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OL Connor Smith (official thread)

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Honor&Glory said:
no, he does not...but I can tell you that this question became annoying to Connor during his recruitment. His own words were 'Don't they have coaches in college who can teach me????'

Connor has the tools: Good feet, quickness, good hands and intelligence.

As I have been told, it is better for him to have no experience in pass protection and be taught the correct techniques then to have played with bad habits for three years in high school.
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I agree. The same was said of Datish coming out of high school too. His team never threw the ball and that was the only knock on him. Luckily for Connor, it appears that he'll be getting more teaching from Peterson and less from Bollman.
 
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Honor&Glory said:
Connor has the tools: Good feet, quickness, good hands and intelligence.

As I have been told, it is better for him to have no experience in pass protection and be taught the correct techniques then to have played with bad habits for three years in high school.
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I agree, this is actually not a bad thing at all. I think learning how to effectively pass block would be better suited than learning how to run block. If you come into the program with a mindset of run blocking, then I think you have a shot at earlier PT, especially on a team coached by JT, who is going to grind it out every chance he gets. This serves Connor well for the guard position, and also serves very well for an OLine that will be blocking for Chris Wells and company. I think Connor has future teammates that are going to man the Tackle position for the next few years, so I don't anticipate Connor's pass-blocking inexperience to be too much of a problem.

Congratulations on the Army All-American game Connor!
 
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coxew said:
Luckily for Connor, it appears that he'll be getting more teaching from Peterson and less from Bollman.
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Oh my, I don't wanna get too excited about this one, but yes, please, get Bollman away from him. He might not be too bad of an OLine coach...he has forgotten more than I will ever even know about the position...but as a fan watching our games the last several years, I know that the results really aren't there. I think Peterson could have a major impact if he took over for Bollman.
 
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10/7/05

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Sycamore at Colerain

WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m. today, Colerain H.S., 8801 Cheviot Road.
RECORDS: Sycamore 2-4 (1-2 Greater Miami Conference), Colerain 5-1 (3-0).

WHAT TO WATCH: Sycamore QB Mitch Allen has put up big numbers (794 yards passing, 545 rushing) but Colerain's defense allows precious little.

Colerain has recovered from its 7-0 opening loss to St. Xavier, having crushed five straight opponents by an average score of 44- 12. Last week, Cardinals QB Gary Pride ran for 144 yards and a TD and threw for 50 yards and two TDs in a 57-20 win over Princeton.

BOTTOM LINE: Colerain has gotten better each week and is thundering toward a 9-1 regular-season finish.
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10/8/05

