[SuperJon]

I love how they accuse Rocco of recruiting the players here.

[Libertine]

VMI is going to be a good team. I saw them with my own two eyes. They were better than Western Carolina.

I agree on both counts but they probably won't be very good in '07. Graduation hit them hard and they were already pretty thin. I think they take Lock Haven and maybe Robert Morris next year and that's about it. But, if Reid can keep it going through '08 and beyond, they'll be a force in the league.

[Libertine]

I love how they accuse Rocco of recruiting the players here.

Yeah, that would be just a little bit illegal.

[SuperJon]

That's what I think it's funny.


Jim Reid has the support of those cadets. Even if they're not playing that great, they're going to be VERY tough to beat in Lexington. That place has to be initimidating for other schools just because of how loud the cadets are. If they ever filled that stadium it'd be insanely loud.

[madmat]

After reading the Sabre posts, I can see why they are concerned about their personnel leak. However, my observations have been that there is a mutual agreement and benefit to the movement of players from IA to IAA, IAA to DII, DII to DIII..... The movement of a back up upperclassman makes (scholarship) room for recruiting the next wave. I have heard that schools actually have these arrangements negotiated. Examples from up here, OSU to U of Akron, U of Akron to Ashland U, Ashland U to Wooster College, Wooster College to the Cleveland Browns....whoops.

Think how this might affect the mindset of a younger player.....better put down the bag of cheetos and get into that new weight room and earn a spot!

[Sly Fox]

And YSU gets all those who are arrested in Columbus.

Yeah and I have a feeling all of the guys who are already here who talk regularly with the guys up in C-Ville have a big impact on the transfer process. We're getting the guys who used to all transfer to JMU in the past few years.

[Cider Jim]

Examples from up here, OSU to U of Akron, U of Akron to Ashland U, Ashland U to Wooster College,

Wooster College in Ohio is where Jack Lengel came from to coach Marshall University in 1971 after the plane crash that killed their whole team, and then he went on to be the AD at Navy--see the We Are Marshall movie for more information.

[madmat]

good call on the credit to Wooster College in the Marshall movie, home of the Fightin' Scotts. Scholarship offered if you are profiecient with the pipes. Pretty awesome when the band, donning black and gold plaid kilts and blue face paint, descend from the hill of the campus onto the football field. Credit in the movie is also given to Ashland (then college) University.

[bigsmooth]

my source tells me kent hicks is the VT player. this is a huge find as he was a top 5 player in the commonwealth before signing with tech.


KENT HICKS- 6'2 206 FREE SAFETY

A late addition to the 2004 roster who brings size and excellent potential to the Tech secondary ... Was redshirted last year while working at rover during the fall and free safety in the spring ... Still has work to do in order to earn playing time at safety ... Possesses the ability to succeed once he adjusts to the Tech system ...
2004: Was redshirted while working with the scout team ... Started at the rover position ... Moved to free safety in the spring ... Posted a 480-pound back squat, a 280-pound power clean and a 36-inch vertical jump ...

High School: A three-year letterwinner and starter at Culpeper High School for Coach Randy Bove ... Saw time at safety, wide receiver, quarterback, tailback, punter and kick returner in his three years ... Recorded 109 tackles, two interceptions, 291 yards rushing, three rushing TDs, 26 receptions, 505 yards receiving and six receiving touchdowns as a senior ... Also had a 37.7-yard punting average in '03 ... Posted over 100 tackles in each of his three years ... Finished with 18 career interceptions - including 10 as a junior - and an average of over 20 yards per punt return ... Was an all-conference and all-region selection each of his three years ... Was named all-state as a senior by the Associated Press and the High School Football Coaches Association ... Earned defensive MVP honors for the West squad at the VHSCA All-Star game ... Was his conference's defensive player of the year ... An All-America and Mid-Atlantic all-region selection by SuperPrep who was rated as the fifth-best player in the state of Virginia and the 19th-best defensive back in the nation ... Was a PrepStar All-American ... Team went beyond the regional finals in two of his three years ... Lettered two years in basketball ...

Personal: Kent Noel Hicks was born 12/12/1985 in Boston, VA ... Son of William and Clara Morton ... Enrolled in university studies.

[Sly Fox]

Three years of eligibility ... Outstanding! It ought to be fun to watch the battle for the safety positions this spring.

[BJWilliams]

Examples from up here, OSU to U of Akron, U of Akron to Ashland U, Ashland U to Wooster College,

Wooster College in Ohio is where Jack Lengel came from to coach Marshall University in 1971 after the plane crash that killed their whole team, and then he went on to be the AD at Navy--see the We Are Marshall movie for more information.

I saw it...amazing movie...according to the movie he got help with revamping the offense from Bobby Bowden (who was coach at West Virginia at the time)

[Cider Jim]

according to the movie he got help with revamping the offense from Bobby Bowden (who was coach at West Virginia at the time)

With an offense know as the "Veer"; and I loved Bobby Bowden's class act of putting "MU" and a cross on the back of the WVU helments in 1971, out of repect for Marshall's football team that died in the plane crash the year before.

[LU'sbestmanager]

there may be more on the way.

[SuperJon]

That's what this thread is about.


Just pickin on ya, manger.

[LU'sbestmanager]

i know. im used to it. lol

[bigsmooth]

if you have something manger..bring it to the table!

[givemethemic]

Smoothie your source is dead on.... whoever he is

[bigsmooth]

Thanks...i think you may know him.

[givemethemic]

Yeah he is always dead on if it's the guy I think you are talking about

[SuperJon]

Way to make it obvious that it's you. Good job on that one, babe.

[givemethemic]

It's not me.... I would come out and say it, if it was me

[LU'sbestmanager]

ok, i hear that we have 3 db's and 1 linemen in total. so that means that there is still another player. i hear that it is a corner.

i also hear that there will be alot of them when the actual season starts.

[bigsmooth]

if it was GMTM, he would be gloating right now saying he was the man! im not going to take credit for it, b/c my source does not post on message boards.

[jcmanson]

So, who do we know for a fact that's coming? 4 or 5 is fine, but many more just takes all our scholarships away that we need to use on freshman.

As for Hicks, that would be a great pickup!

[jmdickens]

I am sure there might be players leaving.......regardless, this is fantastic news for LU football.....now, we need to get big time freshman from here on out.......