Matt Stoltz cleared to play this fall

[Supermark101]

Otis Kirk is reporting, on the rivals.com message board, that Matt has been cleared by the NCAA. That is great news for our hogs. The NCAA did the right thing this time

[Rocky&Boarwinkle]

First good news in 2 weeks

[hawgfan_18]

ya thats great news... You think he has a good chance of starting???

[CarolinaHog1176]

kinda depends on where he's going to play.  not sure he's fast enough to play MLB with the type of defense we run.  maybe DE?

[Kilgor]

Sweet!

[hawgfan_18]

does our defense compare to anyones in the sec?  From the descriptions and the types of players it sounds like our defense will be like auburn's, a swarming defense. 
All that sounds cool but,
i don't like the fact that our dline is gonna be small.  for awhile now we've been trying to get beastie type dlinemen and now all of a sudden we're gonna have small ones. we all know sec olines are known to be bigger and stronger than ones in other conferences, just sounds to me like they would just run our dline over.

[Pragmatic PiG]

does our defense compare to anyones in the sec?  From the descriptions and the types of players it sounds like our defense will be like auburn's, a swarming defense. 
All that sounds cool but,
i don't like the fact that our dline is gonna be small.  for awhile now we've been trying to get beastie type dlinemen and now all of a sudden we're gonna have small ones. we all know sec olines are known to be bigger and stronger than ones in other conferences, just sounds to me like they would just run our dline over.

I don't think the hogs would turn down a 320lb+ stopper in the middle if there was one available that was eligible, like a demarcus granger. however the name of this school is arkansas not oklahoma or texas, hogs don't get those guys out of state

need to use quickness and technique to compensate for lack of size. hopefully rocker has gotten some input from herring....

[DT]

kinda depends on where he's going to play. not sure he's fast enough to play MLB with the type of defense we run. maybe DE?

He will play MLB.

[linebacker #15]

kinda depends on where he's going to play. not sure he's fast enough to play MLB with the type of defense we run. maybe DE?

Well DT Tyrell is going to have a little bit more weight on him because they want him to play at MLB and this is a position he played all through HS. and was good at it I don`t know if you guys got a chance to see his highlight tape that Coach Vaughn made but he will be damn good at this position. Wait until he gets there.

He will play MLB.

[DT]

kinda depends on where he's going to play. not sure he's fast enough to play MLB with the type of defense we run. maybe DE?

Well DT Tyrell is going to have a little bit more weight on him because they want him to play at MLB and this is a position he played all through HS. and was good at it I don`t know if you guys got a chance to see his highlight tape that Coach Vaughn made but he will be damn good at this position. Wait until he gets there.

He will play MLB.

I'm not saying Matt will start. I'm saying when I talked to him this weekend he was still working at MLB, not DE.

[linebacker #15]

kinda depends on where he's going to play. not sure he's fast enough to play MLB with the type of defense we run. maybe DE?

Well DT Tyrell is going to have a little bit more weight on him because they want him to play at MLB and this is a position he played all through HS. and was good at it I don`t know if you guys got a chance to see his highlight tape that Coach Vaughn made but he will be damn good at this position. Wait until he gets there.

He will play MLB.

I'm not saying Matt will start. I'm saying when I talked to him this weekend he was still working at MLB, not DE.

That`s not what I`m saying either don`t get me wrong Matt will be good at whatever postion they put him at if taught properly that goes for my son and the rest of the players also. How much does Matt weigh.

[DT]

235

[linebacker #15]

235

That is good but they want Tyrell to get between 225 and 230  he is on the strenght and condition program

[rricha]

is it august yet

[pioneerhog]

is it august yet

We got spring practice first, lets see how the ones that are hear have improved before we get to looking for August.

[rricha]

spring practice does not mean nothing what can you get done is 10 days of pads.  august is when  you win playing time. 

[pioneerhog]

spring practice does not mean nothing what can you get done is 10 days of pads. august is when you win playing time.

get a better idea of how the guys have progressed.

[Pragmatic PiG]

spring practice does not mean nothing what can you get done is 10 days of pads.  august is when  you win playing time. 

2-a days are where its at i agree, but spring football couldn't come any faster for the disgruntled hoops fans like myself 

[rricha]

not in ten days

[SonOfMud]

Good to hear.  At least some good news.

[Oklahawg]

Stoltz will start out at MLB and stay there until he proves he can't play the position. Spring drill is so critical when it comes to getting these guys some game-simulated situations for the coaches (especially the new coach, Herring) to analyze.

Its good to hear that Mr. Graham is targeting his playing weight in workouts. He (as well as the other LB recruits) will be given every opportunity to play this fall. How he adapts to the change in the speed of the game will be important to playing as a true frosh.

Stoltz might answer the biggest defensive question--who is the impact MLB we turn to?--and allow us to turn to the next pressing question--what is the 3-deep at CB going to be?

[GRUMPY35]

In my opinion it doesn't matter who we play at mlb this year or who is in the secondary 3-deep, as long as they can tackle better than we did last year.I hope the new defensive cord. teaches us to tackle better. That is all I ask for. Better tackling from the whole defense, and for the record I think the Stolz kid will be a great addition to the defense.