Mayfield and Hudson Starting?
Just watched a video from James Yoder (I know not a huge fan of him). He basically said he's confident that Mayfield and Hudson will be the starters week 1. Does this show how badly JBB and Runyan developed over the summer? I am not confident with starting a freshman and a rs freshman on the road at ND in their first start.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:26 PM ^
You are hoping for a player that you have never seen play win a position battle?
August 10th, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
He missed all of summer conditioning last year which hurt his fall camp. Then he got dinged again mid season. He was fine when healthy, if kind of uninspiring.
August 10th, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
So... a fifth year senior would have to make a major leap from his underwhelming senior year to get to adequate... so instead you want a kid that you have never seen play against a college Dline, because he has, well.. never faced a college dline. Got it. Sound logic.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^
Mayfield?
August 10th, 2018 at 7:49 PM ^
I know, way too early and he will probably redshirt. Seems to be a lot of hype around Jalen though.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:47 PM ^
Rashan couldn't remember his name, but he's lined up against him when he's out on the (defense) left.
The new RS rule could come in handy here if tackle is a real trouble spot, because they could give Mayfield a chance out there without burning the extra year.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
Great point! It would be nice to blow out WMU and SMU and get some young guys in there.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
I like that they can play a couple games early but still play later in the season and the bowl game after they get some more S&C, many of the freshman don't have "B1G size" in Sept. but do in November.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^
Ill spare the snark but didn’t Warriner himself say Runyan would be one of the starting tackles?
August 10th, 2018 at 8:12 PM ^
Yes, Warriner flatly stated that Runyan will be one of the Tackles.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:31 PM ^
Sounds like fake news.
I feel safe.. o... the constitution supports national security.. oooh run for your lives...
Get a life
August 10th, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^
I am surprised he didn.t take the rest. Before he does, I will drop a few things that Rivals reported. Patterson appears to be the clear frontrunner at QB. Peters and DM are battling for the QB2. Milton hasn’t picked up where he left off in the spring. Perry and DPJ have been lights out. Black, Collins, and Martin are right in there. Gentry is killing it! Ambry Thomas is the fastest guy on the team and pushing the CB’s hard.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:50 PM ^
Unfortunate to hear about Milton but not unexpected. A case of not putting in the work over the summer or just freshman QB in his first fall camp?
August 10th, 2018 at 7:53 PM ^
Just learning. He has the talent.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
Could be a situation of effort on his own behalf. He knows he won't start or play because he's too green yet. Very talented but green. Maybe he's just sitting back and soaking it all in. The most talented ones can be lazy sometimes.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:41 PM ^
Have not heard anything about laziness from Milton. He’s a raw true freshman. Assuming laziness with nothing to back it up is weak sauce.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:44 PM ^
That’s a bad speculation.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
A big knock on Milton as a recruit was his consistency. It was noted in camps that he would go to one camp and make every throw, and come to the next and you wouldn’t even know he was there.
An issue he’s probably dealing with now is adjusting his throwing mechanics and it’s thrown him off his game a bit. Not to mention taking classes on top of learning the offense and going to practices takes some getting used to.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
The only thing I really wanted to hear this camp is that Shea has a stranglehold on the position.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:10 PM ^
Why? If Peters is giving him a run, isn't that a good thing?
August 10th, 2018 at 10:21 PM ^
No it's not. Same reason Ulizio winning RT wasn't a good thing.
August 11th, 2018 at 8:33 AM ^
It would be if people were raving about a massive improvement from Peters. Absent that, it would mean Shea hasn't been living up to our lofty expectations.
August 10th, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^
Never, never, ever link a Chatsports video into Mgoblog.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:09 PM ^
Concur with the Yoder is a clown who knows nothing opinion.
That said, I would actually be relatively ok with that outcome. As discussed on the WTKA show, if you have a young guy and a veteran who are at pretty close performance levels, give me the young guy who will develop and improve more.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:11 PM ^
This guy is a bigger fraud than Musk.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
UMbig11 is the man.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
I really wish that things would gel for JBB. Why isn't he a lights out player? Why...
August 10th, 2018 at 8:48 PM ^
Kid could barely move when he got on campus. I don’t know how or why Hoke offered.
August 10th, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
Well I would take him over air.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:17 PM ^
Gary has also said he's been working against Mayfield and Hudson, which I guess means they're first team, so there may be some truth to this
August 10th, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
Read the thread. The first couple of weeks of practices, as described here and elsewhere, involve moving players around a lot.
Runyan is a virtual lock to start at one of the T spots. But they're rotating a bunch of guys through all of the positions early to see how it goes.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:24 PM ^
Yoder has been and always will be full of shit. And whatever info he gets right he steals from 247 and Rivals.
August 10th, 2018 at 8:38 PM ^
Dear lord people
August 10th, 2018 at 8:53 PM ^
Garbage...runyon a definite.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
As I said a few days ago, I would take it as a good sign if Mayfield was in with the 1s.
FWIW, there's a guy over at GoBlueMichiganWolverine that says he knows Jalen and has claimed for a while that Mayfield's running with the 1s. No idea of the truth, but he did post this five days ago. He also posted something about Warinner announcing Mayfield as the current top of the RT depth chart, and Ruiz standing up and saying something along the lines of "Looks like there's going to be a lot more pepper and a lot less salt on this line," whatever that means. Also, and again take it FWIW, same guy also said that JBB didn't develop in the weight room and that we need Hudson to take that spot.
August 10th, 2018 at 10:37 PM ^
You are one of the 5 people who read that awful website? Has CoachBT moved beyond 3rd grade level writing yet?
August 10th, 2018 at 9:48 PM ^
If Mayfield starts does that mean we like the recruiting class now? #circular
August 10th, 2018 at 9:49 PM ^
If he's good, yes. If he's bad, no.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:49 PM ^
I could've sworn I read something on the board yesterday saying Warriner specifically said Runyan will be one of the tackles. Maybe I"m taking crazy pills
August 10th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Current ones from left to right are Runyan, Bredeson, Ruiz, Onwenu, JBB.
August 10th, 2018 at 10:50 PM ^
Based off nothing it sounds like if either Hudson or Mayfield win a starting spot they will be RT and Runyon would move to LT. if JBB wins it then he is LT and Runyon starts at RT
August 10th, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
Runyan. Put some respekt on his name.