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Malachi Branham, Darryn Peterson?

Haven’t had time to read much, but sounds like he was very highly touted out of HS, signing with OSU. Played 5 games as a sophomore, then transferred and spent last year or two with SMU. No idea what he did there, but from a talent standpoint, could be our top DE.

Thanks for these @catdaddyp! My sleeper on the DL this year is Brown-Demery. I remember the staff talking him up last year and some posters who have seen practice doing the same. Unfortunately probably a one and done for us.

More in line with academic year than calendar year, though it may not exactly match up. Just their reporting period. Since this is FY25, it would have been based off of the season we played Arizona and not this most recent season.

I saw we recently announced a new sponsor, but if didn’t appear to be for the jersey patch. Good to see we are bringing more in regardless.

Best 3 players? I’ll go Steveskie, Pence, and White..in that order. Will be interesting to see if Halligan starts again if his game doesn’t take a sizable jump.

Anyone who was able to attend have any thoughts?

Wasn’t there, but there’s a number of plays posted on the zipsathletics instagram page. Gant seems to look good still. Looks like 3/4 QBs made some plays worth sharing,

Football and basketball are the sports I care about…even with all of basketball’s success, one could argue our ceiling is just winning the MAC and losing in the first round of the NCAA…especially with how the games have played out the past few years. Much less upsets than usual.

Nearly 9 points as a freshman at a SEC program feels good.

Odd to me as well. I liked what Sharron did while he was here and liked his potential. Time will tell whether we got/kept the better guy or not.

Has to be one of the guys Ford was talking about having on campus/personally recruiting.

This could’ve been prevented if Zipsnation members were on the fan council.

Same. If nobody from this board is on it, would be really curious to know who they think is apparently a better fit.

And if he stays here this year, he gets a chance to showcase his talents and get Nate money next year + whatever we pay him this year. You likely only get one shot at a life changing payday in college. If you get multiple, you’re going pro and an extra million isn’t going to be a big difference in the grand scheme of things. Transferring to potentially bury yourself on a bench and limit yourself is risky.

Good to see them stepping up.

Not as odd as the Halligan experiment.

That would be great. We are long due for a draft pick

Curiosity why you call the upward trajectory questionable.

That’s the guy that almost single handily beat Bama two years ago right?

Would be curious to know why opposing coaches who had the chance to recruit him in high school (and didn’t) and never saw him play prior to this year would think that.

He should sell his house.

Does it though? I think there’s good intentions behind it, but I’ve only seen Enrique in an ad and a couple players who have had gear sold with their names on them, and that was only briefly.

Think of it as a small donation to your Alma mater!

So either John is stealing them which pisses me off, or they’re taking a really big risk. Can’t imagine their market is much more than what we’re able to pay them, and they could both be looking at pretty substantial pay days if they show what they can do being a focal point of a team.