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Not going to lie, getting a kick out of all JoeMo’s 🤫 tweets lately.

Some off-season reading and finally an outlet that doesn’t list Moorhead at the bottom. Athlon Quarterback Rankings Athlon MAC Head Coach Rankings *Wrong thread. Please move this to 2023 season.*

You lost me there. Sounds like I’ve been having a discussion with someone that doesn’t even watch the games. Enough time wasted. Carry on.

Of course last year’s team was outclassed by Tennessee and MSU. Most teams were outclassed by Tennessee regardless of level. Turnarounds usually take 5-6 games for things to really start clicking, just FYI. As much as I’d love a P5 win, I’m not counting on Kentucky or Indiana. I am counting Morgan State and Temple (although I think the Temple matchup will be very close.) Not sure how many games you watched last year, but we lost 4 conference games by 7 points or less. Only Ohio and Miami ran away from us. I bring that up to show this team was not far off even with a less talented roster than our opponents. Last year’s team had a clear deficit in the run game, pass rush, and at cornerback. The portal has changed the landscape of college football and this staff has used it as well as anyone at the G5 level, while also bringing in a strong HS/JUCO class. If those positions have been shored up like I think they have, then this will be one exciting season. This team will have just as much depth as any team in the MAC this year. We compare at every position except the OL and DL, but those should be much improved over last year. Flash in the pan? Doubtful. Believe it. Or not. Might want to pay just a little closer attention to what’s happening with this program though.

Guess we should pack it all up and go home because some arbitrary ranking says this team won’t be any good? NIU can go from 0-6 to 9-5 and Akron can’t make the same type of leap? Come on out and pay a little attention to what’s happening with this program. I’ve made more than enough posts on why this team could majorly outperform this year. I’ve also given similar situations to other programs. It’s fine to disagree, but next time how about give a little more depth into why you disagree before giving a preseason ranking that most likely goes 99% off the win/loss record of last year.

I reached out and the official answer I was given is that there will be no open practices during fall camp. No definitive answer on when the roster would be updated, except would likely be early on during camp.

It’s a great situation. I know there are still a handful of offers to some recruits committed elsewhere that we may be hoping to flip and a few others that would be absolute takes, but outside of that it sounds like we’re pretty much done. Going off the amount of home runs this staff has hit with the transfer portal, I completely understand why 60-70% of the classes will come from the portal here on out. Impressive 2024 HS class though.

Looks like the 2024 HS class is pretty much done barring any attrition.

Alright, Rivals rated all JUCOs except CA, NM, and MS. Meaning none of the remaining Zips were updated. If that ever happens, at bare minimum it puts the Zips tied for 3rd place (EMU would need all 45 points and NIU all 90 points for the tie). Really nice class and that doesn’t include the portal players. Buffalo = 945 CMU = 885 WMU = 840 EMU = 825 (15-45) Toledo = 810 NIU = 780 (30-90) Akron = 765 (105-315) Miami = 765 Ball State = 690 Ohio = 615 (30-90) Bowling Green = 585 (15-45) Kent State = 570

They’re getting paid back in multiples after stealing Max Tucker away from us on signing day last year.

Any day now Rivals should come out with the class composite rankings (HS/JUCO + Portal). I requested once more for all the JUCOs to be rated, so we’ll see what comes of that. Here is how the rankings currently stand with a number of JUCOs unrated. In parentheses is the amount of points that are available if all JUCOs were to be given a rating. Buffalo = 945 (15 - 45) CMU = 885 (0) Toledo = 810 (0) EMU = 795 (45 - 135) WMU = 795 (30 - 90) Akron = 765 (105-315) Miami = 765 (0) NIU = 750 (45 - 135) Ball State = 660 (15 - 45) Ohio = 615 (30 - 90) Bowling Green = 585 (15 - 45) Kent State = 540 (30 - 90)

