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Below is the order I believe the 2023 recruiting classes (including portal players) should be ranked. To be honest, there is such little separation between the top 8 teams they could be ranked in a number of different ways. Ball State and Bowling Green are close to each other but have a bit of a drop off from the top 8. Kent State is next. Northern Illinois easily holds down the last spot in my opinion. 1) Eastern Michigan 2) Buffalo 3) Toledo 4) Miami 5) Akron 6) Western Michigan 7) Ohio 8) Central Michigan 9) Ball State 10) Bowling Green 11) Kent State 12) Northern Illinois I’m sure more portal players will be added at some point. We landed a handful in April last year (including Thompson, Whigan, and George). Bowling Green moved their spring practice up to get a better idea of who will transfer out and try to get ahead of the portal window.

I noticed the other night that the ESPN+ commercial loop that shows while you are waiting for an event to start shows us scoring a touchdown

I know some freshmen will work their way onto the two deep, especially at the skill positions. I’m just not sure how long it will take for that to happen. Below is my best guess of how things will start out. What does everyone else think? OFFENSE QB: Irons Undercuffler RB: Wiley Lingard WR: Adams Golden WR: George Anderson WR: Thomas Gathings TE: Banks Clark LT: Landers Chambers LG: Banes Robarge C Georges T Williams RG: Kilbane K Davis RT: N Williams Frank DEFENSE DE: R Johnson Cheatom DT: Holt Murphy DT: Thomas T Jones DE: Rabah Richardson LB: Arslanian Griffin LB: McCoy Fish Nickel: Tallandier Lewis CB: Hunter Threatt SS: Thompson Woods FS: Martin C. Thomas CB: Golden-Nelson Durant

I am none of the above but have some information: Additions - Carter Cormier, Jackson Hebert, Alejandro Varela and Rui Reis (both Keiser University) Subtractions - Santiago Frias, Conor Lee, Jak Higginbotham Graduated - Kingsford, Kauzlaric, Portman,

Yes, had like 19 in the first half and started the 2nd half with a beauty of a turnaround jumper. Didn't do much after that. Zips led by 20 at the break and I didn't move a muscle on my couch to jinx it. They were pounding them til BVP and Tommy Schmuck hit a bunch of 3s in the final minutes. Awesome win.

Didn't Ali Ali go off in Athens last year?

Froelich is the real deal. She built a national championship level program at Ashland. I wish we had acted to grab her before BG but we did not want to eat the remaining year(s) of our coach's contract. Cleveland is not going to save this staff.

"Just get to Cleveland" isn't a slogan that inspires confidence.

Always admire how Groce comes out and faces the music after a loss. Quick turnaround to Athens will be good for the Zips, similar to the BG/Buffalo turnaround in 2020.

Looks like the good Dr has everything back to normal on my end.

Yes, I thought they did a really great job of sending help defense the moment Freeman dribbled then recovering fast enough defensively to prevent too many open looks. I've s*** on Toledo's defense as bad as anyone on this board all season, but they showed up with effort. They did a fantastic job of contesting Castaneda on 3's and forcing the ball out of Freeman's hands. They came in with a good game plan and more importantly executed it.

Here are a few thoughts on Paul Davis’ film. He is absolutely worthy of his 3 star ranking and this may turn out to be a situation like Landers of last year where a kid who should be playing P5 landed with us in the end. 1st Highlight - Davis isn’t necessarily explosive getting out of his stance, but he has long strides and deceptive speed. Watch how he high points the ball in the air and catches it with his hands extended away from his body. He then has the hand strength to hang onto the pass while surrounded by guys who are bumping into him and swiping at the ball. Next highlight (starting at 0:18) - Davis displayed his body control and hand/eye coordination. When the camera zooms to Davis he is being bumped and the defender has a hand up in his line of vision. Davis again caught the ball away from his body and demonstrated his hand strength (although would rather see him immediately tuck the catch in). Often receivers are unable to make the reception when defenders are bumping them along the route. Really impressive catch. Highlight on kickoff return (catches ball at 1:00 mark) - Davis is unlikely to be a kick returner at the college level and I’m not highlighting his weaving through the traffic. Instead, notice how he runs through several ankle tackles and hardly breaks stride as he gets closer to midfield and beyond. He is slowed down some, but soon kicks it back up to his top gear. That’s natural balance, lower body strength, and body control some players do not have. WR screen for touchdown (starting at 1:38) - Davis understands angles. Watch how he catches the ball and allows his blocks to set up. Davis started running in one direction and then made a subtle move to make the defender miss before getting vertical. Knowing when to push sideways and when to get vertical is one trait that separates players who will make it at the college level. Next highlight (starting at 1:57) - Davis again turned a simple screen into a touchdown. I’m not going to say much about this one is except he looks like a man among boys here. I’m guessing the team he is playing against isn’t exactly top tier. It’s sometimes hard to gauge a receiver when their whole highlight film is running and catching deep routes, but Davis makes plays in a variety of ways

Yikes. Down 31 points with 5 minutes left to a team that's 3-7 in the MAC.

Outscored by 21 in the 3rd quarter after being tied at half. That's what can happen in DeKalb.