Can anyone that follows the recruiting closer than I do shed any light on any Gophers we lost out on? Did we recruit some of these guys and they went B1G instead? I counted two SD' natives, one NW IA guy, numerous Minnesotans & Wisconsinites.
Yeah, that was a surprise too. He's a RB and unless Sellers got hurt (don't think this is the case) he'll be the starting fullback.
If this comes to pass, it seems to be a bit of a philosphical change from a one blocking, one ball-carrying back system to more of a two-back set where they both get carries.
No one mentioning that Mikey is listed at FB or is that not a big deal? Any insight Westside?
My guess is so both Mikey and CJ can be listed on the 2 deep. They'll both be playing plenty (probably more than whoever fullback #2 is), so it is likely just a nice gesture.
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My guess is so both Mikey and CJ can be listed on the 2 deep. They'll both be playing plenty (probably more than whoever fullback #2 is), so it is likely just a nice gesture.
Alternative Hypothesis:
Listing Mikey as a fullback allows him a chance at postseason awards like All-Conference and All-American, as he'll likely have a lot of TDs, but not a ton of yards.
If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments. - Steven Wright
Can anyone that follows the recruiting closer than I do shed any light on any Gophers we lost out on? Did we recruit some of these guys and they went B1G instead? I counted two SD' natives, one NW IA guy, numerous Minnesotans & Wisconsinites.
K Brock Walker was a one time Jackrabbit commit. They have a couple TE's that were recruited real hard by the Dakota schools as well.
Can anyone that follows the recruiting closer than I do shed any light on any Gophers we lost out on? Did we recruit some of these guys and they went B1G instead? I counted two SD' natives, one NW IA guy, numerous Minnesotans & Wisconsinites.
Just looking at some of the past recruiting threads...
all these players at one point had an SDSU offer.
2019: (4)
WR Peter Udoibok, DT Latrell Bible, OT Tyler Cooper, S Caden Fey
2018: (7)
WR Josh Aune, TE Brevyn Spann-Ford, TE/LB Maxwell Janes, OT Grant Norton, DE/C Nathan Boe, CB Tyrik Henderson, K Brock Walker (SDSU decommit)
2017: (4)
RB Dominik London, WR Harry Van Dyne, TE Nathan Bursch, DE Boye Mafe
2016: (4)
WR Drew Hmielewski, OT Sam Schlueter, TE Ko Kieft, WR Phillip Howard
Listing Mikey as a fullback allows him a chance at postseason awards like All-Conference and All-American, as he'll likely have a lot of TDs, but not a ton of yards.
Not only postseason awards, but he might also be better suited as far as an NFL draft prospect listed as a FB.
Thankfully we get to utilize Big10 travel roster size, which I believe was expanded to 74 a year or 2 ago. Given our talent and depth now versus just a couple years ago we should be more competitive. The depth is what has seemed to bite us in most of the FBS, the non blowout ones at least.
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