2015 Spring Football

[da_coach]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

My OPINION as I have no idea to the inner workings of the team or who the staff is high on, who shines in practice, etc, etc, etc...

I'd like to see Gandy get a shot. He's shown himself to be capable, and made a few big plays when he was a sophomore.

I know Mangerelli took Gandy's spot as the backup last year. But I didn't see the strength/size from him to be the "every down" back that SDSU uses.

Who knows? I've heard (probably on here) that the staff was high on Rodriguez and Wallace too? Maybe this year they go with the dreaded "RB by committee"?

The team will definately look different without Zenner, Sumner, and Schneider out there.

[rabbits64]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

My OPINION as I have no idea to the inner workings of the team or who the staff is high on, who shines in practice, etc, etc, etc...

I'd like to see Gandy get a shot. He's shown himself to be capable, and made a few big plays when he was a sophomore.

I know Mangerelli took Gandy's spot as the backup last year. But I didn't see the strength/size from him to be the "every down" back that SDSU uses.

Who knows? I've heard (probably on here) that the staff was high on Rodriguez and Wallace too? Maybe this year they go with the dreaded "RB by committee"?

The team will definately look different without Zenner, Sumner, and Schneider out there.

This isn't going to help Zimmer at all, but I remember TV saying that Wallace is the likely heir apparent to Zenner. The love him, he was killing it on scout team and came here because of Zenner. QB is where I am most concerned about. Curious to see what is up.
in the case of TV, we were spoiled rotten for the coverage we got from him, and now that he is gone I notice the lack of coverage. I don't blame Zimmer, he has too many areas he is covering. SDSU being the #1 school in the state requires a dedicated beat guy who can cover another team on the side. I follow Zimmer and TV on Twitter and I STILL seem to get get more info from Terry than Zimmer, on stadium progress.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Gotta love these videos they put out.

https://t.co/OurL8dDN11

[SoDakJack]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

This isn't going to help Zimmer at all, but I remember TV saying that Wallace is the likely heir apparent to Zenner. The love him, he was killing it on scout team and came here because of Zenner. QB is where I am most concerned about. Curious to see what is up.
in the case of TV, we were spoiled rotten for the coverage we got from him, and now that he is gone I notice the lack of coverage. I don't blame Zimmer, he has too many areas he is covering. SDSU being the #1 school in the state requires a dedicated beat guy who can cover another team on the side. I follow Zimmer and TV on Twitter and I STILL seem to get get more info from Terry than Zimmer, on stadium progress.

Convince more people to subscribe to a newspaper that is on its last legs and maybe SDSU gets a stand alone beat writer.

When putting together the budget I assume that a writer dedicated to one aspect of one school is a expenditure that doesn't really show much profit.

[mitchell]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

I love taking cracks at projecting the 2 deep depth chart. Here's what I'm going with so far.

QB - JR Lujan, Zach / RFR Little, Chris
I think Zach did a pretty good job of holding down the fort last season with Sumner out. Little might have more talent, but this coaching staff tends to side on experience so Little would have to really impress to earn the start as a Freshman.

HB - SO Mengarelli, Brady / SR Gandy, Reggie
I'm expecting big things from Mengarelli next season and thought he looked pretty legit for a freshman.

FB - SR STREHLOW, CHAD / So Louscher, Kane

WR1 - SO WIENEKE, JAKE / SR Jones, Larves
WR2 - SR Andrews, Brandon / Jr Landberg, Connor
Slot - SR WESLEY, TREVOR / Fr Lewis, Marquise
Wieneke is a star and will make either of our QBs look good. Andrews and Landberg are probably interchangeable. I hope to see more consistency catching the ball from Wesley now that he is a senior, and I think the true freshman might get a chance to take over in the slot. If Lewis isn't ready, Matt Raymond would fill that spot.

