Others that should probably be on the injury list:
OL - Nic Gibbons - Didn't dress for BG, I don't know status
RB AJ OUellette - Probably will play, was less than 100% last game
DT - Brandon Purdum - Didn't dress for BG, don't know status
Bowden has turned Akron around much faster than Frank but he's used a different model. I heard a radio interview with him last week in which he acknowledged that a talented four-year recruit just isn't going to choose Akron in most cases. He relies heavily on fifth-year players and transfers who have had issues at their previous schools. Amazing number of transfers on their roster, including a few from Ohio State. How that impacts their graduation rates, I don't know, but I suspect Bowden will have packed his bags before it catches up with him.
This kind of explains what I'm looking at when I look at their recruiting. His first class, 2012, had 19 Freshmen. In 2013 he had 17, then last year there were only 12, and for 2015 they show almost no one. If they have supplemented the team with an amazing number of transfers, that explains the limited number of Freshmen the last couple years. It's kind of a George Allen approach, applied to college, I guess.
I have to wonder if what you imply above is the case; is he doing a four-year plan to get out of town? It almost seems like those two big freshmen classes, who will be upperclassmen this year and next have been supplemented later with JUCOs and transfers, to make two mega-classes, which will mean two very good teams, but then, what comes after that? Can he keep getting enough transfers to keep up the success, or will the wheels fall off? Of course, if he's out of town, does he care?
Last Edited: 10/13/2014 12:10:50 PM by L.C.