Portal intakes

[bobongo]

So we’re trading ES for ER? Can someone attempt a comparison?

Well, here's one raw statistical comparison - Eric Singleton was #85 this year in receiving yards at 754 (avg. 13.5 per catch, 3 TDs), while Eric Rivers checked in at #5 in the nation with 1172 (18.9 yds. per catch, 12 TDs):

College Football Offense Receiving All Conferences Stat Leaders, 2024 Season - ESPN

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[malak05]

So we’re trading ES for ER? Can someone attempt a comparison?

-Similar sizes and build
-Singleton is one of the fastest guys in college but Rivers still features top end speed as well if not a slight step slower
-River route running and hands are a plus and in my quick looks seems a little better
- Rivers has 1 year eligiblity and Singleton 2
- They were featured in very similar ways last season taking top off defense, drags, screens should fit right in on the offense.

 

[apatriot1776]

So we’re trading ES for ER? Can someone attempt a comparison?

https://247sports.com/article/miami-hurricanes-football-transfer-portal-spotlight-wr-eric-rivers-brings-production-and-athleticism-to-the-slot-241952347/

Rivers went on to be a walk-on cornerback at Memphis in 2021-22. He missed all of the 2022 season due to a shoulder injury. When Rivers arrived at FIU, coach Mike MacIntyre moved him to receiver and he caught 32 passes for 370 yards and three touchdowns in 2023. In his second year of playing receiver, Rivers saw his production explode. Rivers finished the 2024 season with 1,172 yards and 12 touchdowns, which led Conference USA. Rivers was consistently productive in each game of the 2024 season, totaling at least 90 receiving yards in eight games. His best performance on the season was 295 yards and three touchdowns against New Mexico State with FIU winning 34-13.

Rivers was targeted heavily on deep shots in 2024, catching 13-of-30 targets for 537 yards and eight touchdowns. His speed and suddenness also translates to the quick game with Rivers generating 236 yards after catch on 37 receptions on targets within ten yards past the line of scrimmage. Two areas that Rivers needs to continue improving on is his contested catch ability. According to PFF, Rivers reeled in 4-of-14 contested catch opportunities in 2024. Rivers also had a ten percent drop rate in 2024 and that number needs to come down.

We don't generate a lot of contested catches anyway. Seems similar in strengths and weaknesses to ESJ.

 

[Buzzforlife]

 

[TooTall]

 

[forensicbuzz]

It was def bods for me too. the PTSD never goes away...

Def Bods and E-Mag. Had to register for each class 3 times. Wempner and Ung were the worst. The problem with both classes was the same. A 5 question multiple choice quiz each week that were difficult to finish unless you had good Word. One of the downfalls of being a GDI.

 

[gtee91]

Def Bods and E-Mag. Had to register for each class 3 times. Wempner and Ung were the worst. The problem with both classes was the same. A 5 question multiple choice quiz each week that were difficult to finish unless you had good Word. One of the downfalls of being a GDI.

When Dr Stanford ran Physics, they had weekly multiple choice tests...but it got worse, if you got the right answer but he did like your method...he would mark it wrong...

 

[awbuzz]

Found out they don’t do that in FASET anymore. My daughter was part of a FASET group of all transfers, most of whom were there from the Conditional Transfer Pathway program for kids of alums and other family members and such. While the kids were off doing their thing and all the families were eating lunch they asked if we remembered that and of course we all nodded and they told us they have stopped doing that as it’s a pretty negative message and they want the students to start off feeling like they belong there. It worked for us but times have changed.

Instead of toughening them up... Never mind, best left unsaid...

 

[awbuzz]

When Dr Stanford ran Physics, they had weekly multiple choice tests...but it got worse, if you got the right answer but he did like your method...he would mark it wrong...

You had him too! If I recall, no partial credit. If you missed question 1B, then you would miss question 1C and 1D because they were determined in part by your answering of 1B.

 

[gtee91]

You had him too! If I recall, no partial credit. If you missed question 1B, then you would miss question 1C and 1D because they were determined in part by your answering of 1B.

There were hard things in EE but the dread of facing those Physics tests when they were just sadistic for no good reason was definitely weed-out games. Of course the modern student apparently doesn't have to deal with this kind of person

 

[g0lftime]

There were hard things in EE but the dread of facing those Physics tests when they were just sadistic for no good reason was definitely weed-out games. Of course the modern student apparently doesn't have to deal with this kind of person

I learned more after missing questions on a quiz because I then spent time figuring out why I didn't get it on the quiz. A few of us would talk over the problems and the solutions afterward.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

I learned more after missing questions on a quiz because I then spent time figuring out why I didn't get it on the quiz. A few of us would talk over the problems and the solutions afterward.

Stanford was diabolical.

Five question multiple choice tests with no partial credit. Each question had ten to twenty operations, with the wrong answers being the common mistakes one might make in one of the many operations.

His class was designed to fail, which I did the first time I took it. This was right before I dropped out of school.and joined the Marines. Four years later, I took Stanford's EMeg class again in my first quarter back and got an A.

 

[gtee91]

Stanford was diabolical.

Five question multiple choice tests with no partial credit. Each question had ten to twenty operations, with the wrong answers being the common mistakes one might make in one of the many operations.

His class was designed to fail, which I did the first time I took it. This was right before I dropped out of school.and joined the Marines. Four years later, I took Stanford's EMeg class again in my first quarter back and got an A.

I later had Dr Wiley for a class...he did not like Stanford at all...he told us that Stanford hated engineers and so unless you were a Physics major, he made it his mission to fail you. He was a different breed of cat.

 

[takethepoints]

Ok, now this is diabolic:

When he was a prof at Stanford Carl Djarassi (the. director of the research that led to birth control pills) asked all of his students to come up with the most difficult question they could think of for their up-coming final exam. He said it was for purposes of making out the test. Of course, each student put together a question that he thought other students couldn't answer; that way their grade would be better since everybody would be in the same boat. On the day of the final Djarrasi handed each student their final exam. It was the question they had put together earlier.

I was tempted to do this myself a couple of times, but was just too damn sneaky.

 

[AugustaSwarm]

Rivers is a tremendous get for us. We still need a lot of help on the defensive line...hopefully those dominoes will be falling soon.

 

[jgtengineer]

Rivers is a tremendous get for us. We still need a lot of help on the defensive line...hopefully those dominoes will be falling soon.

We have a few chances for DL even outside this portal. There are DL on teams with a shot a championship that won't be entering until the spring one.

 

[57jacket]

We have a few chances for DL even outside this portal. There are DL on teams with a shot a championship that won't be entering until the spring one.

We have several incoming FR DL. How are they rated? Interior DL need less experience and can cotribute earlier than other positions according to "experts".

 

[Techster]

We have several incoming FR DL. How are they rated? Interior DL need less experience and can cotribute earlier than other positions according to "experts".

DL and OL are usually the two toughest positions to project on this level due to level of competition they play against in HS, and physical maturity. The biggest recruiting misses usually comes from those 2 groups.

 

[orientalnc]

Don't expect much from freshman DL and OL.

 

[57jacket]

DL and OL are usually the two toughest positions to project on this level due to level of competition they play against in HS, and physical maturity. The biggest recruiting misses usually comes from those 2 groups.

OK. How they are rated was the question