9 INTs and counting between Cal and TCU tonight.

The battle of .500 teams.

That Cal/TCU game was hilarious to watch.

"The QB play in this game is absolutely brutal."
- a whole lot of Duck fans in the Finn family

Will we see that QB next year?

Soph Brandon McIlwan played in most of their games. He is a runner, occasional thrower but was a turnover machine. He was bad in their 3 game losing streak. The freshman moved ahead of him late in the season. Surprised at the lack of talent at that position

They won 7 games, obviously doing something right.

Defense. And it’s the Pac-12.

I had the same thought. Their D looked impressive. Last time we played them we got slapped. Should have a better chance in August.

True Freshman QB.

I remember well. I actually thought Randy had a decent game considering the circumstances.

He was a RS freshman I think, but yes our QB situation is much better this time around

It was his first start ever, not just as an Ag. He was a backup in high school to a guy who went on to Tennessee. That’s a big test!

Wright was a starter as a senior at Cardinal Newman. Back up as a junior.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2192027-181/newman-qb-wright-joins-list%3fview=AMP
Lacy was the backup to the guy who went to Tenessee

You’re right, I was thinking of London Lacy. Damn old brain

Ugh, ignominious.

Well the point is that we’ll be a veteran offense this time around. Hopefully Cal won’t have a five star freshman receiver this time. That guy was uncontainable.

Lehigh hires Tom Gilmore to head program:

LU alums think the hire is short-sighted.

https://lehighsports.com/news/2019/1/8/lehigh-names-tom-gilmore-head-football-coach.aspx

Montana State DC not returning for 2019 season.

Link

Hero Sports looks at next year's "Top Ten" FCS championship prospects.
https://herosports.com/fcs/football-favorites-win-2019-fcs-national-title-bzbz

What a difference a year makes.

Awesome!

Weber making the list is a head scratcher: “Defensively, the Wildcats lose six First Team All-Big Sky players”. I would think they have to fall off defensively due to that,
So they’re a top ten pick, even with the acknowledgement “Jake Constantine is back at quarterback after an up-and-down season in his first year as a starter.” Kind of a reach.

Pretty fair write up on Davis.

It looks as if Gage Gabrud is attempting to transfer from EWU if his request for a sixth year of eligibity is granted. Saw it today in the Seattle Times. Here is the Spokesman write-up: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jan/11/sources-eastern-washington-qb-gage-gubrud-looking-/

Coach Pete?

Mentioned the Gabrud thing in another thread but rumor is he is looking at Wazzou. That would be such a PERFECT FIT. Gubrud would thrive. Cougs lose Minshaw, need a QB, but do have some young talent at QB... would be interesting. (Still needs NCAA to give him extra year)

I think its a stretch he gets another year....but what do I know.

He redshirted in '14, played '15, '16, '17, and 5 games in 2018.

I get that he played the minimum 1/3 of EWU's games, but.....I think the question might be "Could he have play more games in '18, but coaches decided to roll with Barriere?" In that case, I think he's done. Pretty sure EWU and Gubrud did a pretty job of making things seem like he was too hurt to play in any case.

It seems the answer is that he doesn’t qualify because he wasn’t the victim of loss of opportunity for two or more years
From https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina-state/Board/103770/Contents/Please-Read-Redshirts-Medical-Redshirts-and-6th-Years-53648593/
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It comes from rule 30.2

A waiver of the five-year period of eligibility is designed to provide a student-athlete with the opportunity to participate in four seasons of intercollegiate competition within a five-year period. This waiver may be granted, based upon objective evidence, for reasons that are beyond the control of the student athlete or the institution, which deprive the student-athlete of the opportunity to participate for more than one season in his/her sport within the five-year period.”
The 30% rule applies to scheduled games for redshirts so it doesn’t factor, as he already used his redshirt year, and if he hadn’t he wouldn’t qualify anyway as five games are in excess of 30% of the scheduled games. I’m assuming his redshirt freshman year wasn’t beyond his and the teams control.

He lost most of two seasons to injury (per an article i read but i havent spent time to track down the second injury?) so he would be eligible to pursue it if this is true.

mentioned here...

https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/Washington-State-football-QB-Gage-Gubrud-Mike-Leach-grad-transfer-Cougs-Cougars-WSU-Wazzu-127781870/

Pretty big precedent if they consider someone who played in five games as not having had an opportunity to play.