2019 Summer Practice Observations
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Thanks for the mention Counter...The Spider Gang did keep the tradition going for another year...
It was started by Omar Howard's mother Ms. Bergan and The Spider Gang has been able to keep it going...
here's what somewhere between 100-125 slices of watermelon look like in prep for the feast...no Spider Gang members were injured in the preparation of the melons!...
Go Spiders!
well, we might not know but bet the coaches do. more worried about stopping a triple option qb who knows what he is doing and this guys sounds like he does. just watch the fb, if he is getting yards up the middle, we are in trouble.
Mojo-Spider y’all looked in tip top shape today on the watermelon feast
Hope the team is advanced as your team was
Watermelons looked juicy and RED
Really getting anxious for kickoff
Hope the team is advanced as your team was
Watermelons looked juicy and RED
Really getting anxious for kickoff
This young man appears to be the real deal.
Spider Rick, you are going to be pleased. He has a leg!
Spider Rick, you are going to be pleased. He has a leg!
New-look Spiders face The Unknown, divided by three, entering Thursday opener vs. Jacksonville
JOHN O'CONNOR·3 hours ago
The unknown, divided by three, awaits the University of Richmond Thursday night in its football season-opener against visiting Jacksonville University:
1. UR brought in six transfers during the offseason and its depth chart will include numerous players without much, or any, college experience. On a roster of 82 are 42 freshmen (18 redshirt freshmen, 24 true freshmen).
"We like our guys, and we think they're good players," said third-year coach Russ Huesman. "But there are going to bunch on there that we (have never) watched play in a game. Your guess is as good as my guess right now."
2. What will support be like at Robins Stadium? According to UR, this game was moved to Thursday night to accommodate fans' travel plans for the extended Labor Day holiday. It is the first scheduled regular-season weekday home game in the history of Robins Stadium, which is in its 10th year.
The Spiders last hosted a regular-season game on a Thursday night in 2005 (Massachusetts at UR Stadium, on Sept. 1). Classes begin Monday at UR.
"If it helps our administration, I'll do it. If they feel like it helps generate people into the stands, and students into the stands, I'm good with it," said Huesman. "I could care less. I'd rather play on Saturdays, but to open up on Thursday is fine."
An Aug. 29 first game ties for the earliest UR has opened in 136 years of football. The Spiders lost 34-7 at Temple on Aug. 29, 2002. Fifty years ago, Richmond opened its 10-game 1969 season on Sept. 20.
3. UR has never faced Jacksonville. The Dolphins, of Jacksonville, Fla., should not be confused with Jacksonville State, which is located in Jacksonville, Ala., belongs to the Ohio Valley Conference, and has advanced to the FCS playoffs each of the last six years.
Jacksonville State has won five consecutive OVC championships and 39 of its last 40 league games. Jacksonville University, which began playing football in 1998, belongs to the Pioneer Football League, the NCAA's only non-scholarship, football-only FCS conference. The PFL is among the most far-flung leagues in college sports. Other PFL members are Butler, Davidson, Dayton, Drake, Marist, Morehead State, San Diego, Stetson, and Valparaiso.
The PFL began play in 1993 and was formed in response to 1991 NCAA legislation that requires Division I schools to sponsor all sports at the Division I level. While PFL teams operate without scholarships, Richmond and other CAA programs work with 63, the NCAA limit in the FCS.
Jacksonville, known for its triple-option offense but adding more passing this season, went 2-8 last year, and was picked to finish eighth in the PFL's 10-team preseason poll. Among the Dolphins is running back Caleb Grimes, a 5-foot-10, 205-pound freshman from Benedictine who committed to Navy, spent time at Navy Prep in Newport, R.I., and then decommitted in February. He committed to Jacksonville in May and is expected to play special teams this year.
The NCAA awarded the PFL with an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs starting in 2013. PFL members are 2-6 in the FCS playoffs. San Diego, which has captured seven of the last eight PFL titles, won both FCS playoff games.
UR has faced one PFL opponent. The Spiders defeated Morehead State 55-10 in 2014. Richmond met Davidson, Dayton and Stetson long ago, before they were PFL members.
Richmond and Jacksonville are members of the Southern Conference men's lacrosse league.
