BillySee58

Happy birthday guys! Have a good one!

I agree. I think he'll have a great chance to crack the two-deep. I'm more curious who will play nose this spring. Especially with Orr out and with things not sounding great on the Sir Calvin front. I think Tauaalo may have even more potential at the 3-tech, but we need his size at the nose right now. Should be fun to watch.

Attended K-State Junior Day this past Saturday.

Celina WR Cash Conder http://fb.me/2Y5KUeYpd Holds an Akron offer. Stats are in the 247 link. http://northtexas.scout.com/a.z?s=353&p=8&c=1&nid=7308441 http://247sports.com/Player/Cash-Conder-38267 Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2572941/cash-conder

Yeah, but 7 of those 8 will be seniors, so not much reason to transfer. Especially considering only 1 of those 7 has graduated, so the other 6 can't use the graduate transfer rule for inmediate eligibility elsewhere. And the 1 who has graduated already used that rule to transfer here (Gaines). Then the only non-senior of those 8 is Maurice Aniefiok, who will be a 4th year junior and who is at his 3rd college, so I'd imagine he just wants to settle here. Can't completely exclude the possibility of transfers, but they just wouldn't make sense from those returners.

Who plays the nose in huddle 2? Moore or Watson? Sounds like they're both pretty good, but at they're size they'd probably be better suited at the 3-tech than at nose. But at least one of them will likely have to play nose out of necessity, unless Sir Calvin can turn things around.

Yup. Akunne has one of the most impressive size and speed combos on the team. I think he ran a 4.5 (probably not laser) and is up over 240. He certainly looks like it when he plays as well, so it isn't fool's gold. A big senior year and he could get on some NFL teams' radars. Also, really excited to see Garner in the fall. Maybe won't have the size to be an every-down linebacker, and we won't need him to be, but he could absolutely be a weapon on 3rd down. With his coverage skills (was offered as a safety by Purdue) and his blitzing skills (10 sacks last year as an lb) he could be used in different ways.

The thing about Moore over Wallace at DT, is that you'd be asking Moore to play nose, and he only weighs about 250 lbs on the roster. That's tough for a 3-technique at that weight, let alone a nose. But I am excited about Moore. Loved his film. Warner may start over Evans, but it'd be surprising to me if Warner started out with the 1s. At least at the beginning of spring, since he was injured all last year.

This is just totally and completely false. You've been to every game this year, per the official attendance.

First of all, thanks for the response Harry. One thing I'd say about corner is that I could see the coaches giving Chad Davis a shot in James Jones' spot. Whitfield and Buyers both have played on the far side of the field thus far in their careers, and Jones plays on the short side. I could see Davis starting out over their, even though Whitfield has more experience. Although they could try Whitfield on the short side. That'll be interesting to watch, as will be offensive and defensive tackle. Is A Johnson out? And would they start Sir Calvin, despite the workout reviews, or are we reading into them too much?

Who goes out with huddle 1 first in team drills? Taking into account players out with injury. Notable guys out at least for the beginning of the spring include James Jones, Austin Orr, Reggie Pegram, and probably a few more. Can't confirm who exactly will be out or limited for spring.

Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/1790350/joshua-jones From Chad Davis' high school. Really hope we're going strong after this kid. If we could pull him or Larry Hughes we could have a legitimate left tackle of the future. Both are 6'7" and we're the first to offer Hughes and, since we're the second to offer Jones, hopefully we can get a big lead on either of them before the big schools come in. Akamnonu would be as well, but K-State would be really tough to beat out and I'm sure he has more offers to come. We really don't have a true left tackle on our roster once Antonio Johnson graduates. This is our 9th o-line offer, I believe. I think we have 8 d-line offers, so pretty safe to say we are working the trenches this class, as we should.

Pay article on Holmes, by Gabe Brooks. Our boy Gabe is trying to drop us hints, guys ($). http://foxs.pt/No2xSy

Yeah, I mean, it's just an early offer. I wish our coaches would be quicker at pulling the trigger with guys like this. It's an uphill battle recruiting against these high-caliber schools. But when you're coming in and offering after they already have, you better hope the kid gives us a chance and absolutely falls in love with us. Or else, even more slim of a chance than before. That's why I love that we were first to offer guys like Larry Hughes and Kenneth Mann. But we'll see. Maybe Moore does give us a chance. I just wouldn't hold my breath on it.

Linebacker from Cedar Hill. Not much over 6' 200 lbs. The fact that he has such a good offer list at his size speaks to the type of player he is. Really wished we would've gotten in on this kid earlier. Especially after watching him play early in the state title game. Not holding my breath at this point, but we'll see how it plays out. http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Richard-Moore-144375 http://247sports.com/Player/Richard-Moore-21088 http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/182023/richard-moore Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/1443557/richard-moore

What's your outlook towards next year's team? With 8 players back, including 4 starters (Alzee Williams the lone graduating starter), as well all of our posts back, and the potential additions of Wesley, Combs, Deandre Harris, Carrington Ward, and another player. Likely a JUCO PG. You still have to hold your breath on all the players making it in, as that has been a major problem during the Benford era. Especially with a couple of those incoming guys having some grade hiccups in the past. But next year could be Benny's first full roster of 13 scholarship players eligible and healthy.

Sorge is my pick to click this year. He was on the travel squad and he definitely looks the part. As does my boy Truss. He has the strength and the size to really be a good one. Really pulling for him to put it together this spring. Proud of him either way, but I want to see him putting dudes on the grass.

Good to know. Pulling a guy from South Tennessee away from Ole Miss would be tough even if we were doing well. Not sure if he is Ole Miss bound, just assuming, which isn't always the best thing to do.

Exactly. But getting a big man this late in the process, you'd be lucky to get someone as productive as Colin Voss. Not saying that's the absolute best post we could get, but it's just hard with so many good guys off the board at this point. And that's getting a good 4 (power forward). Getting a quality center with legitimate center size would be quite the rabbit pull out of the hat.

Cooley, or ask NT03. We just offered a JUCO pg from Tennessee named Dequon Miller. I think he holds an offer from Ole Miss as well, and he has pretty good stats. I don't think he's playing great competition, but his stats are impressive nonetheless. He is only 5'10" though. http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2013-14/div1/players/dequonmiller8i7l

I don't think a transfer senior would be such a good idea. Then we'd have 8 seniors on next year's roster.

Yeah, they're solid. But Wilms is only averaging 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks a game. Don't get me wrong, he is a stud. But it's not like he's been averaging 14, 8, and 3 blocks a game like he got today.

Not looking good on either fronts.