Serge Elizee sighting

[PonyPride]

Yes, he's on campus. I was at Ford yesterday, doing some interviews, and saw him go by. He looks a little different from the pictures I've seen, so I didn't recognize him right away. Didn't get a chance to talk to him, but he's an impressive looking guy — thick chest and trunk, strong legs. Don't know much more .... yet.

Saw a few other athletes:

• QB Justin Willis looks good. Looks significantly leaner than last year. Not skinny, just leaner — more athletic. I asked him if he's losing weight, and he said he's significantly stronger than last year, and has lost 14 or 15 pounds. He said that last year he got up to about 210, and right now he's 196.

• RG Caleb Peveto also looks leaner. I posted before that Ben Poynter bragged about Peveto benching 485 yesterday, just a few months after shoulder surgery. His arms have more size and definition, and his shoulders seem thicker.

• LT Ben Poynter looks like he's in the best shape he's been in since he's been here. Said he's dropped about 5 pounds, now sitting in "the high 280s." Said he's lifting more than he ever has, and that he has tightened up on his diet.

• Saw a few basketball players: Janielle Dodds and Catherine Campbell are tall. Alex Malone is really tall. Tomasz Kwiatkowski is absurdly tall. Malone and Kwiatkowski were headed to the weight room.

• LB Jason Jackson looks like he has added 10 (?) pounds of muscle. Didn't recognize him without a jersey, until Poynter ID'ed him. Looked good.

• Brad Lankford and Ross Nigh look much stronger than they did last year. Don't know how much weight lifting either did before getting to SMU, but their builds have changed significantly since Vic Viloria got ahold of them. Lankford looks thicker and stronger. Nigh doesn't look thicker — I'd guess about the same size as last year, although it's hard to say in street clothes, rather than a uniform, but definitely looks a lot stronger.

[George S. Patton]

Thanks, PonyPride. You always do good work for the masses. Looking forward to reading your preview on the season in August.

[westexSMU]

[quote="PonyPride"]

• QB Justin Willis looks good. Looks significantly leaner than last year. Not skinny, just leaner — more athletic. I asked him if he's losing weight, and he said he's significantly stronger than last year, and has lost 14 or 15 pounds. He said that last year he got up to about 210, and right now he's 196.

[/quote]..............How about Willis's hand injury ? Ok ?

[Pony4Life]

That's what I was curious about. Hope that thing's OK.

Glad he's leaner and stronger, though. He was a good scrambler before — maybe he's a step quicker now? If so, he could be more of a pure running threat — not Ramon Flanigan, but even more dangerous.

Impressive that you figured out four basketball players were tall. Thanks for the insight.

[HorsePower]

So it sounds like Peveto and Poynter are going to resemble Kenard Burley — big and strong, but lean and mobile. Hope Enright and Lobo are on the same level of intensity.

[southerncomfort]

Poynters and Peveto can be seen in the early mornings and afternoons for the most part on a daily basis, I think they live down in the sports center...Amazingly, Serge is taking 4 classes (now three), I'm sure he can't wait until it's all over And I just noticed they have Jabow down for 270lb as a WR on the SMU Football site...I'm pretty snappy sure that Josh Bryant is NOT 270! And for the record, Caleb recently went through testing, was stronger than he's ever been and gained 19lb but his body fat percentage did not change one bit. Hooray.