Next Starting Safety (FS & SS)

[MAKBison]

I realize there is much more to being a safety than physicality, but Board certainly passes the eye test for me. Can't remember the last time we've had a safety of his size. Given the oppurtunity to play full time and be 100% comfortable in the system, look out!!

Whats nice is he has seen some playing time

[HerdBot]

May I present to you Jalen Allison who traveled to almost every game

Tough to project 2 years from now who the corners will be but we only have 4 corners on the roster for 2016 and that includes Dempsey and a walk on. Hope we grab more than 1 corner this year as hell be playing in 2 years

[MAKBison]

May I present to you Jalen Allison who traveled to almost every game

http://www.gobison.com/roster.aspx?r...&path=football

[Herd12]

i originally was thinking the same until I really started looking at it....not as many as you might think

Also considering how well all of the recruiting classes have been received and how this program develops it's players it seems wildly irresponsible to assume that there will be "holes" anywhere on this team, especially on defense. Do you know how Christian Dudzik sets an NCAA division 1 record for games played? Because he was trusted as a freshman to come in and contribute immediately. How does Colten Heagle become the program's all time tackles leader? Being trusted as a freshman.

The funny thing is that nowhere on the defense unless an elite athlete comes in and wins a job that I don't foresee there aren't even going to be freshmen that are counted upon. Yes, there are players that are going to have to play that haven't been counted on before but Stumpf will be a junior. DeLuca a junior. PGT a junior. Smith a Junior and Board a RS Sophomore. Don't assume that the guys behind the guys playing aren't good because it's far more likely they are then they aren't.

People forget that this program won national championships counting on young players and now that they have an actual program established where RS sophomores and juniors replace outgoing players they're worried. This team used to reload with freshmen, now it reloads with pieces of the program.

[MAKBison]

Also considering how well all of the recruiting classes have been received and how this program develops it's players it seems wildly irresponsible to assume that there will be "holes" anywhere on this team, especially on defense. Do you know how Christian Dudzik sets an NCAA division 1 record for games played? Because he was trusted as a freshman to come in and contribute immediately. How does Colten Heagle become the program's all time tackles leader? Being trusted as a freshman.

The funny thing is that nowhere on the defense unless an elite athlete comes in and wins a job that I don't foresee there aren't even going to be freshmen that are counted upon. Yes, there are players that are going to have to play that haven't been counted on before but Stumpf will be a junior. DeLuca a junior. PGT a junior. Smith a Junior and Board a RS Sophomore. Don't assume that the guys behind the guys playing aren't good because it's far more likely they are then they aren't.

People forget that this program won national championships counting on young players and now that they have an actual program established where RS sophomores and juniors replace outgoing players they're worried. This team used to reload with freshmen, now it reloads with pieces of the program.

This.

At first I was like we are going to have a lot of no snap bodies, but then I started looking and there are a lot of guys who have been getting some snaps. More Jrs playing this year than I thought as well. In All, I am excited to learn some new names.


I really looking forward to seeing L-BOL and MJS

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[Kermit]

If I had to guess I would say that the base defense will have CJ, Champion, Board and Tre Dempsey. In Nickel I would not be surprised if Andrew Smith came on at FS and Dempsey dropped down to corner. There isn't really a scenario that I see that doesn't have Dempsey on the field for 3 downs.

Good take. I agree.

[Kermit]

The current redshirt class has a lot of talent in the secondary. Jalen Allison, Dakota Reid, and Jaylaan Wimbush are among those who could be pushing for playing time by next fall.

[bisonforever]

What you said is true. The kids that replace ceeduz and Heagle are very talented. The defense we run and the way we run it can be complicated. Because of heagle and dudzick we were are able to do some very complex things. With there replacements we will probably will need to be more conventional and do less disguising. Hopefully the younger guys were taking notes or we could see some blown coverages next year. We saw some of that acouple years ago when heagle was out. It should be fun to watch these guys develop,especially because ther are a couple that are more physically gifted(Board) than current guys. Which is not knock on them. They are HOFers.

[bisonforever]

What you said is true. The kids that replace ceeduz and Heagle are very talented. The defense we run and the way we run it can be complicated. Because of heagle and dudzick we were are able to do some very complex things. With there replacements we will probably will need to be more conventional and do less disguising. Hopefully the younger guys were taking notes or we could see some blown coverages next year. We saw some of that acouple years ago when heagle was out. It should be fun to watch these guys develop,especially because ther are a couple that are more physically gifted(Board) than current guys. Which is not knock on them. They are HOFers.

by the way this was in reply to herd12 post. A good post I might add.

[CaBisonFan]

We will be fine.