bluester2000
01-12-2006, 03:18 PM
Right now we have 2 remaining spots for 3 players. We'd rather get McCoy and Young, and presumably Mustain is our consolation prize if one of those guys begs off. McCoy looked pretty strong Irish earlier in the fall, unfortunately he's been rumored to be leaning hard OU over the last little bit of time. As such Charlie of course has a plan-B. If McCoy does in fact go to OU or Young goes elsewhere Charlie has Mustain ready to sign. I assume that's the reason Mustain hasn't made a decision yet. If there's room I bet he'll be Irish. Unfortunately, we're all waiting on McCoy and Young.
At this point I don't know who I'd choose or how I would rank them. If we do get any of these two I'll be happy. I think McCoy's value is big because we need major help at DT and based on what I saw Saturday, he's a BEAST. Then again, Young and Mustain are both supposed to be head and shoulders above the rest of our O-line or QB recruits respectively. So really, no way to lose.
We have to be happy with this recruiting class. One point of concern I have is the lack of defensive recruits. We have 17-19 offensive players vs. 10-11 defensive players. I am thinking a couple of the offensive kids are going to end up switching positions based on the team's need and their ability. If we land 6 offensive linemen I feel pretty strongly that one will likely end up at D-tackle. Imagine 360lb Chris Stewart as a man eating nose tackle. He would necesitate a double/triple team every play, freeing up the linebackers to fly around the field.
I also think that we may move Yeatman or Schmidt to the otherside of the ball as possible linebackers. Schmidt is very highly rated as a fullback, but I don't know if he's good enough to knock Schwap out of the starting lineup, and I bet he doesn't want to be stuck behind him for the next 3 years so the logical progression is to make him into a linebacker.
At this point I don't know who I'd choose or how I would rank them. If we do get any of these two I'll be happy. I think McCoy's value is big because we need major help at DT and based on what I saw Saturday, he's a BEAST. Then again, Young and Mustain are both supposed to be head and shoulders above the rest of our O-line or QB recruits respectively. So really, no way to lose.
We have to be happy with this recruiting class. One point of concern I have is the lack of defensive recruits. We have 17-19 offensive players vs. 10-11 defensive players. I am thinking a couple of the offensive kids are going to end up switching positions based on the team's need and their ability. If we land 6 offensive linemen I feel pretty strongly that one will likely end up at D-tackle. Imagine 360lb Chris Stewart as a man eating nose tackle. He would necesitate a double/triple team every play, freeing up the linebackers to fly around the field.
I also think that we may move Yeatman or Schmidt to the otherside of the ball as possible linebackers. Schmidt is very highly rated as a fullback, but I don't know if he's good enough to knock Schwap out of the starting lineup, and I bet he doesn't want to be stuck behind him for the next 3 years so the logical progression is to make him into a linebacker.