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Tahj, Evan and Pence, and for now Chabi, in that five. You guys are probably right about Pence staying in the starting 5. I was thinking Groce may move Oriol to Pence's spot but having Oriol in the "Instant O" Shammah Scott 6th Man of the Year role is probably best. Especially early in the game/season if Ford brings Oriol in with Perkins to take pressure off of Tai.

Good thought! 👀👀 Tuesday night I did notice Burton is not in a walking boot, but Idk if that's news to anyone or not.

Opening night vs. the Cajuns

But I'm left to wonder if Mount Union could beat Hoban? 🤔

IIRC it was kinda rough playing your first game in the cavernous Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse against a team that already had a game under their belts. But on Saturday, if you happened to be a team playing your 3rd game in 3 days against a team playing only their 2nd game in 2 days that was also tough. So IMHO they should have just left well enough alone. Plus the Thursday of the MACT used to be one of the best days on the yearly calendar, especially in March when you're itching to find things to do.

This may have been Ford's thinking in starting Pence &/or White & bringing Oriol off the bench? After watching one game, who do you guys think the starting lineup will be? Should be?

You’re probably right. I didn’t watch the whole thing as I was trying to post on here during the timeout 😂

They edited the video a bit. I think they deleted Brutus Buckey & added the Buffalo Bull?

Tahj's game was the best 'first game' I've ever seen from a Zip. Even X Castenada had a rough outing his first go at the JAR & it took him a number of games to find his comfort level in the blue & gold. Tahj's game reminds me of X + a little trickier w/ the ball.

@ the 1:20 mark of the players' interview I think Mahaffey says neither he nor Oriol played in the first two scrimmages.

I noticed that as well! 😅

@ the 8:20 mark of the video Beaven asks about Josh Henderson. Coach said he's got a lower body injury & is going to be out a while

I’d say more driving & dishing. Would others agree? They’re giving Evan a lot of control of the offense as far as ball handling & having him drive the lane.

Tahj is really good. Perkins is gonna be a good one. We need more from Colin White.

I don’t see Josh Henderson

Unfortunately it is not.

The world is changing fast. Look at the quality of this Wadsworth vs. Nordonia game from last night. It's basically ESPN+ quality.

This is good 😂

Thanks, @catdaddyp! (out of reactions)

Thanks for the detailed breakdowns, @catdaddyp. Could you further explain two concepts you mentioned above?... Concerning the WR's: "I also want to point out the one pass play to the tight end where the receiver covered him up and caused the tight end to be an ineligible receiver. Things like that simply cannot happen." And concerning the DL: "As far as tackling the wrong back at the mesh point, we used to coach that if you were unsure, go to the last back..."

I just remember being happy with Bowden's results but then the last year or so it just felt like he was coasting & letting his staff do all the heavy lifting. No way of proving that; just a feeling. But most everyone on this site sensed the same thing. What do you mean by this, @clarkwgriswold? Anything beyond what I noted above?