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FWIW, a friend within the program told me Joe and coach Rod have done a good job of mining the portal. Our OL will be no better than last season, but also no worse. The net/net here is that the team will be better because we have a QB who can quickly make reads, follow the progression and get rid of the ball. The OL is not the best, but it will not hurts us either. We may have a team that is exciting.

He has Cal Baptist written all over him.

He doesn't look bad or anything, but I wonder about the roster fit, with Steveskie, Head, Wilson, and Perkins on the roster...unless Perkins is going somewhere.

Apparently this kid is a big influencer on social media? My son knew who he was. He has 680 K followers on IG. No idea how good he is, though.

Love it, thanks for the update!!

It's not just you, I'd pass here too

Maybe it's just me but do the highlights not look that impressive? Especially for highlights.

Gee was injured last season, correct? Did Sean Patrick look like he's added any weight?

The Zips played at least 9 different OL’s yesterday. There are another 9 committed on signing day. So there are plenty of bodies to choose from in creating a solid 2-deep. The lines yesterday looked fine in pass protection. The RB’s didn’t do much so I can’t say much regarding the run blocking. I know bad offensive line play when I see it, and I didn’t see it on Saturday. Maybe it’s because the QB’s couldn’t get hit. Maybe the Zips DL’s aren’t great. Who knows…it was only one spring scrimmage. But overall our offense looks very promising.

His IG says he is announcing his commitment tomorrow at noon.

The offensive line last season was the most solid it has been in a long while. I know we had a lot of turnover at the position. Any word from coaches or eye ball test that would help you indicate how it appears?

I was able to attend today's scrimmage. Below are my notes. I will say - I am very excited for our offense! And I'm a very pessimistic guy who has soured on college sports in the NIL era. The Zips are legitimately 4-deep at WR, and have a QB that can get them the ball! Poffenbarger (#7) is the real deal. Based only upon today's scrimmage, he appears to be a poised version of Finley. His arm is "strong enough." His accuracy is excellent, but he doesn't seem to panic like Finley often did. He goes through his progressions and makes good decisions. Joey Castle looks to be the punter again Sean Patrick and Brandon Hills were the punt returners Poffenbarger got the starters reps. Ruggow was with the 2nd unit and Broughton was with the 3rd. Beals also got some PT and looks good for a guy who should be going to his high school prom next month Old friend and former Golden Gopher Marquise Williams busted a nice 30 yard TD. He played on the 2nd unit. Starting OL was 71(LT)/58(LG)/72(C)/52(RG)/50(RT) 83 and 84 got the bulk of the TE work #7 tossed a nice slant TD to Marcel Williams (#2) in tight coverage. Right on the money. Schramm had a so-so day kicking. Missed a 50 yarder badly to start the scrimmage. Nailed a 45 yarder with plenty of room to spare later in the day. Then missed a 35 yarder from the center of the field. Kyan Mason looks as good as ever. So glad he stayed. 2nd unit OL 57/70/62/58/75 Ruggow hit Jean Louis (#9)on a nice 25 yard slant. Overall, Ruggow has a decent day. #25 Chris Gee was present, but in a red jersey and didn't play. He looked to be in great shape. 1st Unit DL was: 16/5/97/10 2nd unit DL was: 90/52/51/50 Broughton hit Hills on a quick sideline pass that hills turned into a 40 yard scamper to the endzone. I look for Hills to have a big year. He had a standout scrimmage. Dwight Nonou and Israel Duncan got 1 team LB reps. Duncan (#92)is listed as a DE, but played LB. Reminds me a little of Dall. His hair is fantastic! #21 Catrell White dropped an INT from the hand of Poffenbarger. It was his one bad toss of the day...either that, or the receiver messed up his route. Who knows. First unit secondary appeared to be: 21/9/20/15/29 #81 Juke Sivon hauled in a 40 yard slant from Poffenbarger and took it to the house. Overall a great day for the WR's. Sivon is my "Sleeper of the Year".

I still find her performance to be more impressive than anything else I will see on a basketball court during the course of a game.

A little off topic but Akron favorite Red Panda was the halftime entertainment at today's Cavs/Raptors playoff game. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/F3ulDLZaIx

That's not accurate, however, his shooting percentages aren't anything to be scared of.

I saw a comment that said he had more games shooting 0-7 from 3 than games he had making 2 threes.

Drew Steffe to Buffalo. https://x.com/i/status/2045623367227539950

We get to keep Dustin's kid as a manager for free! He played almost as many minutes as Connor.

Interesting final 3.

Wonder what’s it’s going to take to resign Conner Groce???

I guess DF can be credited for some fundraising indirectly..

That might be enough to cover the architectural drawings and permits. Maybe.

$350k after 5 years to put towards a new arena. That should cover most of it.