clarkwgriswold
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98 yard run for Simmons.
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There now. It's nice to get out in the fresh air and see some football. Perfect day.
Nice to see they're still bombarding us with unnecessarily loud music. Oh, and get off my lawn.
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I've been watching some of the NFL draft and the portal is showing up there in that there are a number of players whose highlights are from more that one team. Just saw a DB who had highlights playing for Alabama and Oregon.
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32 minutes ago, ZipsFan31 said:
I totally agree Josiah Harris will be playing the 4 and we will be guard oriented.
affer watching a mixtape from Hardman highschool days he is a spot up shooter not a shot creator. Think Kyle korver not Luka Dončić. Good depth add but I would not assume he starts. It is never a bad thing to have a sniper in your arsenal as a coach. Let’s hope the few bigs we have can keep us afloat down low.
Were it not for a skinny kid nobody knew wandering into open tryouts a half decade ago the Zips transition to a guard heavy offense may have started much earlier!
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I mentioned this before, but I suspect this team is built to look more like Toledo did last year when they had four guards and 6'7" Javan Simmons on the floor.
Also, I think that sometimes we have unrealistic expectations of transfers. Not every transfer is brought in to be a major piece or a star. Sometimes, they're brought in as quality depth or role players.
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Hard to pass up a chance to be a Paladin (what the hell is a paldain?). Maybe they offered his uncle a bench job.
According to Wikipedia, The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century.
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I'm a big fan of the logo on the Penn State football helmets.
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1 hour ago, Zippy87 said:
We've been linked to these four, all of whom I believe are still uncommitted.
Markus Harding (Central Michigan)
Rashad Bishop (Georgetown College)
(Stony Brook)
(St. Johns)
Harding, a 6'10" forward averaged averaged 10.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 27.7 minutes per game
Bishop, a 6'7" forward averaged 11.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 21 minutes
Fitzmorris, a 7'0" center and previous Stanford transfer to Stony Brook, averaged 10.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 25 minutes
Trayore, a 6'8" forward, averaged 1.7 points, 1.2 rebounds and 6 minutes per game.
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10 minutes ago, zippy5 said:
I have PTSD on St John's transfers
Akron is a nice stopping point between Jamaica New York and Missouri State!
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28 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Traore is a more of the modern, athletic stretch 4 with post moves and an outside shot. Based on the scores of some of these highlights, he has solid playing time experience on the Big East.
Harding and Fitzmorris would be more of the "traditional big" with more proven DI experience than our current front court.
We'll see if we go big - and which type of big - or guard, like Kone Johnson.
One thing that jumped out at me in the video is how many of those clips are from games that were blowouts and essentially over. Not saying he couldn't be a big help, but he was obviously getting garbage time minutes.
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I don't think Prather is a great loss but I will give that kid credit. He went from being Wilson's bench neighbor to playing meaningful minutes on his practice effort.
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I think Groce's guard-centric recruiting approach is in part dictated by the market. A quality big man is tough to find and they are swallowed up by the big programs. There's a much larger pool of guards to choose from.
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Without knowing what went on inside of the team, given the propensity of kids to quickly move on, I can't call a kid a miss and put it all on the coaching staff. As I recall, Baker was given the option of redshirting and took it. Behind an All-American, there's not much time to be had and I am sure that played into the decision to redshirt. There are a lot of reasons kids transfer and they don't all come back the coaching staff's quality of recruiting or something they did after the kid arrived.
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From what I saw of Baker, I thought he could develop into a decent MAC big. This team is going to be deep on the perimeter but shallow inside. I could foresee a Toledo type offense in the Zips' future.
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There's a huge baseball complex in Indiana that is planning to host a week of "Portal Games" where kids in the portal can come there and show their talents over a week before college coaches. I wonder if at some point we'll see something similar for basketball.
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Dawson headed to Marshall.
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26 minutes ago, blueandgold said:
Disregard the first quote, not sure why it's attached.
If I was a betting man, which I'm not, I would say it would be Tavari leaving.
It just seems to have that feel to it.
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23 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:
Hope everyone's able to read this... but I'm sure it's obviously nothing we don't already know
6'3" guard. Averaged 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 60 percent from the floor last year. That's a hell of a shooting percentage for a guard. From Brooklyn.
Somebody has to be on their way out, right?
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2 hours ago, kreed5120 said:
Anything worth noting in the article? I'm not able to read
More of what we already knew, documenting all of the movement in the portal. The odd part was that it doesn't reference the incoming players and UA or PCCC.
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4 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Meaningful regulation without enforcement wasn't any better. The likes of Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio State, etc. have been all been doing this stuff - and much worse - prior to NIL. The Indiana and Kansas stories this offseason (paying $1M+ for players) are wrong, but overall the playing field is more level than it was before.
No question. There has to be some middle ground.
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I realize that this is the college sports world we live in but I am not a fan. That's by no means a criticism of Bud Wentz. I appreciate all he does for the program.
I was a believer of the basic principle that a college athlete should be able to make some pocket money by doing things like doing autographs or showing up for a business outing but it has become the wild west in the the absence of any meaningful regulation.
It's really refreshing to get some inside insight into the program. I wish this was a weekly show.
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Scott took a while to settle in but he was a very valuable bench player down the stretch, especially on defense. As his play improved, it was obvious Groce's confidence in him increased. I think X and LCJ have skewed our expectations of transfer guards.
We all have guys we like and would prefer to get more minutes. I think the way it played out demonstrates no one of that Scott, Thornton. Tavari trio took control to the point of seizing the role as "the guy."
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Here's a little secret. P6 body types are usually going to be a little bigger that MAC body types. The LCJs and Alis of the world don't get pursued by the P6 programs out of high school. They look for top skills and body types.
I'm sure Creighton's torrid shooting had everything to do with the weight room at Creighton.
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Spring Ball 2024
in Akron Zips Football
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I was there for about an hour. Some quick impressions:
* As someone mentioned before, Finely is more mobile than I expected. In very simple terms, he runs the ball better than Bullock passes it, so he appears to be the more complete QB.
* The offensive line needs work.
* The Roggow kid, the freshman QB, was surprisingly composed and effective.
* A missed 22 yard field goal? Yikes.