Blue & Gold

Think Stan Heath took the time to put together a little game plan tonight? Will the Emu's continue to guard Tribble out to the 3? Will the Emu's continue to guard Freeman one-on-one down low?

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Indeed. After the KSUcks game I was on cloud nine and posting like a madman... then ZN.o took a dump at the most inopportune time! 😭😭 But these last two losses have taken the p!ss out of me. Hopefully our players have much more mental toughness than I do 😂

I thought Ryan McClain looked pretty good two years ago. I was disappointed when he did absolutely nothing last year.

I'm not terribly surprised by his departure. Not sure he was college material, academically speaking.

I'd say stay at Akron! (Of course 😉) If it's in the cards he can make the League from the MAC. And, like lots of MAC players, he can certainly play professionally elsewhere (Europe) if the NBA's not in the cards, if that is what Enrique would want to do. And look at Ali Ali. The grass is not always greener. The psychological aspect of basketball is so important & Enrique has a familiarity and comfort level with everything at Akron - on and off the court - that, if I were him, I would be very hesitant to risk losing all that by transferring. On the other hand, with NIL money, I guess he could possibly make some money next year at a P5 while still in college. Idk. (I'm still getting used to the new world of NIL.)

If Groce gets Freeman to stick around for his senior year then I'll give him credit for recruiting Freeman.

Dang! EMU w/ #4 QB & #1 RB. The emu's beat out Deion Sanders & the Colorado Buffaloes for his services. They're seriously building quite the program up there. Buffalo stacking RB's like pancakes 🤯 And WMU landed a 6-0, 220 RB offered by Tennessee & Iowa 🧐

Agreed that Coach Groce doesn't get credit for Freeman. Has anyone ever been so lucky? Serious question without an ounce of hyperbole. Groce gets the guards. We've gotten spoiled with LCJ, Cheese, Banks, and now X. Simply top-shelf guard play. (Though, of course, I wish X had more help at the guard position this year. Losing Dawson was huge & I LOVE Greg Tribble but his complete lack of the outside shot is a serious handicap.) Looking to the future, I'm extremely excited about Tavari Johnson's potential. He can get into the lane at will & I think he's going to be an absolute KILLER when he's running the pick & roll... 🤞don't want to jinx him 😂

The way things shook out last year it felt like we had to run the toughest possible gauntlet. This year the MAC is deeper with parity so I don't think it really matters where we end up; it's going to be a tough 3 rounds any way the cards fall.

CMU really landed themselves a stud! And I thought EMU's QB's tape was spectacular. Can you tell why you rank Steele as #1 (especially over Ike Udengwu - I would have probably picked Ike as #1.)

Following one of our early games, after watching how Nate moves, and his explosiveness, and how he can pass the ball with either hand, I wrote something along the lines of, “We have 3 future pros in X, Enrique, and Nate.” I still think he’s got an amazing upside, but his lack of aggressiveness is frustrating. I have more confidence in Nate than he does in himself. *By “future pros.” I’m not saying NBA.

+1. Nate has the physicality to contribute much more than he is. Lots of empty minutes.

I hate watching OU’s crowd have such fun at our expense 😡😡🤬

But no cancers to kick off the team this year 😪

🎯 Hankerson’s our only other player who really looks for his shot. And why has Kobe gotten more PT than Clarke? Kobe’s just a warm body.

I hope so. They need a fire lit under their seats... especially on the defensive end.

Very little PT for Clarke so far.

Was that @Zipmeister?😉

He was guarding a Bobcat down low & must've left his feet at least 4 times 🧐😭😭

Terrible call

Freeman passed 1000 career points Saw Buddy Wentz in the crowd.