Deryck Gildon not back
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Horny 4 Life
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Patterson is gonna play the 4-1-6 all season long.
TCURiggs
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True. I think they'll be fine. The lack of depth is concerning though. Yeesh
jake102
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Why wasn't Dawson able to beat out Hasley? Or Mallett? Hasley didn't exactly light the world on fire against the pass happy Big 12 teams.
berryfrog95
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If Gildon goes to another D1 like arky or something, shame on him...
TCURiggs
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Not sure. I'm hoping it was just due to Hasley being bigger/better at defending the run, and knowing our system better. We saw more of the 4-1-6 when we got to teams like WVU and OU, which was pretty effective. I think Dawson will be a pretty good player for us.
jake102
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I sure hope you are right... I was pretty pumped when we saw Mallett play a bunch against WVirginia and then start against KState. Then he vanished.
Frog-in-law1995
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Apparently Hilliard transferred when Hutchinson CC LBer Kenny Flowers didn't make grades to enroll early at A&M, and they've got no room in the fall. Somebody get that dude a purple shirt and a tutor!
I think he'll be great in two years. He's still painfully light at 190 lbs. With Gildon and Hilliard gone the LB corps is once again the biggest weakness on the team. We're gonna need the crop of freshmen to play way more than we hoped. Luckily, they all have good cover skills because Hasley is pretty much useless against the pass.
FrogbyChoice
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How could we not have an open scholly with Boyce and Maponga declaring???
Atom
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They weren't the biggest weakness on the team. Defense is probably what you meant.
jake102
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When tCU loses a player we lose schoalrships... when aTm gains a player or thirty, they gain ten scholarships.
Despite the odds Frog
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So what is the story here with Gildon? He is not at TCU because he ...
jake102
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I have a feeling that those saying he left simply because he had a difficult major were holding back/biased.
West Coast Johnny
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Our LB recruiting is an epic fail. IMO - the JUCO route is the only way to do this. Any HS Senior can't be counted on to be ready. So we'll take whoever is left over from the early JUCO signing period. It will be a guy no one has ever heard about.
One guy we should look into is Kenny Flowers who signed an LOI to Aggie but never enrolled due to academics. If he can get qualified, he'd be good.
Also, look for the coaches to make last ditch efforts to land an elite linebacker. Someone out there might take the bait if they are promised to be a starter on day one - someone like Darian Claiborne (TAMU Commit).
It won't help for next year, but If I'm the coaches, I'm talking to Anthony Wallace - he was offered by TCU out of HS, but went to Oregon for a year. He's transferring out.
ProfessorChaos4
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I mentioned in another thread that the injury he suffered at JUCO was severe enough that he was not offered a scholarship. I heard it was a knee injury. Regardless, it sounds like a bad situation for us and Gildon. I wish him the best. Hilliard on the other hand...
No sh&t
