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The 4th play from the end of this video was my fave. Check out the lead blocker. I think he woke up on Gilligan's Island...

😆 Glad to hear you had a great road trip. Good work with the pre-season depth chart. As for TE Treyton Welch - it was pretty easy to see why his teammates voted him a Captain. It's nice to have the amount of talent on-board to the extent we're just balancing the depth throughout. Given that we lost both RTs and our LT to injury last year - that might be our biggest challenge ahead. Ifedi is more of a Guard and didn't play a down last year and he could play RT in a crunch. LT kind of scares me; but there may be some opportunities to improve our depth there before the regular season kicks off. We shall see...

Indeed! Those are the 1st 2 words after "I do" in bold up top. Having said that when you're married 30 years - the frequency of using them can lessen. By then, we have all we can do to remember why we just walked into the kitchen.

Here's some highlights of our last pick in the draft. Before we make too much of these - we're not going to be seeing any plays he wished he could do over here. Here's a Wikipedia write-up about him: Briggs started the first game of his true freshman season at Virginia in 2019, becoming the first freshman on the defensive line to start for the team in the opener since 1986.[9] He ended the season with 19 tackles and a sack and was named a mid-season Freshman All-American.[10] He then appeared in seven games in 2020, after having played in 13 in his first year.[11] He entered the NCAA transfer portal and transferred to the Cincinnati Bearcats in 2021.[12] He ended with 39 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss (TFLs) and four sacks in his two seasons at Virginia.[13] In his first year at Cincinnati, 2021, Briggs totaled 43 tackles along with four TFLs and three sacks while appearing in all 14 games.[3] The following season, he recorded 60 tackles and 4.5 TFLs and was named a first-team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) selection.[14] He returned for a final season in 2023 and was a team captain and honorable mention All-AAC choice while recording 27 tackles in 12 starts.[13] He finished his time at Cincinnati with 130 tackles, 14.5 TFLs and eight sacks and earned invites to the Hula Bowl and East–West Shrine Bowl.[15][16][17]

Yeah, those 11 wins last year clobbered our entire fanbase.

Togiai was fast-twitchies-free. Hall was born with fast twitchies. My guess is we'll see him used in a lot of 1 gap, upfield penetration Ika? He's stuck on pause in handicapped parking. That said, he's only been here 1 year. He's Polynesian so you know he bench presses Ford Rangers when he's not snacking between snacks. He's clearly a 2-Gapper. Then we have Tomlinson, Hurst, Hill all returning. There's also the Rookie from Cincy. I think we're ready. Wait til Jimmy sees the food bill during training camp.

Happy Birthday Old Man! We have plenty of time to talk about our draft - as long as we don't forget now that we're both in our early 60s.... Your buddy Flugel was Class of 82 (high school). Wait til you see the film clip Syd shared about our last draft pick. Football Wood Factor: Balsa to Sequoia.

The video conference in the Day 1 Thread with Zinter and Hall side by side was entertaining to see the respect each new teammate has for the other. The pleasant surprise of that is Zinter saying he's ready to go for the spring practices. He's been told the fractures are healed and he's been cleared to practice. It sure sounded like it's without restrictions. Zinter also indicated, he was cross trained to play Center at Michigan if their Center couldn't answer the bell. Zinter is a GREAT kid now...

Oh yeah, recruiting is projected to resume again in 2025...

🤣 In this version of The Longest Yard - the Prison Guards were busted for stealing signs. You don't say... Stay tuned? Why not????

Career Stats Top line below is BYU 2023 2nd line is UNLV 2022 CAR YDS AVG TD LNG REC YDS AVG TD LNG FUM LST 101 485 4.8 1 36 7 33 4.7 0 12 0 0 209 1,011 4.8 9 66 23 125 5.4 1 22 0 0 2 41 20.5 1 34 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 10 2.0 0 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

This might be a real good RB to keep around. I'll post his stats in a few minutes but I heard he had some nagging injuries at BYU so he started the last 3 games and had over 100 yards rushing in each of those games. In 2022, he had over 1000 yards rushing for UNLV. I like his frame at 6-3 240 lbs.

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That's some REAL good planning right there!

Thinking ahead somewhat here. It's conceivable that we could be looking at this grouping in a starting formation sometime within the next year or 2: Luke Wypler (Ohio State) Zak Zinter (Michigan) Dawand Jones (Ohio State) Center Right Guard Right Tackle I'm not in any hurry to push either Pro Bowl Guard out of our line-up; but injuries, contracts and other things create opportunities for newcomers. Zinter and Hall will also be facing each other in practice. There's probably going to be situations where Wypler or Jones has to block Hall.

Yes we do!!!!

Did you notice that was #65 (Zac Zinter) going against him?

Thanks Syd! I'm feeling better about it.

Wow! I just saw his highlights on ESPN. He was tossing guys around like they were salad. Strong powerful guy that did 42 reps on the bench. He's gonna be a nightmare for some interior offensive lines to deal with. Jowon Briggs - Coming to shutdown an inside running game near you!

Good to see you in the mix having fun again MJP.

How about Ohio State's TE Cade Stover reuniting with CJ Stroud in Houston?

The Chargers drafted him.

Okay I fixed it. I switched from warm Natural Ice to Ice Cold Fosters. It became a GREAT draft!

This is looking like the worst draft I've ever seen

Was that an NFL scout or a Cub Scout? My biggest concern with him, believe it or not, is how many times he doesn't have his head up when he's actually in ideal position to make a tackle (many of those for a loss). The 1st question someone might ask me about that is - can't that be coached up? A lot of that depends on how long he's perfected this bad habit. I would feel better about this pick if we made it 1 round later.