Tony Posada's game on ESPN
August 27th, 2010 at 7:32 PM ^
He's playing well thus far. They've got him pulling and moving quite a bit; looks pretty agile for such a big guy. Great fit for a RR offense.
August 27th, 2010 at 7:33 PM ^
I get a little tired of watching the typically grainy high school film reels, so these and the all star games are great. Admittedly, I also want to find out what all the hype surrounding James Wilder's about
August 27th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
I thought it was on the "U?" Is it on the mother ship?
August 27th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
Until I realized that Manatee uses osu's fight song. Go Plant!
August 27th, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^
Plant has looked very sloppy. Couple of penaltys and turnovers after scoring on the games first play. Posada looks great at times and at other times he's looked lost. Either way after hearing the Manatee fight song i'm rolling with Plant.
August 27th, 2010 at 7:53 PM ^
Both Ely and Wilder are not that impressive whatsoever
August 27th, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
he looks kinda slow off the ball....but that was after only one possesion i watched. he looks massive thoough
August 27th, 2010 at 7:58 PM ^
Was it me or did Posada get switched over to RT after their 2nd series?? I thought for sure he started at LT and then moved over for whatever reason.
Other than that I can see where some say he has to work on his pass blocking. Looks like he has somewhat short arms though, anyone else see that??
EDIT: Good lord that back up looks terrible, no doubt he is nervous but jeez man that is just bad!!
August 27th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
Maybe I misread this... did they list his GPA as 6.3??
August 27th, 2010 at 9:14 PM ^
In Florida, you get additional points added to your GPA for taking honors and AP classes. You get .04 per semester of an honors class and .08 per AP class. Taking AP tests is free so kids can take as many as they want and Plant is a wealthy school so they offer pretty much every AP class available. You probably read his GPA right, and for what it's worth, 6.3 is still quite impressive even with the Florida GPA system.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:29 PM ^
I went to high school in Florida but our "weighted" GPA scale was as follows:
Regular class A- 4.0
Honors class A- 5.0
AP class A- 6.0
This means the highest one could get is 6.0 in my system. The "unweighted" GPA is often the one seen by colleges and is the normal 4.0 scale. However I've seen quite a few different one in the S. Fla. area.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:38 PM ^
Oh, well maybe it's just Hillsborough County then (the county Posada plays in). I went to school on the other side of the city. At some schools the valedictorian graduates with an 8+ GPA.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Is FSU actually going to give Wilder a shot at RB? Or is it more of a precursory thing... for seminole fans I'm beginning to hope it's the latter
August 27th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
Ok I take that back. It is indeed a bad sign when you're the the number one OLB in the nation and you can't bring down a kid you have wrapped up. Wilder's not having a good night on either side of the ball
August 27th, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
This Blakely kid is playing out of his mind.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
He's a solid back. Rated #34 overall player in the country according to Rivals.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
...Brennen Beyer is tearing it up tonight:
varsityblue At the half, Brennen Beyer's Plymouth Wildcats lead Salem 35-0. Beyer has 2 rec for 43 yds and 2 TDs, punt block TD, and 3 QB knockdowns.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:35 PM ^
...on Beyer:
varsityblue Looks like it'll be a 48-0 final in favor of Plymouth. No real change in Beyer's stats. Video Monday(ish) on mgoblog.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:43 PM ^
Seemed like Posada was getting winded towards the end of the half. Barwis is licking his chops.
August 27th, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^
August 27th, 2010 at 9:05 PM ^
He looked fine at LT I thought, much more comfortable moving to his left than his right. Has decent feet, but arms are way to short to play LT at the big ten level.
Nice prospect and a decent pick up though.
August 27th, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
Seriously, are we going to have to hear about short arms for the next 5 years?
August 27th, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^
This Manatee quarterback is looking pretty good too, no wonder Chizik's already offered him.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:03 PM ^
Posada's looking like he's trying to fight a kid on the other team after that fumble...
August 27th, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
August 27th, 2010 at 9:14 PM ^
is looking very impressive. That was a sick td run.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:18 PM ^
Scout has some of Blakely's weaknesses as "elusiveness" and "tackle-breaking ability", I'm guessing they'll be changing that.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:22 PM ^
The last couple of plays, Posada has been pretty slow out of his stance and with his feet, but he's got a pretty good punch, a couple of defenders have ended up on their backs.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:26 PM ^
Great punch, but he seems pretty out of shape. He's got some work to do or he will hate himself/Barwis next summer.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
Hate to say it, but he looks like kind of a dirty player. I guess when you're OL it's kinda expected.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:38 PM ^
Posada just falls on his guy after putting him on the ground. Penalty ensued
August 27th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
Watched the whole thing, here's what I gathered.
Posada is pretty athletic for a 6'6 325 high schooler. When he's trying hard, thinking straight, and knows what he's doing, he's effective in pass blocking and fairly dominant in run blocking. However, he got winded, frustrated, and looked lost in his blocking responsibilities sometimes. As it was noted multiple times in this thread, he played everywhere on the line, but looked most at home on the right side. His arms aren't nearly long enough to play left tackle. In the second half, he was getting nasty, dirty, and looked like he had lost his self-control at times, including a play where he, after the whistle, crossed his arms and dropped his full 325 pound frame on a DE he had pancaked, yielding a penalty flag. A redshirt and a few years of Barwis should yield a competent Big Ten right tackle.
August 27th, 2010 at 10:34 PM ^
that's perfect for an O-Lineman. We don't want Betty Grable out there protecting our QB's. OK now it's obvious I'm blogging while drunk as well. Is this legal? Anyhoo... If he's got short arms, maybe he could be trained as a guard? I still like that he pancaked a few people. That's what you want to see all day.
August 27th, 2010 at 10:38 PM ^
They looked terrible in their first game against Armwood two years ago, but ended up winning it all, including a rematch with Armwood in the playoffs. I don't think Weiner likes to show a lot of his playbook in games like this one. This team always looks better later in the season, or at least has for the last five years.
I hope they are on TV again later in the year, but I think the only other game that will be nationally televised is the one against the highest-ranked team in Texas and it is on the road.