97and03

Is Vito paying you to post this stuff?

Not fair to say things like that when you can’t get downvoted!

Tough one. Cobbs has more years coaching experience, so that helps .

Given his prior experience, this might be the replacement for Filani, in reality.

Offers from AlcornSt, SMUt, Liberty, Lamar

Also has an offer from Tulsa

Hard to discount the Florida recruiting area and the love affair with Kiffin. They also have a recent title - at our expense no less.

Added an Army offer. Perhaps a good sign that at the very least he likes wearing green:

Ranked as a top recruit at both positions. As an example: seems to have only FCS offers until now but visiting Arkansas soon

Offers from Houston, Texas So.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/8315429/5b9dcc5f19af9409d0b452f9

Offers from SMUt, ArkSt, Troy

I was excited to see what he might accomplish this season. Remember he was a HS quarterback that several P5s wanted as a TE, including Oregon. So often, high schools out their best athlete at Qb and that was likely the case with Chumley. He wasted a couple years buried in the depth chart at Wb here, so this year would have been similar to his junior year, developmentally speaking, which is often when players break out. Plus he had ideal size - and you can’t teach size.

I was really hoping that he would. 😢

NT signees from AZ: 2018 Thomas Preston 2016 William Johnson: Dontavious Baulkman; Darius Turner 2015 Thaddeous Thompson 2013 Quentin Brown (yikes that was a waste of scholarships)

https://amp.si.com/college-football/2019/02/21/juco-junior-college-programs-transfers-closings-prospects?__twitter_impression=true Very relevant for us, as we rely on a handful of JUCO recruits every year. Of particular note, the Arizona CCs have stopped playing football. We pulled a few guys out of AZ in recent years.

https://247sports.com/Player/JaBray-Young-46041387 Offers from SMUt, Boston College, VT, Nevada, Syracuse

Also has a UTSA offer

A few posts had me thinking about how our offense might change a bit next year. Primarily, I wondered about what these new coaching hires might mean for our TEs. We have two very talented senior TEs, who have been greatly underutilized, in my opinion, especially given their obvious athletic gifts. I don't think anyone could ask more from Smith, or as they call him - Mr. Versatile Chumley has all the things you would want: size, speed, and athleticism. Thus far, that talent has not translated onto the field. Not sure if it is because there are not enough opportunities for a TE in this system and those are taken my Smith, or if he just hasn't put it all together yet due to his late start at the position. Add to that a new addition this fall in the person of the well-regarded Alberding, whose signing would indicate that the staff still values the position. (Honestly, one had to wonder since they had not signed a TE and all players behind the SRs were walk-ons, IIRC.) Add to the mix the hiring of the new OC and a TE coach (in lieu of another WR coach as we had before), and one has to wonder if the TE might play a more prominent role. I have seen this suggested a couple of times in the forum, and I want to subscribe to this point of view. One reason for pause, however, has to be the background of this particular TE coach, who until recently was an OL coach and was an offensive lineman as a player. Does this perhaps then signal that Coach Mayes was brought in primarily to enhance the run-blocking ability of our TEs instead of involve them more heavily in the passing game? I am interested in hearing the thoughts of those with a greater football and/or coaching insight than my admitted limited knowledge.

Pass my cigar and monocle, if you please, my good man.