Recent content by fourthandshort

the good news is that we only have a few holes to plug as of this moment ... DL, K/P, can always use help on OL or at LB. But given our returning depth, we can be very limited and selective. Play in MVFC, we have 55 JR/SR on roster, have 17 of 21 returning starters, coming off a 6-5 season...

good stuff, Mad Love the idea of having a FB/TE Presson moving all over the field given our new passing capabilities. Hope we have a more traditional pass-catching/blocking TE to pair with him. Great to hear DL awards for DL .. Kessler and transfer Stephen. I want to see Kesslers weight...

Not encouraging on the special teams front ... but it's April.

Only point I would make different is our WR group ... yes, we've been very thin at WR as our pass game has declined or been sporadic at best. But one we found a QB who could drop back and throw it, WRs started to emerge. So I think we will continue to be pleasantly surprised like we've been...

Not being pessimistic .. partly just a FYI/buyers beware, and partly concerned with our depth causing some to get wandering eyes. But just between you and me .. here's how I really feel about next fall ...

Regarding my DL concern comment .. just found this excerpt from Spack in the same report: Offense piles up yards, points in Illinois State's Spring Showcase scrimmage “We’ve been playing pretty well defensively,” said the ISU coach. “We’re deeper up front. We’ll be just fine.”

Nice to hear about offense, since I have very few concerns (maybe DL depth) on defense. If it helps keep both QBs, I'm not opposed to a platoon system this fall. Either way we go, this offense seems like it will transition well from the Annexstad era. Rittenhouse completed 16 of 24 passes for...

From pantagraph...

Yes, but then he supposedly went to the D-II school because of his daughter, Now he's going to D-III school in BloNo.

WTF !! Oh well, would have loved to be on fly on that wall. Might be some insight into why he really left.

or 360 days early, since they'll probably do it again next year. ;)

not sure, but wouldn't be surprised if he played with 3rd string ... if so, let's try him on 2nd string next.

Good to hear, and I can't imagine they wouldn't rightly want to see Rubley with 1st string, even while maintaining Rittenhouse is the starter until if/when Rubley were to earn the spot. Winkler and Roberson split 50/50 completely, taking turns each day as 1st/2nd ... though that was summer OTAs...