Blue & Gold

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

Excellent! The game's won or lost in the trenches. Welcome aboard, Tiger for Life 88! Go Zips!

^^^Oh, and, "however we hear the response hasn't been exceedingly positive."

Linky Kent State: Sources tell FootballScoop Kent State and head coach Paul Haynes are expected to part ways. Multiple sources tell us AD Joel Nielsen has been working back channels gauging interest in the position the past few weeks; however we hear the response hasn’t been exceedingly positive. Nothing has been finalized at this point, per sources, but we understand both sides expect to move on. Will update as more is clear. Update> A representative of Kent State athletics called this afternoon to state that there have been no “back channel” checks and to note that at this time Paul Haynes remains under contract through the 2017 season.

First I've heard of it.

Beacon Journal staff report

Definitely. I haven't seen Gonzaga play, but there's no way they're going to be as athletic as Creighton.

Good showing. Creighton looks like an Elite 8 type of team. They are athletic and can shoot the ball. And they were making clutch shots. Good game. We're not at their level. But we're not that far behind, either. P.s. Hate to say it, but I'm glad KD limited Josh's minutes down the stretch. He doesn't seem to offer us much. He's a one-trick-pony on offense & can't guard anyone.

TAKE JOSH WILLIAMS OUT.

My thoughts, exactly. Gotta keep playing smart & not get lured into a shootout. Josh Williams reeeeally struggles on D. Keep it going, Kwan.