UM possibly pursuing Rice grad transfer OT
January 11th, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
Well Friday is going to OSU, Petit-Frere was a significant longsot even before losing Frey, and Patterson is about a 50/50 shot between us and UCLA so I don't think its going to be an issue anymore on the space side.
Think this says everything you need to know about how confident the coaches are in the young guys being ready to go next year, and that is not very.
January 12th, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^
NPF has only taken officials to Michigan and Notre Dame and signing day is a month away. We were the first school to offer him, we have a former player on his coaching staff, his head coach is a big fan of Jim's, and Notre Dame just lost their OL coach. We might not get him, but we have as good a chance as anyone right now - he's certainly not a "significant" longshot.
January 12th, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
Talk was that he was considering Florida State, and then when Frey was his main recruiter here (with some Drevno), and went to Florida State, along with Petit-Frere's comment that Frey to FSU would be something he considered... people started thinking Michigan was dead in the water.
However, bear in mind that he already visited both Michigan and Notre Dame, and has decided to take his remaining three visits to Ohio State, Alabama, and Florida. I mention this because as you can see, he isn't visiting FSU, so if the FSU/Frey pull was going to be so strong, it doesn't seem like it materialized. Now I'm not saying he's going to Michigan (though I'd be ecstatic if he did), but it seems he's considering several other schools in addition to Michigan and ND. Also of note he received offers from OSU Bama and Florida a long time ago, so it isn't like he has new interest in those schools now simply because they are more interested in him. If it was the case I'd say its 100% a lost cause.
January 11th, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 3:38 AM ^
dont understand why this board loves Watson so much, hes really not that good. Ambry Thomas will pass him this offseason anyway, not to mention St Juste and a few others having a chance. JBB is the one that doesn't seem right to me, Newsome is prbably not going to play again and Cole is gone, How can JBB not be one of the top 3 tackles we have next year. Even if Hudson makes it at tackle and this transfer or one of the other kids passes JBB, he would still be needed for depth.
January 12th, 2018 at 4:06 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 7:48 AM ^
Who else were they going to pick on?
I'll admit that Watson isn't the best corner on the team, but his play is far better than your giving him credit for. Whether he's back depends solely on the improvement that Thomas, St. Juste, and others show - if they are good enough to put him on the bottom end of the corner depth chart, he's probably not back. But that would be a small surprise to me...
January 12th, 2018 at 8:14 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
If all of our safeties had LB size and CB speed...
January 12th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
He isn't Jourdan Lewis or Lavert Hill but if you don't think he's above average, think about the corners before the Lewis/Stribling era and he was about Raymon Taylor level opposed to late Countess or (shudder) Boubakar Cissoko level. I'd take that as a third CB every day of the week
January 12th, 2018 at 8:22 AM ^
"How can JBB not be one of top 3 tackles"...
well if he's fucked up enough to get locked in the doghouse then that's one way. Its not the NFL...CFB coaches are supposed to be about more than just wins. So, w/o knowing what he may have done its impossible assume that he SHOULD be on the team (and no I'm not assuming that he shouldn't either).
January 11th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
Watson seemed more than serviceable this year. We'll likely need Watson for depth next season, especially against certain passing sets. Unless, of course, the coaches saw something my untrained eye didn't. (Need to do something about that eye.)
January 12th, 2018 at 4:09 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 1:35 AM ^
Watson should most definitely get a 5th year. what's this about McDoom??
January 12th, 2018 at 8:02 AM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 10:55 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
care if it's a block of dolomite or an enormous gob of chewing gum just FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:18 PM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
Spoke with all conf level Rice grad transfer LT, Calvin Anderson (@THE_CONDA25). #Sooners, #Texas, #TCU, #Michigan, #Auburn, #Pitt, #Florida, etc. heavily pursuing. Will likely take all 5 OVs. Turnkey talent.
— Super K (@SuperK_TFB) January 12, 2018
January 11th, 2018 at 11:18 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:25 PM ^
January 11th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:01 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:13 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 12:49 AM ^
Any competition and depth at OT is good. We need to go all in on addressing that hole in the roster.
January 12th, 2018 at 12:57 AM ^
probably heading to a mild finish, grad transfers, especially at OT, would be the best option.
We have a slight lead for J. Patterson, but it depends on Drevno (his main recruiter).
January 12th, 2018 at 2:01 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 2:17 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 6:33 AM ^
We should trade Malzone (a seemingly smart guy who could find something useful to do at Rice) for him.
January 12th, 2018 at 6:36 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 7:21 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 7:34 AM ^
Sounds like a kid worth pursuing.
However, can we now seriously consider TJ Wheatley moving over to OT? Dude didn't catch a single pass last season. He may have unbeliveable athletic skills (in practice), but not one catch. He has the size; obviously, he's plenty athletic for the position, and we have a gaping hole at the position.
January 12th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
As much as we'd like to think that the coaches make those changes in a vacuum, they don't. Maybe Harbaugh, Drevno, Frey, dad, et all have spoken to him about changing positions, and he just doesn't want to? If he doesn't want to, they won't force it and he'll have to live with whatever PT he earns at his current position. That's on him. Or maybe the coaches have determined that they don't need him to switch (or want him to)?
I do agree that his athleticism would fit well at OT, but I'm not sure his size is where it should be. Didn't he top out around 280, and then have to lose wieght for TE? If 280 is the cieling, he's not big enough to be effective. Maybe he just doesn't want to get bigger than that?
January 12th, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 8:32 AM ^
you wouldn't wait until his 4th year. He's never played the position, has a lot to learn and size to gain. It's not realistic to think he could immediately step in and start. Why make the move otherwise? We can still use a blocking TE.
January 12th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
Not sure if you were trying to be dramatic for effect but he had 3 catches last season. He also had a cast on his hand for much of the season and was dealing with a pretty serious knee injury that happened during camp.
January 12th, 2018 at 7:44 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^
Fried rice???
Keeps falling through the holes in the fryer basket.
January 12th, 2018 at 8:40 AM ^
January 12th, 2018 at 9:08 AM ^
Honestly, this would be great. I'm not saying he would end up being amazing, but someone that at the minimum could be a reliable backup would be nice, with the possibility of potentially even being a good starter.
January 12th, 2018 at 9:14 AM ^