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I got in about half an hour after the showcase started. I didn’t see Head’s first drive, but what I did see of him, he throws a nice ball. Saw his final two series and only one shoe top pass in those series. Everything else was crisp, fast, and on target.

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On 4/9/2022 at 12:35 PM, p_phelps said:

I don't know what to think about this.  He's clearly the best? Either he took a huge leap at age 30 or we're in trouble 

Aune’s stats were rather good in 2020 when we had Darden. Perhaps Maclin can be the new Darden.

Aune catches a lot of flak for last season but only deserving of some of it. Most forget that he was throwing to a group of walkons and freshmen last season.

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It was very vanilla, as expected.  The offense used one new formation, one new play and one new blocking scheme (and that one may not have been new, just how to block the play against the front they were getting).  Also, we seem to be fully committed to running the ball.  This scheme is designed to come off the ball and get an extra blocker at the point of attack.  This is not the passive zone/stretch scheme from two years ago.  This is a downhill running game.

A lot of new faces in the offensive line, but no obvious problems.  The #2 offensive line was able to run the ball against the #1 defense, but it is hard to tell how many starters were sitting on defense.  Aune ran the offense well.  Ruder did not suit up.  Earle seemed to be ranked ahead of Head.  He ran the first series with the 2 offense and was the first QB with the 1's after Aune.  Head seems to have a really quick release.

The most impressive player to me was #30 Gumms.  He is listed as a TE, but was used in a number of ways.  Lee and Alberding did not suit up, so he went with the 1's and 2's.  It is hard to know if he is ahead of them or not.  Also, both Ragsdale and Adeyi seem to have picked up where they left off.  Burns had a nice day, but he had better or we will have trouble keeping 8 out of the box.  I was also looking forward to seeing Tommy Bush.  He ran some drills early, but did not play in the scrimmage portion of the day.

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UNT86 -

Thank you for your game or showcase report. Like you said the game plan was vanilla.  
I would like to know which players are the number one OL. Can you list these players for me? While you are at it, who were the starting DL players ? 
Again thank you for your report!

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Starting OL was 64 Jett Duncan, 65 Gabe Blair, 72 Manase Mose, 77 Kaci Moreka, and I cannot remember the last OL.  There were only 10 OL suited up.  After the scrimmage, 11 OL were running conditioning drills.  I did not get any of the numbers of the starting DL.  Enoch Jackson made an impression on the DL, but I don't remember if he was a 1 or a 2.

The #1 defense seemed to have a mixture of 1's and 2's.  

Sorry.  This I thought my memory would be better and I didn't write it down.

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Thanks UNT86 for the OL information!

Looks like all the 290-320 lbs guys are running the OL- but all of these guys are 6-1 to 6-4. 

I remember how small our OL and DL looked as compared to the Miami of Ohio line players in the bowl game. I believe our small size against the huge Miami players put us in a disadvantage all game long.

 

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All 3 QB's showed ability. Earle had a quick release and Aune looked much improved and more precise with his throws . At WR, Maclin is the real deal and provides the ability to stretch the field. When we get a few of the key receivers back to full strength along with Maclin, we should be solid. Running backs appear deep and will have the ability to run and chew clock. Oline appears to be in sync and better designed for the run game. I could see us living on the run to set up the pass.

Defense had a lot of guys out but I expect to see more rotations especially upfront as compared to last year. Today they ran more 3-3 and 3-4 concepts with the Devil flexed to twins which seemed to allow more disruption in the short passing game. #98 is a real deal strong side DE and has a big motor. I see 59 and 15 working the Devil position as more hybrids than true DE's while flexed out, compared to Murphy (11) who played a true DE mostly. The DT's will rotate among 4-5 guys it seems. 30 looked solid at LB and appears to be filling the run better. 19 seemed to have dropped some weight and looked more like a safety build as compared to last year. They moved 36 from Eagle to LB due to depth it appears. 25 and 2 were out and I think there will be some adjustments in the back end moving forward. The deep ball got the D a few times. 

Kicking game will be solid again this season. 

My biggest take-away was it appeared team chemistry and overall mood was considerably better than last year. Everyone seemed to be upbeat with no drama. 

Just my 2 cents as a fan.    

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UNTLifer Grand Master

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From the post above:

98: Trieb

59: Leota

15: Kropp

30: Nixon

19: Brown

36: Smith

25: Thomas Faulkner

2: Gaddie

@Okiefan, thanks for the insights. 

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I believe Gunms(30) is going to be a matchup nightmare for people and I thought Aune looked more comfortable plus I thinks Earle has that something. Head looked good I think we will surprise some people. Overall defense solid and the offense looks improved🦅🏈GMG

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On 4/9/2022 at 4:04 PM, UNT86 said:

It was very vanilla, as expected.  The offense used one new formation, one new play and one new blocking scheme (and that one may not have been new, just how to block the play against the front they were getting).  Also, we seem to be fully committed to running the ball.  This scheme is designed to come off the ball and get an extra blocker at the point of attack.  This is not the passive zone/stretch scheme from two years ago.  This is a downhill running game.

A lot of new faces in the offensive line, but no obvious problems.  The #2 offensive line was able to run the ball against the #1 defense, but it is hard to tell how many starters were sitting on defense.  Aune ran the offense well.  Ruder did not suit up.  Earle seemed to be ranked ahead of Head.  He ran the first series with the 2 offense and was the first QB with the 1's after Aune.  Head seems to have a really quick release.

The most impressive player to me was #30 Gumms.  He is listed as a TE, but was used in a number of ways.  Lee and Alberding did not suit up, so he went with the 1's and 2's.  It is hard to know if he is ahead of them or not.  Also, both Ragsdale and Adeyi seem to have picked up where they left off.  Burns had a nice day, but he had better or we will have trouble keeping 8 out of the box.  I was also looking forward to seeing Tommy Bush.  He ran some drills early, but did not play in the scrimmage portion of the day.

I've noticed him in both scrimmages leading up to the spring game. This guy needs to be on the field this fall. He kind of reminds me of that WR for SF #19 Deebo Samuels, who runs from scrimmage on occasion. Gumms didn't run from scrimmage, but based on what I've seen, he could.

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