Countdown To Spring Ball

[JimmyDimes]

I read a twitter message from Chase Appleby the other day and he said that he was officially down 17 pounds since the start of the program.

Sounds like Appleby was one of the guys they were saying had a lot of body fat.

I wonder at 6'-0", 271 what position would he play?I doubt very seriously that a 271 pound defensive lineman will be playing for UW next season.

If he's down that far I would expect to see him at defensive end. I don't foresee us playing any defensive tackles under 300 pounds. 270 is a good size for a 4-3 defensive end, though.

I'd think he'll get good weight back on his frame. He stands a better chance for playing time as a DT. He could play DT at 270, but would be on the lighter side.

 

[fromolwyoming]

I read a twitter message from Chase Appleby the other day and he said that he was officially down 17 pounds since the start of the program.

Sounds like Appleby was one of the guys they were saying had a lot of body fat.

I wonder at 6'-0", 271 what position would he play?I doubt very seriously that a 271 pound defensive lineman will be playing for UW next season.

If he's down that far I would expect to see him at defensive end. I don't foresee us playing any defensive tackles under 300 pounds. 270 is a good size for a 4-3 defensive end, though.

270 for DE in the 4-3? That's actually pushing it quite a bit. The 250s-260s is where you want them for the 4-3. 270s and higher is going into 3-4 DE range. If Appleby can put on 10lbs-20lbs of muscle, he could still do DT.

 

[BackHarlowRoad]

I'd for sure rather have someone be a lean 270 than a fat 300.

 

[Bryoming]

I read a twitter message from Chase Appleby the other day and he said that he was officially down 17 pounds since the start of the program.

Sounds like Appleby was one of the guys they were saying had a lot of body fat.

I wonder at 6'-0", 271 what position would he play?I doubt very seriously that a 271 pound defensive lineman will be playing for UW next season.

If he's down that far I would expect to see him at defensive end. I don't foresee us playing any defensive tackles under 300 pounds. 270 is a good size for a 4-3 defensive end, though.

270 for DE in the 4-3? That's actually pushing it quite a bit. The 250s-260s is where you want them for the 4-3. 270s and higher is going into 3-4 DE range. If Appleby can put on 10lbs-20lbs of muscle, he could still do DT.

Ideally you want them 250-260, but if you can find a 270 pound guy (strong, not fat) with a motor and put him at end he would be a game changer. Probably wouldn't be an edge rusher, but he certainly won't get pushed out of the way in the run game often.

 

[PotatoCreekPete]

I read a twitter message from Chase Appleby the other day and he said that he was officially down 17 pounds since the start of the program.

Sounds like Appleby was one of the guys they were saying had a lot of body fat.

I wonder at 6'-0", 271 what position would he play?I doubt very seriously that a 271 pound defensive lineman will be playing for UW next season.

If he's down that far I would expect to see him at defensive end. I don't foresee us playing any defensive tackles under 300 pounds. 270 is a good size for a 4-3 defensive end, though.

270 for DE in the 4-3? That's actually pushing it quite a bit. The 250s-260s is where you want them for the 4-3. 270s and higher is going into 3-4 DE range. If Appleby can put on 10lbs-20lbs of muscle, he could still do DT.

Ideally you want them 250-260, but if you can find a 270 pound guy (strong, not fat) with a motor and put him at end he would be a game changer. Probably wouldn't be an edge rusher, but he certainly won't get pushed out of the way in the run game often.

One other note, it has been mentioned that 6'-0" is a generous measurement for Chase. So say he is more likely at 5'-11", 270, would you play him at DE with the DE's that we already have on the team? Or would you try him at another position, and if you would, which one?

On a different note. I hope that they move Siaosi Hala'api'api' back to LB, because that appears to be his natural position. It will be interesting to see the players weights, etc. after this winter conditioning program.

One item of somewhat surprise as far as spring ball was concerned was the both Diamanti and Fields are going to be in "Limited" playing position for spring ball. I hadn't heard anything about having any type of injury, does anyone have any info?

 

[JimmyDimes]

I read a twitter message from Chase Appleby the other day and he said that he was officially down 17 pounds since the start of the program.

Sounds like Appleby was one of the guys they were saying had a lot of body fat.

I wonder at 6'-0", 271 what position would he play?I doubt very seriously that a 271 pound defensive lineman will be playing for UW next season.

If he's down that far I would expect to see him at defensive end. I don't foresee us playing any defensive tackles under 300 pounds. 270 is a good size for a 4-3 defensive end, though.

