BillySee58

I know this is sarcasm on how narratives can be framed, but at the end of the day RB is pretty low in terms of VAR (value above replacement) type discrepancy. If we aren’t good enough it’s going to be much easier to tie the failures back towards defense and quarterback play. As long as that gets taken care of it should, Siggers will be an afterthought like Bussey was this season.

Exactly. A lot of sour grapes going on to convince themselves that this wasn’t as big a loss as it was. Siggers was running the ball better than any of our backs once he got back. Would he have been our best back next year? Obviously can’t know for sure but there is an easy argument to him being our best back, AND we have a good group still. Both can be true.

Cal, Texas Tech, and Baylor all scheduled for home and homes and Missouri I think was a 2-1

Skladany was 65 in 2013

Don’t you have to go return some videotapes?

Yeah he’s proving me wrong as well. Doing a great job of cutting and being productive offensively.

Looked good today. We were able to respond really well to UTEP’s punches, especially when they’d go on a run after we worked hard to climb back. We always had another run left in the tank when we needed it.

4-2-5 base is what I’d expect, from his previous stops

Flail your body when you shoot and these refs give you free throws. Meanwhile our guys get bodied when shooting and no whistle. Feeling it in a close game.

Good work, JayD

What is this based on. What true freshmen would he be behind? What have any of our true freshmen backs done that would cause the coaches to put them ahead of a back who just ran for 120 in our last game?

He’s a badass. He was an all-CUSA caliber back before a dude at Southern Miss gator rolled his ankle and put him out for a few games, then he came back and was all-CUSA caliber again, then had a major knee injury last game of the season( never fully disclosed what it was). He wasn’t the same guy at the start of this season since it had still only been 9 months from the injury, but by the end of the season he was our best back again. He had 120 yards on 17 carries in the bowl game against App State, showing he was fully back IMO. Someone said he runs scared which couldn’t be further from the truth. He runs with some juice. That being said, I hope he goes 0-2 against us.

Following in Cade Pearson’s footsteps. Also, it’s funny how when kids commit to P5s over us we have people saying things along the lines of “good luck riding the bench,” and when our bench guys transfer we have people saying “what’s wrong with being a backup?” Different folks prioritize different things in their decisions. It is head scratching though.

Yes, RB is the easiest position to replace, and I didn’t think he was freshman year Jamario. Just thought a Siggers/Adaway 1-2 punch would’ve been the best in CUSA (unless you count McCormick and QB Frank Harris). We can’t build an offense around Siggers but I don’t know if can build one around Adaway for the same reasons. Which is why it would’ve been nice to have them in tandem, so we wouldn’t have to over-rely on only one of them staying healthy. Luckily a duo of Adaway and Torrey is nothing to be worried about, compared to the rest of the roster. Also, not sure it’s fair to paint Siggers as injury prone. He had a minor injury in 2019 because some dirty player at USM was gator rolling his ankle after a tackle, then he had the knee injury against UAB which bled into this year. It took him a month or two to get back to ~100% and he was there at the end. It wasn’t new injuries popping up.

We’re at 83 scholarship guys by my count. If we add 7-10 more guys like JD mentioned, that’s 90-93 scholarship guys. We were sitting around 77 scholarship guys last season, which is pretty close to where we sit most seasons. So we could lose about another 12-15 of our current scholarship guys and still have more players on scholarship in 2021 than we did in 2020. It’s easy to see all of these transfers and get concerned about our depth, but we are almost assuredly still going to have a handful more scholarship players in 2021 than we did in 2020.

Agreed. I would think Rucker is gone but holding out hope until announcement is official. Also, the sit-out free transfer is a one-time deal. Since Rucker was given a waiver and allowed to play immediately this season, that may preclude him from being able to play immediately again should he want to transfer to another FBS school.

Along these lines the connections thing also gives HS coaches too much credit in influencing their players decisions. Much more often than not it’s more important on convincing their parents than their HS coaches.

Loved the amount of guys contributing today. Hopefully that pays off come tomorrow. Good win

Cut the turnovers down and be more decisive offensively. Otherwise pretty good stuff.

I don’t think so. Would imagine those probably all go to the defensive side of the ball.

No. We get 25 per class. Defections doesn’t change that.

Agree with everything except Siggers. The only RB we can legitimately make an argument is better is Adaway. Siggers looked like the Siggers of old at the end of the season and that’s a legit all-CUSA caliber guy. We can’t judge the situation on the current roster. What do we look like come August? That’s what matters.

I sure hope so. Jordan Rucker (Purdue transfer) started the season, then opted out a few games in. Seems like the other opt out guys have been among the ones hitting the portal this week. Hope Rucker comes back.

By my count we’re now at 83 scholarships for next season. We have at least 7 spots left in our class.

Right before the season started. John Davis, originally out of Euless Trinity. https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/roster/john-davis-jr-/4953