Zipmeister Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Other than KP16, the current roster has 3 red-shirt freshman and a senior listed at QB. How many do you think will disappear before the season starts? How many will last till seasons-end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Redshirt freshman QB Marcus Prather already left to play for an FCS team. I think one more QB will be off the roster by the start of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbalsinger Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 With the way it's shaping up I think Easton will remain, making Franco the odd-man out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 No insight with the players, but consider position changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 With the way it's shaping up I think Easton will remain, making Franco the odd-man out. If that happens, that should tell you that we're really starting to add some talent and depth to that position. Franco came here with some pretty good accolades. And if you go back about a year or so, I'd say that he would have been the one I was most looking forward to eventually rising to the top of the chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbalsinger Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 No insight with the players, but consider position changes. I think this is the key thing to think of...D'Orazzio was a HS QB now WR if I'm not mistaken. Franco's got some good legs he might be a useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Franco's got some good legs he might be a useful. Maybe as a runway model, but probably no on the football field.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think this is the key thing to think of...D'Orazzio was a HS QB now WR if I'm not mistaken. D'Orazio was also the starting Free Safety, Kicker, Punter, and Gunner when he was in high school. I'm not surprised he is athletic enough to be successful at WR. As far as I know, Franco just played QB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Yeah if you're looking for position changes, QB probably isn't where you'll find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Yeah if you're looking for position changes, QB probably isn't where you'll find them. Maybe not in Franco's case, but I can think of quite a few HS QBs at Akron who were really successful at other positions. This is actually very, very common. Coaches know that QBs are often among the most athletically gifted players on their respective HS teams, and converting these kinds of athletes to other positions is often pretty successful compared to other position changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 This should come as no surprise, but Franco is transferring to IUP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 This should come as no surprise, but Franco is transferring to IUP. Not that I am happy to see anyone leave but when one of the players who was supposed to be one of the main recruits from a class leaves because he sees too much competition ahead of hm, that's probably not a bad thing. QB looks to be shaping up as a postion of strength for the next few years. In the MAC that's excellent news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Not that I am happy to see anyone leave but when one of the players who was supposed to be one of the main recruits from a class leaves because he sees too much competition ahead of hm, that's probably not a bad thing. QB looks to be shaping up as a postion of strength for the next few years. In the MAC that's excellent news. At any level of football that is excellent news. It is pretty simple. He isnt beating out Kyle Pohl. He isn't beating out Nick Hirschman. He isnt beating out Woodson. He wouldnt beat out Kincade. He had absolutely no chance of ever seeing the field here. I wish him luck, but you are right, we have a lot of talent filling in at the QB spot right now. That is a good problem to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbalsinger Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Sad to see Franco go...he was one of my New Student Orientation babies that I helped orient to UA. Nice kid, very great parents. But just didn't work out here. Good luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Its pretty amazing when you look at the QB situation now compared to the Spring game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Its pretty amazing when you look at the QB situation now compared to the Spring game. It is more amazing when you remember that a few years ago they were advertising in the newspapers for anyone with QB experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Its pretty amazing when you look at the QB situation now compared to the Spring game. I'd wait until camp starts to make any comparison. Right now it's Pohl and a bunch of unknowns. Might be good, might be just as bad as what we had in the spring, although that would be pretty difficult to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Former Zip QB Steve Franco lands at IUP, but is now playing safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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