1st Day

[johnnyzip84]

It sounds like the 1st day of spring practice went reasonably well. The link below has a break-down of the defensive line, with a couple of interesting items. Shawn Lemon is back at DE, and Cowles Stewart is back on the roster. Another good sign is Fleming looks to be on the roster still. This could be like the days when Jack Elway coached San Jose St and his son played at Stanford. Those rivals had some good, feisty games in that era.

GoZips Article

[johnnyzip84]

Here is Gaffney's report.

Link

[MDZip]

The GoZips report also listed Almondo Sewell as a DT. Hasn't he been mostly a DE?

[g-mann17]

The GoZips report also listed Almondo Sewell as a DT. Hasn't he been mostly a DE?

Yep, but looking at the roster he's 6'1 285, and with his foot speed that makes for a pretty quality DT.

You have to remember we ran 3-3-5 so at least one of the the DE's in that has to be a bit meatier.

[Captain Kangaroo]

It was interesting to see Gary Pride listed as an RB.

I would think the new staff has to be exciting for a guy like Pride, who probably wasn't ever going to move from his Special Teams role under the previous staff.

[Quickzips]

I still have my reservations about Ianello, and will probably maintain them until we get a decent sample size of how his teams compete on the field, but I will say this. Thank god the guy is getting us away from the crazy gimmick schemes on both sides of the ball. I don't think I could have stomached another year of the 335 or of watching our QB's standing in the shotgun looking to the sideline for the playcall and then running everything East/West as opposed to North/South. I'm not too concerned about the reports of the turnovers from the offense. This is going to be a much bigger adjustment for them than it will be for the defense. Especially taking snaps from under center. The learning curve will naturally be a lot longer. I am definitley interested to see how this all plays out.

[Dr Z]

The GoZips report also listed Almondo Sewell as a DT. Hasn't he been mostly a DE?

Yep, but looking at the roster he's 6'1 285, and with his foot speed that makes for a pretty quality DT.

I'm betting that defensive line is pumped up with the new staff and change of scheme. I'm looking for some QB pressure this year and it starts right up front on the line. We might actually have a chance to control the line of scrimmage on D!!!

[ZachTheZip]

Day 2 recap

"Of note, four players have new numbers for 2010. Two took advantage of the departures of 2009 seniors Dashan Miller and Andre Jones as Patrick Nicely made the move from #16 to #7 and Bill Alexander, who redshirted last season, moved from #46 to #21. Two others, also redshirt freshman, made the move from linebacker to fullback forcing the number changes. Blake Fraley was #54 and is now #46, while James Heiss moved from #50 to #47."

[RACER]

if i read that right i am glad we are changing to a 4-3 defense.i never liked the 3-3-5.we had to many undersized players on the field.sewell will be a stud d-lineman once again.moving lemon to DE should help also.i still don't think this team

does not have alott of talent,but changing back to the 4-3 should help.i did not think our defense played that bad in certain

games.when you offense is not scoring points,and your defense is on the feild all day are two big problems.

hopefully we can out out some bigger guys on the field this year.

[RootforRoo44]

Day 2 recap

"Of note, four players have new numbers for 2010. Two took advantage of the departures of 2009 seniors Dashan Miller and Andre Jones as Patrick Nicely made the move from #16 to #7 and Bill Alexander, who redshirted last season, moved from #46 to #21. Two others, also redshirt freshman, made the move from linebacker to fullback forcing the number changes. Blake Fraley was #54 and is now #46, while James Heiss moved from #50 to #47."

1) PN16 sounds WAY better than PN7.

2) For once im actually glad the team shop sucks. I was going to get a 16 jersey if i could have.

[johnnyzip84]

if i read that right i am glad we are changing to a 4-3 defense.i never liked the 3-3-5.we had to many undersized players on the field.sewell will be a stud d-lineman once again.moving lemon to DE should help also.i still don't think this team

does not have alott of talent,but changing back to the 4-3 should help.i did not think our defense played that bad in certain

games.when you offense is not scoring points,and your defense is on the feild all day are two big problems.

Either you think this team has a lot of talent, or Zipmeister is having a seizure right about now.

hopefully we can out out some bigger guys on the field this year.

I don't want any part of this.

[Blue & Gold]

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if i read that right i am glad we are changing to a 4-3 defense.i never liked the 3-3-5.we had to many undersized players on the field.sewell will be a stud d-lineman once again.moving lemon to DE should help also.<b>i still don't think this team<br />does not have alott of talent,but changing back to the 4-3 should help.</b>i did not think our defense played that bad in certain<br />games.when you offense is not scoring points,and your defense is on the feild all day are two big problems.

Either you think this team has a lot of talent, or Zipmeister is having a seizure right about now.

hopefully we can out out some bigger guys on the field this year.

I don't want any part of this.

Lol. Yeah, that's no one's business but their own. Don't ask, don't tell. Just don't drop the soap in the shower! Lol.

[RACER]

last years defense looked like a high school team.the 3-3-5 for jd meant to play 8 guys under 200 lbs.

if you think you can win with guys under 200 pounds playing db-lb i guess last year was ok.

this team needs to get bigger, and stonger to stop teams like temple from running the ball up and down the field.

having team speed is nice. that does not help when a 200 lb is going up against a 300 ol. when the rb is going up the middle.

[johnnyzip84]

This could possibly be from a few weekends back, but it's the 2nd time RI has been featured on "quick hits" at this site (link).

Football Scoop Link

Akron head coach Rob Ianello got them up at 5:30 am on Saturday:

“At 5:30 on Saturday morning I got the team up, had them at the indoor facility, and we had a little extra credit assignment.”

“A small step forward for team. A small step forward for commitment. A small step forward for everybody being on the same page and trying to work for the same brand.”

“One-fail, all-fail.”

[Blue & Gold]

last years defense looked like a high school team.the 3-3-5 for jd meant to play 8 guys under 200 lbs.

if you think you can win with guys under 200 pounds playing db-lb i guess last year was ok.

this team needs to get bigger, and stonger to stop teams like temple from running the ball up and down the field.

having team speed is nice. that does not help when a 200 lb is going up against a 300 ol. when the rb is going up the middle.

The first time Indiana had the ball I could tell we were in trouble unless some defensive adjustment was made (and, of course, none ever was). Indiana was running the ol' 3-yards and a cloud of dust offense on us, but we couldn't stop it - and they were usually getting more than 3 yards. Our defense was bent over with their hands on their knees during Indiana's FIRST offensive possession!!! (Well, first offensive possession not counting the deflating opening kickoff return for a TD.) We were about 5 minutes into the game and I could tell it was probably going to be a long afternoon.

[Zipmeister]

if i read that right i am glad we are changing to a 4-3 defense.i never liked the 3-3-5.we had to many undersized players on the field.sewell will be a stud d-lineman once again.moving lemon to DE should help also.i still don't think this team

does not have alott of talent,but changing back to the 4-3 should help.i did not think our defense played that bad in certain

games.when you offense is not scoring points,and your defense is on the feild all day are two big problems.

Either you think this team has a lot of talent, or Zipmeister is having a seizure right about now.

hopefully we can out out some bigger guys on the field this year.

I don't want any part of this.

I was actually dumbfounded. I believe his post should have stopped with "i still don't think."