Anyone know if there is a reliable outlet that has postgame press conferences available via YouTube or elsewhere?

Rewatching game, majority of which I missed, and most of what I did see was on a little I-Phone screen.. After JMU's 2nd TD, the Elon commentator said "No surprise the Dukes went right over the top of the All American." How do you not notice for an entire game that an AA player isn't playing, and in the 4th qtr still talk like he is playing. And it wasn't Fornadel's replacement Stephens that Obese ran behind on that play to the right side. The OTs had flipped- Gillespie was on the right, and Stephens was on the left. Gillespie was the one who had the nice seal block that enabled Obese to waltz into the endzone.

Just piss poor awareness by the Elon commentator.

(03-08-2021 04:34 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  Rewatching game, majority of which I missed, and most of what I did see was on a little I-Phone screen.. After JMU's 2nd TD, the Elon commentator said "No surprise the Dukes went right over the top of the All American." How do you not notice for an entire game that an AA player isn't playing, and in the 4th qtr still talk like he is playing. And it wasn't Fornadel's replacement Stephens that Obese ran behind on that play to the right side. The OTs had flipped- Gillespie was on the right, and Stephens was on the left. Gillespie was the one who had the nice seal block that enabled Obese to waltz into the endzone.

Just piss poor awareness by the Elon commentator.

Gillespie should be an AA though (maybe not 1st team) so maybe he is just Nostradomus

(03-09-2021 11:05 AM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(03-08-2021 04:34 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  Rewatching game, majority of which I missed, and most of what I did see was on a little I-Phone screen.. After JMU's 2nd TD, the Elon commentator said "No surprise the Dukes went right over the top of the All American." How do you not notice for an entire game that an AA player isn't playing, and in the 4th qtr still talk like he is playing. And it wasn't Fornadel's replacement Stephens that Obese ran behind on that play to the right side. The OTs had flipped- Gillespie was on the right, and Stephens was on the left. Gillespie was the one who had the nice seal block that enabled Obese to waltz into the endzone.

Just piss poor awareness by the Elon commentator.

Gillespie should be an AA though (maybe not 1st team) so maybe he is just Nostradomus

Hope so, although that might be a bit of a stretch, but we'll see. Certainly All CAA..

Going back & quick look at Gillespie on the last 5 rosters, listed at:
2016 Fr: 6'5"/245
2017 rFr: 275
2018 rSo: 272, 9 starts at LT. Armchair QBs on here "he's too light."
2019 rJr: 275, 13 starts at LT. Armchair QBs on here "he's too light."
2020/21 rSr: 297, starting. Don't hear anymore "he's too light."

I mentioned to my wife while we were watching the first game how much larger Gillespie looked this year. It was that noticeable. For a guy who originally said he was graduating and not coming back for his last year of eligibility, he sure got serious about gaining some size in the weight room. His lower half looks huge in comparison to 2019.

(03-09-2021 03:34 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  I mentioned to my wife while we were watching the first game how much larger Gillespie looked this year. It was that noticeable. For a guy who originally said he was graduating and not coming back for his last year of eligibility, he sure got serious about gaining some size in the weight room. His lower half looks huge in comparison to 2019.

Wasn't Gillespie's uncertainty due to him considering 'retiring' due to injuries or is my recollection off? If that was the case then maybe he decided that he healed up and wants to pursue the NFL, so he is pushing to beef up, in which case playing in the fall might also be an option. I think he has a chance at the next level if he stays with it.

(03-09-2021 03:37 PM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 03:34 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  I mentioned to my wife while we were watching the first game how much larger Gillespie looked this year. It was that noticeable. For a guy who originally said he was graduating and not coming back for his last year of eligibility, he sure got serious about gaining some size in the weight room. His lower half looks huge in comparison to 2019.

Wasn't Gillespie's uncertainty due to him considering 'retiring' due to injuries or is my recollection off? If that was the case then maybe he decided that he healed up and wants to pursue the NFL, so he is pushing to beef up, in which case playing in the fall might also be an option. I think he has a chance at the next level if he stays with it.

Until this year, he was sharing time with Bethea so not a full time starter. My opinion was this was the root of him wanting to move on with his life not injuries but I won’t swear to it being accurate.

(03-09-2021 03:41 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 03:37 PM)JMaddy Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 03:34 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  I mentioned to my wife while we were watching the first game how much larger Gillespie looked this year. It was that noticeable. For a guy who originally said he was graduating and not coming back for his last year of eligibility, he sure got serious about gaining some size in the weight room. His lower half looks huge in comparison to 2019.

Wasn't Gillespie's uncertainty due to him considering 'retiring' due to injuries or is my recollection off? If that was the case then maybe he decided that he healed up and wants to pursue the NFL, so he is pushing to beef up, in which case playing in the fall might also be an option. I think he has a chance at the next level if he stays with it.

Until this year, he was sharing time with Bethea so not a full time starter. My opinion was this was the root of him wanting to move on with his life not injuries but I won’t swear to it being accurate.

