Big Man On Campus

mgsteve · July 22, 2009

TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS

emmitt01 · July 22, 2009

Just another in the long line of "what could have been" players...

Michael Ruff

Kirk Francis

Andrew Smith

Joey Byerly

Demario Thomas

And so on, and so on....

Got5onIt · July 22, 2009

Glad to see TJ doing well and hope he gets his shot at getting an invite to an NFL team. Just wish he could've made it here.

I forgot about Big Z & Dylan and how dominating they were. Lineberry was a monster.

KRAM1 · July 22, 2009

Emmitt...you are beginning to become your Avatar! Surely, there is something...something...positive you see in what's happening with the program these days. Something...anything????

untbowler · July 22, 2009

Emmitt...you are beginning to become your Avatar! Surely, there is something...something...positive you see in what's happening with the program these days. Something...anything????

As much as I disagree with Emmitt he has a point here, why are we supposed to take something positive about a player who could not hack it at UNT and transferred. Yeah for him that he is doing well, but it is a sad he could not do it here.

H-towngreen · July 22, 2009

Just another in the long line of "what could have been" players...
Michael Ruff
Kirk Francis
Andrew Smith
Joey Byerly
Demario Thomas
And so on, and so on....

You'll have this same list of players at any school. And how is Demario on this list, he never even stepped on campus?

Charlie NT 73 · July 22, 2009

Demario is another example of busted scholarships.

OL Rendal Bailey, OL Ajani Banks, OL Jack Crumes,

RB Thomas Pratt, DT Tim Patton, come to my mind too.

Emmit was right, the list does go on and on.

And you wonder why with 4 New Orleans Bowls,

and 4 SBC championships, NT is not where Troy

is now!

The Fake Lonnie Finch · July 22, 2009

Demario is another example of busted scholarships.
OL Rendal Bailey, OL Ajani Banks, OL Jack Crumes,
RB Thomas Pratt, DT Tim Patton, come to my mind too.
Emmit was right, the list does go on and on.
And you wonder why with 4 New Orleans Bowls,
and 4 SBC championships, NT is not where Troy
is now!

Throw in the plethora of players that have left during the Dodge era and you have your answer.

emmitt01 · July 22, 2009

My point wasn't to take a shot at the current staff (there willl be chances a plenty this season), nor to say that we are the only school that loses players (though if you think Oklahoma, USC, or even Southern Miss have this many "misses" you are foolish). My point was to point out just how much talent has signed at NT never to benefit us in any way. Just think of what the teams of the last 5 years could have been had every player who signed in February suited up in September.

UNT90 · July 22, 2009

Just think of what the teams of the last 5 years could have been had every player who signed in February suited up in September.

Which is why I hate relying on JC and transfer players.

H-towngreen · July 22, 2009

My point wasn't to take a shot at the current staff (there willl be chances a plenty this season), nor to say that we are the only school that loses players (though if you think Oklahoma, USC, or even Southern Miss have this many "misses" you are foolish). My point was to point out just how much talent has signed at NT never to benefit us in any way. Just think of what the teams of the last 5 years could have been had every player who signed in February suited up in September.

Agreed, if you look at the last 2 classes of the DD tenure there are only 5-6 names that you would recognize. Seriously, take a look. It's pretty bad, especially considering that was in the midst of 4 Bowl games. Then couple that with TD's first class, put together in a few weeks. Its no wonder these last few years turned out this way.

UNTLifer · July 22, 2009

My point wasn't to take a shot at the current staff (there willl be chances a plenty this season), nor to say that we are the only school that loses players (though if you think Oklahoma, USC, or even Southern Miss have this many "misses" you are foolish). My point was to point out just how much talent has signed at NT never to benefit us in any way. Just think of what the teams of the last 5 years could have been had every player who signed in February suited up in September.

There is only one reason DD was able to sign these young men to a LOI at NT and that is the same reason they never made it...they didn't have the grades.