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Post by efg72 on Aug 11, 2024 6:53:06 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Aug 11, 2024 8:20:25 GMT -5
Definitely the Ed Hochuli (Sr) of college football coaches. Suit him up.
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Post by hcnj on Aug 11, 2024 13:55:07 GMT -5
Based on coach's comments it's probably too early to see where the real 2 deep plus will shake out. He said all the one's, two's and three's got their reps. I'm always hopeful when a coach mentions "new faces" but we'll see, we've got two good recruiting classes on campus now.
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Post by efg72 on Aug 11, 2024 15:36:58 GMT -5
This third class will give us legitimate team depth, perhaps at a lower- mid level FBS level, with equal or more upside in talent. I say that because we recruit young men that know how to win and excel in all they do academically, athletically, and in the community.
A glass full guy✝️
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Post by lou on Aug 11, 2024 20:02:51 GMT -5
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Post by hc1996 on Aug 11, 2024 20:16:25 GMT -5
Behind a paywall. Can you post the text?
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 11, 2024 20:26:30 GMT -5
Dobbs was listed for 3rd year in a row by Feldman’s National list. I’m guessing this has to be Fuller.
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Post by lou on Aug 11, 2024 20:38:32 GMT -5
Behind a paywall. Can you post the text? Jordan Fuller, Holy Cross, running back The FCS scoring leader at 11.4 points per game, Fuller already holds the Crusaders career record for rushing touchdowns with 40 (in 34 games). The 6-0, 235-pound bruiser squatted 660 pounds this offseason, benched 350 and had a 4.22 short shuttle to go with a 36-inch vertical jump. The son of Holy Cross Hall of Famer Jerome Fuller, Jordan ran a laser-timed 4.68-second 40. Great photo too
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 12, 2024 9:24:31 GMT -5
Behind a paywall. Can you post the text? Jordan Fuller, Holy Cross, running back The FCS scoring leader at 11.4 points per game, Fuller already holds the Crusaders career record for rushing touchdowns with 40 (in 34 games). The 6-0, 235-pound bruiser squatted 660 pounds this offseason, benched 350 and had a 4.22 short shuttle to go with a 36-inch vertical jump. The son of Holy Cross Hall of Famer Jerome Fuller, Jordan ran a laser-timed 4.68-second 40. Great photo too interesting that Perry. the Middlebury freak OL, was discovered at Holy Cross pro day
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 12, 2024 11:17:04 GMT -5
FCS Coaches Top 25 Coaches Poll released this morning. HC in ORV again just behind Harvard and Yale. www.afca.com/south-dakota-state-preseason-no-1-for-second-straight-year/Rank School (1st votes) 2023 Rec. Pts. 2023 Rank Season Opener Head Coach 1 South Dakota St. (25) 15-0 649 1 Aug. 31 at Oklahoma St. Jimmy Rogers 2 North Dakota St. 11-4 614 3 Aug. 29 at Colorado Tim Polasek 3 Montana 13-2 576 2 Aug. 31 vs. Missouri St. Bobby Hauck 4 Montana St. 8-4 518 8 Aug. 24 at New Mexico Brent Vigen 5 South Dakota 10-3 512 4t Aug. 29 vs. Northern St. Bob Nielson 6 Villanova 10-3 502 9 Aug. 29 vs. No. 23 Youngstown St. Mark Ferrante 7 Idaho 9-4 473 4t Aug. 31 at Oregon Jason Eck 8 Chattanooga 8-5 403 17 Aug. 31 at Tennessee Rusty Wright 9 Furman 10-3 392 6 Aug. 31 at Ole Miss Clay Hendrix 10 Sacramento St. 8-5 382 15 Aug. 29 at San Jose St. Andy Thompson 11 Southern Illinois 8-5 370 13 Aug. 31 at BYU Nick Hill 12 Richmond 9-4 353 22 Aug. 31 at Virginia Russ Huesman 13 Central Arkansas 7-4 339 NR Aug. 31 at Arkansas St. Nathan Brown 14 UAlbany 11-4 275 7 Aug. 31 vs. LIU Greg Gattuso 15 UIW 9-2 259 14 Aug. 31 vs. Northern Colorado Clint Killough 16 William & Mary 6-5 196 NR Aug. 29 vs. VMI Mike London 17 UC Davis 7-4 164 NR Aug. 31 at California Tim Plough 18 Lafayette 9-3 157 19 Aug. 29 at Buffalo John Troxell 19 Western Carolina 7-4 144 NR Aug. 29 at NC State Kerwin Bell 20 Illinois St. 6-5 143 NR Aug. 31 at Iowa Brock Spack 21 Tarleton 8-3 137 NR Aug. 24 vs. McNeese Todd Whitten 22 North Dakota 7-5 131 16 Aug. 31 at Iowa St. Bubba Schweigert 23 Youngstown St. 8-5 97 21 Aug. 29 at No. 6 Villanova Doug Phillips 24 Nicholls 6-5 91 NR Aug. 31 at Louisiana Tech Tim Rebowe 25 Florida A&M (1) 12-1 71 10 Aug. 24 vs. Norfolk St. James Colzie III *– Ranking in final AFCA FCS Coaches Poll of 2023 Others Receiving Votes: Weber St., 66; North Carolina Central, 53; Eastern Illinois, 50; UT Martin, 38; Austin Peay, 35; Northern Iowa, 33; Harvard, 32; Yale, 31; Mercer, 27; Holy Cross, 20; Howard, 20; Alabama St., 17; Northern Arizona, 17; Elon, 16; Alcorn St., 9; Duquesne, 7; North Carolina A&T, 6; Fordham, 5; Gardner-Webb, 4; Indiana St., 3; Missouri St., 3; Butler, 2; Eastern Kentucky, 2; Southeast Missouri St., 2; Eastern Washington, 1; Murray St., 1; Samford, 1; Utah Tech, 1.