In 2018 Bethea started ahead of Gillespie at LT for the 1st 4 games. Then Jahee Jackson, currently the starting LG, went on a 5-6 game hiatus, and never started after he came back. Bethea slid down to LG, (where he had started the final 3 games of 2017), and started the final 9 there, while Gillespie started the final 9 at LT.

It was only last (2019) season that Gillespie and Bethea rotated, but Gillespie started 13 of 16, and got more snaps.

It seemed to me that Gillespie had the quickest feet of all the OL (he was listed as the lightest by far) and did very well with the smaller, faster de ends, but not as well with the bigger, more powerful ones, or run blocking. Bethea seemed to be the opposite- did better with the heavier de ends and the run blocking, but struggled with the ligher, quicker de ends, often oleing them. He seemed more like an OG stuck out at OT..

Now that Gillespie has added the good weight, he seems to be close to the complete package..

(03-06-2021 05:26 PM)84Breeze Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 05:14 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  Not good regarding Fornadel. I guess it was a practice injury? Obviously that hurts his chances for the NFL this year. Would he stay for an extra season in the Fall and shoot for the 2022 draft/free agency?

Good news is looks like he is back in the Fall. Chance for someone else to step up and get some experience. Of course the is Gage’s blindside.


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Speaking of Gage's blindside, an interesting tidbit.
-Through the 1st possession of the 3rd qtr, had Fornadel's replacement at RT, #74 the true Fr Stephens, at RT, with Gillespie still at LT.
-2nd possession of the 3rd qtr through the end of the game, they had flipped- Stephens went to LT, Gillespie over to RT.
-3rd possession of the 3rd qtr in comes Maloney, and it is Gillespie protecting his blindside.
Maybe the possession before they replaced CJ with Maloney, they had an an inkling that Maloney would be coming in, and they wanted to switched the tackles 1 series prior? Or maybe I am thinking too much into it..

I wonder if that will be a permanent fix, Gillespie at RT, and Stephens at LT, as long as Maloney is the starting QB?

As far as Stephens, once I heard that Fornadel was out, and was replaced by a true Fr at RT, I assumed that would be a weak link and would explain some of the offense's struggles. Well, I was wrong. When I rewatched the game, I focused on Stephens (again at RT through the 1st possession of the 3rd qtr, then at LT through the rest of the game). Of course there is going to be a big drop off anytime you go from a AA senior to a true Fr, but from my armchair QB prospective, Stephens seemed to do about as well as one could expect of a true Fr. While the guy he was blocking did get 2 hits on CJ (after CJ threw the ball), and occasionally Stephens got a little help from a TE or RB, overall he seemed to hold his own in run and pass blocking. While there will no longer be the domination of an AA at that position, hopefully Stephens will continue to hold his own, improve, and not be a weak link. Think he could be a very good one in the future.

(03-10-2021 08:41 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 05:26 PM)84Breeze Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 05:14 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  Not good regarding Fornadel. I guess it was a practice injury? Obviously that hurts his chances for the NFL this year. Would he stay for an extra season in the Fall and shoot for the 2022 draft/free agency?

Good news is looks like he is back in the Fall. Chance for someone else to step up and get some experience. Of course the is Gage’s blindside.


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Speaking of Gage's blindside, an interesting tidbit.
-Through the 1st possession of the 3rd qtr, had Fornadel's replacement at RT, #74 the true Fr Stephens, at RT, with Gillespie still at LT.
-2nd possession of the 3rd qtr through the end of the game, they had flipped- Stephens went to LT, Gillespie over to RT.
-3rd possession of the 3rd qtr in comes Maloney, and it is Gillespie protecting his blindside.
Maybe the possession before they replaced CJ with Maloney, they had an an inkling that Maloney would be coming in, and they wanted to switched the tackles 1 series prior? Or maybe I am thinking too much into it..

I wonder if that will be a permanent fix, Gillespie at RT, and Stephens at LT, as long as Maloney is the starting QB?

As far as Stephens, once I heard that Fornadel was out, and was replaced by a true Fr at RT, I assumed that would be a weak link and would explain some of the offense's struggles. Well, I was wrong. When I rewatched the game, I focused on Stephens (again at RT through the 1st possession of the 3rd qtr, then at LT through the rest of the game). Of course there is going to be a big drop off anytime you go from a AA senior to a true Fr, but from my armchair QB prospective, Stephens seemed to do about as well as one could expect of a true Fr. While the guy he was blocking did get 2 hits on CJ (after CJ threw the ball), and occasionally Stephens got a little help from a TE or RB, overall he seemed to hold his own in run and pass blocking. While there will no longer be the domination of an AA at that position, hopefully Stephens will continue to hold his own, improve, and not be a weak link. Think he could be a very good one in the future.

Yes, Stephens is going to be a very good one. His background coming into JMU was much heralded and I was especially anticipating his development to lead to great success as a Duke. So far he has exceeded even my perhaps inflated expectations. With four years as a starter, this kid is going to be a beast!