUCO transfer: https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fb...gwuiiic731
It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table. As far as McCoy, any time I ask Alex about him, his first response is, "Cam'Ron is a freaky athlete!"

Coming out of Cincy Cam had a hell of an arm. He could sling the rock farther than anyone there. The issue they had with his arm wasn't power and strength, it was accuracy. I always will go back to what my buddy at Cincy told me, "Cam has a cannon for an arm, expect it was a revolutionary war cannon. You know the ball will can be on target but it probably won't be." Cincy didn't want to put time and effort into getting him to be a starter.

We on the other hand thought he could be molded into a starter and we have. He no longer has a revolutionary war arm cannon, he now has a tomahawk missile.

He can do it all. He can run like the wind and pass where ever the ball is needed to go. I think he is beyond a viable QB and should 100% get some starting reps.

Good thing about a QB with a strong arm (albeit inaccurate) who is an excellent athlete and can run. He can always run the RPO and throw the ball 10 - 20 yards down field.

That isn't bad.

He has fixed his accuracy problems
The guy put in work with Coach Mike and he 100% gotten his aim fixed
He is ready to start
Just needs the chance

For anyone interested these are the guys that are here for spring ball:
Cedric Anton
Deion Brown
Jaheim Jenkins
Jaivian Norman
Ugo Nosike
Ike Udengwu
Trenton VanBoening

These players should be showing up in a couple of days or already here, I don't ask for travel plans :) :
Chris Mayo
Dan Sunderman
Owen Snively