Maybe. You can be an evangelical and go to Furman too.Originally Posted by walliver
Maybe. You can be an evangelical and go to Furman too.
FU all the time.
"The game we know and love literally grew up in the Southern Conference. To find the foundation for ACC and SEC football, you have to go the league’s roots. To find an appreciation for a brand of football often-overlooked and seldom-appreciated, we as fans should do the same."
I got the impression… take it for what its worth - that Furman moved on - picking up Dae'one Wilikins to play OLB/Spur that would be the same position I think Shugurt could have played for the Dins.
http://www.hudl.com/video/3/5506230/...d31421a430a9a5
BTW...FU Spring (winter) practice kicks off today...
Realistically, playing iron man ball and snapping for kicks, I was too tired to do anything besides go back to the huddle. It worked out.
FU all the time.
"The game we know and love literally grew up in the Southern Conference. To find the foundation for ACC and SEC football, you have to go the league’s roots. To find an appreciation for a brand of football often-overlooked and seldom-appreciated, we as fans should do the same."
Speaking of Mercer's and Furman's Signing Classes...here they are...with some additional 247 Info...where available & FWIW...
FURMAN
247 Info
Player Pos Ht Wt Hometown (Previous School) # of Stars
Rating
National
Rank
State
RankDevin Abrams RB 6-1 205 Pensacola, Fla. (West Florida)
Dejuan Bell
WR
5-9
160
North Augusta, S.C. (North Augusta)
Cameron Coleman
NG 6-3
285 Elizabethton, Tenn. (Elizabethton) 2 0.7842 114 75 Braden Gilby
ILB
6-2
220 St. Petersburg, Fla. (Jesuit)
Jonah Griffin
DB 5-11
180
Savannah, Ga. (Benedictine Military School)
Louis Hall
WR
6-0
180 Canton, Ga. (Woodstock)
Taylor Hodge
DT 5-9 255 Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek)
Ryan Miller
TE 6-1 205 Jackson, Tenn. (University School of Jackson) 2 0.7580 260 113 Anderson Tomlin
OT 6-5 275 Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook)
Corey Watkins
TB 5-9 185 Evans, Ga. (Evans) 2 0.7597 210 287 *Melton Brown
DE 6-3
260
Louisville, Ga. (Jefferson County/Georgia Southern) 2* 0.7842* 125* 298* *Cooper Hardin
RB 6-1 225 Chattanooga, Tenn. (Farragut/Navy) 2* 0.7954* 96* 57* *Amir Trapp
CB/RS 5-8 170 Clemson, S.C. (Daniel/Clemson) 3** 0.8069** 161** 28** Travis Blackshear
CB
5-10
175
Savannah, Ga. (Benedictine Military School)
Darren Grainger
QB
6-4
190
Conway, S.C. (Conway High School)
Jax Hackett
ILB
6-2
205
Greensboro, N.C. (Southeast Guilford High School)
Zach Peterson
WR
6-2
180
Roswell, Ga. (Wesleyan School)
Hamp Sisson
QB
6-0
185
Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook High School)
2 0.7903 87 91 Dae'one Wilkins
S
6-0
200
Spring Hope, N.C. (Southern Nash High School)
** 2015 Ratings/Rankings
David Durden_____WR__6-0__200_Midville, Ga. (Emmanuel County Institute/Boston Red Sox)
MERCER
247 Info
Player Pos Ht Wt Hometown (Previous School) # of Stars Rating
National
Rank
State
RankTyrese Cohen OL 6-4 310 Aiken, S.C. (Midland Valley)
DeMond Ellison WR 6-3 212 Canton, Ga. (Cherokee) 3 0.8299 230 153 Collin Foster OL 6-3 258 Buford, Ga. (Lanier)
Gavan George OL 6-5 270 McDonough, Ga. (Eagle's Landing Christian Academy) 2 0.7497 298 301 Coby Germany DL 6-2 253 Grovetown, Ga. (Evans) 2 0.7943 166 225 Isaiah Goolsby OL 6-4 330 Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
