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Possibly. Sounds like they were pretty solid last year, but also sounds like they lost quite a bit.

I would like to see back ups playing a good chunk of the game. I think Schmidt understands the importance of building depth and experience more than Bubba ever did. The opportunities to play your depth players and build experience is not available every game, so you have to get some of those guys the experience when you can. Hopefully we have that opportunity this weekend. Regardless .... FOOTBALL!

I feel like a lot of the games especially early in the year don't show up on ESPN+ until closer to the game day.

One Week!

Anyways .... how about that football season we have coming up! Don't want to wish away the rest of summer, but football can't come soon enough.

Grady train still has some eligibility maybe Braden Hanson wants to chuck the pigskin for a few packages Whats Santiago up to? Honestly, I’ll be happy to see a few guys back for their contribution, but we would be fine without some of those guys. Eligibility needs to be limited, NIL needs to be controlled, transfers need be kept in check.

Random, but I just saw Ben Blood is the new Bantam AA coach in Shakopee. https://www.shakopeehockey.com/news/ben-blood-named-head-coach-of-shakopee-bantam-aa-team/29128

😆Beat me to it

for me ... probably since last year. But I get pretty excited every season, especially right about now when I'm starved for football.

Ok, lets juice up the conversation. Without the redshirt rule to consider, do we see more contribution from the incoming freshman? I know of these kids need a year in the system, they need to get bigger and adapt to college, but there are always a couple who seem ready to jump in. I feel like we heard a lot of good things about the two WRs below, but with some transfers and experience, are there enough touches to go around? James Jones (only listed at 147lbs ... is that right?) Delvin Cook Jr? Mason Beaver/Isaac Beaver? Will they jump in and contribute, or will they jump in and dominate? I know it has been discussed how physically dominant they can be, but its also a big jump to college and a lot tougher competition week in and week out. Any D backs that could step up like Grant Noland did? Will kicking improve this year? It seems as though it has been a lifetime since we have had that truly consistent and reliable kicker.

Apologies if this was already asked or mentioned, but does anyone know when Fall camp starts? Getting anxious for some football reporting and info. Was hoping I'd have already seen some new podcasts from the 360 guys. They usually do Off/Def positional breakdowns, but maybe I'm jumping the gun on this. Just over a month until we get some football!

So glad I clicked on this link .... what a waste of a read.

I'm guessing that was just due to not being able to cover everyone ... but I agree, Chuck showed he could have handled more snaps last year. No reason he won't be a big factor this season. Nice to have Lawson and Brunnell to spread the ball around and keep the guys fresh. I'd like to see one more guy step in to be an impact guy though. I don't know anything about Griffin Broderick, but it would be nice to see a guy like that own the short yardage conversion downs. Kind of a Quincy role. I love my hockey, but the season is over. It's all football focus now!

It certainly wouldn't shock me to see UND in his top 3, but we have seen that before. If he were to go to UND, it means he is chasing development and not just money, which would definitely speak to his character. Obviously, that is not to slight development anywhere else, more of a statement that UND isn't competing against Michigan in NIL. Denver is a different beast; no clue what their NIL situation is, but with the success they have had and with Carle coaching, it's hard to fault any kid for wanting to go there. Would love to land a player like this but am not counting on it. That being said, plenty of other impactful players to be had. I just want to see some splashes soon; the season is over and I'm getting anxious for some news.

Carle is almost impossible to dislike. Seems like a good dude, has taken an already good program and still elevated them. Any he is very common sense with stuff like his opinion on regional locations, etc. Love that he isn't afraid to voice his opinion and put people in their place. I was never a Montgomery fan, and I always enjoyed Gwoz, but in a different way.