Summer Stuff 2023 Edition

VULB#62 · July 05, 2023, 05:13:45 PM

Quote from: vu72 on July 05, 2023, 03:58:28 PM
Quote from: valpo tundra on July 02, 2023, 09:43:27 PM
Wasn't Madison Soliday Director of Football Operations last year?

Yes she was. She is now a Meeting Event Planner for Elevate Management Company in Minnesota.

Good for her. And going to her Linked-In page tells us that the annual football travel budget is $300k.

valpofb16 · July 05, 2023, 07:57:52 PM

Symmes just just tweeted out they have a "paid" WR coach avl. That means 4 RB coaches and 4 WR coaches since the New Mexico State game.

Symmes May come out and be a savant offensively, I get that those are low paying positions but there seems to be 0 tree or loyalty there.

valpofb16 · July 07, 2023, 12:46:07 PM

Butler just added xfers from

Brown, Harvard , Nichols, Eastern Kentucky, Ball State, Cornell, Yale.

Along with multi year starters from Warren Central and Brownsburg.

Uremovich isn't messing around....

Pgmado · July 07, 2023, 02:25:59 PM

James Doerer to Eastern Michigan.

valpofb16 · July 07, 2023, 03:59:20 PM

Doerer was a big loss. Had some great games. Eventually was replaced by Birmingham when D started slipping.

Time will tell

VULB#62 · July 07, 2023, 04:17:17 PM

Seeing the recruit/xfer-in news from the school down south, all the xfer-out Valpo news, and not much Valpo xfer-in news does not produce a ton of confidence going into August camp.

Neither does this informal preseason pick list from the PFL Fan Board (Lindy's Sports picks)

1. St. Thomas
2. Davidson
3. Dayton
4. San Diego
5. Butler
6. Marist
7. Stetson
8. Valparaiso
9. Drake
10. Morehead St.
11. Presbyterian

valpofb16 · July 07, 2023, 04:24:57 PM

Promising WR Jacob Stewart has Xfered to a JUCO in California.

Things could get really ugly if OL has not picked up anything from spring.

NotBryceDrew · July 08, 2023, 01:33:41 PM

Is it not really late to have not heard anything yet? Feel like in years past we already knew additions months ago.

valpofb16 · July 09, 2023, 03:09:14 PM

New transfer:

Mohamed Kamara 6'0 205 LB -Hope College (D3). SR

70 tackles last year, All-Conference 2nd Team

Onye Nwosisi 6'5 235 DL - Muskingum (D3). SO

9 GP as a true FR

valpofb16 · July 13, 2023, 01:33:22 PM

New Commit: 6'2 220 LB Angeni Jacobs North Carolina Post Grad class of '22

Had offers to Davidson, Presbyterian, Butler out of HS.

Sure looks like a lot of talent on D. Still no word on OL help...

valpofb16 · July 15, 2023, 06:43:21 AM

New Commit: Johnny Foley 6'2 195 WR SR+ Lehigh , 27GP 300 yards.

Tezzo, Jimenez , Barthel, Davis, Foley. Group is shaping up better than Jan 1.

Still no OL

IndyValpo · July 23, 2023, 10:09:37 PM

New WR Coach is Bryan Parker who was a GA at Kent State.

JD24 · July 29, 2023, 09:27:44 AM

Bunch of players on the Pre-Season All PFL team which, I guess, is better than having no players on the Pre-Season All PFL team.

http://www.valpoathletics.com/football/news/2023-24/22183/half-dozen-valpo-players-recognized-as-phil-steele-announces-preseason-all-pfl-picks/

VULB#62 · July 29, 2023, 10:35:47 AM

This is the Phil Steele pick. It'll be interesting to compare his to the PFL coaches preseason team poll.

valpofb16 · July 30, 2023, 07:27:33 AM

Roster is out. Few more transfers

Kalil Brown 5th DB- Albion
Chris Gundru RSFR- Eastern Michigan
Jashon Butler RSSR RB-Arizona
Mike York TE- UAB
Kobey Fitzgerald 6th LB-UCLA

No OL help.... Promising FR Andy Cole does not have a # hopefully no injury or transfer. Will cross reference to see whose left later today

IndyValpo · July 30, 2023, 09:12:26 AM

Quote from: valpofb16 on June 08, 2023, 11:04:54 AM
Former Syracuse DL Curtis Harper coming on board as DT coach. Not sure what means for Vernell Price

Price is not on the coaches list. He seemed like a solid recruiter.

NotBryceDrew · July 31, 2023, 01:48:14 PM

@valpofb16 sent u a message

vu72 · July 31, 2023, 01:50:21 PM

I don't see the giant freshman kid from Evanston on the roster.

valpofb16 · July 31, 2023, 07:11:42 PM

It appears he is no longer with program. We always had a saying that if someone had FBS measurables at Valpo there is a reason they are at Valpo

VULB#62 · July 31, 2023, 09:33:28 PM

Ah, does that mean he was FBS big but not good and didn't fit for VU - OR - and was definitely FBS caliber. And if the latter, where did he go?

JD24 · July 31, 2023, 10:51:01 PM

Rosen still has Valpo listed on his twitter page. At his size, if his feet don't work his size won't do him any good. If his feet do work he wouldn't be at Valpo.

GaryCrusader · August 02, 2023, 02:20:45 PM

I believe 1st practice is this week. Does anyone know if practice is open to the public?

JD24 · August 02, 2023, 04:20:17 PM

Quote from: GaryCrusader on August 02, 2023, 02:20:45 PMI believe 1st practice is this week. Does anyone know if practice is open to the public?

I don't think any practice is unavailable to the public.

FBFan22 · August 10, 2023, 08:38:10 AM

Scrimmage is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 12 from 4:00-7:00 PM at Brown Field. What do you want to see? What questions need to be answered?

vu72 · August 10, 2023, 09:31:35 AM

Quote from: FBFan22 on August 10, 2023, 08:38:10 AM
Scrimmage is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 12 from 4:00-7:00 PM at Brown Field. What do you want to see? What questions need to be answered?

Oline, Appel and the running game. Could Jashon Butler be "the guy"? Overall impressions.