Things I found Interesting on MSU Media Day

As you know, these things are full of coach speak, but, if you look closely, you can find some good nuggets.

Here is are some interesting things I saw:

1. After playing MLB last year, Gerri Green will start practice at the Viper position which means he's a edge rusher that stands up. This is what we've all been begging for. Is he Von Miller?

2. Offensive leaders are Holloway, Shumpert, & Ross. Ross is fine, but hopefully this isn't sign on our running back rotation

3. Simmons is now #98 instead of 36.

4. New WR Todd was one of the top WRs on our board last year, but wasn't expected to qualify & was expected to play basketball. Both changed. Huge pickup which means no more Peters on offense

5. Rankin could have started last year, but they wanted to save him.

6. Keith Mixon is electric

7. Dear will play both RB & WR

8. Gabe Myles will play on outside. Interesting

Does no. 8 mean Ross is staying inside?

1. I think Gerri will do well but let's hold off on the Von Miller talk

2. They're leaders because they're Seniors now it's their turn to step up vocally. I still expect Aeris to be the workhouse

3. Expected

7. Wouldn't hold my breath for much RB p/t

8. With Ross playing inside & out plus Dear & Mixon a smart move to get our best playmakers on the field as much as possible

No. 5 is really strange given how bad we were on the OL last year.

I think it shows how inflexible Dan was last year.

1. Green at DE/OLB/MLB? Would have been nice last year. Would have been nice to have done that with McKinney as well.

2. Of course it's going to be Holloway and Shumpert at RB/FB. I can live with it IF we use Holloway like we did last year and NOT like we used Perkins. Good to see Shumpert moved to FB. Would have helped last year probably. Holloway I think will be the main guy and Aeris will get about 1/3 of the snaps if I had to guess. Lee will probably sit because he can't do anything right.

3. Dan would be insane to give him #36 after the media backlash that has already ensued.

4. Really like Todd. And not just because he has an awesome name. Moving Peters to offense would have been a terrible idea because we would have moved him BACK to defense where he belongs and basically cost him a year of experience playing safety because no one looked at the depth chart and realized that we didn't have anyone over 6'2" at WR until the spring apparently.

5. This pisses me off. Especially given how bad our o-line was. Basically he's saying we decided to play Warren because he's a senior and I'm not creative enough to find a way to make Warren productive as the third tackle and blocking TE on goal line situations. As bad as our o-line was last season there was ZERO reason to hold anyone capable back. Especially during the senior year of our best player in school history.

6. I like Mixon a lot. He will replace Holloway as the scatback/WR and I think he will be even better than Holloway.

7. Again, would have been nice last year. It's not like Dear didn't play RB some in high school. I get that he was a freshman but how hard is it to learn run a draw play or and outside running play of some kind? Dan needs to stop thinking of Dear as a slot guy and more of a Percy Harvin guy. Looks like he is coming around on that.

8. Expected so that we can get Ross, Gray- who should be in the slot, and Myles on the field at the same time.

Dan needs to stop being so inflexible with our team and be more creative and move people around to different positions in season rather than just stick with whatever position a player started with at the beginning of the year and rolling with it come hell or high water. His rigidity hampers our team a good bit- and the changes are things that are pretty obvious to casual football fans.

What he said was that Rankin could've helped towards the end of the year last year...he wasn't ready early on so it made no sense to burn a year of eligibility. Regarding Dear, Gonzalez noted that he was capable of playing some RB but, as IYOK noted, don't expect a lot of that.

A few more nuggets. One QB will transfer but not Tiano. Would not be surprised if Tiano ends up being the guy

Looked at the roster on Hailstate.com. Lot of duplicate #'s being used and some #'s not issued at all. Gibson is listed as #21. Do you think this is accurate with the long honored situation with Keefer McGee? As noted Simmons is #98 and #36 is not issued.

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Originally Posted by Goldendawg

Looked at the roster on Hailstate.com. Lot of duplicate #'s being used and some #'s not issued at all. Gibson is listed as #21. Do you think this is accurate with the long honored situation with Keefer McGee? As noted Simmons is #98 and #36 is not issued.

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Have not updated hailstate

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

it's going to be Holloway and Shumpert at RB/FB. ...... Good to see Shumpert moved to FB.

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Wait... Is that what was said? Shumpert to FB? Is this a real thing?

If Tiano is the guy, then he must be a bad ass. I think Fitz is the guy personally, but I feel confident that the winner of the QB job will do fine.
Remember, last year at this time, Freeze "still wasn't sure who the QB was going to be" for Ole Miss.
Lots of smoke and mirrors this time of year

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I think it shows how inflexible Dan was last year.

