Didn't see where any of these were posted.

Percent of Yards Returning:
18. Georgia Southern 84.6%
24. ULM 80.3%
46. Arkansas State 72.7%
59. Louisiana 70.3%
69. South Alabama 64.3%
92. Coastal Carolina 52.8%
95. Texas State 49.9%
105. Appalachian State 45.3%
112. Georgia State 37%
121. Troy 31.5%

Career Starts on Offensive Line:
15. Georgia Southern 102
42. Georgia State 82
57. ULM 73
59. Troy 72
68. Louisiana 67
69. Coastal Carolina 66
80. Texas State 60
90. Appalachian State 54
98. Arkansas State 50
124. South Alabama 23

GS tops both lists here. Will be interesting to see where we are on the overall returning experience chart.

I'm honestly kind of surprised that across the board there's that much OL inexperience in the conference.

We return almost our entire OL, but they were all freshman or sophomores last year, so they don't have a ton of combined starts, which is the metric used.

A few observations.

Louisiana might do better this year than I was thinking. Certainly bowl eligibility 6-6 isn't unrealistic for the Cajuns. And maybe they can sneak up and beat MSU in game two also under a new head coach. Joey Jones is on the MSU staff now, so he will be familiar with some of the Cajun players, albeit a new scheme under Napier.

A lot of people predict a big year out of the Warhawks, and this would seem to bolster that belief. ULM has Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Southeastern Louisiana, and Texas A&M out of conference. I think ULM has a shot at going 3-1 depending on how Ole Miss is this year. Get it Warhawks!

I'm curious the impact Coach Campbell can have this year with the very thin and inexperienced OL that the Jags have. For this to be our area of concern (again) at least we have a great OL coach behind the headset guiding the team through it.

Georgia Southern might return a lot percentage-wise, but the offense last year ranked #113 nationally. I would hope for you guys you're able to turn this experience into more yards and points this year. How are you guys feeling based on spring practice?

(06-16-2018 01:03 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  Georgia Southern might return a lot percentage-wise, but the offense last year ranked #113 nationally. I would hope for you guys you're able to turn this experience into more yards and points this year. How are you guys feeling based on spring practice?

This might be more than you wanted, but here goes...

At least one of two things has to be true about GS:

1. In spite of having a higher scholarship ceiling, better recruiting budget, better facilities and more access to more recruits, we've recruited as poorly as we have in the history of our program.

2. We failed because the coaching that we have had was really, really, bad.

Now if you're using Occam's Razor, #2 is the better answer. I watched some of the SoCon last season and I can say with confidence the team we had in the first half of the season or so would probably win 4 games in that league at most and miss the playoffs. That, plus the crappy stats Summers produced with our great offensive roster in 2016 makes me even more confident.

I know some will call it homerism, but I know the history of this program well. I knew after we played Auburn last year in the very first game of the year that our team was in deep doo-doo. I'm not making any guarantees because there are very few sure things when it comes to hiring coaches, but it's not going to take a brilliant coaching job to get this team to 6-8 wins.

Has anyone seen the mag in newsstands yet?

(06-16-2018 03:40 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  Has anyone seen the mag in newsstands yet?

I got it today. Will post some snippets from the SBC section later.

(06-16-2018 01:03 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  A few observations.

Louisiana might do better this year than I was thinking. Certainly bowl eligibility 6-6 isn't unrealistic for the Cajuns. And maybe they can sneak up and beat MSU in game two also under a new head coach. Joey Jones is on the MSU staff now, so he will be familiar with some of the Cajun players, albeit a new scheme under Napier.

A lot of people predict a big year out of the Warhawks, and this would seem to bolster that belief. ULM has Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Southeastern Louisiana, and Texas A&M out of conference. I think ULM has a shot at going 3-1 depending on how Ole Miss is this year. Get it Warhawks!

I'm curious the impact Coach Campbell can have this year with the very thin and inexperienced OL that the Jags have. For this to be our area of concern (again) at least we have a great OL coach behind the headset guiding the team through it.

Georgia Southern might return a lot percentage-wise, but the offense last year ranked #113 nationally. I would hope for you guys you're able to turn this experience into more yards and points this year. How are you guys feeling based on spring practice?

Do you think Joey Jones has more familiarity with the Cajuns over Mark Hudspeth?

