Not surprising given our situation and his. I wish him luck in his development. We do need to add some QBs, though, even if Nando is the presumed starter.
Not surprising given our situation and his. I wish him luck in his development. We do need to add some QBs, though, even if Nando is the presumed starter.
We just received a commitment from the QB at UNT...he has great stats and one year of eligibility. We also have freshman Caminong (sp?). Thus we have 3 scholly QB's and JW wants one more.
Without a doubt. He was confident in his first start, and despite some freshman mistakes, he persevered and got better as the season progressed. Plus he has the intangibles that some 4* and 5* recruits don't have (I'm lookin' at you Dante Moore).
If we run the same system without too many changes. Mendoza is very smart and very coachable. If you watched his footwork he was rarely out of position, been when flushed and rushed, when he threw the ball. He will get a LOT better with more playing time. One of the things he does so well is the pre-snap reads. If you get the reads right running RPO's its hard not to get nice yardage on a play.
To be honest the whole money thing, while fair for the players who risk injury every time they are out there, sucks. It's all a mercenary sort of exercise. Tradition and pageantry be damned. That said as FBS becomes a minor league for the NFL, what you said below makes a lot of sense Rugbear. There should be an NFL development fund shared equally by FBS member schools, sorry Oregon State gets as much as Bama or Michigan - which will level the playing field. Right now college football as we know it is doomed. The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. The development fund could sort of be a Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest type of thing.
Honestly, though? I think the transfer portal works in our favor. Recruiting HS is really tough for a program like ours that only has sporadic success and the national perception of a university that just doesn't care.
It's a lot easier for us to rebuild through the portal until we have the foundation necessary for stronger HS recruiting. I don't necessarily prescribe to the scale that Deion is doing at Colorado, but there is a logic to what he's doing. Rebuilding with HS recruits is something that will take 3-4 years to see results. Get what few blue chips you can through HS recruiting, and then fill the rest through mercenaries that are already proven on the field. The reason I disagree with Deion is that I think he has an NFL mindset, and most college athletes just aren't good / experienced enough to be plug-and-play like they're expected to be in the NFL.
I've been saying for years that every NFL contract should provide 10% of the amount of the contract to NCAA football for any player who came from an NCAA football program (basically all of them except Otis Sistrunk of the Raiders who went to the University of Mars).
Not surprising given our situation and his. I wish him luck in his development. We do need to add some QBs, though, even if Nando is the presumed starter.
Our situation? um, we have one and only one QB on scholarship, now. Is this the situation which your are referring to?
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We just received a commitment from the QB at UNT...he has great stats and one year of eligibility. We also have freshman Caminong (sp?). Thus we have 3 scholly QB's and JW wants one more.
Do you think Mendoza will keep the starting job?
Without a doubt. He was confident in his first start, and despite some freshman mistakes, he persevered and got better as the season progressed. Plus he has the intangibles that some 4* and 5* recruits don't have (I'm lookin' at you Dante Moore).
If we run the same system without too many changes. Mendoza is very smart and very coachable. If you watched his footwork he was rarely out of position, been when flushed and rushed, when he threw the ball. He will get a LOT better with more playing time. One of the things he does so well is the pre-snap reads. If you get the reads right running RPO's its hard not to get nice yardage on a play.
To be honest the whole money thing, while fair for the players who risk injury every time they are out there, sucks. It's all a mercenary sort of exercise. Tradition and pageantry be damned. That said as FBS becomes a minor league for the NFL, what you said below makes a lot of sense Rugbear. There should be an NFL development fund shared equally by FBS member schools, sorry Oregon State gets as much as Bama or Michigan - which will level the playing field. Right now college football as we know it is doomed. The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. The development fund could sort of be a Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest type of thing.
Honestly, though? I think the transfer portal works in our favor. Recruiting HS is really tough for a program like ours that only has sporadic success and the national perception of a university that just doesn't care.
It's a lot easier for us to rebuild through the portal until we have the foundation necessary for stronger HS recruiting. I don't necessarily prescribe to the scale that Deion is doing at Colorado, but there is a logic to what he's doing. Rebuilding with HS recruits is something that will take 3-4 years to see results. Get what few blue chips you can through HS recruiting, and then fill the rest through mercenaries that are already proven on the field. The reason I disagree with Deion is that I think he has an NFL mindset, and most college athletes just aren't good / experienced enough to be plug-and-play like they're expected to be in the NFL.
I've been saying for years that every NFL contract should provide 10% of the amount of the contract to NCAA football for any player who came from an NCAA football program (basically all of them except Otis Sistrunk of the Raiders who went to the University of Mars).
Moving to the ACC and having lost our offensive coordinator.