Preseason '24

[FUTex]

Watched a replay of the Ole Miss and Texas A&M game last night. I think we might be in trouble. Ole Miss returns 20 starters from last year’s 11-2 team. FU returns 6.

We most certainly will not be in trouble. Some key points:

1-Our D Line is quite stable, and intact with plenty of game experience, especially so by halftime on August 31. This is well established.
2- All of Ol' Miss's true freshmen have no college game experience. Indeed, exactly zero of the Mississippi players have any game experience so far this season. Their veterans have probably all spent the off-season partying, wearing inappropriate clothing, and listening to that damn Jelly Roll CD.
3-Clay Hendrix has psychically willed his players to gain attributes in all sectors, effectively levelling up the entire Paladin squad.
4-Lane Kiffin will tell his players to not look past Furman, and tell tales of Furman-past killing giants. But the Ol' Miss players won't get it, because the next game after Furman is Middle Tennessee State, then Wake, then Ga Southern. So who will the players be supposed to be in danger of looking past Furman? No one. This is going to mess with their minds something awful. Its going to be turnover city in Oxford.
5-Madine goes airborne in 45 days.

[FUTex]

Also, I should hasten to add that Ole Miss has never beaten the Paladins. Every single time we've played football against Ole Miss we have been victorious. We own this series.

[gman84]

Next year we don’t get the pro team out of the gate. We play Clempson in November, the game before they play SC.

It is rare for Furman to play an FBS school during that late season pre-rivalry game date. Never a huge fan of doing that, but if that's what it is, that's what it is.

meaning 2025?

Yes, then open with Tennessee in 2026 and no other pro games after that.

Not a problem...we are not guaranteed tomorrow!

[apaladin]

First practice 3 weeks from today. BTW the new putple seats have still not been installed.

[cavedweller2]

I heard they shifted the money for those seats to the Timmons project and now they are going to just paint the concrete purple.

[cavedweller2]

Watched a replay of the Ole Miss and Texas A&M game last night. I think we might be in trouble. Ole Miss returns 20 starters from last year’s 11-2 team. FU returns 6.

We most certainly will not be in trouble. Some key points:

1-Our D Line is quite stable, and intact with plenty of game experience, especially so by halftime on August 31. This is well established.
2- All of Ol' Miss's true freshmen have no college game experience. Indeed, exactly zero of the Mississippi players have any game experience so far this season. Their veterans have probably all spent the off-season partying, wearing inappropriate clothing, and listening to that damn Jelly Roll CD.
3-Clay Hendrix has psychically willed his players to gain attributes in all sectors, effectively levelling up the entire Paladin squad.
4-Lane Kiffin will tell his players to not look past Furman, and tell tales of Furman-past killing giants. But the Ol' Miss players won't get it, because the next game after Furman is Middle Tennessee State, then Wake, then Ga Southern. So who will the players be supposed to be in danger of looking past Furman? No one. This is going to mess with their minds something awful. Its going to be turnover city in Oxford.
5-Madine goes airborne in 45 days.

Lane Kiffin is a punk. He stares at the cheerleaders during the games.

[FUBeAR]

Watched a replay of the Ole Miss and Texas A&M game last night. I think we might be in trouble. Ole Miss returns 20 starters from last year’s 11-2 team. FU returns 6.

We most certainly will not be in trouble. Some key points:

1-Our D Line is quite stable, and intact with plenty of game experience, especially so by halftime on August 31. This is well established.
2- All of Ol' Miss's true freshmen have no college game experience. Indeed, exactly zero of the Mississippi players have any game experience so far this season. Their veterans have probably all spent the off-season partying, wearing inappropriate clothing, and listening to that damn Jelly Roll CD.
3-Clay Hendrix has psychically willed his players to gain attributes in all sectors, effectively levelling up the entire Paladin squad.
4-Lane Kiffin will tell his players to not look past Furman, and tell tales of Furman-past killing giants. But the Ol' Miss players won't get it, because the next game after Furman is Middle Tennessee State, then Wake, then Ga Southern. So who will the players be supposed to be in danger of looking past Furman? No one. This is going to mess with their minds something awful. Its going to be turnover city in Oxford.
5-Madine goes airborne in 45 days.

Lane Kiffin is a punk. He stares at the cheerleaders during the games.

Nah - those chicks are way too old for Coach Freshwater…unless you meant when he’s recruiting at a High School game.

[AstroDin]

A good look at Gavin Hall from his Instagram feed… dude doesn't look like a freshman!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9XkAk5szci ... mg_index=1

[Sad Din]

SoCon has a new look... check it out

https://soconsports.com/

[Sir William]

Lane Kiffin is a punk. He stares at the cheerleaders during the games.

What’s wrong wit dat?

[The Jackal]

A good look at Gavin Hall from his Instagram feed… dude doesn't look like a freshman!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9XkAk5szci ... mg_index=1

I know there is some consternation about Roberto graduating and depth at Running Back. I, for one, have never really been concerned with Furman's ability to develop quality running backs.

I did, however, find this interesting.

His junior and senior year, Gavin Hall rushed for 4,156 yards and 56 touchdowns (I'm not even counting passing or receiving yards).

Dominic Roberto rushed for 330 yards and five touchdowns in his high school career. He was primarily a linebacker.

Hall's high school numbers are comparable to Devin Wynn's coming out of high school. Wynn set all sorts of rushing records at a Class A school. Hall did it at a 6A school. Wynn, of course, ran for nearly 3,000 yards at Furman and was one of the top backs in program history.

[Sad Din]

As good as GH might be, Dins have some quality RBs in front of him IMHO. Waiting to see what Smith does after his injury

[AstroDin]

A good look at Gavin Hall from his Instagram feed… dude doesn't look like a freshman!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9XkAk5szci ... mg_index=1

I know there is some consternation about Roberto graduating and depth at Running Back. I, for one, have never really been concerned with Furman's ability to develop quality running backs.

I did, however, find this interesting.

His junior and senior year, Gavin Hall rushed for 4,156 yards and 56 touchdowns (I'm not even counting passing or receiving yards).

Dominic Roberto rushed for 330 yards and five touchdowns in his high school career. He was primarily a linebacker.

Hall's high school numbers are comparable to Devin Wynn's coming out of high school. Wynn set all sorts of rushing records at a Class A school. Hall did it at a 6A school. Wynn, of course, ran for nearly 3,000 yards at Furman and was one of the top backs in program history.

Hall also only played RB exclusively in his senior year.
When Furman and Marsha offered, he was listed as a quarterback/athlete; Gavin then transferred to Gainesville to play RB. In his junior year, his combined numbers rushing and passing were 4,337 yards and 50 touchdowns.

[apaladin]

Paladins report 2 weeks from today. Is Smith going to play this year? He got hurt late last year and rehab was a year plus IIRC.

[AstroDin]

Since we're edging closer to the start of pre-season practice, I'd also watch Devin Hester Jr. Since graduating, he's been working on route running and speed; I think he's serious about getting playing time as a freshman.

Colton Hinton is an example of how well this staff evaluates talent, the system, and the roles of its players. I could see Hester having a similar impact. He's a track guy, very shifty, and runs crisp routes.