More Spring Football Info Out Today
by Nestor on Mar 10, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintThe 2009 spring football guide is out. You can download a pdf version (courtesy of Brian Dohn) by going here. Here is a look at the cover boys for this spring:
The guide is also available on the official site as well.
Hopefully Logan will have a better luck this year as he was also on the cover page of last year's spring guide as well.
Also the spring depth chart was out today. Among the moves that stood out to Dohn:
--Sean Sheller's move from right tackle to left tackle.
--Nate Chandler being the first-string right tackle
--The starting QB being listed as Kevin Craft OR Kevin Prince
--Chane Moline listed at fullback
--Christian Ramirez listed as the starting tailback
--Aaron Hester OR Courtney Viney listed as a starting cornerback
--Glenn Love listed as the starting strong safety
--David Carter listed as a defensive tackle
--Kai Forbath listed as the kickoff person
Other interesting notes IMO:
- Kai Maiava is penciled in as starter over Jake Dean at C
- Derrick Coleman is listed at TB eventhough we heard rumblings that he might be moved over to FB
- Redshirt FR Jerry Johnson (a speedster I can't wait to see next year is listed ahead of Embree at SE
- In a cursory look I counted about 16 walkons and about 11 of them were from the defensive side. This is not unusual I guess given it's spring and how we have been trying to rebuild this program from ground up with infusion of fresh recruits. I am going to guess that number will go down a bit later this August.
Also, I wonder how difficult it will be for Fortbath to improve on the performance of Jimmy Rotstein. Hopefully next year we will not see the defense having to deal with the opposing team consistently starting around the 40 yard line (at least that is what it felt like when Rostein was kicking off).
You can check out the whole depth chart (even though the format is garbled) over here.
GO BRUINS.
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Forbath
I like this move. Rotstein really had trouble getting it in the end zone or even to the 5, so it’s worth a try! GO BRUINS!!!
If Forbath could kick-off
He would’ve done it last year. Apparently he wasn’t as “consistent” as Rothstein. I hope he can improve on that tremendously this year. It doesn’t seem so complicated for a kicker to kick it a certain direction.
Well
Rotstein stopped playing football, so someone else has to do kickoffs anyways.
by templarknight on Mar 10, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Embree
The only reason he is listed last, in my opinion, is because it says he is injured and will miss spring. All those with this distinction are listed as last for their position, as well as all true freshman and walk-ons.
I am really excited to see how basketball does in the Pac-10 and NCAA tourney, but I am not going to kid myself, I am a football fan. I am a fan of UCLA basketball because I am a fan of UCLA and sports in general, but I am far more passionate about football. SO excited to read, hear, and see how much UCLA has improved since last year. Hopefully a lot of guys have hit the weights like Donovan Carter. Is it me or has our overall weight at OL gone up? Maiava helps at 322, but was Baca over 300 last year? OL is first and foremost in my mind. We had a great RB class last year, and have some good receivers. A good OL could make even Craft passable this year, but I am excited about Prince, and Brehaut being in it this spring.
Shoot, I am just bursting to see some FOOTBALL again!!!
expect that rb depth chart to shift dramatically in the future
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Franklin
Dohn said Jonathan Franklin might be the fastest guy on the team. I’d like see him in the backfield a little bit too :)
how will depth chart at QB translate into snaps in spring
Anybody have a guess on how having 2 QB’s listed as #1 on the depth will translate into the number of snaps they will get in the spring? Part of last year’s problem was the O line not always being in sync with Craft because of limited amount of time he spent behind center before he was called on to lead us. Same is true for timing with recievers.
If Prince is the guy, get him as many snaps as possible.
Go Bruins
TRM
some thoughts...
at QB, word is that inside the program that it is known that Prince is the guy. i love the effort that Craft gave us, and I’m sure the coaches are waiting to see what happens, but once they get their guy, they will not hesitate to give him the majority of the snaps, no matter who it is, whether it is prince, craft or brehaut (a 3 man race IMO). we saw this last year in spring ball when the coaches chose cowan and were giving him about 75% of the reps before his injury.
injured players are listed at the bottom of their respective positions, which explains embree, savage and harris being so low. my guess is that savage and embree will be towards the top of their positions when august hits…
i also think its great that chandler will be getting reps as a starter, because i’m pretty sure this will be XSF’s spot come fall…best to get chandler some experience now so that we will have some depth at this spot…
finally, if you look at the depth chart, it seems like our guys are really hitting the weights…Carter, Bos, Ayers, D.Carter, and Larimore ALL gained AT LEAST 15 lbs…best to take a wait and see on this since we heard so many rumblings about the “new speed” back in 2007 that didn’t really show up on the field…but bigger LBs, provided they can chase and tackle, will really help us shed the “gutty little bruins” identity that we are looking to change…
can’t wait for spring ball! i’ll try and get out there as much as i can and post the observations…
matsumoto class of '05
I have noticed Savage listed under
the DT spot at the end of last year on the breakdown at each position. I thought that made a lot of sense. He was one of our heaviest, and strongest OL, and with the lack of depth on the defensive side, I really liked the thought of moving him to the other side. Then with all the additional depth we have picked up with the incoming class on the OL, it seems to makes even more sense now. Can anyone confirm this?
Football Schedule
Is it just me, or is it not a good idea to play a road game against a team that dresses in orange and black on Halloween?
i think it's a great idea
that’s the time of year when pumpkins get carved up! =)
as far as rb’s i’m hoping for dean, knox, and ray carter to pull ahead as the main options. i like coleman too, but see him as a fullback of the future/ short yardage option, personally
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