(08-14-2021 08:44 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  

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(08-13-2021 12:17 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(08-13-2021 08:54 AM)cidbearit Wrote:  What I'm hearing is that with a full off-season of non-restricted workouts and lifting, guys are stronger and quicker and that is showing in drills and in the full-pad practices they have had. Granted it's still early, but my source plays directly across from that D-line, and he says he can tell a difference from last season.

I'm now at the stage (one week into fall practice) where press releases and bios mean little, I'd rather have a fly on the wall in CC's office or something like this...

No one knows this stuff better than coaches and players. Sounds good.

Yep. Thankfully three weeks from today is gameday (!!!) meaning we should get a depth chart in less than three weeks which should gives some some actual insight.

Speaking of depth chart, they did have one in the media guide. This obviously doesn't take into account fall practice, so when we get a week one depth chart that should show who has been improving. I don't think I can post a picture but you can find the media guide on the official EMU site. Here it is:

X: Knue-Dennis Smith
Z: Dummond-Small
H: Beydoun-I'Shawn Stewart
Y: Odukoya-Cannon
LT: Johnson-Kadri
LG: Sow-Douglas
C: Van Hoeven
RG: Donnellon-Howie
RT: Dooley-McAdams
QB: Hutchinson-Bryant
RB: Boone-Evans

END: Rush-Haney
NOSE: Scott-Michael Smith Jr.
DT: Merritt-Crawford
BULL: Ramirez-Stagner
MIKE: Speights-Jefferson
WILL: Myrick-Cameron
CB: Watson-McGee
CB: Shine-McNeal
DOG: LaFleur-Peavy
FREE: Vaden-Lee
ROVER: Bogan-Nowling

P: Julian-Heston or Ochsendorf or Tomasek
PK: Ryland-Luther or Gomez
LS: Bird-Zoglio or Scheidt
KO: Ryland or Julian or Gomez
KR: Beydoun or Drummond or Lee or Hamilton
PR: Drummond or Beydoun or McNeal or Hamilton
HOLDER: Julian-Heston or Ochsendorf

I'm not sure this is completely accurate. I asked Alex about this listing him at RG and Douglas at LG (Alex has been at LG each year) and he was surprised at that. He said that he has still been drilling at LG, and Dimitri has been drilling at RG. Even through this past week. So neither is getting reps at the position the media guide lists. My thought is someone was filling in the blanks on a position chart template and inadvertently switched them. This is probably 99% accurate, but not 100%.

Interesting, I thought I had remembered him being listed LG in the past but couldn't remember. I'm sure you are right and it was simply a typo.

Some other things that came to mind for me:

-Surprised not to see Korey Hernandez in the two-deep, he's played a lot the past few seasons.

-No Jarrett Paul (Rutgers transfer) on the two-deep.

-Thought we might see Huddleston on the two-deep, he seemed to get a lot of love from the scout team last year as a true-freshmen.

-Overall, the offense is about what you'd think it would be.