Recruiting Football Talk VII

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utvols83 said:
Sampson or Seldon for RB1. I know everyone thinks it's a lock that Sampson will start, but he still struggles with protecting the QB at times. If Seldon gets good at blocking, then he could end up being the guy the coaches trust the most. I think that competition will be tight all spring and fall. Either way, both of them are going to play a lot if they're healthy and it's pretty exciting to think about two dynamic playmakers like that at RB with Nico at QB. Keith, Bishop, and Lewis are probably competing for the third spot.
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Very true
 
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utvols83 said:
Sampson or Seldon for RB1. I know everyone thinks it's a lock that Sampson will start, but he still struggles with protecting the QB at times. If Seldon gets good at blocking, then he could end up being the guy the coaches trust the most. I think that competition will be tight all spring and fall. Either way, both of them are going to play a lot if they're healthy and it's pretty exciting to think about two dynamic playmakers like that at RB with Nico at QB. Keith, Bishop, and Lewis are probably competing for the third spot.
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Small RB1. Sampson RB1-A. Seldon RB 2
 
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saltfanclub said:
After? LOL. There are clever ways to gauge interest and there is 0 chance Kaidon would play under Freeze again and Freeze was made aware. The real question is do you stay with the man that got your confidence back where you put up great numbers and take your chance playing mediocre competition, or do you go to a bigger school and see what you can do IF you even get the starting job.
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Interesting. I didn't follow the situation last year so I didn't know there was bad blood. He's playing great right now, but I think it would be fun to see what he could do in a power 5 conference.
 
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Continue to be surprised by the one-sided argument that the fault lies with defense and not offense (not here, but on 247 today). Offense is currently 36th nationally, defense is 29th. Surely there's an in-between(?).

Our offense has declined by over 14 ppg YoY. Now, we came off a #1 offense last season, so the magnitude is lessened, but regardless is a sizeable adjustment.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Small RB1. Sampson RB1-A. Seldon RB 2
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If Small comes back...and he probably is leaning that way unless he's tired of the injuries...then he'll definitely be in the rotation. I think this season has shown that they're willing to move Small down the depth chart. He's a productive player, so I would be happy to see him back. I also think Omari comes back if Small is back.
 
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SoilVol said:
Disagree with RG3 here. This isn't a court case. It's NCAA. It's already proven they cheated. That's not a question. Whats being investigated is how many within the program knew and enabled or directed.

Vacate the wins where Stallions was on the sideline and Michigan is disqualified by default. That simple.

You CANNOT have a situation where Michigan wins or even where Michigan takes the spot of another worthy team when you know they're going to get stripped of everything inevitably.
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I agree.

Similarly, Bama needs to forfeit its game this year where rigged officiating was provided by the league office down the road that Bama runs. So Bama is also disqualified by default.

Now if -- as a result of even more cheating with impunity -- it comes down to choosing cheating Michigan vs cheating Bama, clearly the stench of cheating Michigan is farther removed from our nostrils, thus Michigan should take Bama's place.
 
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utvols83 said:
If Small comes back...and he probably is leaning that way unless he's tired of the injuries...then he'll definitely be in the rotation. I think this season has shown that they're willing to move Small down the depth chart. He's a productive player, so I would be happy to see him back. I also think Omari comes back if Small is back.
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Several RBs is good for reducing wear and tear and good for the RB room. Heupel seems to have been effective in teaching the young men this, and I think Wright is ready to go to the league.
 
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PKT_VOL said:
While it is nice to have objective data, the real insidious aspect of this trend isn't the lack of penalties in terms of objective number of penalties and yards, but rather the refusal to enforce certain types of penalties (holding) which completely alters the game in favor of our opponents by negotiating the strength of our defense (and subsequently overexposing the weakness of our defense)

Sure, on the surface, we lose some sack yards and corresponding offensive output the sacks would have prevented. However, once a team knows they won't be called for offensive holding, they can not only block with impunity but change their entire gameplan. Meanwhile, as much as I dislike our zone defense, it's hard to stay in man-to-man when you know you won't be able to pressure the quarterback effectively.

So, while having objective statistics to validate what we witness in games is nice, the true effect of this officiating disparity is much bigger than even the objective data leads credence to.
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The analysis of games -- calls, no-calls, and contexts -- is more objective than the stats. Because it is more open to the truth.
 
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