With the way Hud ran our team, he may!

(06-16-2018 06:22 PM)Cajunjudo Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 01:03 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  A few observations.

Louisiana might do better this year than I was thinking. Certainly bowl eligibility 6-6 isn't unrealistic for the Cajuns. And maybe they can sneak up and beat MSU in game two also under a new head coach. Joey Jones is on the MSU staff now, so he will be familiar with some of the Cajun players, albeit a new scheme under Napier.

A lot of people predict a big year out of the Warhawks, and this would seem to bolster that belief. ULM has Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Southeastern Louisiana, and Texas A&M out of conference. I think ULM has a shot at going 3-1 depending on how Ole Miss is this year. Get it Warhawks!

I'm curious the impact Coach Campbell can have this year with the very thin and inexperienced OL that the Jags have. For this to be our area of concern (again) at least we have a great OL coach behind the headset guiding the team through it.

Georgia Southern might return a lot percentage-wise, but the offense last year ranked #113 nationally. I would hope for you guys you're able to turn this experience into more yards and points this year. How are you guys feeling based on spring practice?

Do you think Joey Jones has more familiarity with the Cajuns over Mark Hudspeth?

With the way Hud ran our team, he may!

I didn’t realize Hud was there too!

National Ranking
73. Arkansas State
74. Appalachian State
80. Troy
107. Georgia Southern
111. ULM
118. Louisiana
119. Georgia State
122. South Alabama
128. Coastal Carolina
129. Texas State

Some Position Rankings

Quarterback:
1. Arkansas State
2. ULM
3. Georgia Southern
4. Louisiana
5. Troy | 5. Appalachian State | 5. South Alabama
8. Georgia State | 8. Texas State
10. Coastal Carolina

Running Back:
1. Appalachian State
2. Georgia Southern
3. Arkansas State | 3. Louisiana
5. Troy
6. ULM | 6. Georgia State
8. Texas Statev| 8. Coastal Carolina
10. South Alabama

Receiver:
1. Arkansas State
2. Troy | 2. Georgia State
4. Louisiana | 4. ULM
6. Appalachian State | 6. South Alabama
8. Coastal Carolina
9. Georgia Southern
10. Texas State

Offensive Line:
1. Georgia Southern
2. Appalachian State
3. Arkansas State | 3. Troy
5. ULM
6. Louisiana
7. Georgia State | 7. Coastal Carolina
9. South Alabama | 9. Texas State

Defensive Line
1. Troy
2. Arkansas State
3. Appalachian State
4. Georgia Southern| 4. South Alabama
6. Georgia State
7. Texas State
8. Louisiana
9. ULM
10. Coastal Carolina

Linebackers
1. Troy
2. Appalachian State
3. Texas State
4. Arkansas State | 4. Georgia State
6. South Alabama | 6. ULM
8. Louisiana
9. Georgia Southern
10. Coastal Carolina

Defensive Backs
1.Appalachian State
2. Troy
3. Arkansas State
4. Georgia Southern
5. South Alabama
6. Georgia State | 6. ULM | 6. Louisiana
9. Texas State | 9. Coastal Carolina

Coaches
1. Appalachian State | 1. Troy | 1. Arkansas State
4. Georgia State
5. Coastal Carolina
6. Georgia Southern | 6. ULM
8. Texas State
9. South Alabama | 9. Louisiana

Other Things:
Georgia Southern is #2 Nationally in the experience Chart
Georgia Southern is the #5 projected most improved team nationally

National Position Rankings:
Special teams: App#21, ULM #32, #36 Arkansas State,
#37 Troy, #46 South Alabama
Defensive Backs #36 App State
Defensive Line #50 Troy, #54 Arkansas State
Receivers #29 Arkansas State, #50 Georgia State, #51 Troy
Quarterback #7 Arkansas State, #54 ULM
Running Back #28 App State

Sorry ULM has either the #1 or #2 WR group in the SBC.

Xavier Brown was banged but was 25 425yards 4td in 2016.
Markus McKray was hurt part of the year and had 22 catches 495 yards in 2016. Marcus Green and RJ Turner are really good.
Brown / McKray are deep threats and will be seniors along witb Dee Gillespie who will be a senior with 13 catches for 261 these 3 guys all averaged close to or above 20 yards per catch during a season.