FB: Empire 8

fisheralum91 · August 28, 2006, 08:35:28 AM

jose-
now that was funny!!!

an e8 guy working for d3 sports,
thats a nice change of pace.

Hope to hear much more from that guy this season
!!!

theicdubbz · August 28, 2006, 09:00:44 AM

What I saw at the CU vs IC scrimmage.

I was impressed with Coach Pendergrast. Good to have you here coach P. New energy was brought to the defense and program with him on the sideline. you could see the impact a former D1 coach had on our defense.

D-line recorded a safety on a funky CU bootleg play. three interceptions recorded on the day for IC. Byers, wow, good work out there from that man.

The special teams debate will remain a debate. the first four kicks Kit had went wide left, wide right, or just shank completey. but, in the two minute drill he was right on. the goalie hit an extra point that landed on the 4th lane of the track. so his leg is for real. For the most part though the "1st kick team" was on when a situation came up. we did have some snapper issues but, they were all fixed by the end of the scrimmage.

Our punter had a good showing. pinned cornell down on the 2 on one. Possibly more impressive was #9. very good punt returner. no drops on about 20 attempts. The grandfather of a student on CU sat in front of us and said at Chenango Forks the kick specialized in punt returns. Good things expected from him.

Offensively; the tight end , Oertel, was very good. he had a nice 44 yard gain off a 10 yard pass. Bostic, WR, is a legit athlete, raw though. Threw it up to him a couple of times but out of reach on those attempts. Our running game had 4 or 5 runs for 6-8 yards. most were 3-4, when attempted. Its tough to do so on CU when they are all 6"-4' on the d-line. However, Davis and Bias were on rest. Our QBs looked good when scrambling and comfortable in the pocket. Juvon had a beatiful 20 yd pass that threaded the needle between 2 CBs right to the #'s on Gordons chest.

We should have a good one this saturday. Looking forward to the F-Lot.

fire up the WEBER!

FisherAlum05 · August 28, 2006, 09:08:38 AM

Does anyone know if Fisher scrimmaged Cortland this weekend? If so how did they look???

theicdubbz · August 28, 2006, 09:38:28 AM

quick facts on Huntington...

QB: SR. Zach Golson, 6-4, 215.

05 stats

PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zach Golson 9 154.93 200-115-3 57.5 1684 18 53 187.1

WR: seniors this year, big guys last year

05 stats

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Colson 9 54 772 14.3 9 53 85.8
Jacob Godwin 9 23 532 23.1 7 50 59.1

Rushing: looks like the job is up in the air as they graduated their two top rushers who ran for around 1200 yds combined. the back ups didnt see much time last year.

Defense: last year was led by a Fr. LB Granger Shook, 5 foot 8, 190lbs. had 70 total tackles last year, 34 being solo. 3 sacks by him. 7 sacks last year by DL Rishard Davis, 6'1" 230. Davis is a JR. this year.

go bombers!

JQV · August 28, 2006, 09:49:30 AM

Quote from: fisheralum91 on August 28, 2006, 08:35:28 AM
jose-
now that was funny!!!

an e8 guy working for d3 sports,
thats a nice change of pace.

Hope to hear much more from that guy this season
!!!

Technically there is already a D3Sports guy from the E8. John McGraw is an IC alum but, given his current occupation (Voice of Cortland radio) we have to wonder if he has wandered from the green pastures. Seriously though, I am wondering if "Adam Samrov" is an alias for Budcrew08?

fisheralum91 · August 28, 2006, 09:52:30 AM

Jose-
if it is ill bring him back to utica, buy him an inordinate amount of wings and beer from cavallos' and make sure that he gives the E8 a host of articles!!

aufan · August 28, 2006, 09:55:11 AM

fisheralum05: According to the Cortland site, they scrimmage Hobart on Sept. 2. Don't know who SJF would scrimmage. Anyone?

JQV · August 28, 2006, 10:24:11 AM

Quote from: theicdubbz on August 28, 2006, 09:38:28 AM
quick facts on Huntington...

QB: SR. Zach Golson, 6-4, 215.

05 stats

PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zach Golson 9 154.93 200-115-3 57.5 1684 18 53 187.1

WR: seniors this year, big guys last year

05 stats

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Colson 9 54 772 14.3 9 53 85.8
Jacob Godwin 9 23 532 23.1 7 50 59.1

Rushing: looks like the job is up in the air as they graduated their two top rushers who ran for around 1200 yds combined. the back ups didnt see much time last year.

Defense: last year was led by a Fr. LB Granger Shook, 5 foot 8, 190lbs. had 70 total tackles last year, 34 being solo. 3 sacks by him. 7 sacks last year by DL Rishard Davis, 6'1" 230. Davis is a JR. this year.

go bombers!

Nice research Dubbz. After reading the quotes Pat put in his blog, I have been wondering about this team. Check your personal messages.

FisherAlum05 · August 28, 2006, 10:26:41 AM

When I played at Fisher we scrimmaged SUNY Cortland every year. Not sure who they scrimmaged this year but they must have scrimmaged someone. If anybody has any info please inform us. Thanks

theicdubbz · August 28, 2006, 10:31:41 AM

jose,

10-4.

JQV · August 28, 2006, 10:36:12 AM

Quote from: fisheralum05 on August 28, 2006, 10:26:41 AM
When I played at Fisher we scrimmaged SUNY Cortland every year. Not sure who they scrimmaged this year but they must have scrimmaged someone. If anybody has any info please inform us. Thanks

Maybe they scrimmaged the Bills....

fisheralum91 · August 28, 2006, 10:38:43 AM

just spit out my coffee!
Thanks jose.
dear god...
let the season just begin already!

JQV · August 28, 2006, 10:45:23 AM

Quote from: fisheralum91 on August 28, 2006, 10:38:43 AM
just spit out my coffee!
Thanks jose.
dear god...
let the season just begin already!

Just to get a rise I had typed "I figure trying to tackle Willis McGahee is the best preparation possible for Baez, Davis and Donovan so it would be in Fisher's best interest to scrimmage Buffalo." But then I thought better of it. Glad I could ruin your computer fisheralum...

fisheralum91 · August 28, 2006, 10:50:02 AM

nice...
its going to be a very interesting season...
Just hope the alma mater doesnt get too one dimensional...

tecmobowler · August 28, 2006, 11:01:36 AM

For those of you curious about Huntingdon, they are kind enough to provide a scouting report after every practice.

http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/athletics_news/06/aug