More Training Camp Reports

Ryan Autullo in The Blade has another training camp report. Most of Ryan's article is about how lousy our special teams were last year (there is some news for you...see what we said in February), and how much better the new guys are going to be--which is the same article The Blade probably ran last year about how much better Rojas and Ellis were going to be than what we had the year before that, which sucked just as bad. AZZ posters have noted the thinly veiled shots at Ellis and Rojas, who left last year, one of them complaining to ESPN about the ball placement on his key kick against Miami.

We'll see. Part of the problem was lousy coaching--blocked kicks, poor blocking and poor protection schemes, and kick coverage was also a huge problem---we gave up 3 KO returns for TDs, and the rest of the MAC gave up 2.

But, we have a special teams coach with a "passion" for the kicking game, so let's hope it gets significantly better.

Now, on to more interesting news. Young Willie Geter, true Fr, is showing his stripes. All-state in Florida, I rated him a likely star in the recruiting analysis.

Well, according to the Blade, he is dangerous--in the backfield, and the slot. Fast and shifty. With our offense, if you can spread everyone out and get the shifty guy the ball, he can really cause damage after the catch.

The Blade also reports starting LBs are Haneline, Hargrove and Dozier. Don't know what to say here. I worry about our LBs. I hope Haneline is coming into his own.

Finally, injuries continue to hit at WR. Freddie Barnes and a JUCO named Keston Cheathem are down, but are said to be able to play against Minn. Calvin Wiley is a "fatality" (I hope we are speaking figuratively here).

Article makes reference to WR depth--don't know if I would use that word. We have a lot of guys (after Corey) who are similar. I won't think we have real quality depth until I see it.