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BigSteve09 said:
BALL STATE

Only 11 returning starters - 6 on offense, 5 on defense. Lose a 4 year starting QB and their all time best WR. Lose 5 of their top 6 tacklers from last year.

QB: Four year starter gone. Only 34 career pass attempts at this unit. Paddock should be starter. 5'11 196.

RB: they have a true soph RB named Steele that should be good this year. 6'1 225 averaged 4.6 ypc last year.

WR: decent unit this year but replacing their all-time leading receiver.

OL: return 7 of 10 OL that played last year. They gave up 25 sacks last year.

DL: return 8 of top 10 that played last year. Staff called it the strength of the team.

LB: they have a 7th year LB

DB: replacing 3 starters

ST: lose a great punter, lose good kickers, lose their best return man, lose their special teams coach of 7 years
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DawgInterloper said:
UGA -18 is a bad line IMO. Oregon is a very talented team, 53 former 4 and 5 star recruits by my count. They return a lot of experience on both O & D, especially on the lines. Bo Nix played well against Georgia last year (his receivers dropped a bunch of balls), and he'll have a much better OL with this Oregon team than he ever had at Auburn. If Georgia's defense plays as inexperienced as they look on paper, Oregon has a good chance at the upset.
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Agree, that line jumped out to me as well
 
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Jackcrevol said:
@Bassmaster_Vol gotta say man, you gotta do something about this new country music man. Its turrble.
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I grew up on country. I love country. This crap isn’t country, it’s dead.

Good news is there’s lots of great Indy country out there. Went and saw Cody Jinks and Ward Davis in concert a couple weeks ago with Clint Black opening. Amazing, real music.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
BALL STATE

Only 11 returning starters - 6 on offense, 5 on defense. Lose a 4 year starting QB and their all time best WR. Lose 5 of their top 6 tacklers from last year.

QB: Four year starter gone. Only 34 career pass attempts at this unit. Paddock should be starter. 5'11 196.

RB: they have a true soph RB named Steele that should be good this year. 6'1 225 averaged 4.6 ypc last year.

WR: decent unit this year but replacing their all-time leading receiver.

OL: return 7 of 10 OL that played last year. They gave up 25 sacks last year.

DL: return 8 of top 10 that played last year. Staff called it the strength of the team.

LB: they have a 7th year LB

DB: replacing 3 starters

ST: lose a great punter, lose good kickers, lose their best return man, lose their special teams coach of 7 years
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"And starting at LB, Van Wilder"
 
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SugarCC said:
And waving WRs to go deeper! I mean...waving WRs with his hand?? While standing flat-footed, all the time in the world?? If you have that much time, without leaving the pocket, to stare down one reciever long enough to not like where he's at, but to wave him somewhere else...SOMEONE else has LONG BEEN wide open, the 2nd or 3rd or 4th option. Not to mention, kid does not like contact, whatsoever.


With all that, I'm still not ready to say he can't play. TOO MUCH!!!, man!!!...TOO MUCH talent and potential to say that, just yet. I do believe if he can put it all together, Josh Heupel is only one of a handful in the country to get him there...Heupel above all others.
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Yeah, the 2nd most concerning thing, imo, is his fear of contact. So weird to see a guy his size pulling up against a 175lb db. He could decimate most people trying to tackle him.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
BALL STATE

Only 11 returning starters - 6 on offense, 5 on defense. Lose a 4 year starting QB and their all time best WR. Lose 5 of their top 6 tacklers from last year.

QB: Four year starter gone. Only 34 career pass attempts at this unit. Paddock should be starter. 5'11 196.

RB: they have a true soph RB named Steele that should be good this year. 6'1 225 averaged 4.6 ypc last year.

WR: decent unit this year but replacing their all-time leading receiver.

OL: return 7 of 10 OL that played last year. They gave up 25 sacks last year.

DL: return 8 of top 10 that played last year. Staff called it the strength of the team.

LB: they have a 7th year LB

DB: replacing 3 starters

ST: lose a great punter, lose good kickers, lose their best return man, lose their special teams coach of 7 years
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Sounds tough. Hopefully not another Appalachian State nail biter. 😁
 
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BleedorangeinGA said:
The decline of Nebraska and Tennessee started in the same time frame. 2001 vs Colorado and 2003 vs Missouri were defining moments for the Nebraska decline. Hopefully I don’t have orange glasses on but I think Tennessee has a much better opportunity to claw its way back compared to Nebraska. I honestly don’t think Nebraska will ever be better than a 7-8 win team.
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Nebraska needs to go back to the triple option. The biggest difference between us and them is that we are very close to multiple fertile recruiting areas. Nebraska needs to go back to the Big 12. I think that would help them a bit more in recruiting.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
BALL STATE

Only 11 returning starters - 6 on offense, 5 on defense. Lose a 4 year starting QB and their all time best WR. Lose 5 of their top 6 tacklers from last year.

QB: Four year starter gone. Only 34 career pass attempts at this unit. Paddock should be starter. 5'11 196.