TE - SR JONES, CAM / So Goedert, Dallas
Would love to see a fully healthy Cam Jones catching balls down the middle of the field

LT - SO Harmon, Charlie / Jr Carr, Nick
The Siverling/Carr combo was rough at times last season, especially against Emanuel of NDSU.
LG - SR SEITER, DYLAN / SR Zimmerman, Travis
C - SO OHNESORGE, JACOB / SR Zimmerman, Travis
Ohnesorge was a stud last year and was only a freshman
RG - JR Shoff, Mike or RFR Riemer, Thor or SR Zimmerman, Travis
Not sure if big Mike will be able to hold up at his size.
RT - SR SIVERLING, BRYCE / JR Lansman, Seth
Siverling would do better on the right side where he doesn't have to handle as much speed rushes.

DE - SR PLOTE, J.R. / SR Schultz, Landon
Both seemed fine against the run, but the team really lacked pass rush from the DE positions last year.
DE - SO KERN, CHASE / RFR Banasiak, Christian
Kern looked pretty good for a true freshman and there was alot of hype about Banasiak coming out of HS.
DT - JR LANGER, COLE / SO Pupungatoa, Tiano
I thought Langer was going to dominate last season. He played well but am looking for another step up this year.
DT - SO Soulek, Kellen / JR Gottlob, Shayne
Kellen looked like our best DT at times last year before injury.

OLB - JR Bobbit, Jesse / JR Brown, Dallas
MLB - SR Lally, T.J. / JR Peitz, Tom
OLB - SO Hassell, J.T / JR Hazelett, Cody
I didn't see Charles Elmore on the team roster. Hopefully he is still with the team? - Even without him, that's a solid starting LB core. Bobbit started to come on late in the season and while Hassell looks lost out there at times, he's obviously a dynamic playmaker.

CB - SR BUTLER, JE RYAN / RFR JR Herndon, Ezekiel
CB - SO Carr, Trey / RFR Lindsey, Tyler
FS - SR FORSYTHE, JIMMIE / SO Farina, Nick
SS - JR MEARS, NICK / SO Farina, Nick
Carr is too good not to be on the field more, so I wonder if they'll move one of the corner's back to safety. This could be one of the best backfields in FCS in my opinion.

LS JR Trenhaile, Thayer
P SR Pavlik, Ron or FR Hale, Brady
PK SR Carlson, Jay or FR Vinatieri, Chase
A bit of uncertainly at both punter and pk

Let's hear what you guy's think!

Besides lacking a pass rush, the defense should be pretty stout.
The offense should lean on Mengarelli and passing the ball downfield to Wieneke.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Elmore was excused from the team.

[SDSUAlum08]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

I think Douglas has a shot to play QB too or at least be a backup.

[Kemo]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

I think Douglas has a shot to play QB too or at least be a backup.

If I recall correctly, Douglas preformed well last spring and led the offense to the first victory over the defense in a long time. I think we shouldn't discount him as the possible starter come this fall.

[Jacked_Up]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Guesses: Issac Wallace emerges as RB, and Chris Little takes over as QB.

[WestSideRabbit]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

My guesses: Douglas, Wallace and I think Landberg becomes #2 WR.

[da_coach]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

I don't have much for guesses, but I think qb is a 3 man race, RB is a 3 or 4 man race, and Landberg will be the 2nd starting wr.

Great job though!

[bubbajack]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Elmore was excused from the team.

That's unfortunate

[Hareofthedog]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Elmore had chances and basically failed so he done. Is FB Strehlow playing or done with injury? Maybe a Freshmen FB is good enough to play the position this year. FB will be an important position for the run game with multiple RB potentially. Dalton could be the QB. He looked good last Spring with a big arm.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

Football video dept is putting together these videos and articles on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

http://www.gojacks.com/ViewArticle.d...CLID=209992506

[rabbits64]

Re: 2015 Spring Football

The lack of coverage of spring ball is just plain depressing. I know this is beating a dead horse, I sure miss Terry's coverage of the Jacks. I would love to know who is excelling in practice at RB, who is stepping up at QB, etc.