Keith Washington to WVU
Washington was part of the CB competition in the spring and fall before leaving the team during fall camp, to some concern. Obviously a lot of that was unfounded. But best of luck to him. WVU has previously taken Kyle Bosch and Ryan Mundy.
December 12th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 4:26 PM ^
I think we also took a soccer coach...?
December 12th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
Dude. DUUUUDDDDEEEEE. Too soon. The "Bill Martin Coin Flip"...
December 12th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
They still owe us like $5 billion for taking Rich Rod off their hands.
December 12th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
Agreed, we definitely deserve some store credit for that one...
December 12th, 2017 at 5:21 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
from a championship because his team played in the woeful Big East. Sorry, but the guy has a great offensive system when he gets the right personel and his QB never gets hurt, which is never. Overall he's a poor coach and a poor manager of a program. 10 years later and his teams still lose games the same way, terrible defense, terrible special teams, terrible turnovers and mistakes that just should not happen to a well coached team.
Once a year they'll pop up and play a top team tough or beat them and once a year they'll screw the pooch and lose horribly to a bad team, the rest of the time is 50-50 meddling between winning and losing games they should or shouldn't.
December 12th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
Did he play this year or just sit out?
December 12th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 9:57 PM ^
Washington was at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi for the 2017 season.
Kingston Davis was at Independence Community College in Kansas.
December 12th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
Funny--I was just wondering what happened to Ferns in response to a post over the weekend. Something about past recruiting classes.
December 12th, 2017 at 5:54 PM ^
He still holds the record for most duplicate commitment posts at thirteen. I was not a mod at the time of Commitapalooza, but I can only imagine how mind-numbing that was to clean up given the limitations of this interface.
December 12th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
I remember that. We were so amped when he signed. Seems crazy now given his current status as an everyday WVU student.
December 12th, 2017 at 6:58 PM ^
Michael and Brendan can host Between Two Ferns.
December 13th, 2017 at 11:02 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 8:43 PM ^
recruiter for an incoming player.
December 12th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
Yep, Ferns and Speight spearheaded that 2014 class...
...and that's why Michigan is so young.
December 12th, 2017 at 11:28 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
Good luck young man. Came to the squad; participated; left in good standing. Wish nothing but the best for him.
Go Blue!
December 12th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
What role do defensive players have in the Big 12? :-)
December 12th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Optional defense that is.
December 12th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
I am a high school defensive assistant here in Michigan. It is absolutely mind numbing to me how bad Big 12 and Pac 12 defenses are/can be. Granted, there's a BIG, BIG difference between any level of college and the level I coach at, but I have a hard time feeling good about wins when we give up 20 or more. I have always wanted to be a fly on the wall for a Sunday or Monday meeting for some of these staffs.
December 13th, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
That goes with a different offensive one. Having covered HS football in different states as a reporter, you can see a philosophical difference between areas (in my case between the midwest and the west coast). Texas football, the lifeblood of most all Big 12 programs other than WVa, is really heavy spread. Someone's usually open and qbs are great at finding them. If you're a defensive coach, i think you're accepting you're going to be scored on. You focus more on getting turnovers and maximizing the number of plays it takes for the offense to move down the field.
December 13th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Totally agree. There is an interesting stat that I follow and it's points per possession. In some of those areas where the spread, mile a second offenses play, that can be a better indicator of a defense's overall success compared to the traditional stats. Where I'm at, offenses are, or can be, extremely proficient, but I still throw up in my mouth when we give up more than what I think we should.
December 12th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
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December 12th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
I post updates weekly during the season on TTB on the guys who have transferred.
December 12th, 2017 at 5:09 PM ^
a quick squad I put together of transfers who made significant impacts at their next school/NFL. I know I may be missing a few or over-estimated some impacts.
QB: Mallet (Ark), Morris (CMU)
RB: Fargas (USC), Rawls (CMU)
WR: Sam McGuffie (Rice/ 54 Rec in 2012 v. 5 carries)
OT: Tuley-Tilman (Akron/UTEP) (arguably not a transfer)
OC/OG: Bosch (WVU), Justin Boren (OSU)
DE:
DT: Richard Ash (WMU)
LB:
CB: Johnny Sears (EMU)
S: Mundy (WVU)
December 12th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
Shallman didn't start. He barely played this season. He made 13 tackles and 1 sack in 5 games.
December 12th, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^
December 13th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
He did okay for an interior lineman. He made 32 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and and 1 fumble recovery. That's better than Aubrey Solomon and Bryan Mone combined for this year.
December 13th, 2017 at 9:31 AM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 6:35 PM ^
U Mass grad transfer 715 yds. and 6 TDs then on to the NY Giants.
December 12th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
But David Bowens had a solid NFL career.
December 12th, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^
and started 26 games in a row from 2013-2014. He also played in all 13 games of the 2012 season for Pitt.
But the "Kitten Sniper" was his Michigan moment:
December 12th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 9:10 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
Demerits for mentioning Boren
December 12th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
Dann O'Neill (WMU), Vladimir Emilien (Toledo), Terry Richardson (Marshall), Josh Furman (Oklahoma State), Toney Clemons (Colorado), Cullen Christian (Pitt/WVU)
December 12th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^
Mr Washington. Good man.
December 12th, 2017 at 6:36 PM ^
Outside of football, phenom frosh womens bball player kysre gondrezick left UM to play at WVU as well.
The pipeline is real.