FB roster update
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You mention Dennis Gibson—loved his quote when asked the difference between college and the pros, he responded, “The level of pain.”
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Usually early enrollees do well. Bankston was too but his time on campus has been crazy
164lbs just seems like too light. He will get pushed around on the outside on run plays. That has me worried. Not a big fan of Greg Eisworth losing weight either. He hits so hard that usually you want some more muscle on you to try and deaden the blow on your joints etc
Your memory is off. Lima started against UNI. They fell in love with him as soon as he set foot on campus.
Maybe you’re thinking of “Tuba” Rubin? He struggled a bit his first few games, but turned out alright.
I'd love to see a 4-2-5 where McDonald, Bailey or Peterson stand up on the edge. 50/50 whether they blitz or drop. I like having a 3rd linebacker or hybrid lineman to help tackle on the RPO WR screen.
Our secondary is going to be the weak spot again this year. I understand you don't want em too beefy, but hell the average weight is less than 185.
We return 3 All Conference guys in our secondary
I would expect the secondary and defense overall to be better with experience and more apt fundamentals.
My wonderings are the sustainability of the Oline and WR being able to get out in and create space on the outside and over the top.
I agree with you on Hummel. Isn't he possibly our fastest LB? I thought I had heard he ran pretty fast in track in HS?
I wish McDonald could play the "fast" LB spot, but that experiment was tried, and they moved him back to DE.
I sure hope McDonald doesn't end up as this super freak athlete that can't get on the field much because he's a tweener that couldn't bulk up enough to be an every down DE, and couldn't play LB because he had trouble in pass coverage.
He was on the field a lot last year especially in pass rushing situations. I’ll be surprised if his playing time disappears.
I'm going into the year just assuming that Eisworth will probably miss 3-6 games being dinged up at various times..... unless he learns how to use a better tackling technique to save his body and head.
He reminds me of Bob Sanders that played for Iowa and the Colts until his body/head couldn't take it anymore and he retired pretty young into his NFL career.
Big hitters that just put their head down and launch themselves into the ball carrier.
For his own sake, I hope he can learn a safer technique and still be just as effective of a player, or possibly even be better.
It will be interesting to watch. If we do play more 4-2-5, he has a chance to be more of an every down player. But the 3-3-5, he's going to be limited to just passing downs. And then do you take our all time sack leader off the field to put McDonald in? Actually, on 3rd and long, I could see them flipping Bailey over to the other DE spot and playing Bailey, Bankston, McDonald. That would be a pretty good pass rushing DL.
I do think that if they can find a way to get McDonald up to 255-260 by the time he's a SR, he has a chance to be one of our best DEs ever.
you might be surprised...Eisworth and L white are 2 of better safety tandems in the conference...A lot of young Frosh saw field last year at corner...only going to get better..
Yep Eisworth and White are the two best behind TCU's guys. Johnson is a stud too
I don't see how anyone can conclude our secondary will be a weak spot...its one of the best units in the conference quite frankly and nationally easily a Top 25 unit. Solid depth as well.
Athlon ranked them as best in the Big 12. Pretty solid weak spot
