One week to Toledo!!!!

[footballguy51]

I’m so happy to get back to football. Let’s disarm the Rockets.

[MarkL]

Really looking forward to Matt McDonald at QB. Hoping he opens up the offense.

[roguewarrior]

I think we will move the ball well and score. We will give up some big plays on occasion, as we are very young on the back end. I expect to be in the game in the 4th quarter. Weather looks like it will be good!

[Tony4BG]

LFG!!

[roguewarrior]

Have a friend whose son plays at MSU. I asked how it was in the stands to watch, with no fans ....he said it was horrible as a fan, with pumped in sounds and annoying “music” playing constantly. I will report the experience from Toileto.

[mbenecke]

Week 1 Depth Chart has been released. I'll post the starters here:

OFFENSE:
LT Joe Ware (RS-Sr)
LG John O'Brian (RS-So)
C Cameron Stage (RS-So)
RG TIm Tanner-Blair (RS-Sr)
RT Derek Downs (RS-Jr)
QB Matt McDonald (RS-Jr)
RB Andrew Clair (RS-Jr)
WR Tyrone Broden (RS-Fr)
WR Julian Ortega-Jones (RS-So)
TE Quintin Morris (Sr)
TE Presley Motes (RS-Sr)

DEFENSE:
DE Roland Walder (RS-Sr)
DT Walter Haire (RS-Jr)
NT Jordan Murphy (RS-Jr)
DE Karl Brooks (Jr)
WLB Kholbe Coleman (Sr)
MLB Darren Anders (So)
SLB Jerry Roberts (RS-Jr)
CB Caleb Biggers (Jr)
SS Jordan Anderson (So)
FS Davion Daniels (RS-Fr)
CB Diata Burns (RS-Jr)

SPECIAL TEAMS:
K Nate Needham (RS-Sr)
P Matt Naranjo (RS-Sr)

OBSERVATIONS:
-Tyrone Broden redshirted at WR last year, and now he's a starter. Same goes for Davion Daniels defensively.
-We're really young on defense - 9 of the 11 day one starters should be back next year.
-Nobody from Loeffler's first full class (2020) is starting yet - so we'll have to wait on those guys.
-We're missing Jerry McBride and Sam Neverov on the depth chart completely, but Neverov (at least) is supposed to be a starter this year. That'll be something to monitor.
-We have 5 three-stars starting on offense, and 4 three-stars starting on defense.

[jpfalcon09]

Week 1 Depth Chart has been released. I'll post the starters here:

OFFENSE:
LT Joe Ware (RS-Sr)
LG John O'Brian (RS-So)
C Cameron Stage (RS-So)
RG TIm Tanner-Blair (RS-Sr)
RT Derek Downs (RS-Jr)
QB Matt McDonald (RS-Jr)
RB Andrew Clair (RS-Jr)
WR Tyrone Broden (RS-Fr)
WR Julian Ortega-Jones (RS-So)
TE Quintin Morris (Sr)
TE Presley Motes (RS-Sr)

DEFENSE:
DE Roland Walder (RS-Sr)
DT Walter Haire (RS-Jr)
NT Jordan Murphy (RS-Jr)
DE Karl Brooks (Jr)
WLB Kholbe Coleman (Sr)
MLB Darren Anders (So)
SLB Jerry Roberts (RS-Jr)
CB Caleb Biggers (Jr)
SS Jordan Anderson (So)
FS Davion Daniels (RS-Fr)
CB Diata Burns (RS-Jr)

SPECIAL TEAMS:
K Nate Needham (RS-Sr)
P Matt Naranjo (RS-Sr)

Some observations:
-Tyrone Broden redshirted at WR last year, and now he's a starter. Same goes for Davion Daniels defensively.
-We're really young on defense - 9 of the 11 day one starters should be back next year.

Yikes. Defense might be ugly this year. Excited to see what McDonald can do and a healthy Clair is extremely important to the offense. Greatest question is going to be the OL.

[MarkL]

I'm less worried about defensive starters than I am defensive depth. The 2 deep is going to be thin. Thin as 2010. Hopefully won't be a big problem in game one but by game 6 could be a massive headache. Hence why Loeffler is recruiting so much on defense. Given covid eligibility rules I expect to see a ton of true freshmen play on defense this year. And in general 18 year olds aren't ready to play in the front seven due to lack of college conditioning.

