Blue & Gold

Kishawn Holmes, RB, 5-10, 190 Sure doesn't look 5-10, 190. But he's fast, follows blockers well & has good vision.

In addition to two of the best RB's in the state in Jemarulin Suggs (1st Team All-Ohio D-III) and Marquise Bridges (1st Team All-Ohio D-II) the Zips have offered JUCO RB Kishawn Holmes.

Here's another JUCO QB we've offered. I thought I'd post it here instead of starting another thread. Probably should have titled this thread simply "QB Offers," or something along those lines.

Antino Josh Ivey Kwan Big Dog 6th man - Utomi, Utomi, Utomi!!! To hang with top tier teams we need Utomi to step up.

^^They're so close to Canada, maybe they're being overly polite? Lol. Love they recognize we're better competition than Washington. Probably are. The only comment I don't agree with is our "athletic guards... extremely quick backcourt." It's why I don't like starting Noah & Josh together... both fellas are neither quick nor overly athletic. Antino & Ivey on the other hand?... They'd give anyone fits.

I hear Frenchy in my head right now.

Probably a good thing. Close your eyes, children... don't look.

Zach, can you add Jordyn Riley to this list? The class is getting pretty full! Still room for Uriah Gilbert!!! (He requires a lot of room.)

22 in a row? Wow!

Zips get off to fast start in 87-63 victory over Coppin State Saw this FOUR times last night!

Ulysses Gilbert retweeted this

^^this was concerning the TP toss. Players must've liked it too. Lol

TP toss seems pretty popular on twitter.

Watching a few of his highlights & he looks fast and can really jump.

5-11, 177, CB/S/WR

So glad I'm just watching this exhilarating game from my couch - even if the feed does suck. Josh Williams looks completely uncomfortable even thinking about driving to the hoop. Aaron Jackson is capable of hitting a 3 when he doesn't fade away. Ivey continues to impress me. Glad Utomi's getting PT.

Preseason rankings stack the deck in favor of the Power 5 schools before the season begins. Deep down, I feel most people must realize this, but simply don't want to acknowledge the reality. I feel it's something unbiased media and G5 schools should make more of noise over. Torches and pitchforks. Here's an article concerning such by HustleBelt.

Zips hope to get back on track against winless Coppin State

Damn! Post of the Year! Thank you, Wadzip! There's so much I could comment on. Kreed had asked how Summit-Stark recruiting compared & all I could tell him was Summit generally has considerably more D-1 recruits than Stark. But i didn't have any links or data - it was just from personally following recruiting. The numbers back up what I have watched over the years: Summit generally (at least) doubles-up Stark on recruiting, and Cuyahoga generally (at least) doubles-up on Summit. But I don't follow Cleveland area HS football like I do this area. I'll also comment on the point above which I highlighted: yes, concerning Kyre, I'm sure he's a very good athlete, but Coach Bowden may have gotten word that he is also a team leader & if we get Kyre on board it could have a first-domino effect. Pure speculation because, frankly, I consider Jemarulin Suggs our first domino. Following a lot of these young men on twitter, I'm excited to see how many of them are friends & there really seems to be a synergy growing out there that getting an offer from UA is... a status symbol. Good stuff coming! I'm hoping one day we look at Suggs the way we look at Ampi with the soccer program - the first big recruit who recruited other top-tier recruits & really built something special.

I find it interesting we haven't been showering Hoban w/ offers. There are a few juniors on that team who are gold. The backup RB, William Collier, is going to be one of the best RB's in the state next year. Like East's Floyd, he's under the radar right now. But he shouldn't be to the staff of UA. Hoban also has a junior DE we should offer: Dyaeshon Martin, DE, 6-2, 240

I can try to answer this. East was very one dimensional. They couldn't throw the ball. Teams could stack the box.

^^This is the first East player I know nothing about. I saw East play a few times last year & the other guys we've offered stick out like sore thumbs on the high school level. This guys did not. Not saying he's not a D-1 talent, but he just didn't catch my eye physically (height, musculature, speed,) As far as public schools, Buchtel & McKinley used to crank out players like this. McKinley isn't what they used to be (even though they still have solid teams; just not individual talent which blows you away) & Buchtel's been unusually quite the last few years. Wonder what's up with that? The East juniors which really stood out to me were S/WR Daishawn Brimage and RB Devanier Floyd (who is absolutely amazing and I'm picking him to be Ohio's Mr. Football next year. He's 5-9, 205, runs angry & is fast as hell. Plus, East returns their entire OL.) *Kreed5120: I know I didn't answer any of your questions; just making conversation

East is blowing up