OL Defections

[meangreenfaninno]

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Mean Green Newz

[UNTLifer]

For a poster concerned about parents and players reading the posts on here, you sure have a knack for coming up with inflammatory thread titles.  How about toning that back. 

[golfingomez]

1 hour ago, meangreenfaninno said:

 

what a terrible way to phrase this... It's the time of year for transfers to start picking up, nothing unusual

[untbowler]

guess that holistic family approach is not working as planned. Can we plan on another 77 new players come in for 2025?

[Big Z]

who in heck quits with a couple of games left?

[Rock]

I dont reply often but this one seems out of line.  Im sure there is more to the story than we are aware.  Poor choice of titles for a thread. 

that being said, I will be watching and cheering for my school. 

The truth has a way of finding its way to us eventually.  

[Marty]

Blair has been out all season, are we sure he's not giving up football altogether?

[3_n_out]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

Blair has been out all season, are we sure he's not giving up football altogether?

Portal

[meangreenfaninno]

5 hours ago, golfingomez said:

what a terrible way to phrase this... It's the time of year for transfers to start picking up, nothing unusual

[DeepGreen]

I would hate to lose Gabe Blair.  Seems like one of the solid anchors of the offensive line since he came on board as a Freshman.  If true, this is terrible news.

[southsideguy]

I guess there is no I in Team.....The players are now like employees.  If you quit the team maybe security should escort them of the campus.  No credits for the last semester.  This has to go both ways now.  If they finished the season is one thing but to quit with two games left not so good.

[jtm0097]

1 hour ago, DeepGreen said:

I would hate to lose Gabe Blair.  Seems like one of the solid anchors of the offensive line since he came on board as a Freshman.  If true, this is terrible news.

He quit on the team. Good riddance

[Mean Green 93-98]

If there's one thing this team can ill afford to lose, it's roadgrader runblocking O-linemen.

[RBP79]

Makes me wonder about the team's mental toughness. 

Find out tomorrow.

Edited 15 hours ago by RBP79

[Son Of A Flying Worm]

Interesting. Leke got benched for Paula Vaipulu last week but he still played on ST. He was listed as the projected starter at LG on the initial ECU game notes. Now Paula is listed as the starter on the updated version.

I mention the projected starter bit because Morris has been playing games this year with the projected offensive line starters. Larry Moore III was listed as the starting LT for several games even after it was clear Morris had no intention of starting him any longer. So, I've been taking the projected OL starting lineup from the game notes with a grain of salt for awhile. However, that Leke was on the first version of game notes, but not on the second, suggests to me that the team was caught off guard by his departure. Otherwise why even mention him even if you weren't going to start him.

Sucks about Blair but I suspected he wasn't coming back.

Edited 6 hours ago by Son Of A Flying Worm

[3_n_out]

These OL know EM playing 7-on-7. He doesn’t need them. 

[3_n_out]

Could these be signs EM is losing the team or internal division?

[wardly]

12 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

He quit on the team. Good riddance

The reason for them not playing was not given. Does anyone actually know or are we just guessing as usual.

[jtm0097]

15 minutes ago, wardly said:

The reason for them not playing was not given. Does anyone actually know or are we just guessing as usual.

Blair will be playing for one of his old OL coaches next year. Dude sat the year out to get an NIL paycheck.

[Mean Green 93-98]

11 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

Blair will be playing for one of his old OL coaches next year. Dude sat the year out to get an NIL paycheck.

I assume you're talking about Cal?

[jtm0097]

10 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

I assume you're talking about Cal?

Cal, UNC, Miss State, he will have options.

[NT93]

30 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

Blair will be playing for one of his old OL coaches next year. Dude sat the year out to get an NIL paycheck.

Sincere question:  Is this fact or speculation?

[meangreen2016]

Gonna be honest: I’m not aware how great either player was. I remember hearing the name Blair and seeing some comments that his injuries have really hurt us this year. 
A big concern going forward is how this impacts keeping the likes of QB Morris around. Dude will not want to play his senior year behind an even thinner O-line. 

[meangreen2016]

Unless there’s something else at work here… (second like has a puzzle piece)

 

https://x.com/northtexaseagle/status/1860357703765205111

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by meangreen2016

[jtm0097]

We sure Blair was hurt this year? He was scout team player of the week a few weeks ago. Also, he was moving along the sidelines fine all year. My seats were very close to the bench and I could see how disengaged he was on the sidelines.

Regarding the other opportunities, I'm not the first person to say this. It's been mentioned on a few other outlets. We will see what happens.