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Postby Nacho » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:02 am

I thought it was against the rules to paste articles from proprietary sources.
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Postby Grider » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:57 am

Ponymon wrote:One problem is that we already have 6 OL recruits for this class. If we take this guy and Fontana, we will have "OD'd" on OLs. Now don't get me wrong, I would take him in a second, but I think we would have to convert some of the previous OL commits to DL where we can always use some size.


Granted I'm no expert, but after thinking this many times myself, I've come to a realization. Regretfully, OL recruits usually do not have the quickness to play D1 DL, otherwise they would have been recruited as such. If there's any switching to be done it, more times than not, goes from DL to OL.
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Postby PerunaPunch » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:00 am

Ponymon wrote:One problem is that we already have 6 OL recruits for this class. If we take this guy and Fontana, we will have "OD'd" on OLs. Now don't get me wrong, I would take him in a second, but I think we would have to convert some of the previous OL commits to DL where we can always use some size.


Some sources have said this kid is closing in on 6'8 350 now. Supposedly he's being recruited by the known universe, but is Will Densmore's best friend.

If we recruited him as the entire line, we could save least 4 scholarships. I say go for it! :shock:
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Postby PerunaPunch » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:06 am

Scoops wrote:Yes, that's the guy, although everything I've seen has him listed as Terren Jones.


One of the best parts about PonyFans is that it helps keep the other sites accurate. As of this morning I see scout has updated his profile from Johnson to Jones. I hope the rest of the details are accurate.
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Postby SMU89 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:21 am

Buckethead wrote:Did he have on the Houston Nutt Ole Miss shirt? If so he is a very large person.


Funny. I went to a movie at North Park last night, and around 9pm saw a large young man and immediately thought I hope this guy is looking at SMU.

As he got closer, he was wearing a Houtson Nutt Ole Miss T-Shirt, and he looked like the person in the picture posted earlier.
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Postby Ponymon » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:05 am

Grider wrote:
Granted I'm no expert, but after thinking this many times myself, I've come to a realization. Regretfully, OL recruits usually do not have the quickness to play D1 DL, otherwise they would have been recruited as such. If there's any switching to be done it, more times than not, goes from DL to OL.


I realize this, however, Atchison ran a 5 second forty and has the right size for nose guard. Collins also has the right size for DL and might be quick enough. Otherwise, I don't think we will have to worry about OL recruits for a couple of classes.
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Postby Grider » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:15 am

Ponymon wrote:
Grider wrote:
Granted I'm no expert, but after thinking this many times myself, I've come to a realization. Regretfully, OL recruits usually do not have the quickness to play D1 DL, otherwise they would have been recruited as such. If there's any switching to be done it, more times than not, goes from DL to OL.


I realize this, however, Atchison ran a 5 second forty and has the right size for nose guard. Collins also has the right size for DL and might be quick enough. Otherwise, I don't think we will have to worry about OL recruits for a couple of classes.


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Postby mrydel » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:00 am

You can not get enough good lineman, offense or defense but primarily on offense.
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:01 pm

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Buckethead wrote:Did he have on the Houston Nutt Ole Miss shirt? If so he is a very large person.


Funny. I went to a movie at North Park last night, and around 9pm saw a large young man and immediately thought I hope this guy is looking at SMU.

As he got closer, he was wearing a Houtson Nutt Ole Miss T-Shirt, and he looked like the person in the picture posted earlier.
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Postby PonyDoh » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:21 pm

PerunaPunch wrote:
Scoops wrote:Yes, that's the guy, although everything I've seen has him listed as Terren Jones.


One of the best parts about PonyFans is that it helps keep the other sites accurate. As of this morning I see scout has updated his profile from Johnson to Jones. I hope the rest of the details are accurate.


come on, this is a message board w/great traffic and some content. That place is a content machine right now w/basically no message board traffic. I respect ponyfans.com for the platform and comaraderie, but ponystampede is getting it done, if you are a recruitnik
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Postby mathman » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:16 pm

I agree with PonyDoh. The sites both serve a purpose. Really don't think one competes with the other at this point.
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Postby ponyboy » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:58 pm

You're right. They don't. I too don't know why everyone seems to freak out about it.
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Postby BUS » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:57 pm

BIG MEN rule.

40% of each class needs to be Big Men. I do not think we hit that percentage in the past. So... maybe this year we go a little over.

The quality of recruit is looking better!
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Postby Stallion » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:26 pm

What quality? He just a big fat kid right now. Otherwise, believe me someone would have taken a chance on him. Sounds like the "recruiting universe" is NOT recruiting him. Probably waiting until he loses about half a hundred. If he hasn't been offered by August he's pretty far down the lists of schools "recruiting" him. His times and jumps would have to be among the lower 99 percentile too. Big questionmark whether he would ever see the field. Its up to him to get serious about his conditioning before most D!A Coaches would offer.
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Postby mathman » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:32 pm

Stallion, behave.
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