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Note to Greater Miami Conference opponents: Colerain is barreling ahead like Trammell Williams on one of his touchdown runs Friday night.
After outscoring its Greater Miami Conference opponents by an average of 38.3 points in its first three conference games, Colerain busted out a 62-7 defeat of Sycamore at Cardinal Stadium Friday.
Behind 155 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Williams and four interceptions by the steadfast Cardinals defense, Colerain posted its most dominant win yet to improve to 6-1, 4-0 in the GMC.
The win helped the Cardinals move past what coach Kerry Coombs felt was a "step back" in a 57-20 win last week at Princeton.
"I think the thing that was important for us was we've been playing so poor in the second half that we really needed to come out and play well early in that second half, and we did," Coombs said.
But the Cardinals gave themselves plenty of cushion before the second half.
After going three and out on its game-opening drive, Colerain scored on each of its next five drives in the first half to go into halftime ahead 35-0. Sycamore (2-5, 1-3) didn't score until there was 2:44 left in the fourth quarter.
"The No. 1 thing that stands out when you watch Colerain is their incredible speed, and they're as big this year as they've ever been," Sycamore coach Tom Adams said. "They've got some great players up front, some great players in the backfield, and they come up with a good scheme."
Williams, a junior, rushed for 150 yards and all three of his touchdowns in the first half, taking advantage of his turn in the Cardinals' triple option offense.
He said it was the most touchdowns he's scored in the game.
"You never know which given week somebody's going to have a good week. This week happened to be (Trammell Williams')," Coombs said. "We try to take whatever the defense will give us, and that was open tonight. I thought he did a good job running straight ahead, not getting caught."
On one of those touchdowns, Williams broke up the middle and outlasted several Sycamore defenders to put the Cardinals up 14-0 with 4:21 to play in the first quarter.
"I just saw the field, just the end zone," Williams said. "We're really catching on, doing what we've got to do."
Williams wasn't the only one putting up big plays.
The Colerain offense only needed a total time of possession of 14:43, combining with the defense to make quick strikes into the end zone throughout the night.
Meanwhile, the Colerain defense lived up to its usual standards, with Clifford, Steve Borchers, Paul Kroger and Brian Lainhart all picking off passes by Sycamore quarterback Mitch Allen.
<TABLE class=enqtable cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=enqtdhead><TD align=left>Sycamore</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>0</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>0</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>0</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>7</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>- 7</TD></TR><TR><TD class=enqtd align=left>Colerain</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>14</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>21</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>21</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>7</TD><TD class=enqtd align=left>- 62</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
First quarter
C -Pride 1 run (Schulte kick), 8:00
C -Williams 76 run (Schulte kick), 4:21
Second quarter
C -Clifford 93 pass from Pride (Schulte kick), 8:38
C -Williams 6 run (Schulte kick), 5:18
C -Williams 30 run (Schulte kick), 2:16
Third quarter
C -Pride 1 run (Schulte kick), 9:10
C -Clifford 26 INT return (Schulte kick), 7:49
C -Curry 39 run (Schulte kick), 4:07
Fourth quarter
S -Jones 1 run (Hancher kick), 2:44
C -Curry 63 run (Tabar kick), 1:35
Records: Colerain 6-1 (4-0 GMC); Sycamore 2-5 (1-3 GMC)
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10/14/05

Milford at Colerain

WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m. today at Colerain HS, 8801 Cheviot Road.

RECORDS: Milford 2-5 (1-3 GMC), Colerain 6-1 (4-0).

WHAT TO WATCH: Milford surprised Hamilton 7-0 last week. The Eagles' Chris Ryan rushed for 53 yards and scored the game's only touchdown in the first quarter, and Milford's defense held Hamilton to 100 total yards. It will be a far different story here. Colerain has destroyed four GMC opponents by an average score of 53-10. Last week, junior RB Trammell Williams rushed for 155 yards and three TDs, and Colerain intercepted four passes in a 62-7 win over Sycamore.

BOTTOM LINE: Colerain beat Milford 70-3 last year. Milford has improved but not enough to stay in this one.
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10/15/05

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Colerain gained 452 yards of total offense in winning its seventh straight game.

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C -Clifford 20 interception return (Schulte kick)
C -Thompson 7 fumble recovery (Schulte kick)
C -Lumpkin 9 run (Schulte kick)
C -Mixon 15 interception return (Schulte kick)
C -Williams 47 run (Schulte kick)
C -Williams 5 run (Schulte kick)
C -Lumpkin 53 pass from Pride (pass failed)
C -Pride 53 run (Taber kick)
C -Reynolds 5 run (Taber kick)
C -Reynolds 37 run (Taber kick)
C -Curry 2 run (Taber kick)
Records: C 7-1, M 2-6.

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Are you kidding me? I've seen Colerain play a few times now and have yet to see a Lineman on the field (not including defense because then I'd have to mention Tyrell Byrd last year) who came close to Connor. He's got tremendous leg drive and tenacity.
 
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If Connor is not the very definition of a "Bollman-type" OL recruit, then I don't know what is...Connor plays the same way Boone plays. Whistle to whistle, with a bit of nasty in his game. Those are the kind of lineman that actually make watching O-line play fun for guys with ADD, like me.
 
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I know this is a bit off topic, but does anybody here think he can be a direct impact player on our line next year?

Think about it... He's not a project type athlete player. He's already extremely polished. We'll be losing both Sims and Mangold to the NFL, and our younger gaurds havent exactly blown anybody away yet.

The reason I say this is because of what Cordle did in the spring game, and how he is considered already among the top 8 lineman we have. Cordle was good in Highschool, but wasn't anything compared to what Smith is.

I don't think this would happen, but it's I guess one of those cases where it really wouldn't surprise me if it did happen next season.
 
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