Zipmeister Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) On 12/17/2020 at 8:01 PM, Blue & Gold said: Incoming QB DJ Irons will enroll in January and take part in spring practice, as will Monaghan (TE), Gathings (WR), and Mumpfield (WR). IIRC Ryan Jankowski (QB) is already enrolled. DJ Irons was the Georgia big-school-division Offensive POY his senior year in high school. @ Blue & Gold Today the Dayton Daily News (the quality of whose sports section rivals that of the ABJ) changed their tune; yesterday they said Morgan signed with Akron, today they say he was scheduled to sign with Akron on Wednesday. So I'm not sure whether an asterisk in front of his name is appropriate or not. Edited December 19, 2020 by Zipmeister . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 12/17/2020 at 10:55 AM, UAZipster0305 said: 6) One recruit wants to major in architecture and another in architectural engineering. Good for them, but does UA offer those programs? Pssst....hey, buddy....can I interest you in a few polymer engineering courses? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Former STVM DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hooks is transferring from Northwood. Please give me some reasons to be excited. I could not find him in several websites, so what am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, bigjim said: Hooks is transferring from Northwood. Please give me some reasons to be excited. I could not find him in several websites, so what am I missing? No reason to get excited outside of it being a local kid from a good program coming back home. He's likely a walk-on, so I imagine not missing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Listed at 6’ 3” 250lb out of high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/18/2020 at 12:32 AM, ZIPFAN21 said: HAM with all due respect we had 4 Freshman OL (3 started their 1st games of their careers) that provided zero time for our QB to throw. When given time the QB was pretty accurate. In due time those Freshman will mature into hopefully a great unit. The competition for QB will be very heated next Spring with Gibson (Freshman still) Kato (senior) back and Irons (Juco) transferring in. Jankowski may be the discussion as well. DeShields and Marousek will also add to the competition. Should be a fun spring. Agree that there will be competition at QB. Though I am not sure that at this late date Nelson is really going to be in the mix, at least initially. I thought he might get some PT last season but he never got on the field. Gotta believe if Arth thought he was going to be a longer term answer he would have played him. Not sure what was going on there. Also agree that better QB play will not only help the offense but also a very shaky defense. Score more points consistently. Gibson appeared to be very one dimensional and did not consistently make good decisions. The QB still needs to be able to bail out the defense with his feet. Want to see Irons on the field to see if he can more of a threat than Gibson appears to be. The O-line will grow. They can already run block adequately in front of a decent RB. Better QB play will help them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Lee Adams said: Agree that there will be competition at QB. Though I am not sure that at this late date Nelson is really going to be in the mix, at least initially. I thought he might get some PT last season but he never got on the field. Gotta believe if Arth thought he was going to be a longer term answer he would have played him. Not sure what was going on there. Also agree that better QB play will not only help the offense but also a very shaky defense. Score more points consistently. Gibson appeared to be very one dimensional and did not consistently make good decisions. The QB still needs to be able to bail out the defense with his feet. Want to see Irons on the field to see if he can more of a threat than Gibson appears to be. The O-line will grow. They can already run block adequately in front of a decent RB. Better QB play will help them. Can't agree with you more. Improving our play at QB will improve the team more than any other area of concern. We must look outside our current starter. We need to be better at decision-making and athleticism. A viable dual threat QB has become the standard for winning college programs. I have great hopes for the guys coming in and would like to see Marousek get more exposure/coaching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippysDrunkCousinSkippy Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 The future is bright, loved the improvement on offense this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Here we go! Wonder if he'll play ILB or OLB. Seems like we have a lot at OLB already. I would think Scott Aligo being at Michigan State may have played some part in this. Edited December 31, 2020 by LZIp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippypitt Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, LZIp said: Here we go! Wonder if he'll play ILB or OLB. Seems like we have a lot at OLB already. I would think Scott Aligo being at Michigan State may have played some part in this. Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state-university/2020/12/31/ex-michigan-state-spartans-linebacker-jeslord-boateng-head-akron/4104409001/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Our defense just got better. If the transfer portal gods are good to us with a few DB's and DL's we will be on track to win more than 3 games next season. The rebuild continues and it holds some promise, but all will be for naught if we can't improve at QB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 hours ago, 72 Roo said: Our defense just got better. If the transfer portal gods are good to us with a few DB's and DL's we will be on track to win more than 3 games next season. The rebuild continues and it holds some promise, but all will be for naught if we can't improve at QB. I am not sure we got better on Defense with this signing. Looking at his stats and tape, he is not a game changer. In the posts above, it states that they do not know if he is a ILB or OLB. I do not think that Bubba has to worry about losing his position since this guy signs. The recruiting sites do say that he is an OLB, and we are weak at this position. I do agree 100% that all is for naught if we cannot improve at QB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIPFAN21 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 12/29/2020 at 3:57 PM, 72 Roo said: Can't agree with