2014 Graveyard Thread

[rioninusc]

Originally Posted by Gamecock_Aholic

Tyler Hull did the same thing against no one either.. Then shankapotimous joined the football team.

Yeah that is the same as Nick St Germain. He kicked really well and came in as the second or third Kicker in the nation. He transferred after he got passed by Fry. Just because some players don't pan out though doesn't mean others will be bust. If the coaches doesn't see something to offer this player, than I'm with them.

On the other hand what will you be saying to yourself if this guy goes to UNC, and is booming 60-70 yard punts consistently, with 1 or 2 shanks a year?

[Gamecock_Aholic]

Originally Posted by rioninusc

Yeah that is the same as Nick St Germain. He kicked really well and came in as the second or third Kicker in the nation. He transferred after he got passed by Fry. Just because some players don't pan out though doesn't mean others will be bust. If the coaches doesn't see something to offer this player, than I'm with them.

On the other hand what will you be saying to yourself if this guy goes to UNC, and is booming 60-70 yard punts consistently, with 1 or 2 shanks a year?

Probably "he can really kick a ball"

[elcid99]

Huge difference.....this dude is a punter! Pretty sure you don't have a darn tee to kick off of when you punt, do you? IMO, biggest issue w special teams-crappy punting resulting in great field position for our opponents.

He can take a full scholarship all day long if he can pin teams inside the 10 & keep them on their side when kicking from our 10 YRD line back. Field position lost at least one game & arguably both this year.

[B&GSpur]

I am a little bit confused about the numbers. I was listening to ESPN's recruiting show the other night and they said Florida State had, I think it was 29 commitments and would have probably 31 by NSD. I thought you could only sign 25. If that is the case they would have to have about 6 red shirts, practice/grey shirts, don't practice shirts and pay their own way. So if that is the case why is it we don't do any thing along those lines? Surely not all the signees will be pass muster, grades etc. It seems we should have a few extra commitments? Just asking.

[OldPat]

Originally Posted by elcid99

Huge difference.....this dude is a punter! Pretty sure you don't have a darn tee to kick off of when you punt, do you? IMO, biggest issue w special teams-crappy punting resulting in great field position for our opponents.

He can take a full scholarship all day long if he can pin teams inside the 10 & keep them on their side when kicking from our 10 YRD line back. Field position lost at least one game & arguably both this year.

Agree.

[NJGCfan]

We probably aren't going to fill up all of our scholarship spots so why not give him an offer? Fry has been a revelation at K but our KOS are terrible, our punting is terrible, our kick coverage is terrible, and our returning is average. Kick coverage doesn't burn us too often and we can live without Ace Sanders returning, but getting a quality punter would be quite beneficial. Having Fry means we don't have to worry about missing 35 yard FGs, but having a great punter can mean we don't have to worry about our opponent starting on the 40, which is equally important IMO

[Gamecocks1137]

Originally Posted by B&GSpur

I am a little bit confused about the numbers. I was listening to ESPN's recruiting show the other night and they said Florida State had, I think it was 29 commitments and would have probably 31 by NSD. I thought you could only sign 25. If that is the case they would have to have about 6 red shirts, practice/grey shirts, don't practice shirts and pay their own way. So if that is the case why is it we don't do any thing along those lines? Surely not all the signees will be pass muster, grades etc. It seems we should have a few extra commitments? Just asking.

If I am not mistaken, is it that different conferences have different rules?

[b381l]

Originally Posted by B&GSpur

I am a little bit confused about the numbers. I was listening to ESPN's recruiting show the other night and they said Florida State had, I think it was 29 commitments and would have probably 31 by NSD. I thought you could only sign 25. If that is the case they would have to have about 6 red shirts, practice/grey shirts, don't practice shirts and pay their own way. So if that is the case why is it we don't do any thing along those lines? Surely not all the signees will be pass muster, grades etc. It seems we should have a few extra commitments? Just asking.

If they had enough EE, they could count up to 5 back to last year. Then they would only need 1 to not qualify or grayshirt one.

[b381l]

I read that Coach Robinson is planning on bringing in a couple of punters. We'll see.

[jayceecock]

Originally Posted by b381l

If they had enough EE, they could count up to 5 back to last year. Then they would only need 1 to not qualify or grayshirt one.

Correct.

FSU has 5 EE in this class.

[b381l]

I wonder if this offer says something about the other 2-3 WR we have been looking at the last couple of weeks Ford and Gladney.

[trapper82]

Originally Posted by b381l

I wonder if this offer says something about the other 2-3 WR we have been looking at the last couple of weeks Ford and Gladney.

Maybe that neither is quite what the coaches want, but they certainly want a 4th receiver.

[NJGCfan]

Originally Posted by b381l

I read that Coach Robinson is planning on bringing in a couple of punters. We'll see.

isn't preferred walk on Jacob August getting a shot at punter?

[b381l]

Originally Posted by trapper82

Maybe that neither is quite what the coaches want, but they certainly want a 4th receiver.

it would appear so.....

[b381l]

Originally Posted by SCohioBoy

We should be fine. Dixon, Harris, English, Thomas, Sawyer.

and Wideman

[Captain9Dragons]

TN has 34, so they must be counting on a few not qualifying

[b381l]

Originally Posted by Garnet Gamecock

Is this another compliance dept. screw-up?

Someone should have researched this.

a couple of people have already posted the coaches were aware of this....and they appealed and lost.....

[b381l]

Of course the 3 semester rule is there to prevent HS kids from going JUCO one year and then play D-1 football the next season. My unbiased opinion says that even though he shouldn't have been allowed at Illinois, he has been out of D-1 football for 1 year.....no different than any other D-1 player when transferring. So he should be allowed to play in 2014.

[b381l]

Originally Posted by Captain9Dragons

TN has 34, so they must be counting on a few not qualifying

yep or grayshirting 4......the other 5 count back to last year. They had 14 enroll in January this year.

[JoeCock]

Plus, I think, this is the last year of our "Self Imposed", scholarship reductions. Again, I think, we could only get 22.