While it looks near certain that Texas A&M will bolt if the SEC decides that they want to take the Aggies, the unknown is who the SEC would tab if they went to 14 or even 16. The names are obvious and have been bandied about: Mizzou, Oklahoma, FSU, Clemson, VT and/or UNC.
Forget the denials that have emanated from other programs. I think we all know that this is like a coach search. No one has been “contacted” but everyone is in touch. So, if you want to say, but FSU has denied any contact or VT has said they have no interest in leaving the ACC. Or that Mizzou is pretending to be content in the Big XII — it means nothing.
The aspect I’m trying to look at in this post is the impact/survival/attractiveness of the Big XII vs. the Big East.
In a development that should surprise no one Brock DeCicco left camp to contemplate his future with the Panthers and Graham’s offense. We talked about transfers in the Spring Practice articles and mentioned that the TEs were going to have to fit the mold of the H-Back Graham wants. Hubie Graham actually played this position during his freshman year at Illinois so he’s comfortable with it.
In a continuing show of interest and support by the Post Gazette as a whole the Red Shoes Diary was written by an intern who three days of experience with the program. To make up for his inexperience he loads photos to fill space. Did an alright job though considering the paper sent Zeise out of town to cover the Buccos.
He does like the QB & receiver corps though:
Sunseri and Street have looked good every day that I’ve been here, though. What really made the offense stand out was the play of the younger receivers, who are all vying to be part of the top six to eight players used in the offense this season. Freshman Ronald Jones (below), sophomore Ed Tinker and redshirt freshman Salath Williams all saw time with the first team and should provide some great depth to the receiver position. Tinker and Williams were both used in the vertical passing game and Jones appears to be a good fit to at Cameron Saddler’s position.
