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Daly has been added. Not sure how I missed Swanson.

Yeah, he’s been on fire today. Hottest prospect in the portal until it opens up for FBS players on Monday.

Sounds like he’s had a great year. I’m assuming Maxpreps is more up to date on their info than when I coached. They often had my teams playing the same team two or three times in a year with the same score and stats. Needless to say it messed up the overall record and stats for my teams.

Towson DL Jesus Gibbs received an offer. He’s a former South Carolina commitment from the 2018 class as an OL, but played both ways in high school. Gibbs eventually made his way to Towson.

Just an FYI that some of these kids likely won’t be playing D1 ball next year despite having multiple offers. The portal is expected to have more entries than ever and some of the high school kids waiting on “better offers” are going to find themselves having to look elsewhere.

Not that he needed it, but a little extra motivation for George against Buffalo and going into 2023.

We also finished with the top passing offense in MAC play. Which is why it’s head scratching when our 3 best receivers, who finished in the top 10 of most MAC receiving categories, didn’t all make it on a team. Outside of that, can’t leave Bubba off of first team and Irons was also deserving of a spot so they put 2 QBs on the third team. Whigan was absolutely our best OL, so it was nice to see him recognized. Argument could also be made for Thompson to have been on the 3rd team. Despite our record, we definitely had a handful of standout players this year. Especially in conference play.

Zips issued the first portal offer for All-American and All-SoCon selection DB Alijah Huzzie from East Tennessee State.

Feels like some politics there. No way all 3 of our WRs don’t make at least one of the teams. A little jarring that Shockey missed the first team when he was on national award watchlists.

Sounds right to me. This article does a nice job of breaking down the bowl tie-ins. https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/07/college-football-bowl-ties-affiliations-for-each-conference-2022-2023/7

A few takeaways: - Sounds like the OL is now settled into a rotation of Landers at LT, Whigan at RG, Williams at RT. Georges, Robarge, and Kilbane splitting time at LG and C. JoeMo said Georges, Robarge, and Kilbane came in as walk-ons but did not say if they are all currently on scholarship. He didn’t mention it but Chambers has also seen some time at LT, giving Landers a break for a series or two. - Hawkins saw time in the heavy D packages at NT and held his ground. - Corey Thomas is now officially a DB, playing mostly Nickel but considered a Safety. - Terry has played his best football the past two games. - I don’t remember his exact verbiage, but he said something along the lines of Kellom probably has a little more shiftiness and burst to him than Wiley and Price, but needs to add on more weight. - JoeMo was happy with the rotation at Linebacker, but don’t have the bodies for the same kind of rotation along the defensive line or secondary. (My words here and not his) Its concerning that some of the young guys like Fann and Lawson still haven’t developed enough to give us anything. - Looking forward to the matchup with Buffalo.

Trent Dilfer new HC at UAB.

Looks like this report was false. GT removing the interim tag and keeping Brent Key. Things change quickly.

Take this for what it’s worth…

I’m not going to call out any players by name but there are still some on the roster that should probably be playing at a lower level. Keep in mind the roster by the end of 2021 was probably the worst in the FBS, so some changes needed to be made. And still do. It’s a balancing act more than ever with the 85 scholarship limit. For the most part, coaches know which players will be hitting the portal before it’s announced, but there will always be a few surprises.

Saw that, but didn’t think too much of it. If P5 offers start rolling in, I’ll be worried. Although, I know there was some talk earlier in the year about SDSU joining the PAC, but not sure where that stands.

Wouldn’t be surprised. He’s a player JoeMo recruited out of high school. Also expect the staff to at least reach out to Oregon 4 star WR Dont’e Thornton.

Edge/OLB Sebastian Benjamin of St. Francis has been offered. Zips fans may recall #9 giving us all kinds of issues in Game 1. As a reminder, he collected 3 sacks that game.

Agreed. Hard to envision either one of those hires happening, but anything is possible.

Urban Meyer is atop their wishlist. Other potential candidates are: Tom Herman Alex Golesh Jesse Minter Mike Denbrock Mike Tressel Brian Hartline Kerry Coombs

I could be wrong, but I thought it was originally scheduled for CBSSN. They may have decided to back out with the rescheduling.

DB Marques Sigle of North Dakota State has been offered.

Hugh Freeze to Auburn.

Always possible.

Yep, he’s a safety. He’d probably also get a long look at Nickel too. Since Jerry Kill took over at NMSU, we have offered many of the same players. Expect that to continue as he has proven to have an eye for talent and connections to the Midwest.