Let'sGoZips94

There are 3 major card grading/authentication companies - PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), BGS (Beckett Grading Services), and SGC (Sportscard Guaranty Corporation). The sports card market has greatly outpaced the stock market the last several years, and is one of the hottest investing crazes, especially for younger generations (along with NFTs, Crypto, etc.). It's so cool to see a coaching staff that understands how to connect with these kids. That's half the battle in the recruiting game, especially when the logo on your polo isn't that of OSUcks, Bama, etc.

Not to get off-topic, but it's interesting the marketing tactic with these GIFs, tapping into the sports card market craze. The "cards" are in BGS slabs (Beckett Grading Services). This coaching staff "gets it."

Should we create a new thread on the main Football page for NSD?

Good for him. Very respectable.

They've hardly been used (Akron's side) since 2009.

No Kato is one of the best things to ever happen to this program. Irons is there and could flourish. We'll see tomorrow who the rest of the class is.

6'7"!!!!!!!! TE is going to be a position of strength with Darnell and Banks.

Sheesh. 6'5" 330 lbs. JoeMo is not messing around on the OL.

Assuming he and JoeMo have a good relationship, this is yet another recruiting tool & selling point.

Excellent information. Had no idea. Thank you. Makes me feel better about the state of the program going forward. Groce can't catch a break between COVID killing the 2019-20 season, and injuries.

Agreed. My biggest critique has been the guard play, as it's a guard league/game, and Groce typically has a stud guard that can take over the game. X has vastly improved as the season has worn on, consistent with his confidence growth. I think he can be probably 80-90% of what LCJ/Cooper were, but really lacks the supporting cast on the offensive side. Really disappointed our 2 scoring freshman guards apparently aren't thought to be good enough to contribute more than the pieces we have from a scoring standpoint.

Groce's 2009-10 Bobcats team was very young (Cooper & co. Freshman year). They were 17-14 in the regular season, and 7-9 in the MAC. They went on to win 5 straight - 4 MAC tourney games (including a Championship Game victory over Akron) and a 1st Round W over Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament. This team reminds me of that team. They're gritty, hearty, and play for a full 40 minutes. March will be interesting, but right now they have to figure out how to limit the long stretches of woes on offense. It kills their energy on defense, creating a lose lose situation. They can beat anyone. The inconsistency is just frustrating.

Not bad for a Wednesday night at a college bar. Not great for a basketball team without chemistry to boot.

Rare performance tonight. That'll drop I'm assuming. I also wasn't referencing the shooting, but rather the flow on offense. Who is the leader on this team?

This team doesn't have good chemistry. They don't trust each other (for good reason in some cases) and it shows in the flow of the offense. Trimble hits that shot, but he can't hit a wide open 3 if he had American Sniper style calculations (wind, gravitational pull, etc.)? Awful defense on that final drive. Damnit. I want to love this team. They make it so hard sometimes.

Dawson is so underrated.

What the hell Ali? Afraid to go up with it - twice - when right under the basket? Freeman is playing soft on the defensive boards.

They got up for that game. Trimble's rim darts deflated the team.

Yes please. Half the struggle for OL/DL from high school to college is the weight room difference. They're barely out of boyhood going against grown ass men. A full year in a Big Ten weight room helps narrow that gap a lot.

When Moorhead was hired, out of excitement I went to look at these future schedules. I texted my dad "Undefeated 2023 season." Legitimate opportunity to make some noise on the national level in 2023, after what is hopefully a very successful 2022 campaign.

Oof. Did not know that. Should have known you're on top of it! Based on your list, there are quite a few missing - P, DE, DL, DB.

Per 247, here is a list of the incoming players... HS Commits QB - Dijon Jennings (6' 220 lbs; N/A) RB - Charles Kellom (6' 188 lbs; N/A) WR - Bobby Golden (5'9" 180 lbs; 3*) TE OL - Ka'Marii Landers (6'5" 300 lbs OT; 3*) - Keylen Davis (6'4" 270 lbs OG/OT; 3*) - Tyhler Williams (6'4" 300 lbs OG; N/A) DL LB DB Transfers QB RB - Cameron Wiley (6'2" 210 lbs; 3*; Minnesota) WR - Alex Adams (6'1" 175 lbs; 3*; LSU) - Shocky Jacques-Louis (6'1" 175 lbs; 3*; Pitt) TE OL - Max Banes (6'5" 307 lbs; 3*; Houston) DL - Devon Robinson (6'6" 260 lbs; 3*; Memphis) LB DB - Kerry Martin (6'2" 188 lbs; 3*; WVU) _________________________________________________ Signing day is Wednesday. We have some mystery verbals out there, potentially including a 4*. I think there are some guys missing from this list, too. Can someone fill in any missing names?

Unbelievable get. I hope Joe Mo's contract included funding for his statue. Something special is being built at Akron. Who is this mystery 4*?!

I thought the 27th ranking was for his position. If it's for overall player, yeah, definitely reasonable. Wow.

Is this accurate?