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Post by cruskater31 on Aug 13, 2024 10:17:05 GMT -5
I like these preseason polls. Certainly some uncertainty surrounding the squad and a lot of projections as the second best PL squad this year. Little chip on the shoulder and realistic expectations to exceed. Hunter again instead of the hunted.
Lawd if we got Nova as an affiliate that would be something.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 13, 2024 12:05:36 GMT -5
I will start the annual “How many regular season games will HC win?”[]thread by tomorrow.
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Post by hcpride on Aug 13, 2024 13:22:21 GMT -5
I like these preseason polls. Certainly some uncertainty surrounding the squad and a lot of projections as the second best PL squad this year. Little chip on the shoulder and realistic expectations to exceed. Hunter again instead of the hunted. Lawd if we got Nova as an affiliate that would be something. Laffy’s ranked now at 18. Let’s just say they lose their opener to Buffalo which would not be unexpected. The second game is against a somewhat respectable (pre-season CAA 10\16) Monmouth team. If they lose to Monmouth they’ll not only tumble in the rankings, I don’t think they’ve get to strength of schedule to climb back into the top 20. (And it also means there may not be a big rankings payoff when we beat them.) Game 2 for Laffy is huge.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 13, 2024 15:04:42 GMT -5
I like these preseason polls. Certainly some uncertainty surrounding the squad and a lot of projections as the second best PL squad this year. Little chip on the shoulder and realistic expectations to exceed. Hunter again instead of the hunted. Lawd if we got Nova as an affiliate that would be something. Laffy’s ranked now at 18. Let’s just say they lose their opener to Buffalo which would not be unexpected. The second game is against a somewhat respectable (pre-season CAA 10\16) Monmouth team. If they lose to Monmouth they’ll not only tumble in the rankings, I don’t think they’ve get to strength of schedule to climb back into the top 20. (And it also means there may not be a big rankings payoff when we beat them.) Game 2 for Laffy is huge. Buffalo SHOULD also be very motivated for this one. First game for Pete Lembo back in the MAC. You better believe UB doesn't want to lose to a PL school for the third straight season. He'll have that drilled into his player's heads.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 13, 2024 15:29:02 GMT -5
I will start the annual “How many regular season games will HC win?”[]thread by tomorrow. 12 game, 3 CAA, 1 P4 schedule makes this year's poll very interesting. Has HC ever had a tougher first five games in the PL era? Or was last year tougher with BC and #24 Harvard in the first five?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 13, 2024 15:39:27 GMT -5
I will start the annual “How many regular season games will HC win?”[]thread by tomorrow. 12 game, 3 CAA, 1 P4 schedule makes this year's poll very interesting. Has HC ever had a tougher first five games in the PL era? Or was last year tougher with BC and #24 Harvard in the first five? 2019 was pretty brutal. Syracuse and Navy. New Hampshire. Yale (Ivy Champs). Bucknell.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 13, 2024 15:45:36 GMT -5
12 game, 3 CAA, 1 P4 schedule makes this year's poll very interesting. Has HC ever had a tougher first five games in the PL era? Or was last year tougher with BC and #24 Harvard in the first five? 2019 was pretty brutal. Syracuse and Navy. New Hampshire. Yale (Ivy Champs). Bucknell. Two FBS. That takes the cake.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 13, 2024 16:03:39 GMT -5
Started 2-3 in 2019 (wins v UNH and Bucky)
I might sign up for that right now in 2024. One reason schedule is brutal this year is Bye week doesn’t come till Nov 2 and then you have your 3 weakest opponents on paper to round out what I’m guessing will be a volatile season.
