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For a spring game the crowd was ok. Nice to have the band there. Agreed that Finley is the hands-down starter. Need him to stay healthy. Special teams is scary. At least the FG kicking. Zips were trying a couple different holders, so maybe that contributed to some of the misses. But if nothing changes, fans will be sweating out every FG, whether it's a 27 or a 45 yarder. In the two scrimmages I attended up to the spring game, Wasel was the 3rd QB, and Roggow was 4th. Neither got very many reps up until the spring game. Both played a fair amount last Saturday and Roggow looked much more comfortable. Jordon Simmons looks to be the #1 RB. Seems to have both power and speed. Kellom looks to be #2. To be honest, I'd put Blake Hester at #3. He had a nice spring. Defense looks solid. Corners played well. Stout up front. LB's are the strength. OL has a ways to go. Hopefully it gets sorted out in August. Adrian Norton looks like the #1 WR. Walker and Campbell seem to be solid. I hear JD is on the road, meeting with a couple Portal WR's this week. Seems like Joe is happy with the assembly of talent he has this season. I'd like to think in Finley can stay healthy that we'll finally see Joe's offensive reputation manifest itself on the field. It should be MUCH better than when Irons, Tahj and Undercuffler were taking snaps.

I have 4 years of eligibility and can make 50% of extra points if the linemen are 5'10 and under.

I would expect to see a few of our players enter the portal.

Ever the optimist I'm expecting four wins this season! Call me crazy, but I'm calling for a 100% increase over last season. Let's not be afraid to reach for the stars.

Stacked?

He had his chance. Time to move on.

Wasel in portal per 247. Bummer.

I think we have a portal kicker coming this summer?

Glad he didn't end up where his dad played.

What a great Saturday/Sunday performance. Saturday's 7th and 8th inning explosions really rocked the Broncos and what a great game pitched by Jared Schaeffer. Then Sunday we started to make plans to leave Skeeles and catch a late lunch when WMU got up 7 to 1 (I know, ye of little faith) but we sat on our blanket and watched the Zips go nuts in the bottom of the 2nd for 7 and never looked back (well, sort of never. Pitching limited the Broncos to a run here and there, and we saw a lot of balls leave the park. My only question is why Coach Fualds pitched to CJ Richmond??? He kept hitting it everywhere and out of here. Anyway, 2 big wins!

He’s a talent for sure. On par with Adams and George physically. Played all over the field in high school. Just speculation on my part, but I wonder if catching the ball consistently has kept him off the field. Once it’s in his hands, he can really move.

My blind guess: Fulford to WVU.

Seems like he'd be a really good get. Don't think he crossed paths with Joe Mo at Miss St, but definitely would have familiarity with Finley. Also, today is the last date of the current transfer portal window. I would be surprised if we didn't have more players enter..

Hearing some more rumblings about a staff member leaving and joining a bigger school, thoughts?

WR from Cal. Originally a 4 star commitment to Mississippi State. 3 years of eligibility.

Long Snapper from Stony Brook.

Props to Duquesne on including Akron

Ra’Heim Moss to Oregon Toledo taking Ls already and it’s not even March in Cleveland yet.

Note the "#Team109" that is clearly stolen from Groce/Akron.

Praying both scenarios are synonymous.

I’ll wait for three wins in a season, and build from there.

I was distracted a good portion of the time, but here were some things I gathered. Most of these names have already been mentioned that were held out: OL - Seymour and Shor WR - Adams, Wilson, Rush DL - L Jackson and Richards LB - Spriggs DB - Jarmon and Hunter QB - Finley is head and shoulders above the other quarterbacks. Bullock should be effective in situational setups, but the offense will struggle if he’s thrust into the starter role again. Roggow looked further along than Wasel to me. Take that with a grain of salt as it was only one day and one scrimmage. All the QBs have some mobility. RB - Definitely no one with the size or ability of Lingard, although Simmons had a nice run and will likely be the starter. No power backs on the roster may come back to bite us in short yardage situations. WR - Norton is the real deal at WR. I’m calling it now, All-MAC year coming his way. I thought JUCO transfer Campbell looked good too. It’s easy to see the upside in Louis and Davis. Not sure if they are quite ready to consistently contribute, but maybe they will have a strong summer and fall camp. TE - The TE group looked good blocking and receiving. This should be the best group of TEs to date. OL - The offensive line had their moments, but were overwhelmed for a substantial part of the scrimmage. To be fair, the defensive front is extremely impressive. Missing a player like Seymore can make a difference. James has come a long way at left tackle. Blachard also looked good. I saw redshirt freshman Mann pancake someone (didn’t get a number) and I think it was redshirt freshman Morris who crushed someone on a pulling block. All that being said, we are still not where we need to be along the OL. We have a chance to be decent if everyone is healthy and development continues, but the recent portal offers make sense. DL - Nunnally is a terror coming off the edge and seems to have added mass. Adler was the other starter at DE. The rotation of Lavea, Kapongo, and Moore at DT is incredibly stout. Easily one of the best (if not the best) interior DL rotations in the MAC this year. I also noticed Cheatom making some plays, but not entirely sure if he was lined up at DE or LB. LB - Linebackers basically blended with the DL, which is a good thing. We already know what have with McCoy, Fish, and Cooper. DB - The secondary looks long, physical, and athletic. I believe the starters were David and D. Johnson at Safety, D. Lewis at Nickel, Golden-Nelson and P. Lewis at Cornerback (I could be wrong on that though). Laing-Taylor easily had the most impressive play with an athletic interception. He covered ground quickly and made the diving snag. ST - I unfortunately managed to miss all the kicks (outside of the opening kickoff by Jackson), so I have nothing to report about special teams. All in all the program is in a great place. The team physically looks the part and much of the young talent is impressive. The defense should be one of the best units in the MAC. The offense has a chance to be really good if Finley is healthy and the OL progresses. There will certainly be more roster movement ahead, so we’ll see what happens.

Haven’t seen it confirmed yet, but probably true. Figured that move might be coming after the outing he had in the SG. Certainly seemed like Roggow was ahead that day. Hoped Wasel would stay and continue to develop. Good luck to him.

Just saw something on Twitter about possible staff changes? Anyone else heard anything about this?