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Hunter as WR1
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Hunter as WR1
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The SWAC has flaws as I stated but it's not the flaws you are stating.
The speed of the game isn't a flaw of the SWAC. It's on par with any other conference.
You got talented players, you just lack depth, a lot of depth.
QB play is generally really bad but it's not a QB-friendly conference at all.
I don't see any reason to think Sanders will struggle. His pass-blocking OL is average for the SWAC. I have seen 4 teams this year and 8 teams last year have their way of getting to Sanders and dirtying up the pocket and he still operates.
The players that tend to have a massively hard time adjusting are guys like Davius Richard. Where they overpower smaller teams with their size and strength and really aren't that mobile but just big and their accuracy is bad but as long as you are playing smaller teams where they have to stack the box to stop you, he can dominate in ways that wouldn't be possible in the Pac-12 or any P5 and against better G5s.
Shedeur is one of those players who could be better in a conference that fits a lot better. The SWAC is NOT a QB-friendly conference. It's not the Southland, Missouri Valley, or Big Sky. The OLs generally get dominated. Pass blocking is usually poor and the QB has to make plays. For a pocket QB who's not overwhelmingly big, that's not like playing for Incarnate Word or Houston Baptist, having all day in the pocket and dicing teams with undersized small smart WRs who fit your scheme.
Pahi being pahi
Cloning Hunter would help lol
Bedell has already left….I thought
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Until I see Deion fully commit to Hunter as WR1, I will just look at him as a gadget piece on offense whereas he played most snaps on defense as CB1. If he does, he's unquestionably WR1.
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JSU is supposed to be bringing their LS as well as their kicker.
It’s not, Jens. His criticism of SWAC is more detailed than mine and he knows the league better than I do. Those programs have been historically underfunded. I put a lot of stock in #1 pick’s opinions and I’m surprised at his reaction to my post.
Thanks for this.
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They never played them. You just talking out of your ass. The only game JSU played against a non-HBCU was against LA-Monroe at Monroe and that was a 12-7 game. It was the 2nd game of S. Sanders career with a completely overmatched OL.UL-Monroe is a G5 that beat Liberty that year with NFL QB, Malik Willis.
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I need to delete that post.
Thanks. Yes, your response was intended to be to someone else’s post who was talking about the ULM game the other day I believe. No harm no foul. I do value your input here and I’m rowing in the same direction that you are.
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You have no argument from me that the Valley, old Southland before the split, and Big Sky, are superior conferences to the SWAC but beating JSU is extremely difficult and the Big Sky teams would struggle with JSU. NDSU would bully JSU. Incarnate Word and JSU would be interesting. The Big Sky's best teams would struggle with JSU and I strongly believe JSU would dominate at least if healthy. The Missouri Valley would be tough for JSU. JSU wasn't a top 7 team for most of the year for no reason. They are legit even with some exploitable flaws.
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The post was for you, just not that particular post. It was about your JSU would get dominated by other foes which I completely disagree with.
Top 3 teams in Big Sky and top 3 in Missouri Valley are pretty stout. Shedeur would give them hell but as you point out, IMO depth and line play would win out in the end. No disrespect to HCBUs at all but look at FAMU’s loss to SE Louisiana in the 2021 FCS playoffs; they both came in with equal W/L records if I’m remembering this right. The lack of proper funding for lots of schools in the SWAC and MEAC has an effect.
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It is, Pahi. And you are still taring all SWAC players with the same brush, which I think is complete nonsense. #1 also went into detail why he thinks that some positions will have an easier time adjusting to the P12 than others. I think he deserves more than that answer.
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So is Jackson State.
Jackson State had a lot of depth, that's why they went undefeated before bowl season. Only positions they lacked depth before the bowl was in the offensive line.
Everywhere else, they had enough to beat anyone in the FCS.
Everywhere else, they were a problem
Forgot about Ham/Williams. Good catch. They will likely start as they are P5 quality imo. Grant, I don’t think he’s quite there but if he ends up starting and is the weakest part of the starting defense, that’s a MAJOR upgrade of overall talent on that side of the ball.
Fair enough. It’s a discussion board. BTW, I do want the Buffs to go 12-0. I’m not a Scrooge but I’m kind of a skeptic sometimes. It happens when you’re older.
Maybe, 22 new starters. Totally new O and D! We have zero idea what we have going forward. All I want is a fast paced, high powered, high scoring O. When the D is lacking we outscore people. When that happens, every game is a possible W!
I'm not sure we see Hunter as 1. Maybe. I see him a staple on D and used only in a few situations ever game on O when needed.
JSU was a really good FCS team for the past 2 years and an excellent team this year. No argument from me on that. Shedeur and Hunter have huge potential at the highest level.
If you’ll notice, my opinion on next year is not radically different that that of many posters here. The hope/wish/expectation by a lot of guys seems to land around 6 wins and a bowl game for 2023. I’m right at AT LEAST 4 wins with a very strong lean to a probability of 5. The CU program is being reconstructed from the dregs of nothingness.
At this point, I want to know how #1 pick defines middle class...
Gettin’ a bag from USC or Texas…..
( #1pick: Don’t fret. It’s an old joke around here)
This #1 conversation with PAHI has been its own little Christmas miracle.
To be fair, USC (last year) and MSU (two years ago) basically turned over the entire roster and it worked out for them (in that particular year). We’ll see.