First 9 games are tough just matching retuning talent v talent. No gimmes where we can just show up and play a C game (Lehigh last year) and still find a way to get a W.
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Post by 78purple on Aug 13, 2024 17:20:25 GMT -5
Started 2-3 in 2019 (wins v UNH and Bucky) I might sign up for that right now in 2024. One reason schedule is brutal this year is Bye week doesn’t come till Nov 2 and then you have your 3 weakest opponents on paper to round out what I’m guessing will be a volatile season. First 9 games are tough just matching retuning talent v talent. No gimmes where we can just show up and play a C game (Lehigh last year) and still find a way to get a W. Agree.....this season's 1st 5 are all you want......
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 14, 2024 13:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by drjack on Aug 15, 2024 16:51:38 GMT -5
Kevin Shea will have an interview with most of the coaching staff tonight at 9pm on Spectrum News.
I unfortunately have Fios, so I won't be able to tune it, but hopefully something will get posted online.
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Post by hcnj on Aug 15, 2024 18:05:35 GMT -5
Kevin Shea will have an interview with most of the coaching staff tonight at 9pm on Spectrum News. I unfortunately have Fios, so I won't be able to tune it, but hopefully something will get posted online. I'm really interested to see how the whole defensive side ultimately shakes out (other LB), CBs, even the line other than the 4 first-years from last year. Offensively I'm guessing will see more expected faces but TE will be interesting, especially if there's a role change.
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Post by newadvisor on Aug 15, 2024 22:12:27 GMT -5
Kevin Shea will have an interview with most of the coaching staff tonight at 9pm on Spectrum News. I unfortunately have Fios, so I won't be able to tune it, but hopefully something will get posted online. I'm really interested to see how the whole defensive side ultimately shakes out (other LB), CBs, even the line other than the 4 first-years from last year. Offensively I'm guessing will see more expected faces but TE will be interesting, especially if there's a role change. LB may be interesting since only one returner played real minutes last year. DL will be the game changer for the defense, if these talented sophomores step up it will change how we are able to play call for pressure. The critical ? is who do we have at CB lots of great young talent, but who steps up to take the 1 spot. For the offensive side who are the expected faces other than Fuller I'm guessing. Joe will play great and give us a true look at what we could be with a pro-style QB. Offensive line will be a question as they haven't played a lot together, but that will get better with snaps. WR we have talent in abundance here, but who steps up at the 3 or 4 time will tell. Not sure about the comment on the TE, JP will be the 1 and from there it will be a dog fight for the 2. Right now we are all guessing what's going to happen, hoping for the very best. Stir the pot long enough and the cream will always rise to the top.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 16, 2024 7:14:16 GMT -5
Well summarized New Advisor.
At CB - Sophomores Cam Jones, Donovan Comestro and Eli Thompson appear to be fighting for the 1 reps come URI. Helms at QB with their speed at WR will be a match-up problem for us. No warm up game for our secondary. These guys will get all they can handle week 1.
ILB - I expect Spinogatti’s raw talent to eventually win the job but having been with BV now for 2+ years, Boyer can’t be counted out and should see snaps regardless.
OL - 4 new starters. I say again - 4 new starters. Yes, LT Declan Mac and RG Dalton Daddona are 5th years and have reserve experience (especially Dalton at G/C) which is crucial but being the 1 is a different ballgame. Cam McNair at RT has talent - can he stay healthy? Joe Metzger at LG seems to be coming into his own as a Junior. Cam Nolan will provide much needed depth for the IOL.
WR - We know Shorter is gonna get plenty of targets. Can Shipman finally stay healthy for a full season? Does Mulally breakout like some expect? Who emerges as the top reserve - Youngblood, Q Gregs, or one one the frosh like Alijah or RJ?
TE - I’m on record that if his knee holds with no setbacks - JP will be All Conference this year. Joe will get him the ball. I would too as my security blanket.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 16, 2024 7:39:36 GMT -5
Does anyone know how the QB depth chart is shaking out behind Joe?
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