EAST OHIO = 8-4 (7-1) AKRON = 8-4 (6-2) MIAMI = 8-4 (6-2) BUFFALO = 7-5 (4-4) BOWLING GREEN = 2-10 (1-7) KENT STATE = 1-11 (0-8) WEST TOLEDO = 9-3 (6-2) EMU = 7-5 (4-4) NIU = 6-6 (4-4) BSU = 6-6 (4-4) CMU = 5-7 (4-4) WMU = 3-7 (2-6) Making a slight edit here and saying Ball State gets a 6th win as well, giving the MAC 8 bowl teams. Seems high but I think there is very little separation in the West, outside of Toledo at the top and WMU at the bottom. NIU could have another tough year if Lombardi isn’t healthy, so just assuming he will be in these standings. In the East I think there is a pretty big drop off from the top four to the bottom two. Maybe Bowling Green surprises again? Although I have a hard time envisioning that. Especially after so many situations went their way last year.

You’re reading it correctly, but it’s wrong. Rivals recently added that feature and since the profile was just updated today, it looks like multiple offers were given today. Yahoo has recently decided to funnel more money into their recruiting service (Rivals) and a number of new features are being added. Unfortunately, there are still kinks that need ironing out.

Here’s Ronald Hull’s profile. He’s a wrecking ball on the interior. It took Coach Wart some time to settle in and land some guys. I like what he did with the JUCOs in such a short time frame and now he’s landing difference makers at the HS level.

Didn’t know we offered!

Can issue as many as desired, but it’s 85 scholarship roster limit per year.

I linked their names in the posts for ease of use. I attempt to always do that, but forget every now and then. Profiles should have all offers and hudl film linked.

Yes. WVU just offered in May, so they weren’t stale offers. How much WVU pushed, I don’t know. I’m sure Moorhead and staff made these kids a priority.

Yep, we’re winning some big head to heads now. The corner has been turned in recruiting. The Rivals profiles are correct for both, although the newly implemented timeline is a little off for the profiles. 247 doesn’t do the best job of keeping G5 profiles updated.

There’s a lot to unpack here, but first, what a class this is turning out to be! That Bryan Station team has some serious talent. Outside of our 3 commits they also have 3 star DB/ATH JT Haskins, who we’ve also offered. One of the Rivals writers at Louisville has forecasted Haskins to Louisville. Although, that was back in January so I’m not sure how much has changed. Dahvon Frazier seems to be the most explosive of the bunch and should play OLB or “WILL” in the 4-2-5 alignment. Jason Hocker should play ILB or “MIKE. He’s a thumper similar to the other LBs that Tibesar has brought in. Jahvon Frazier will likely be slotted as a weakside DE or “rush end.” Jahvon is another edge type that can really run. Im guessing the twins told all the programs they were a package deal seeing as they had all the same offers. Recruiting win over West Virginia, Marshall, and Ohio (amongst others). Now we need to hang on to them until signing day….

2023 MAC Predictions: EAST OHIO = 8-4 (7-1) AKRON = 8-4 (6-2) MIAMI = 8-4 (6-2) BUFFALO = 7-5 (4-4) BOWLING GREEN = 2-10 (1-7) KENT STATE = 1-11 (0-8) WEST TOLEDO = 9-3 (6-2) EMU = 7-5 (4-4) NIU = 6-6 (4-4) BSU = 5-7 (4-4) CMU = 5-7 (4-4) WMU = 3-7 (2-6) I’ll probably be way off on some of these, but just going through the schedules these are the results I finished with. What does everyone else think?

Yep, same guy. Forgot to post the link to his profile. He’ll surely receive more offers as the year goes on, so we’ll see how it all plays out.

Bump for updates. Still a number of players that need ratings. Keep in mind that if all of Akron’s classes consist of 60-70% from the portal, the likely hood of being ranked #1 or #2 (when it comes to HS/JUCO recruiting) is slim. We just won’t have the numbers to push up the total points. That being said, if Rivals ever finishes the ratings for our late JUCO commitments in the 2023 class, there is a good chance that class would be #3 in the MAC.

Offer out to projected preseason JUCO All-American OT.