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54 Grads, seniors, juniors, sophmores. 63 freshmen. On surface doesn’t sound like a successful recipe but we can hope.

apaladin wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:31 pm

54 Grads, seniors, juniors, sophmores. 63 freshmen. On surface doesn’t sound like a successful recipe but we can hope.

32 of those “freshmen” are Redshirt-Freshmen, so they could have all been in the program since as early as January of 2023 (as much as 20 months in-program by the time we line up against the RebelBearLandSharkHounds…so 53 and 1/3 ‘man-years’ of College Football experience).

And, they could have already played in as many as 128 ‘man-games.’ …so 11+ full seasons in of experience among them.

They’ll be ready.

apaladin wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:31 pm

54 Grads, seniors, juniors, sophmores. 63 freshmen. On surface doesn’t sound like a successful recipe but we can hope.

It is what it is at this point.

1. We recruit well.

2. We have among the best coaching staffs in the FCS. I think our Strength and Conditioning staff is excellent.

3. We are not - and are not going to be - a program that relies heavily on the transfer portal.

4. Guys graduate every year. COVID had a lot to do with the age of last year's team. In most years, a lot of those guys would have already been gone and the guys that were backups last season would have already been starting.

I presume we’ll be able to count on those daily practice updates!