BillySee58

DT has the same baseball-pitcher-esque long wind up that Tim Tebow was highly criticized for entering his nfl draft. Tim Tebow was also a Heisman trophy winner.

Derek Thompson was a sophomore two years in a row. He applied for his waiver the year after he broke his leg against army and got it.

Why he played in the first place is still beyond me. But as long as he gets the redshirt it'll be fine with me. It was cool to see how well Dajon did end up doing fwiw at this point.

Lincoln played a great game.

Side note, it appears Reinhardt is redshirting this year to cut weight and have him at a good weight for a tight end. He said on his twitter that he came in at 285 and he has gotten down to somewhere in the low 260s iirc with a goal of getting down to 250. I thought we'd see him moved to defensive tackle with our lack of size and depth at that position, not to mention Boutwell and Abbe graduating after this year. The coaching staff liked him at tight end enough to recruit him there and they still do. He could be quite the force wherever he ends up.

This is what I was saying. Not quite the belldozer, but just a package. Not necessarily for short yardage, but just have a package for BB where we can give a new wrinkle to our stagnant running game. But yes Stan, it seems that good new ideas seem out of the question with our coaching staff. Coaches being stubborn has been the downfall of many coaches. Hope it isn't D-Mac downfall.

Isn't Tulane supposed to have calls go against them since they are leaving CUSA?

Jones has been solid all year. He is our best cover corner. Also, sweet pickup by Pegram at 1:18 and good pass pro overall. We're giving DT the time, we should be throwing deep more. Also, the sack by LaFrance looks like the lineman were in slide protection and were leaving LaFrance to get picked up by a running back. If not either the center or the guard should've peeled back and picked him up when they saw they had no one to block on their slide side.

Good point. And I absolutely agree that we should throw more. Teams are running 8 in the box all the time, might as well make them pay. I'm as big a DT critic as there is, but I think we have a better chance if he is slinging it downfield.

I wasn't being anti-Derek in my thread about using a running qb for the record. I know that isn't the only anti-DT talk you are referring to, just wanted to clear that up. I was proposing that we use some zone read to mix things up and add misdirection to our running game since running right at people isn't working. We should do more of that with DT, but I would like to see us out our running qbs in there to do that as well as make a throw to keep defenses honest against that wildcat. GOMG2013 is right. Dinking and dunking is helping our passing stats since DT is getting yards and completions from them, but they aren't helping our team a whole lot. Our scoring has not improved dramatically from last year, except for the Idaho and Ball St game. Defenses will stack the box unless we show that we can complete a pass 15+ yards down the field effectively. We have to throw more of those passes. If DT can't complete them so be it.

It's sports. Everyone whose kids aren't playing are pissed. No one is happy to see their kids riding the bench. Although I would like to see them give Berglund a chance to make a play with his feet every once in a while.

Congrats on his touchdown today!

An effective zone read can be pulled off even if the blocking isn't great, sometimes. Misdirection as opposed to running it right at them

If they move up then you make the throw. That's the difference between having a fast qb back there instead of a guy like Brelan who is either going to hand it off or run it himself.

Even more frustrating why Mac put him in that first game. I sometimes feel like he just put him in to stay true to his words when he said Williams would not redshirt in fall camp.

Well guys, tough loss. Let me start off by saying this isn't a blame-everything-on-DT thread, or even a replace DT thread. While he isn't doing great our running game is clearly not doing anything. I didn't get to watch the game so I'm not sure if it was because they were stuffing 8 in the box or what, but our running game woes continue. So should we put in another qb to run a little wildcat for a change of pace every now and then? Not wildcat where you put a guy like Chancellor back there and he either hands the ball off or runs it. But a dual threat qb who does a little zone read and can actually make a pass here and there to keep the defense honest. I don't care who. Williams has already burned his redshirt barring an injury and Berglund looked very elusive in the spring, not to mention Mcnulty who has been a change-of-pace running qb in the past.

I argued that he isn't really that big a risk. His size is a hindrance, but for what we are going to ask from him I don't think it will pose much of a problem. If we had him at qb it would be a risk, or if we had him at running back his size would make it very difficult to run in between the tackles. But his one job is to be dangerous when he's in the open field and our coaches are going to do what they can to get him the ball in the open field a few times a game. Mainly on returns at least to start out his career.

You got it. That's what we call breakaway speed.

Not to mention Murray was in basically the whole game. It wasn't like they pulled him one drive after halftime because the game was in hand. He was throwing all game and often.

I don't think he's a high risk. If we were bringing him in to play qb then I'd say high risk. We're bringing him in to contribute which I think he will do. Return specialist to start his career and later could be a guy to get a few carries and/or a few catches a game. As we saw last year when Jimmerson and Chancellor went down, you need to have a few playmakers to spare.

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Yup, good catch! Also, for a kid averaging almost 12 yards a carry he is pretty big. Not a little speedy scat back. Should be interesting to watch this recruiting progress.

Wow. That's awesome! These DeSoto kids will contribute here

Senior running back from Ryan who we are apparently targeting according to Vito. He has rushed for 535 yards, 4 tds, and 11.6 yards per carry according to the article. http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2013/10/wednesday-afternoon-notes-football-recruiting-tidbits-et-cetera.html/ No offers according to rivals. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Tyrone-Williams-150473

I was wondering, since Rutherford seems pretty big, if he could be a guy we pack some weight on and move to tight end as a pass-catching threat like we did with Marcus Smith. Also, you seem very in the know with regards to East Texas football. Keep us updated with these East Texas kids if you can. Very much appreciated.