RB: they have a true soph RB named Steele that should be good this year. 6'1 225 averaged 4.6 ypc last year.

WR: decent unit this year but replacing their all-time leading receiver.

OL: return 7 of 10 OL that played last year. They gave up 25 sacks last year.

DL: return 8 of top 10 that played last year. Staff called it the strength of the team.

LB: they have a 7th year LB

DB: replacing 3 starters

ST: lose a great punter, lose good kickers, lose their best return man, lose their special teams coach of 7 years
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Hope the players and coaches don't take them like a scrimmage or warm-up game. I hope they come in prepared and pumped like their about to play bama.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
BALL STATE...
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Players to know (From 24/7)
> RB Carson Steele: The former teammate of Tennessee freshman quarterback Tayven Jackson at Center Grove High School in Indiana, Steele led Ball State in rushing as a freshman in 2021. The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder rolled up 891 yards on 4.6 yards per carry with six touchdowns. Steele scored touchdowns in each of the first three games of his Ball State career, had three 100-yard games in MAC play and got 20-plus carries in the final four games of the regular season.
> WR Jayshon Jackson: After three productive seasons (67 catches for 786 yards and three touchdowns) at Cincinnati, the Chicago native transferred and led Ball State in receiving in 2021. The 5-foot-10, 175-pounder caught 69 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns, providing an excellent complement for All-MAC wideout Justin Hall. Jackson caught 10 passes at Wyoming, had a 121-yard game against Miami (Ohio) and totaled 21 receptions for 249 yards with two scores in the season’s final two games.
> WR Yo’Heinz Tyler: The fifth-year veteran from New Orleans is a bigger target (6-3/204) at wideout and has been a key playmaker for Ball State for three seasons. He goes into 2022 with 132 receptions for 1,819 yards and 21 touchdowns (the sixth-most in program history) in 45 games for the Cardinals and has a chance to leave Muncie as one of the program’s all-time most successful receivers. Tyler averaged less than 10 yards per catch in 2021, but led Ball State with six touchdown catches after hauling in eight in 2020.


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Clayton Coll
> ILB Clayton Coll: The Cardinals had three players with more than 100 tackles last season, and the only one back is Coll. The 6-foot-3, 235-pounder racked up 108 stops in 2021 and added five tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two interceptions. Coll is active both in coverage and as a blitzer, and Ball State will need him to be everywhere to lead a rebuilding defense.
> DL Tavion Woodard: Coming off a breakout season in 2021 as a redshirt sophomore. Woodard led the team in sacks (five) and ranked second in tackles for loss (8.5), and he forced a couple of fumbles as well. The 6-foot-4, 259-pounder gives Ball State a solid edge rusher.
> S Jaquan Amos: Ball State went to the transfer portal to alleviate losing three of its top four safeties, who were among the team’s top-five leading tacklers. Amos made just two tackles in three games at Iowa State in 2021, but he was a productive, all-conference-caliber player at Villanova. In 33 games over three seasons (2017-19) with the Wildcats, Amos racked up 149 tackles, 25 passes defensed, eight interceptions (four in 2019), three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and four defensive scores – Ball State’s secondary sure could use that kind of playmaking presence.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
He's most likely more talented than anyone on our team, but I don't think he'll be physically ready to start day 1.
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Talking about talent is really hard at QB. I mean Milton has more size, speed, and arm talent than Nico will probably ever have. I like Nico's chances at putting it all together more than Milton ever has, but that's quite the deficit to overcome against a guy who also has a two year head start in the system on you.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
Talking about talent is really hard at QB. I mean Milton has more size, speed, and arm talent than Nico will probably ever have. I like Nico's chances at putting it all together more than Milton ever has, but that's quite the deficit to overcome against a guy who also has a two year head start in the system on you.
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“Arm talent” is more than simple arm strength. Milton doesn’t always get it to where he’s aiming whilst Nico is Da Vinci painting windows. And Nico’s taller…so it’s a push on the size. For all the aplomb over Milton’s speed, he never seems to outrun tacklers. It’s going to be whomever has it in the head when the cards are dealt.
 
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Our house-hunting continues because what we've found everywhere is just too expensive.

These are areas we're now considering because we've seen possible purchases there.

Morristown
Jefferson City
Erwin
Greeneville
Strawberry Plains
Mascot

If any of you have any insight on the any of these areas, i'd greatly appreciate hearing it.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
In Nico's thread, I said he is probably going to redshirt next year. I wonder how many lashes I just earned myself over there? 😆
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Well since that scrub Peyton Manning was intended to redshirt before being forced into starting after four games when the two QBs ahead of him were injured, I suppose yours is not an extreme position, even if a few acted like it was. There was a huge difference between year one and two with Manning. On the other hand, with Heup as QB whisperer, no telling what he will do, but I will have confidence in what he decides. Isn't Nico graduating early? That will help. I can picture him starting, or starting midseason, or being redshirted. I have zero anxiety about it.

I am hoping that Milton is great and so is TJ.
 
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