you more. Improving our play at QB will improve the team more than any other area of concern. We must look outside our current starter. We need to be better at decision-making and athleticism. A viable dual threat QB has become the standard for winning college programs. I have great hopes for the guys coming in and would like to see Marousek get more exposure/coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIPFAN21 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I am not worried at all about our QB position at all. Kato and Gibson will most likely be QB1 and QB2 next season. Our offense will get better when our OL grows and gets stronger. Starting 4 Freshman with no game experience this season is unheard of in college football. Think about that, other than Peterson, the other 4 starters had 2 games of experience combined coming in. Gibson was running for his life on passing downs. He also called the protections on the OL that produced a quality run game. So his knowledge of the offense was good considering he is a freshman as well and had NO SPRING or summer workouts. We had Freshman receivers as well. So the offense is learning. 2022 this team will win and produce a product all Zip fans will be proud of. That's my prediction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 9 hours ago, ZIPFAN21 said: I am not worried at all about our QB position at all. Kato and Gibson will most likely be QB1 and QB2 next season. Our offense will get better when our OL grows and gets stronger. Starting 4 Freshman with no game experience this season is unheard of in college football. Think about that, other than Peterson, the other 4 starters had 2 games of experience combined coming in. Gibson was running for his life on passing downs. He also called the protections on the OL that produced a quality run game. So his knowledge of the offense was good considering he is a freshman as well and had NO SPRING or summer workouts. We had Freshman receivers as well. So the offense is learning. 2022 this team will win and produce a product all Zip fans will be proud of. That's my prediction I hope you are right, but, respectfully, I don't t think so. Giving the reins to the team to Kato means we have the same problem again the next season. Gibson, on the other hand, collapses under pressure. There will always be pressure in the MAC. He does not display the ability to carry a team when needed. A QB has to be able to do that occasionally. Gibson needs everyone around him to be at their best so he can be at his best. Intellectually he may have a good grasp of the offense but he did not show it with his decision making. Perhaps he can in the future. We just need better QB-ing. I do believe the competition for the job next season will make the position better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Gibson was a freshman this year and will be a freshman next year. I can't agree with writing him off for the future. He showed some positives and some negatives and I believe the negatives are correctable. With that said, I don't care who the QB is next year. I'm looking forward the competition over a full offseason and the cream rising to the top. Edited January 1, 2021 by LZIp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 So neither of these will count towards this year's counters due to the rules, but have strong reason to believe this tweet is in reference to Beckman and Bischoff receiving scholarships. Beckman started the entire year on the OL as a walk on redshirt freshman. Bischoff has been around a few years, and did somewhat okay at ILB next to Bubba. Started there ~half the games this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, LZIp said: So neither of these will count towards this year's counters due to the rules, but have strong reason to believe this tweet is in reference to Beckman and Bischoff receiving scholarships. Beckman started the entire year on the OL as a walk on redshirt freshman. Bischoff has been around a few years, and did somewhat okay at ILB next to Bubba. Started there ~half the games this season. I saw that enigmatic tweet & didn't know what to make of it. But now that you mention it, I'll bet you're almost certainly ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Another Michigan State player! FYI - the same day we lose Boogie, we get a RB commit from a P5 transfer. Coincidence? Edited January 12, 2021 by LZIp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 Who knows what happened last season with a new coach and COVID, but this is an article hyping him up in camp during his true freshman season (2019). https://spartanavenue.com/2019/08/14/michigan-state-football-anthony-williams-jr-answer-rb/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 17 hours ago, LZIp said: So neither of these will count towards this year's counters due to the rules, but have strong reason to believe this tweet is in reference to Beckman and Bischoff receiving scholarships. Beckman started the entire year on the OL as a walk on redshirt freshman. Bischoff has been around a few years, and did somewhat okay at ILB next to Bubba. Started there ~half the games this season. Congrats to the players.. I fully support players earning a scholarship. However, when I look at the Zips scholarship chart that was issued a while back, Bischoff was listed as a person owning a scholarship. LZlp, please comment and update. I want to be able to trust the information that you post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, bigjim said: Congrats to the players.. I fully support players earning a scholarship. However, when I look at the Zips scholarship chart that was issued a while back, Bischoff was listed as a person owning a scholarship. LZlp, please comment and update. I want to be able to trust the information that you post. Here you go. Excludes all players who are in the portal. You can trust what I post or not, up to you. The list is likely not 100% accurate, but its pretty close. Really its a group effort since there are some posters on here who know more than I do especially when it comes to walk-ons or players showing up after signing day. This list was started from scratch something like 3 seasons ago and there were some assumptions made. Zips Football Scholarship Chart.xlsx Edited January 12, 2021 by LZIp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsoutsider Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 No kickers or punters on scholarship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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