Jacksonville is one of four non-CAA games UR will play this season as part of a 12-game schedule. FCS members are permitted, but not required, to play 12 regular-season games this year because there are 13 Saturdays between Labor Day Weekend and Thanksgiving in 2019. Outside of CAA competition, Richmond will also meet Boston College, Fordham, and Yale.
The UR-Jacksonville game will be televised by MASN, and streamed (no charge) at RichmondSpiders.com.
Joe Mancuso will start at quarterback for Spiders Thursday against Jacksonville
Richmond redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso started four of the nine games he played last season.
MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH
Redshirt junior Joe Mancuso will start at quarterback for the University of Richmond when it opens its season against visiting Jacksonville Thursday night, UR announced Sunday evening.
Mancuso, a 6-foot-4 215-pounder from Blairsville, Ga., started four of the nine games he played last season, when the Spiders went 4-7 (2-6 CAA). Mancuso competed through summer camp with Beau English, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Air Force. English, from Stevenson, Md., has not played in a college game.
Last season, Mancuso completed 80 of 137 for 1,185 yards. He threw seven touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. Mancuso was UR's leading rusher, with 354 yards.
Third-year Richmond coach Russ Huesman said the Spiders staff has discussed playing two quarterbacks. Like Mancuso, English is a quarterback with rushing talent.
Richmond played three quarterbacks last season, and each attempted at least 64 passes. Kevin Johnson, who started UR's opener at Virginia last year, moved to Western Illinois as a graduate transfer during the offseason.
- BY JOHN O'CONNOR Richmond Times-Dispatch
- 29 min ago
Richmond redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso started four of the nine games he played last season.
MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH
Redshirt junior Joe Mancuso will start at quarterback for the University of Richmond when it opens its season against visiting Jacksonville Thursday night, UR announced Sunday evening.
Mancuso, a 6-foot-4 215-pounder from Blairsville, Ga., started four of the nine games he played last season, when the Spiders went 4-7 (2-6 CAA). Mancuso competed through summer camp with Beau English, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Air Force. English, from Stevenson, Md., has not played in a college game.
Last season, Mancuso completed 80 of 137 for 1,185 yards. He threw seven touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. Mancuso was UR's leading rusher, with 354 yards.
Third-year Richmond coach Russ Huesman said the Spiders staff has discussed playing two quarterbacks. Like Mancuso, English is a quarterback with rushing talent.
Richmond played three quarterbacks last season, and each attempted at least 64 passes. Kevin Johnson, who started UR's opener at Virginia last year, moved to Western Illinois as a graduate transfer during the offseason.
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That's a good thing. Knock last year was too many interceptions. I'd expect if he continues throwing picks, we'll see English quickly. English is "game rusty" and don't mind his getting his game feet wet more slowly. I'll be willing to bet now that he's starting by the end of the season.
I wouldn't be so sure, English didn't look that impressive in camp from what I saw. Most of Mancuso's interceptions last year were more mental than his mechanics. That is up to the coaches. Now that he has a season under his belt I expect improvement. We shall see.
I sure hope so. More importantly I think is the O-line. Move some guys around up front and run the ball. QB play will take care of itself.
I want to believe that the Spiders will be up against Jacksonville by a score that it will let Beau get
plenty of reps.
If that doesn’t happen, it’s going to be a long season.
plenty of reps.
If that doesn’t happen, it’s going to be a long season.
hey with any good running attack, it opens up the passing options. I agree the key is going to be the guys up front.
I'd be surprised if we don't see both qb's throughout the season barring injury or one guy taking off with the job.
We have plenty coming back on both sides of the ball, and whats looks like some decent transfers, plus a freshmen kicker who has leg strength. I think the key point is limited injuries and how good the inexperienced backups really are.
SR, as much as I like your Special Teams rants, eventually players got to make plays. Why are his "mental" mistakes not on him? Do you think that the coaches didn't show him the film week after week and tell him "Don't do this!? Maybe that is why Corp is gone, but eventually a QB has to realize if I see "this", don't throw it "there". If they thought he could grow out it, we wouldn't have spent the winter looking for a grad transfer....
Sorry, I was implying that mental mistakes can be coached out, as far as not forcing the ball and knowing when to throw it away or tuck and run.
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