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We recruited him as a QB- in the end Michigan did not. They do not recruit projects at QB. This is not to knock Sousa- great athlete- was an outside shot from the beginning. Hope the staff finds a way to put him onto the field somewhere. WR seems logical- we need help there.
 
More offensive line uncertainty talk in the Journal today. The beat goes on.
 
Buttermaker said:
More offensive line uncertainty talk in the Journal today. The beat goes on.
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Grobe said he’s confident that Steven Chase and Antonio Ford are on the mend from career-threatening injuries suffered last season. His question is whether either or both will make it all the way back by the time Wake Forest opens against Presbyterian on Aug. 29.

Both continued to be limited during Saturday’s second preseason scrimmage at BB&T Field.

“ Those guys aren’t ready,’’ Grobe said by phone after the closed scrimmage. “We’re hopeful they’ll get ready, but we’ve got to really make some hard decisions. If those guys don’t start getting better soon, we’re going to have to plug in the young guys and just go.

“ I think they’re going to be fine in time. It’s just, are they going to be fine by the first game?’’
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The time has come, Grobe said, to decide who will be available against Presbyterian, which will require some hard and fast decisions by Grobe, offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke and offensive-line coach Jonathan Himebauch. Redshirt senior Frank Souza looks solid at right guard, redshirt sophomore Dylan Intemann appears to settled at right tackle, and freshman Cory Helms is battling redshirt senior Whit Barnes at center.

Otherwise, if Chase and Ford aren’t ready, the starters will come from a group that has spent the preseason in fierce competition. The candidates are: redshirt junior Neil Basford, a converted tight end; redshirt sophomores Hunter Goodwin and Cody Preble; redshirt freshmen Joel Suggs, Will Smith and Tyler Hayworth; and freshmen Josh T. Harris, Cameron Gardner and Taylor Chambers.
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http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wfu/football/article_b9675af8-079a-11e3-81e0-001a4bcf6878.html
 
dcon69 said:
We recruited him as a QB- in the end Michigan did not. They do not recruit projects at QB. This is not to knock Sousa- great athlete- was an outside shot from the beginning. Hope the staff finds a way to put him onto the field somewhere. WR seems logical- we need help there.
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He was recruited by Rich Rod - which means he was recruited as a QB ... to run the spread option. That was a different (and bizarre) era of Mich football.
 
Lol, Neil Basford is now an O-lineman? Insert Lectro prognostication joke here.
 
Meh. I don't remember Lectro being high on Basford and a quick search confirms it.
 
deacswin said:
Yep, I read it the same way you did. He seemed legitimately happy about JRoc's progress and attitude.
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Really, the best news I have had read in all of camp. I think J-Roc is going to have a really great year.
 
DCDeac said:
Only if you read it in the most cynical mindset possible.
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pay no attention to socaldeac. He was calling for Grobe to be fired in 2005 and then disappeared for a couple of years while we were winning, only to reappear when we started losing again. In 2005 he said he would not consider this staff to be good coaches, even if we won the national championship, so he has no credibility. He is either a parody or has a personal axe to grind.
 
I saw on twitter bird that Duran Lowe is dismissed from team. janvion time I guess
 
HCF3 said:
Really, the best news I have had read in all of camp. I think J-Roc is going to have a really great year.
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I hope, the line has got to be much better or it won't matter if Adrian Peterson was back there.
 
Watching the 'Skins run the zone read option with Pat White, is that the offense we are going to use?

Of course both teams have reserves in; but White moved Washington down the field without passing the ball. However, we don't have a QB, as far as I know, who is as quick as White.
 
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I feel pretty optimistic about the season. Probably just battered wife syndrome but I think we're going to be a consistently solid team. I think Helms and Harris will both get a lot of playing time on the offensive line and it will help shore up that area. We have a four year starter at quarterback, a running back who is top three in school history got yards per carry, and a receiver who will be drafted in the first three rounds of the nfl draft.

If Wooding is cleared to play we will have nine guys on that side of the ball who have started before in college. We need to get more pressure on the quarterback from the defensive line and mix up blitz packages from the linebackers.

One concern I have about the year is our turnover margin (since it was so good last year and we still missed a bowl) where it could be the difference in one or two games if we don't have as good a margin. I feel pretty good about us going at least 6-6 and I think we will end up at 7-5.
 
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