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Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:51 am
by Leatherneck57
Leatherneck57 wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:51 am
sealhall74 wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:19 am
wiu712 wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:31 pm Have something left in the tank? Come prove it on Thursday (Aug 24) at 4:30 p.m. at Hanson Field for an open tryout.

Must be a full-time WIU student and have an up-to-date physical and Sickle Cell test.

Contact Coach Denecke (p-denecke@wiu.edu) for more info.


 
 



 
What do you think they are looking for?  My guess would be speedburners with special teams potential.


 
We currently have 97 kids on the roster but can have 105 this year.  Shawn Lee and Wentric Williams III medically retired from football.  I would imagine they are looking for good kids at any position that will be good practice players, teammates and potentially earn playing time down the road.
 

 
There was one other kid that had to medically retire as well…Ian Ector.  He was a DB.
 

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 3:05 pm
by bignecks
dogwhisper wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:40 pm
leatherneckcountry wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:09 pm Pretty much every school does this nothing new 


 
Never seen at a school this size two weeks before the first game
 

 
I attended the 2012 tryouts to cheer on a guy from my floor who did make the team. It was the second week of classes I think.

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:56 pm
by vatusay
Some of y’all never heard of Bobby Boucher huh. 

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:14 pm
by Leatherneck57
Texas A&M has the 12th man given to a walk-on that plays special teams.  Every school has a coach assigned to on campus recruiting.  It’s very common.  

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:16 pm
by sealhall74
I think I might consider letting a few grad students from the Computer Science and Math departments "walk on" to help the program with their Artificial Intelligence expertise.  Probably get more bang for the buck.
 

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:26 am
by leatherneckcountry
vatusay wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:56 pm Some of y’all never heard of Bobby Boucher huh. 

 
Or Rudy

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:18 pm
by dogwhisper
sealhall74 wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:16 pm I think I might consider letting a few grad students from the Computer Science and Math departments "walk on" to help the program with their Artificial Intelligence expertise.  Probably get more bang for the buck.
 

 
Great Idea, analytics!
 

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:42 am
by WIU2DC

Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:26 am
by WIU2DC
https://x.com/wiufootball/status/169509 ... 10039?s=46

Morrissey getting the start at QB?


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Re: 2023 Season

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:00 pm
by bignecks
confirms it to me