Bryce Lawrence QB 6-3 200 McDonough, Ga. (Olal) 3 0.8054 72 192 D.J. McDaniel DL 6-1 262 Indian Trail, N.C. (Porter Ridge)
Xavier Perkins DL 6-2 240 Atlanta, Ga. (Druid Hills)
Kareem Rogers RB 5-11 182 Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland) 2 0.7798 177 264 Kermit Solomon DB 6-2 176 Albany, Ga. (Lee County) 2 0.7597 241 294 D.Q. Wilkerson DB 6-0 185 LaGrange, Ga. (Callaway) 2 0.7853 203 249 Brandon Mays WR 6-0 175 Irwinton, Ga. (Wilkinson County)
Brandon Shelnutt TE 6-4 245 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer) 3 0.8054 94 196 DJ Bullard OLB 6-3 220 Seminole, Fl. (Osceola) 2 0.7697 158 450 Tony Jones WR 6-0 180 Fairburn, Ga. (Langston Hughes) 3 0.8265 244 161 Michael Campbell CB 6-0 170 Darien, Ga. (McIntosh County Academy)
Last edited by FUBeAR; February 8th, 2018 at 08:44 AM.
NCAA DIVISION I MANUAL
20.10.1 Commitments to the Division I Collegiate Model
Bylaws proposed and enacted by member institutions governing the conduct of intercollegiate athletics shall be designed to foster competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 The Commitment to Amateurism
Member institutions shall conduct their athletics programs…maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
T-minus 3 days until signing day part deux.
Paladins locked in 10 early. They've got another handful that should be signing on the line this week. Fortunately, I do not think Furman is going to have to rely on nearly 30 freshmen playing this season like they did last year, so that should bode well for the depth chart.
FU all the time.
"The game we know and love literally grew up in the Southern Conference. To find the foundation for ACC and SEC football, you have to go the league’s roots. To find an appreciation for a brand of football often-overlooked and seldom-appreciated, we as fans should do the same."
Eagles scored in the Super Bowl on the same goalline play Furman attempted against Wofford in Week 1 this year.
I've seen the exact same play run at least four times this season. Furman was the only team that didn't score a touchdown. Dah!
FU all the time.
"The game we know and love literally grew up in the Southern Conference. To find the foundation for ACC and SEC football, you have to go the league’s roots. To find an appreciation for a brand of football often-overlooked and seldom-appreciated, we as fans should do the same."
The direct snap HB pass?
That's the one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99VNGCU18Rs&t=191s
Go to 8:07 mark. The only difference really is that I think the Eagles had the TE in the backfield and he threw the pass instead of the WR. Furman's freshman RT just seemed to run right by the LDE for Wofford, who blew the play up.
Same play, though.
FU all the time.
"The game we know and love literally grew up in the Southern Conference. To find the foundation for ACC and SEC football, you have to go the league’s roots. To find an appreciation for a brand of football often-overlooked and seldom-appreciated, we as fans should do the same."
Just for fun, I went back and looked at Southern Pigskin's other years' rankings/Players...and I've bolded the ones that I know/remember as being good Players for the schools listed. Could have, certainly, missed/forgotten about some...don't @ me...