1. Green at DE/OLB/MLB? Would have been nice last year. Would have been nice to have done that with McKinney as well.

2. Of course it's going to be Holloway and Shumpert at RB/FB. I can live with it IF we use Holloway like we did last year and NOT like we used Perkins. Good to see Shumpert moved to FB. Would have helped last year probably. Holloway I think will be the main guy and Aeris will get about 1/3 of the snaps if I had to guess. Lee will probably sit because he can't do anything right.

3. Dan would be insane to give him #36 after the media backlash that has already ensued.

4. Really like Todd. And not just because he has an awesome name. Moving Peters to offense would have been a terrible idea because we would have moved him BACK to defense where he belongs and basically cost him a year of experience playing safety because no one looked at the depth chart and realized that we didn't have anyone over 6'2" at WR until the spring apparently.

5. This pisses me off. Especially given how bad our o-line was. Basically he's saying we decided to play Warren because he's a senior and I'm not creative enough to find a way to make Warren productive as the third tackle and blocking TE on goal line situations. As bad as our o-line was last season there was ZERO reason to hold anyone capable back. Especially during the senior year of our best player in school history.

6. I like Mixon a lot. He will replace Holloway as the scatback/WR and I think he will be even better than Holloway.

7. Again, would have been nice last year. It's not like Dear didn't play RB some in high school. I get that he was a freshman but how hard is it to learn run a draw play or and outside running play of some kind? Dan needs to stop thinking of Dear as a slot guy and more of a Percy Harvin guy. Looks like he is coming around on that.

8. Expected so that we can get Ross, Gray- who should be in the slot, and Myles on the field at the same time.

Dan needs to stop being so inflexible with our team and be more creative and move people around to different positions in season rather than just stick with whatever position a player started with at the beginning of the year and rolling with it come hell or high water. His rigidity hampers our team a good bit- and the changes are things that are pretty obvious to casual football fans.

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2. I expect Shump to be a great special teams guy & get very few carries & lead block on occasion. Again I expect Aeris to be the guy.

5. Rankin wasn't ready in September but by November he was but didn't want to waste a year on 4 games.

7. Dear played like Akers in HS. He rarely played at RB. He played mostly Wildcat QB & in the Slot. Don't expect much if any Dear playing RB. He'll still get those jet sweeps but he's going to make more plays downfield this year like our slots in the past (Bump & Tubby)

8. Gray is, has been, & will always be an outside WR. We have to stop looking at his height & look at his skill. He's never played Slot he's always been outside & will show why this year. He's the starter at X & will show out.

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Originally Posted by Dawgfan77

A few more nuggets. One QB will transfer but not Tiano.

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A coach or player said this or its your opinion?

Green is going to be a monster this year. Write it down. He'll end up being as good as anyone we've had before he leaves.

Fitz will be the starter

Aeris will win the RB job

Defense will be solid

We're going to throw the ball deep more this year imo bc what we lose in Bear's size, we gain in the speed we'll have on the field at any given time. Not as many crushing WR blocks, but could be a lot of big plays and quick strikes.

On the field at one time could be...

Fitz
Holloway
Dear
Gray
Ross
Myles

That's some speed

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Originally Posted by LC Dawg

A coach or player said this or its your opinion?

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It's been spread around that whomever doesn't start out of Fitz/Staley will transfer out this August

I think Fitz is the guy this year. But I like Tiano better, but he is a year away. Next year Tiano could take the job, but it is really hard to beat out an incumbent. It's going to be an interesting race. The safe pick is Damian Williams (age and experience) but he definitely has the least upside. When it comes to moving the ball, scoring points, and winning games, I put Damian at #4. He has a real ceiling.

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Originally Posted by Random Poster

It's been spread around that whomever doesn't start out of Fitz/Staley will transfer out this August

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I don't think anyone transfers before the season starts.

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

I don't think anyone transfers before the season starts.

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According to one of their parents- that is 100% the plan. Mullen has been asked to make a decision by the end of week 3

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

Fitz will be the starter

Aeris will win the RB job

Defense will be solid

We're going to throw the ball deep more this year imo bc what we lose in Bear's size, we gain in the speed we'll have on the field at any given time. Not as many crushing WR blocks, but could be a lot of big plays and quick strikes.

On the field at one time could be...

Fitz
Holloway
Dear
Gray
Ross
Myles

That's some speed

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Good catch about speed on the field, Cadaver. Those 6 guys on the field at the same time is a matchup nightmare. And then you could take out a couple those guys and add a couple those huge tight ends and you got another matchup nightmare there too. Offense could be dynamic provided ol play is good.