TexasTerror
March 25th, 2006, 07:29 AM
The biggest news courtesy of the Huntsville Item is that Noah Allen is out there competing for the starting QB job and transfer Akeem Retig (who had health issues while at Baylor that took him away from football) has worked his way to getting some snaps with the first-team offensive line, though of course, nothing is set...
Noah Allen of course was the Kats starting QB, a transfer from Oklahoma and a one-time top 25 QB in the nation coming out of Pearland (Tx) High School. He failed a steroid test and missed most of last season. He's now back and in the QB mix with senior Wade Pate, junior Philip Daughtery (the incumbent starter who transfered from TxTech in August), junior Brett Hicks and sophomore Jordan Reever (who transfered from LSU before last year)
From the Item...
Allen wants put the past behind him and concentrate on the future.
“It feels good to be back out here and being in the camaraderie of this team,” he said. “I’m glad to be competing again because competing makes everyone better and makes this team better. I’m just trying to do my best every day. I’m not approaching this opportunity any different. I know I have the talent, I just have to find a way to get it out of me. Hopefully I can shine. If not, hopefully I can be someone who can get this team up. I’ll do whatever I can to help this team.”
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Camp notes: One of the Bearkats’ incoming recruits is participating in spring drills, and he’s not hard to miss on the field. Offensive lineman Akeem Retig, who transferred from Baylor and enrolled at SHSU for the spring semester, has wasted no time making an impression on the coaching staff.
The 6-foot-7-inch, 360-pound tackle has already found his way into some snaps with the first-team offense.
“(Akeem) is doing fine and progressing along,” SHSU head coach Todd Whitten said. “We need him to lose a little weight and get his body into playing shape because he hasn’t played in a couple of years. But he is a big guy with great feet and is really strong. He has a great attitude and is really going to be able to help us out.”
Retig redshirted as a freshman at Baylor in 2002 and missed the previous two seasons after being hospitalized in July 2003 when he collapsed on the field during conditioning drills because of heat exhaustion. The heat exhaustion led to kidney failure, and Retig has not played since the incident.
http://www.itemonline.com/sports/local_story_084014352.html?keyword=topstory
Noah Allen of course was the Kats starting QB, a transfer from Oklahoma and a one-time top 25 QB in the nation coming out of Pearland (Tx) High School. He failed a steroid test and missed most of last season. He's now back and in the QB mix with senior Wade Pate, junior Philip Daughtery (the incumbent starter who transfered from TxTech in August), junior Brett Hicks and sophomore Jordan Reever (who transfered from LSU before last year)
From the Item...
Allen wants put the past behind him and concentrate on the future.
“It feels good to be back out here and being in the camaraderie of this team,” he said. “I’m glad to be competing again because competing makes everyone better and makes this team better. I’m just trying to do my best every day. I’m not approaching this opportunity any different. I know I have the talent, I just have to find a way to get it out of me. Hopefully I can shine. If not, hopefully I can be someone who can get this team up. I’ll do whatever I can to help this team.”
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Camp notes: One of the Bearkats’ incoming recruits is participating in spring drills, and he’s not hard to miss on the field. Offensive lineman Akeem Retig, who transferred from Baylor and enrolled at SHSU for the spring semester, has wasted no time making an impression on the coaching staff.
The 6-foot-7-inch, 360-pound tackle has already found his way into some snaps with the first-team offense.
“(Akeem) is doing fine and progressing along,” SHSU head coach Todd Whitten said. “We need him to lose a little weight and get his body into playing shape because he hasn’t played in a couple of years. But he is a big guy with great feet and is really strong. He has a great attitude and is really going to be able to help us out.”
Retig redshirted as a freshman at Baylor in 2002 and missed the previous two seasons after being hospitalized in July 2003 when he collapsed on the field during conditioning drills because of heat exhaustion. The heat exhaustion led to kidney failure, and Retig has not played since the incident.
http://www.itemonline.com/sports/local_story_084014352.html?keyword=topstory