Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = Championship
It may be all that kool-aid I've been drinking, a pending return to the mountains shortly, birds chirping this morning, and/or the fact that summer workouts have begun and that all the newbies are arriving on campus, that has me hyped-up and thinking PAC championship this fine day...
Although, in some respects, this is still a young team, we also have a lot of experienced talent, many of whom will be drafted next spring after their senior seasons, and I have to think that fact alone would make most of us expecting some pretty big things this coming Fall...
I think these seniors are good enough to get drafted next year...
QB Berco...because next to Cody Kessler at USC, I think he is the best QB in the PAC and they both are going to get drafted, if I don't miss my guess...Mike has a big arm and plenty of targets to exploit this year...
Offensive Lineman...I think that not only Christian Westerman, who is a shoe-in to get drafted, but that Nick Kelly and Vi Teofilo will also hear their names called during the draft...Christian should go pretty high I would think...
Receiver...DJ Foster will be one of the best in the nation at what he does and is an all-purpose guy, who can bring many dimensions to a team, so he's going to get drafted without a doubt...just a matter of how high...
Defensive Line...D Cherry has the goods to be drafted if he plays up to his potential this year and I feel that he will, as one of the leaders on that side of the ball...
Linebacker...A Longino also has the goods to be drafted and really started to sparkle last season once he established himself at the WILL position (at least I think that's the right position)....
Secondary...I think both L Carrington and K Brown are going to be taken and I would add J Simone but not as sure about that...he's a great college player but not sure the pros will pick him in the draft, although I have no doubt that he will get his shot somewhere and that he just may make some team's roster...
So, that's about 9-10 seniors that I figure are good enough to get drafted next year, although we don't have another J Strong or D Randall talent in that mix but there are some mentioned that are pretty close IMO...
Additionally, the super talented Trojans aren't heads and shoulders above us anymore when it comes to talent these days, and I also think that Graham and his staff are better than Sark and his staff...
Anyway, for those reasons and because we have five PAC home games, that include both USC and Oregon, I think we have a legitimate shot at winning the PAC championship this year...
We do, however, have some TE and special team issues but I'm confident that those issues will be resolved before the season starts in Sept...
Thoughts about any of this..??
If you think I'm nuts about my PAC champ prediction just let me know and why you think I'm wrong...
We already know that I'm nuts, generally speaking, so we don't have to go there...
Hopefully, it's a "good" nuts and doesn't bother too many on this site...
On another note, the Star this morning already has both Alex Barcello and/or Marcus Howard going to AU to play for Sean Miller rather than play at ASU or elsewhere...
Also, in following our football player arrivals, the only one I don't see any report on so far is D Reynolds and hope that isn't some sort of omen as we have 26 guys right now on paper for 25 spots...
Have a great week and I look forward to seeing some of you at the Steak Fry and Golf Tournament next weekend in Pinetop...
G'day mates...Championships or Bust...Go Devils!!!
Today's Topic = Championship
It may be all that kool-aid I've been drinking, a pending return to the mountains shortly, birds chirping this morning, and/or the fact that summer workouts have begun and that all the newbies are arriving on campus, that has me hyped-up and thinking PAC championship this fine day...
Although, in some respects, this is still a young team, we also have a lot of experienced talent, many of whom will be drafted next spring after their senior seasons, and I have to think that fact alone would make most of us expecting some pretty big things this coming Fall...
I think these seniors are good enough to get drafted next year...
QB Berco...because next to Cody Kessler at USC, I think he is the best QB in the PAC and they both are going to get drafted, if I don't miss my guess...Mike has a big arm and plenty of targets to exploit this year...
Offensive Lineman...I think that not only Christian Westerman, who is a shoe-in to get drafted, but that Nick Kelly and Vi Teofilo will also hear their names called during the draft...Christian should go pretty high I would think...
Receiver...DJ Foster will be one of the best in the nation at what he does and is an all-purpose guy, who can bring many dimensions to a team, so he's going to get drafted without a doubt...just a matter of how high...
Defensive Line...D Cherry has the goods to be drafted if he plays up to his potential this year and I feel that he will, as one of the leaders on that side of the ball...
Linebacker...A Longino also has the goods to be drafted and really started to sparkle last season once he established himself at the WILL position (at least I think that's the right position)....
Secondary...I think both L Carrington and K Brown are going to be taken and I would add J Simone but not as sure about that...he's a great college player but not sure the pros will pick him in the draft, although I have no doubt that he will get his shot somewhere and that he just may make some team's roster...
So, that's about 9-10 seniors that I figure are good enough to get drafted next year, although we don't have another J Strong or D Randall talent in that mix but there are some mentioned that are pretty close IMO...
Additionally, the super talented Trojans aren't heads and shoulders above us anymore when it comes to talent these days, and I also think that Graham and his staff are better than Sark and his staff...
Anyway, for those reasons and because we have five PAC home games, that include both USC and Oregon, I think we have a legitimate shot at winning the PAC championship this year...
We do, however, have some TE and special team issues but I'm confident that those issues will be resolved before the season starts in Sept...
Thoughts about any of this..??
If you think I'm nuts about my PAC champ prediction just let me know and why you think I'm wrong...
We already know that I'm nuts, generally speaking, so we don't have to go there...
Hopefully, it's a "good" nuts and doesn't bother too many on this site...
On another note, the Star this morning already has both Alex Barcello and/or Marcus Howard going to AU to play for Sean Miller rather than play at ASU or elsewhere...
Also, in following our football player arrivals, the only one I don't see any report on so far is D Reynolds and hope that isn't some sort of omen as we have 26 guys right now on paper for 25 spots...
Have a great week and I look forward to seeing some of you at the Steak Fry and Golf Tournament next weekend in Pinetop...
G'day mates...Championships or Bust...Go Devils!!!