270 for DE in the 4-3? That's actually pushing it quite a bit. The 250s-260s is where you want them for the 4-3. 270s and higher is going into 3-4 DE range. If Appleby can put on 10lbs-20lbs of muscle, he could still do DT.

Ideally you want them 250-260, but if you can find a 270 pound guy (strong, not fat) with a motor and put him at end he would be a game changer. Probably wouldn't be an edge rusher, but he certainly won't get pushed out of the way in the run game often.

One other note, it has been mentioned that 6'-0" is a generous measurement for Chase. So say he is more likely at 5'-11", 270, would you play him at DE with the DE's that we already have on the team? Or would you try him at another position, and if you would, which one?

On a different note. I hope that they move Siaosi Hala'api'api' back to LB, because that appears to be his natural position. It will be interesting to see the players weights, etc. after this winter conditioning program.

One item of somewhat surprise as far as spring ball was concerned was the both Diamanti and Fields are going to be in "Limited" playing position for spring ball. I hadn't heard anything about having any type of injury, does anyone have any info?

Remember Dusty Hoffshneider? Add 10 pounds and he is a bowling ball nose tackle.

 

[Asmodeanreborn]

Remember Dusty Hoffshneider? Add 10 pounds and he is a bowling ball nose tackle.

Dusty was awesome. Wasn't he a wrestler, too? 5'9 and a whole lot of attitude.

 

[kdwrightuwyo]

Tweet by Duval says that Uso is already beating his personal records from last season...that dude is a beast!

 

[BackHarlowRoad]

Tweet by Duval says that Uso is already beating his personal records from last season...that dude is a beast!

I would hope they all are beating their personal records from last season...no reason for them to be going backwards.

 

[kdwrightuwyo]

Tweet by Duval says that Uso is already beating his personal records from last season...that dude is a beast!

I would hope they all are beating their personal records from last season...no reason for them to be going backwards.

You would hope...but I didn't get the feeling that was so under the last regime...

 

[kdwrightuwyo]

Tweet by Duval says that Uso is already beating his personal records from last season...that dude is a beast!

I would hope they all are beating their personal records from last season...no reason for them to be going backwards.

You would hope...but I didn't get the feeling that was so under the last regime...

@OliveUso: Coach I'm going to break every record here at Wyoming. RT

“@zduval1: @OliveUso breaking every PR u ever set is love my man !”

 

[fromolwyoming]

Olive as a Freshmen was said to be the strongest on the team. Impressive for a freshmen, but makes you wonder what the other linemen were having to do in the weight rooms.

 

[mwc fan]

Olive as a Freshmen was said to be the strongest on the team. Impressive for a freshmen, but makes you wonder what the other linemen were having to do in the weight rooms.

Olive has very short Lims and anyone that has been around weight lifters understand that it is much easier to bench and squat with a short compact frame. Taking nothing away from Olive he works his ass off, but the 6'5 guys are disadvantage when it comes to heavy lifting. Unless you're just a genetic freak.

 

[fromolwyoming]

Olive as a Freshmen was said to be the strongest on the team. Impressive for a freshmen, but makes you wonder what the other linemen were having to do in the weight rooms.

Olive has very short Lims and anyone that has been around weight lifters understand that it is much easier to bench and squat with a short compact frame. Taking nothing away from Olive he works his ass off, but the 6'5 guys are disadvantage when it comes to heavy lifting. Unless you're just a genetic freak.

I know, but you would think the upperclassmen would have some sort of strength edge. Not taking away from Olive, he was double teamed about every time he was on the field, but it does make you wonder why our other linemen couldn't do something similar. I mean, our 6'9 and 6'7 300lbs OTs were pushed around by undersized linebackers throughout the season. Even on run plays, our linemen, be it blocking for the ball carrier or trying to close up holes, were pushed out of the way at will 90% of the time by other teams. Also didn't help we were playing undersized for the 3-4 defense, but still.

 

[POKE FAN]

Actual tweets from prior posting:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/zduval1/status/441017153374810113[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/OliveUso/status/441020113878138881[/tweet]

 

[POKE FAN]

From February, Coach Vigen ready to work:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/bvigen/status/434523543196274688[/tweet]

 

[POKE FAN]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/CoachLaDage/status/441037486651756544[/tweet]

 

[POKE FAN]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/zduval1/status/437382598512214016[/tweet]

 

[POKE FAN]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/zduval1/status/437660741961646080[/tweet]

 

[POKE FAN]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/wyo_football/status/441352419784421376[/tweet]