2012
4. Samford - Recruits Mentioned: DL Brandon Teeling, DL Ben Tamburello
5. Wofford - Recruits Mentioned: RB Treyous Jarrells (Nope - but here's a fairly recent update - https://hightimes.com/culture/former...for-marijuana/, DL Tom Bove, LB Drake Michaelson
6. Chattanooga - Recruits Mentioned: WR Al Thompson
7. Western Carolina - Recruits Mentioned: RB Darius Ramsey
8. The Citadel - Recruits Mentioned: RB Brent O'Neal
9. Furman - Recruits Mentioned: LB Cory Magwood, DB Reggie Thomas, QB Reese Hannon, QB Terry Robinson
2013
3. Furman - Top recruits: OL Aaron Black, DE James Elliott, LB Nic McBride
4. Chattanooga - Top recruits: DT Taylor Reynolds, RB Derrick Craine, OL Jacob Revis
5. Samford - Top recruits: LB Justin Cooper (transfer from Texas Tech), DB Sam Pettway, OL Connor Rafferty
6. Western Carolina - Top recruits: DL Andrew Mayton, DB Fred Payne, RB Garry Lewis
7. The Citadel - Top recruits: WR Jorian Jordan, LB Tevin Floyd, RB DeAndre Schoultz
9. Wofford - Top recruits: DB Nick Ward, DE Boston Bryant, WR Dakota Hopper
2014
1. Wofford - Top Prospect: RB Chase Nelson - Also Mentioned: None
2. Chattanooga - Top Prospect: LB Dale Warren - Also Mentioned: QB Penny Smith
3. VMI - Top Prospect: LB Tony Richardson - Also Mentioned: None
4. Samford - Top Prospect: QB Devlin Hodges - Also Mentioned: QB Michael Eubank, DL Xavier Forrest, LB Deion Pierre
5. Mercer - Top Prospect: DB LeMarkus Bailey - Also Mentioned: None
6. Furman - Top Prospect: WR A'lencio Graham - Also Mentioned: None
7. The Citadel - Top Prospect: OL Tristan Harkleroad - Also Mentioned: None
8. Western Carolina - Top Prospect: WR/TE Brett Walker - Also Mentioned: DE Kendall White
9. East Tennessee State University - Top Prospect: OL Matthew Pyke
2015
SouPig, apparently, ranked the SoCon Stadiums instead of the Recruiting Classes in 2015. Mercer's Five Star Stadium and Furman's Paladin Stadium were ranked #1 & #2...so I'm good with that.
2016 (Obviously, some/many of these may have 2 or 3 years left to play; so, if they aren't already, they could still become "good players" for their Teams)
1. Chattanooga - Highlights: QB Zach Weatherly, DB Rashun Freeman, TE Jack Keebler, DL Jalen Harvey
2. Samford - Highlights: LB Aaron Atkinson, WR TaDarryl Marshall, OL Nate Lee, DB Kembel Laguines
3. Furman - Highlights: OL/DL Noah Turnley, LB Dru Seabrook, DB Bryan Okeh, QB Avery Armstrong
4. Mercer - Highlights: DB Harrison Poole, OL Jake Flath, RB Charlie Davidson, ATH Julian Burris
5. The Citadel - Highlights: DL AJ Stokes, ATH Gus Karres, OL Drew McEntyre, LB Denzel Wright
6. Western Carolina - Highlights: WR Lavell Ellerbe, DL Holden Edwards, OL Bailey Byrum, DL Jake Helms
7. Wofford - Highlights: RB Jamison Chapman, LB Brandon Brown, OL Blake Jeresaty, DL Mikel Horton
8. ETSU - Highlights: WR Keith Coffee, OL Cameron Parker, ATH Jeremy Lewis, OL Conner James
9. VMI - Highlights: QB Duncan Hodges, WR Rohan Martin, DB Kaelin Snead, RB Tyain Smith
2017 (SouPig only ranked the Top 5 and showed a Tweet from 1 of those Teams' Signees - that must have taken well over 10 minutes to put together!!!)
1. Mercer - Copied Tweet of composite pic of the Class - No individuals cited
2. Chattanooga - Tweet from UTC about DB Jabril Malone
3. ETSU - Tweet from ETSU about DB Karon Delince
4. Western Carolina - Tweet from QB Dakarai (DJ) Thorpe
5. Furman - Tweet from RB Devin Wynn
NCAA DIVISION I MANUAL
20.10.1 Commitments to the Division I Collegiate Model
Bylaws proposed and enacted by member institutions governing the conduct of intercollegiate athletics shall be designed to foster competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 The Commitment to Amateurism
Member institutions shall conduct their athletics programs…maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
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