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LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby Screck » Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:02 pm

Best present of the day! Now go and get the big Ex Aggie OT Williams and it will be a grand closing out of the year and one hell of a great Transfer portal for SMU!
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby Terry Webster » Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:35 pm

That is great news. We are loaded at RB now. We were ranked 11 in the portal rankings. Will this bump us into the top 10?
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby ALEX LIFESON » Sun Dec 25, 2022 5:05 pm

We're still in the hunt for several others, if you haven't contributed to NIL, now would be the time!
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby BUS » Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:53 pm

Thank you for the "ask" as if you want turners vision, sit in your hands. If you want dallas and smu to reach its potential.... donate to nil now.

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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:40 pm

Screck wrote:Best present of the day! Now go and get the big Ex Aggie OT Williams and it will be a grand closing out of the year and one hell of a great Transfer portal for SMU!


Looks promising on Williams

https://247sports.com/Player/PJ-Williams-46097800/
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby Charleston Pony » Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:54 am

Aggies portal is showing both guys to SMU

https://247sports.com/college/texas-am/ ... nkey=24029
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby Charleston Pony » Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:55 am

Terry Webster wrote:That is great news. We are loaded at RB now. We were ranked 11 in the portal rankings. Will this bump us into the top 10?


My bet is that both Johnson and Williams will be downgraded from 4 star guys to 3 star transfers because they are coming to SMU but sure looks like the roster has been upgraded as we prepare to compete in a watered down AAC
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby White Helmet » Mon Dec 26, 2022 6:19 pm

This also gives us 2 of the top 5 running backs in the 2021 recruiting class.
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby BleedingRed+Blue » Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:06 pm

I prefer watching games when the ball is in the air a lot, but if these RBs are as good as we hope ... run, run, run.

Can Johnson or Knighton return kicks or punts?
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby BUS » Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:31 pm

6.3.. 335# Dallas Walker is in aggie portal.
Make him a ng.
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Re: LJ Johnson Jr a MUSTANG!

Postby JasonB » Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:46 pm

BleedingRed+Blue wrote:I prefer watching games when the ball is in the air a lot, but if these RBs are as good as we hope ... run, run, run.

Can Johnson or Knighton return kicks or punts?


Lashlee wants to run power, very physical running game with explosive backs. Then use WR screens and deep balls to take advantage of the compressed defense. Not only are we fixing the defense, but the offense is morphing into what Lashlee wants.

Think back to how defenses played against us this year - against a 3 man front, we struggled the most. Now you have mobile QBs, a strong power running game, and if the LBs and a safety have to help to stop the run, the deep ball over the middle is there for RJ Maryland, or you are leaving an outside WR without help deep. The 3-3-5 stack is built to attack the run from the back and take away the intermediate passing game. But if they are afraid of the run, the weakness is to beat it over the top.
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