Vernaglia and Brockington

[jiggafini19]

Removed.

 

[jiggafini19]

27 Minutes and 25 seconds of PT between the two of them.

 

[domerfor life]

27 Minutes and 25 seconds of PT between the two of them.

Just a few of the many question marks we will have on defense next year. Let's hope guys step in and are able to contribute at a high level.

 

[BGIF]

Most all of the backup LBs saw PT this year but most of it wasn't at LB. Brockington, Salvador, Thomas, Quinn, Borsetti, and Smith saw a lot of action on Special Teams.

In order of LB PT, Vernaglia, Borckington and Borsetti saw 10-15 minutes, Smith was about 6, Salvador and Boland (walkon) about 4. Not much LB experience there.

 

[bigdon]

Most all of the backup LBs saw PT this year but most of it wasn't at LB. Brockington, Salvador, Thomas, Quinn, Borsetti, and Smith saw a lot of action on Special Teams.

In order of LB PT, Vernaglia, Borckington and Borsetti saw 10-15 minutes, Smith was about 6, Salvador and Boland (walkon) about 4. Not much LB experience there.

BGIF, I would be most interested in the playing time of all of the backups. Can you direct me to a source?

 

[LuckoftheIrish86]

Vernaglia really has to step up. He has got the potential.

 

[AlbuquerqueIrishFan]

I'm really going to miss Hoyte and Mayes. I wonder if either one of them has NFL potential. ???? Does anyone know what their plans are? NFL Europe, the NFL draft, Canadian League?

 

[BGIF]

BGIF, I would be most interested in the playing time of all of the backups. Can you direct me to a source?

I had intended to post a listing of all players PT on this board but ran into difficulty.

There's a listing in the January '06 issue of BGI but as it's the Fiesta Bowl issue it doesn't include that game. The BGI list has Special Teams appearance time lumped in with offensive/defensive PT. I don't recall seeing in this format in past years but I expect ND released it in that format.

Why is the ST time significant? Because with some players their entire PT was with STs. Mitchell Thomas has 42:00 minutes of PT but 84 ST appearances. At 30 seconds/per turns out he had 42 minutes on STs.

In order to get the PT you have to multiply 30 seconds/ST appearance times the number of appearances then deduct that from the Total Time. I started to set up an excel spreadsheet to calculate it for me but had a lot of difficulty getting the numbers to read minutes and seconds, thank you microsoft. I tried every setting in Excel's number formatting without success. I ended up using the spreadsheet to calculate ST time and then deducted that from Total Time to get PT on a calculator. I've done the OL, DLs, QBs, and RBs so far. Give me a day and I'll have them all. Or just ask me who you want to see.

You can also go to UND.com football and look up each player on the roster individually. It appears to have the Fiesta Bowl included but the numbers didn't always jive with the BGI list (for some players that DNP in the Fiesta).
Precise it's not but it does show the relative amount of experience at a position.

Aren't you glad you asked?

 

[BGIF]

Vernaglia really has to step up. He has got the potential.

Vernaglia is one of the biggest question marks on the team. He arrived as one of the most highly touted athletes of his class. WR/S/LB, take your pick. I think he had an injury (knee?) shortly after arriving which impacted development but he's never seen to found a home at a position. Something like McNair, a high school stud, a Div 1 tweener. As a recruit I thought he arrived to big for Safety and would become a mobile OLB. The guy who could run with the TEs and RBs and blitz the QB. Didn't happen.

 

[bigdon]

I had intended to post a listing of all players PT on this board but ran into difficulty.

There's a listing in the January '06 issue of BGI but as it's the Fiesta Bowl issue it doesn't include that game. The BGI list has Special Teams appearance time lumped in with offensive/defensive PT. I don't recall seeing in this format in past years but I expect ND released it in that format.

Why is the ST time significant? Because with some players their entire PT was with STs. Mitchell Thomas has 42:00 minutes of PT but 84 ST appearances. At 30 seconds/per turns out he had 42 minutes on STs.

In order to get the PT you have to multiply 30 seconds/ST appearance times the number of appearances then deduct that from the Total Time. I started to set up an excel spreadsheet to calculate it for me but had a lot of difficulty getting the numbers to read minutes and seconds, thank you microsoft. I tried every setting in Excel's number formatting without success. I ended up using the spreadsheet to calculate ST time and then deducted that from Total Time to get PT on a calculator. I've done the OL, DLs, QBs, and RBs so far. Give me a day and I'll have them all. Or just ask me who you want to see.

You can also go to UND.com football and look up each player on the roster individually. It appears to have the Fiesta Bowl included but the numbers didn't always jive with the BGI list (for some players that DNP in the Fiesta).
Precise it's not but it does show the relative amount of experience at a position.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Only in one regard and that is to give me the oportunity to thank you for the statistical data you provide for the site. I'll see if UND.com can sate my appetite for this . Thanks again..

 

[bigdon]

I had intended to post a listing of all players PT on this board but ran into difficulty.

There's a listing in the January '06 issue of BGI but as it's the Fiesta Bowl issue it doesn't include that game. The BGI list has Special Teams appearance time lumped in with offensive/defensive PT. I don't recall seeing in this format in past years but I expect ND released it in that format.

Why is the ST time significant? Because with some players their entire PT was with STs. Mitchell Thomas has 42:00 minutes of PT but 84 ST appearances. At 30 seconds/per turns out he had 42 minutes on STs.

In order to get the PT you have to multiply 30 seconds/ST appearance times the number of appearances then deduct that from the Total Time. I started to set up an excel spreadsheet to calculate it for me but had a lot of difficulty getting the numbers to read minutes and seconds, thank you microsoft. I tried every setting in Excel's number formatting without success. I ended up using the spreadsheet to calculate ST time and then deducted that from Total Time to get PT on a calculator. I've done the OL, DLs, QBs, and RBs so far. Give me a day and I'll have them all. Or just ask me who you want to see.

You can also go to UND.com football and look up each player on the roster individually. It appears to have the Fiesta Bowl included but the numbers didn't always jive with the BGI list (for some players that DNP in the Fiesta).
Precise it's not but it does show the relative amount of experience at a position.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Only in one regard and that is to give me the opportunity to thank you for the statistical data you provide for the site. I'll see if UND.com can sate my appetite for this. Thanks again

 

[weisfaninmass]

Vernaglia is one of the biggest question marks on the team. He arrived as one of the most highly touted athletes of his class. WR/S/LB, take your pick. I think he had an injury (knee?) shortly after arriving which impacted development but he's never seen to found a home at a position. Something like McNair, a high school stud, a Div 1 tweener. As a recruit I thought he arrived to big for Safety and would become a mobile OLB. The guy who could run with the TEs and RBs and blitz the QB. Didn't happen.

As BGI always points out -- the JUNIOR year is the all important year. So many players make HUGH strides from soph to Junior. One needs look no further than Samardzija. But the list is long. I sure hope that VERN fits this mold. We need him and Brockington too to do this.

 

[jiggafini19]

Something like McNair, a high school stud, a Div 1 tweener.

There were a lot of people with high hopes for him. He really went through a great deal of adversity with injuries.

 

[Aerosmith777]

Did I miss something? Is there any particular reason he can't set up shop at the other OLB position, w/ Hoyte gone now?

Anyway, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really hope Scott Smith is the starting MLB at the beginning of next season, but we'll see. I think if he was in the middle, the run defense next year would be pretty solid. But, in Charlie I trust.