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Postby ThadFilms » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:37 pm

If Givens could have just caught that ball his Freshman year it might have been an entirely different career at SMU for him.

Now I'm no saying a single play should make or break somebody, but if he catches it takes 80 or 90 yards (whatever it was) for the TD.... it could have kick started some positive mo for him. However I think the drop began a trend of negative momentum.
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Postby WE ARE BACK » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:52 pm

What happened to Bradley Haynes... He was supposed to be good and I never heard anything about him. Anyone know what happened?
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Postby MustangIcon » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:56 pm

WE ARE BACK wrote:What happened to Bradley Haynes... He was supposed to be good and I never heard anything about him. Anyone know what happened?


He was a freshman last season and redshirted I believe, as is common with freshman. Nothing happened and he is still supposed to be good.
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Postby WE ARE BACK » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:58 pm

If we put him on the field with Taylor Thompson and Vincent Chase, Willis would have some tall targets to hit next year.
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Postby Stallion » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:01 pm

other than for the fact that Thompson will be playing DE and Vincent Chase probably OT-I 'd say you are 100% correct. Ever watched a Hawaii game? BTW the signing of all the Smurfs should end any real dispute that Jones intends to play the same 4 Wide Receiver offense they did at Hawaii-those guys only make sense in a Run and Shoot with 2 inside receivers w/o a TE.
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Postby SMU 86 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:04 pm

Thompson was recruited as DE not a TE to my understanding. JJ offense does not use TE's. More like 6'6" E. J. Drewery on one side and Haynes on the other with 2 under 6 foot slots in between.
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Postby WE ARE BACK » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:19 pm

Either way I am glad that we have some size out there.
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Postby Big Hoss » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:23 pm

SMU 86 wrote:Thompson was recruited as DE not a TE to my understanding. JJ offense does not use TE's. More like 6'6" E. J. Drewery on one side and Haynes on the other with 2 under 6 foot slots in between.


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Postby Pony Soup » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:36 pm

smu diamond m wrote:Cool, 2 badly kept lists of recruits...


badly kept? come on, you're better than that
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Postby SMU2007 » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:27 pm

already got 8 out of state guys it looks like. more than we've had in probably the last 3-4 years combined.
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Postby Stallion » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:31 pm

that's right-and if you check you'd find that not a single one had any offer fron a Division 1A school when they committed to SMU which is probably why we haven't recruited out of state very often.
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Postby SMU2007 » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:35 pm

ah rats... oh well -- maybe the out of state connections will help in the long run...
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Postby mathman » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:36 pm

Stallion wrote:that's right-and if you check you'd find that not a single one had any offer fron a Division 1A school when they committed to SMU which is probably why we haven't recruited out of state very often.

I thought Robinson had one?
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Any DT recruits....

Postby westexSMU » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:13 pm

still looking at SMU ? I realize DE recruit Taylor Thompson and LB/DE Alex Odiari, if he signs, could help our DL next year. I hear Odiari has gained some weight yet is still real fast. However, I would feel alot better about our chances of improvement on defense if we could sign a big quick JUCO DT and a freshman also.
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Postby Corso » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:43 am

WE ARE BACK wrote:If we put him on the field with Taylor Thompson and Vincent Chase, Willis would have some tall targets to hit next year.
Thompson is playing DE. Chase will play ... OT? Somewhere on defense? Who knows. Put Haynes out there with Drewery and Pat Fleming and you've got some nice targets.
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