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01-07-2026, 10:16 PM
#401

Originally Posted by
maroonmania
Did we not want to keep Work? Thought he grew up a Bulldog fan and was one of our better OL.
He was pretty bad this year. I thought he was actually better our 2-10 year
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01-07-2026, 10:46 PM
#402

Originally Posted by
Brobi-wan
He was pretty bad this year. I thought he was actually better our 2-10 year
Yes. Our oline coach needs upgrading
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01-07-2026, 10:50 PM
#403
Any word on Dyson from Tulane? BlackSails said it looked good for us today, but have not seen anything official.
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01-07-2026, 11:19 PM
#404

Originally Posted by
CaptainObvious
Fact is we don?t know how much SEC talent we had because coaching sucked. That Oline looked like it had 5 different blocking assignments for every play more often to being on the same page.
Loadholt sucks. I think he's the worst coach on the staff.
And no clue why we'd keep Owens and Mayberry and not work
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01-07-2026, 11:56 PM
#405
Not posting this to be negative. Just for info.
247 has our portal class ranked 27th right now with 8 commits. Ole Piss is ranked 7th with 8 commits.
We have definitely filled some positions of need so far. Still got alot of work to do but I'm happy with most of the players we have got. We also get punished for being MSU with players losing stars when they commit to us.
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01-08-2026, 01:15 AM
#406

Originally Posted by
confucius say
Loadholt sucks. I think he's the worst coach on the staff.
And no clue why we'd keep Owens and Mayberry and not work
I'm giving him a pass on this year because of when he was hired. Our talent wasn't very good IMO. We had too many sophomores playing and guys like Work and Lewis playing out of position. We really only had one quality tackle and that was Reese. Well maybe Steen too but he was hurt. It's hard for a line to gel when there are constant injuries and young guys playing out of position.
My guess is we'll get some offensive linemen over the weekend and by Monday we'll see where we stand. It kind of appears as if we are doing visits in groups based on position somewhat. That might be why we have a ton of DB commits and we do have a lot of OL/DL visiting Thursday through the weekend.
Owen was only a sophomore. Hopefully he will improve or at least provide depth. Him starting certainly isn't a given at this point I would think.
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01-08-2026, 09:30 AM
#407

Originally Posted by
confucius say
Loadholt sucks. I think he's the worst coach on the staff.
And no clue why we'd keep Owens and Mayberry and not work
Because they have 2 years of film on Work to see that he can't help us. He also wasn't recruited by this staff.
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01-08-2026, 09:30 AM
#408

Originally Posted by
Thick
Any word on Dyson from Tulane? BlackSails said it looked good for us today, but have not seen anything official.
He'll get done with his NC State visit today and we'll know more.
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01-08-2026, 09:36 AM
#409
Starting to worry that Dyson isn't going to commit. We need that guy. Any updates?
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01-08-2026, 10:58 AM
#410

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
He'll get done with his NC State visit today and we'll know more.
My guess is that he will have more visits, the kid is talented. I would think we can outbid NC State.
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01-08-2026, 11:40 AM
#411

Originally Posted by
HancockCountyDog
My guess is that he will have more visits, the kid is talented. I would think we can outbid NC State.
Yep, this dude is a game changer. Him and Whitson on the same DL would be the closest we have been to repeating Sweat/Simmons.
We need to make sure money is not the issue. He is worth a big sack.
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01-08-2026, 11:54 AM
#412
Guy below posted DJ Chester is visiting, he is damn important. He is the type of player we need to be going after. Sure, he didn't have a great year, but the kid is talented and has proven he can play in this league. Too many of the guys we have coming on campus are guys that have not proven it on the field. Chester is not one of those - he can play at this level. He is an instant starter for us. I like kids like Nash who have potential, but we can't afford to sign kids based on potential.
We have to sign kids that have proven they can play at the SEC level. Yes, it will be hard, but players like Chester give me hope that we can get more. The list of players posted in another thread was somewhat depressing except for Chester and Kelby Collins, but at this point we need bodies so I will take it.
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01-08-2026, 11:58 AM
#413

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Because they have 2 years of film on Work to see that he can't help us. He also wasn't recruited by this staff.
So he cant play here but Missouri wants him? That doesn't make sense to me.🤔
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01-08-2026, 01:32 PM
#414
they are hoping he computes to a solid backup
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01-08-2026, 04:05 PM
#415

Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Because they have 2 years of film on Work to see that he can't help us. He also wasn't recruited by this staff.
Ok but Mizzou signed him. A better program than us.
I really don't care about work. If we can get better guys, please do. But Owens is G5 at best. Give me work over him all day. Just watch the Mayo bowl film. And Mayberry couldn't get on the field with our horrible OL.
Loadholt sucks. Go get a proven OL coach.
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01-08-2026, 04:09 PM
#416

Originally Posted by
Pancho
they are hoping he computes to a solid backup
Wait. You talk to the Missouri Coaches? How else would you know they are ?hoping he computes to solid backup? And he was a backup here. Why leave if you can accept being a backup?
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01-08-2026, 04:10 PM
#417

Originally Posted by
confucius say
Ok but Mizzou signed him. A better program than us.
I really don't care about work. If we can get better guys, please do. But Owens is G5 at best. Give me work over him all day. Just watch the Mayo bowl film. And Mayberry couldn't get on the field with our horrible OL.
Loadholt sucks. Go get a proven OL coach.
Work couldn't beat Owens out. Work was not good this year.
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01-08-2026, 04:36 PM
#418
Can we please not turn this into a firing thread?
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01-08-2026, 04:38 PM
#419

Originally Posted by
CaptainObvious
Wait. You talk to the Missouri Coaches? How else would you know they are ?hoping he computes to solid backup? And he was a backup here. Why leave if you can accept being a backup?
Work wants to play on a good team. end of story and a great kid
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01-08-2026, 05:30 PM
#420

Originally Posted by
confucius say
Ok but Mizzou signed him. A better program than us.
I really don't care about work. If we can get better guys, please do. But Owens is G5 at best. Give me work over him all day. Just watch the Mayo bowl film. And Mayberry couldn't get on the field with our horrible OL.
Loadholt sucks. Go get a proven OL coach.
Look at the Colorado OL under Loadholt. Even with Sanders, who has now started a couple of games in the NFL (although for the hapless Browns), and held the ball too long, ala Shapen, our OL this year got worse as the year progressed. We hired Kennedy after Arkansas fired him, and now Loadholt, who is probably not missed. by Primetime. We hire too many castoffs as coaches after failures at other programs. JMO.
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