Practice #1 observations/quick hitters

Peter Ariz

Jul 31, 2024 1 min read

Posting an instant reaction podcast soon but here were some of my initial observations from practice #1

Tyler Baron looks HUGE - towering over entire defense Other than Anthony Campbell. Looks like a created player

Elijah Arroyo looking chiseled and lean

Jordan Lyle looks the part - great lower half

Akheem Mesidor looks like he was moving well

Robby Washington bulked up to 195 looking stout - playing receiver

Ray Ray Joseph in the same boat - told me he’s better equipped to take hits

Wesley Bissainthe looks like a LINEBACKER - not an athlete playing LB. Great size he’s added

Bobby Washington and Pruitt huge, Hayes could be special once weight is added - told me yesterday it took him a few weeks to get adjusted during spring but he’s towering

TE Coach Cody Woodiel seemed particularly pleased with two Riley Williams reps

Dyoni Hill pick off Emory Williams

Judd Anderson slant to Chance Robinson

Judd to Shemar Kirk out route towards sideline

Armondo Blount lining up as a defensive end - told me yesterday he’s weighing 264

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The Sphinx

Jul 31, 2024

Odysseus said:
Never forget we have most of our o-linemen 6-1 and 6-2 and fat. And had slow 5-10 200lb linebackers. Good times lol

And big physical teams like LSU, Wisconsin and Clemson would just ragdoll us.

Odysseus

Jul 31, 2024

The Sphinx said:
And big physical teams like LSU, Wisconsin and Clemson would just ragdoll us.

It was like we were the jv team facing the varsity team when we had to match up against those teams just wild ****

FrancisSawyer

Jul 31, 2024

AUcane said:
thought Hayes came in at 6-4, 230+!

230? It was more like 210 and that was a likely exaggeration.

Coach Macho

Jul 31, 2024

I saw on IG that my boy OJ got an INT.
Let's go!

Cane_J15

Jul 31, 2024

grover said:
Knighton, Scaife, Flagg, Keontra, Pope, J Clark at OG/C, Malik Curtis… one or two glue guys on a roster is one thing. But you don’t build championships around these guys.

I liked Knighton. Keontra would have been a **** of a Safety was stupid putting him at backer! Mailk Curtis should have been playing on offence would have been a weapon! Flagg should have never been here an out of all the 5 star receivers we ended up with Pope lmao smfh

pyhooya

Jul 31, 2024

D_G87 said:
I’ve heard enough. 15-0

still need 1 more unless we forfeiting the championship

Fightinibis

Jul 31, 2024

dade305cane said:
Thank God NYSTOM isn't here he'd be overexcited about reports of how hung these guys are.

Wherever he is, pretty safe he still is

RealRussellPumps

Jul 31, 2024

Coach Macho said:
I saw on IG that my boy OJ got an INT.
Let's go!

Who threw it?

TRick72

Aug 1, 2024

EudocimusAlbus said:
For the folks that were here during the seasons leading up to the 'chips of 01/02, was the sentiment of the board and team practice hype similar?

If by here you mean CIS no one was here as I believe the site was founded in 2011. There may have been other boards around then but I wasn’t on any of them. I remember reading stories in the Herald on how the guys would work out in the off season or how the OL would go out to eat all together once a week to build camaraderie and I was hype as **** sitting on the porcelain throne.

grover

Aug 1, 2024

Cane_J15 said:
I liked Knighton. Keontra would have been a **** of a Safety was stupid putting him at backer! Mailk Curtis should have been playing on offence would have been a weapon! Flagg should have never been here an out of all the 5 star receivers we ended up with Pope lmao smfh

Anyone could have liked any one of those dudes. But all of them at the same time when they were all undersized…. I forgot to mention Seymore … plus a whole slate full of big slow guys I didn’t even bother to name? … our roster was just too full of edge takes without NFL traits. Barring crazy heroics of Deriq King (also not prototypical but a true baller like X) and a couple highly productive transfers like Phillips and Rambo, the outcome was inevitable.

FrancisSawyer

Aug 1, 2024

RealRussellPumps said:
He is the reason I am a little more bullish than some others on our secondary this year. Played well for a good Marshall Defense and the familiarity with the system is huge. Him and Porter holding down the outside makes me a bit less worried about our CB issues.

I expect Damari Brown to make a huge jump this season.

canesbrah

Aug 1, 2024

Just beat the **** out UFag

C
caneworld

Aug 1, 2024

It ain't happening... until they are flying around

C
caneworld

Aug 1, 2024

TRick72 said:
If by here you mean CIS no one was here as I believe the site was founded in 2011. There may have been other boards around then but I wasn’t on any of them. I remember reading stories in the Herald on how the guys would work out in the off season or how the OL would go out to eat all together once a week to build camaraderie and I was hype as **** sitting on the porcelain throne.

It was grassy with the infamous WEZ back then...
We lived through some happening times..

Butch and the revival, leaving Mike Trained geese and the Big Least, Coker days, Randy, Shapiro... ugh... And of course Al Folden's pillars and cloud, co starring D'No and the no man's D...
Have survival guilt and PTSD combined, living through all that.

EudocimusAlbus

Aug 1, 2024

TRick72 said:
If by here you mean CIS no one was here as I believe the site was founded in 2011. There may have been other boards around then but I wasn’t on any of them. I remember reading stories in the Herald on how the guys would work out in the off season or how the OL would go out to eat all together once a week to build camaraderie and I was hype as **** sitting on the porcelain throne.

ah ok, thanks for the info, canes and porcelain excitement lol. I was still in school; I don't recall much hype on campus among students back then. I'm pretty hype this go around, eternal optimist but feeling good about the squad, the seem tight.