[roguewarrior]

Week 1 Depth Chart has been released. I'll post the starters here:

OFFENSE:
LT Joe Ware (RS-Sr)
LG John O'Brian (RS-So)
C Cameron Stage (RS-So)
RG TIm Tanner-Blair (RS-Sr)
RT Derek Downs (RS-Jr)
QB Matt McDonald (RS-Jr)
RB Andrew Clair (RS-Jr)
WR Tyrone Broden (RS-Fr)
WR Julian Ortega-Jones (RS-So)
TE Quintin Morris (Sr)
TE Presley Motes (RS-Sr)

DEFENSE:
DE Roland Walder (RS-Sr)
DT Walter Haire (RS-Jr)
NT Jordan Murphy (RS-Jr)
DE Karl Brooks (Jr)
WLB Kholbe Coleman (Sr)
MLB Darren Anders (So)
SLB Jerry Roberts (RS-Jr)
CB Caleb Biggers (Jr)
SS Jordan Anderson (So)
FS Davion Daniels (RS-Fr)
CB Diata Burns (RS-Jr)

SPECIAL TEAMS:
K Nate Needham (RS-Sr)
P Matt Naranjo (RS-Sr)

OBSERVATIONS:
-Tyrone Broden redshirted at WR last year, and now he's a starter. Same goes for Davion Daniels defensively.
-We're really young on defense - 9 of the 11 day one starters should be back next year.
-Nobody from Loeffler's first full class (2020) is starting yet - so we'll have to wait on those guys.
-We're missing Jerry McBride and Sam Neverov on the depth chart completely, but Neverov (at least) is supposed to be a starter this year. That'll be something to monitor.
-We have 5 three-stars starting on offense, and 4 three-stars starting on defense.

McBride is done for the year with injury.

[mbenecke]

Oh wow. Any chance he comes back next season for a full senior year or is he moving on?

[roguewarrior]

Oh wow. Any chance he comes back next season for a full senior year or is he moving on?

Based on the injury, not sure he can make it back by Fall, should he want to. He was one I was looking forward to having back there.

[roguewarrior]

Week 1 Depth Chart has been released. I'll post the starters here:

OFFENSE:
LT Joe Ware (RS-Sr)
LG John O'Brian (RS-So)
C Cameron Stage (RS-So)
RG TIm Tanner-Blair (RS-Sr)
RT Derek Downs (RS-Jr)
QB Matt McDonald (RS-Jr)
RB Andrew Clair (RS-Jr)
WR Tyrone Broden (RS-Fr)
WR Julian Ortega-Jones (RS-So)
TE Quintin Morris (Sr)
TE Presley Motes (RS-Sr)

DEFENSE:
DE Roland Walder (RS-Sr)
DT Walter Haire (RS-Jr)
NT Jordan Murphy (RS-Jr)
DE Karl Brooks (Jr)
WLB Kholbe Coleman (Sr)
MLB Darren Anders (So)
SLB Jerry Roberts (RS-Jr)
CB Caleb Biggers (Jr)
SS Jordan Anderson (So)
FS Davion Daniels (RS-Fr)
CB Diata Burns (RS-Jr)

SPECIAL TEAMS:
K Nate Needham (RS-Sr)
P Matt Naranjo (RS-Sr)

OBSERVATIONS:
-Tyrone Broden redshirted at WR last year, and now he's a starter. Same goes for Davion Daniels defensively.
-We're really young on defense - 9 of the 11 day one starters should be back next year.
-Nobody from Loeffler's first full class (2020) is starting yet - so we'll have to wait on those guys.
-We're missing Jerry McBride and Sam Neverov on the depth chart completely, but Neverov (at least) is supposed to be a starter this year. That'll be something to monitor.
-We have 5 three-stars starting on offense, and 4 three-stars starting on defense.

Where is the depth chart published?

EDIT: found it! BG website under Media

[mbenecke]

Rogue, I had it from Nick Ps (Blade) twitter.

[MarkL]

We are 22 point underdogs. We were I think 29 point last year. Progress?

[roguewarrior]

I would Take BG and the points, if I were a betting man.