Football Check-in

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— Kim McCloud (@CoachKimMcCloud) February 21, 2015

So, football break-in quickly here, with an extra day between men's basketball games.  First, Spring practice is right around the corner, as you can see above.  The Spring game will be on April 11--bundle up.

To start working toward that, the spring roster was released.  Did a quick comparison with the roster for the NIU game, and found a couple of players no longer list.  Really, this is hardly anything in a D1 football program:

Monti Phillips:  Monti was a walk-on who got some reps against Wisconsin and was called out by Coach Babers as someone who was making an impact from off the depth chart.  He did not do much from there, playing 9 games with 7 tackles.  No longer on the roster.

Brandon English:  You may remember that when Clawson realized he would probably lose Anthon Samuel, he brought in 4 Florida RBs in one class.  Fred Coppet emerged as the best of the four.  Eric Harrell and Marcus Levy both left without making much contribution and Brandon English--who greyshirted--was the other still left.  He carried the ball 3 times last season.

Isiah Moore:  Big OL from Tiffin, no longer on the roster.  Don't believe he ever saw action:

John Klingerman:  He was a highly productive HS player who made a bunch of catches in last year's spring game.  He was actually on an early two-deep but made only 2 receptions on the season.

Also, of course, Jhalid Croley was dismissed for alleged legal issues.

Anyway, the good news is that this does not represent major off-season attrition, especially with a new Coach.

Finally, the schedule will be out at 3 pm on Friday, so we will know the dates--and maybe a couple of the times--for the year.