BillySee58

Lincoln also started last year (2012) a good amount of games while Boutwell was out/limited.

Right. We all know about all there is to know (or lack thereof). I say this with no sarcasm, I just hope he's 100% going into spring.

No, I really don't know. The important thing is that he got the redshirt. I'm sure Vito will ask Mac how he's progressing injury wise before spring ball starts.

On offense Y'Barbo and Lemon will be some obvious leaders and likely captains, Y'Barbo for sure. Also Jimmerson has started to take on a more vocal role and more of a leadership role. He'll likely be one of two scholarship backs healthy in the spring and hopefully continues to grow as a leader of the running backs and the offense. On defense Akunne and Lee are the multi-year starters and seniors. Both will for sure be leaders but also James Jones. He was one of the more vocal guys on the defense this year and he can hopefully step into more of a leadership role this year.

Nice! Dajon Williams was in that top 100 at the beginning of last year. That's the Lonestar top 100, put together by the UT rivals page. The rivals top 100 for Texas is this one.http://rivals.yahoo.com/texas/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3312 Top 100 player in the state according to at least one list is good. Kid is dynamic.

Where do you see Ivery in the state top 100?

I'd imagine Darius Terrell, who came on a little at the end of the year, will be playing with a chip on his shoulder as well. Playing with plenty of emotion will not be a problem.

True, although religious missions can stop the clock. Most of BYU's players play one year, go on a mission for two, and come back as redshirt freshman or sophomore but are in their 4th school year out of high school. That's the only exception I know.

What an awesome senior class. They got a lot of praise this year and they deserved every bit of it.

Georgia had a preseason first-team all SEC qb to pull away from us. Texas has a much maligned and often injured David Ash as well as Tyrone Swoopes who completed just 38% of his passes this year. Difference is we don't have those seniors like Brelan and Zach Orr. However, if we can keep it close early and get a rhythm going on offense without turning the ball over much then I think we'll keep it close until the end this time. Of course they aren't scared of us, but we aren't scared of them. Of course they will be favored and will likely win, but this in not an unwinnable game.

Exactly. That hurry-up offense, hitting the quick routes play after play made him look like a completely different qb than when we were pounding the ball and only throwing on second and third down from under center and play action. You could tell he was much more confident and comfortable in that rhythm.

Yup, it was a great, big-time throw. He read the one-on-one matchup on the outside and put it right on the money. Why would I want to change the history that he wrote? He was a good qb and I'm very grateful for what he did. My point was that the short stuff really helps build the qbs confidence. It seemed like DT was missing early on with the longer routes and then hit a bunch of the shorter and intermediate routes which got his confidence up. That's true for any qb and I hope we do that with our new qb to ease him in and help open up our offense downfield. That's what I'm getting at.

Point 2 and 3 are the most important. That's what seperates the running qbs and the athletes playing quarterback. Making the plays with their legs after the play has broken down or he has already progressed through his reads. Running before that messes with the offense. Also, Bortles is a pretty good runner. If he wasn't surrounded by all these true dual-threats he would be touted as a Big Ben type runner.

I'm with Eastwood. That is very interesting, and I remember you posting that in another thread. Do you or your intel think he could still be the starter? That seems like something that is very fixable.

And that bottom is almost entirely in our division starting next year. 1-11 Southern Miss, 1-11 UAB, and 2-10 UTEP. Not to mention 4-8 La Tech whose wins came against UTEP, Southern Miss, FIU, and Lamar. Not to turn this into a conversation about next year's team, but man those 4 games along with Nicholls State should give us 5 automatic wins. Congrats Arkansas State and Arkst fan. One of my former teammates is a promising freshman defensive end Chris Odom.

Wow. As a Titan fan cool to see 2 recent high draft picks in Wright and Zaviar Gooden (#56) not even among the top 50 players in their class in the state. Plenty of talent will always slip through the cracks. Hopefully we'll be in position to get guys after they fall through only about 4-6 cracks rather than hoping they fall through 9-11 cracks.

Against Allen? No, guess I wasn't paying close attention on kickoffs. Edit: realized you're probably talking about the Semper Fi game. If so please give more info on X's performance. I don't get FS1 at the house I'm at right now.

Haha, it isn't an option. They're just a team who offered him. And yes, just clarifying for those who didn't know the difference or didn't actually see who offered him on the recruiting profiles.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vqyo2TxUiA At about 7:45 Kaho is taking a knee listening to the d-line huddle. Also an Anthony Wallace appearance.

Yup. He was #52 on Rivals Texas top 100.

I didn't direct my comment at you. It was for anyone who was unsure or thought it might have been NDSU who offered him. 90 mentioned Fargo and appeared to be confused about which North Dakota school offered Xavier, but I did not direct my comment at him either. Just wanted to clear up any confusion or potential confusion.

Okay, so that's who that guy was on the sidelines. You can see him over by the sideline d-line huddles in Beyond The Green. And in the locker room.

Emmitt and Greg are both spot on. There's nothing scary about their roster except maybe Jonathan Gray. Brown and Bergeron are good bruisers as well. I also feel like Jonathan Gray may be breaking down. He played 64 games and had over 1200 carries in high school. Aledo may have out too much tread on those tires.

Losing him and Jeffcoat will help immensely. Still holding out hope that Quandre Diggs declares.

Washington was offered by North Dakota, not North Dakota State.