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The kid didn't suck when he was on the field. You seem to think he was terrible.
He's not what you want as a starter but as a depth piece he could be valuable. He played well enough to not be an embarrassment or an invitation for offenses to freely attack.
We have had some much worse players out there at DB over the past decade and a half. As stated I wouldn't want him to be my starter but he was thrown in as a young player and while he gave up some plays he also made some.
I don't mind young players on the field when you are recruiting players who are good enough to play early.
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Hawg, how do you feel about the fact that the first team O-line has Pursell back at Center?
Not thrilled at all. It appears he’s one of the four best so far, however. Lynott has more versatility, thus he seems a better choice at G and Sherman at C. Sherman needs reps si it also makes sense to give them to him at his most likely position. I don’t like the way he looked against Sami last Saturday. The NU nose is going to be a big challenge for him IMO.
Who is the NU nose this year? Stoltenberg is gone if I'm not mistaken.
Daniels, Okie St. transfer. 6’4” 340 beast (if he stays healthy
The Star position is a huge part of the Tucker concept, and it's importance has nothing to do with the thin CB depth.
So I finally thought I had Sam and Mike figured out. What is star position?
Effectively a Will (Weakside LB), but manned with personnel that is somewhere between a small fast LB and a Big Safety ideally....so that you can disguise blitzes and be more effective in coverage. that's my read on it anyway. @hawg1 has studied it more thoroughly, and might have a different opinion.
I wonder if Murray is hurt, or just didn't report in shape. Rodman, Williams and Simon getting mentioned here (Neill Woelk's practice report for Aug 7) as getting a lot of work.
Do a search in this thread as there's been some good descriptions. But can line up at ILB to DB in terms of responsibilities.
My broader point was that I don’t think the defense will be rolling with 3 true CBs on most plays, as it was suggested, mostly because the Star has natural slot coverage responsibilities. Obviously things change a bit when they play WSU and USC.
@Bill Cody pretty much nailed it.
CMT has mentioned that he has not brought up the 7 game losing streak last year, but he knows it is motivating his team. We will see how it works out soon enough.
I wouldn’t even say it has to be a particular size, although with UGA recruiting you can be pretty picky and put some prototypes there. To me, the Star position is basically the defense’s most versatile player. If Taylor can put it together mentally and get the basic coverage fundamentals, I think he could be as close to ideal as possible. The closest player I think we’ve seen at CU these last 5-6 years that fit that role is probably Chido
I would add, that I also hope this staff tapers the team off enough in advance of the RMS, in order to avoid a repeat of what happened in 1999. That team had no legs for the first few games of the year because of the camp they went through with Barnett in his first year.
