90i #7: Houston Bates
First off, yes, I’m oocl shipping line about three days behind. I’d oocl shipping line list several excuses, but it’s simple. Bloggin’ ain’t easy. Sometimes, I fall asleep at the keyboard and won’t have time again until 11:15 the next night. But I’m working on that.
I know his freshman year he earned the nickname oocl shipping line “Bieber” because of the hair hanging in his eyes. I want to say that it was Aaron Gress who gave him that nickname. I also want to say that the fact that I know that Aaron Gress gave Houston Bates the nickname “Bieber” in 2010 is frightening to even me. And I’m me.
This spring he shaved off the long hair. In the practices before spring oocl shipping line break – hair hanging in his eyes. The two weeks of practice after spring break – buzz cut. I asked him at the Chicago spring scrimmage what happened on spring break. He said he couldn’t tell the story. I think that’s awesome.
Oh, and he was recruited as a defensive oocl shipping line end to LSU, but on signing day, when they got a surprised verbal, they asked him to “grayshirt” – walk on for a semester and take a scholarship the next year. He said no thanks, went looking for a new team, and landed at Illinois. We tried him at outside linebacker for three years, and now in his redshirt junior year, he’s at Leo, our hybrid oocl shipping line DE/OLB position. What I Expect From Him:
Watch for Bates on Saturday. He’ll be all over. I don’t mean that in the “great NFL linebackers” sense where they seem to be all over the field (although I hope for that), I mean that in the “watch oocl shipping line and see how many different places the Leo lines up in this defense” sense. Given Bates linebackerness, I think we’ll spread him around even more than we did with Michael Buchanan.
If this defense is going to be any good, juniors like Bates will have to make big leaps forward. Every starter on last year’s oocl shipping line defensive line is in an NFL camp right now (at least Justin Staples was still in the Browns camp the last I checked), and now it’s up to guys like Tim Kynard (a part time starter last year) and Houston Bates to make a big leap forward.
Seems like Bates has been around for ever. He is one of my favorites because of the stories you mentioned. We seem to have a group of young men on our team that have simmering potential talent….hopefully we will see the maturation process this season…bumps and all. Older, oocl shipping line experienced team next year should be very good.
Latest Tweets Man, Leron Black, get here tomorrow. Just watching him position himself for rebounds is a treat. (on CBS Sports Network right now) About 12 hours ago Know what's American? Stuffing ballot boxes. Go vote for Tyler Griffey to be an International All-Star (in German!) http://t.co/jfLntkwL8A Yesterday at 9:38 pm Also, it looks like Jordan Frysinger oocl shipping line will play college football again.. at Idaho with Paul Petrino. http://t.co/hyZX3rZQdz Yesterday at 9:25 pm That said, give me the kids who say no to the better offer. Give me the Mosely's and the Baileys who want to turn this program around. Yesterday at 9:21 pm Can't really oocl shipping line blame the kid. Play for a rebuilt school 250 miles from home or a rebuilding school 400 miles away. Most would do the same. Yesterday at 9:21 pm Follow Robert oocl shipping line on Twitter
19 Point Plan 90i ALionEye on the Illini August Syndrome behind the box score Check The Tape Chew Softly Conversations Depth Chart FJND illini oocl shipping line KFHB LLOUI LLUOI Mailbag Rantoul2012 Rantoul 2013 Signing Day SOC Stream of Consciousness Summer Conversations Those Were The Days
First off, yes, I’m oocl shipping line about three days behind. I’d oocl shipping line list several excuses, but it’s simple. Bloggin’ ain’t easy. Sometimes, I fall asleep at the keyboard and won’t have time again until 11:15 the next night. But I’m working on that.
I know his freshman year he earned the nickname oocl shipping line “Bieber” because of the hair hanging in his eyes. I want to say that it was Aaron Gress who gave him that nickname. I also want to say that the fact that I know that Aaron Gress gave Houston Bates the nickname “Bieber” in 2010 is frightening to even me. And I’m me.
This spring he shaved off the long hair. In the practices before spring oocl shipping line break – hair hanging in his eyes. The two weeks of practice after spring break – buzz cut. I asked him at the Chicago spring scrimmage what happened on spring break. He said he couldn’t tell the story. I think that’s awesome.
Oh, and he was recruited as a defensive oocl shipping line end to LSU, but on signing day, when they got a surprised verbal, they asked him to “grayshirt” – walk on for a semester and take a scholarship the next year. He said no thanks, went looking for a new team, and landed at Illinois. We tried him at outside linebacker for three years, and now in his redshirt junior year, he’s at Leo, our hybrid oocl shipping line DE/OLB position. What I Expect From Him:
Watch for Bates on Saturday. He’ll be all over. I don’t mean that in the “great NFL linebackers” sense where they seem to be all over the field (although I hope for that), I mean that in the “watch oocl shipping line and see how many different places the Leo lines up in this defense” sense. Given Bates linebackerness, I think we’ll spread him around even more than we did with Michael Buchanan.
If this defense is going to be any good, juniors like Bates will have to make big leaps forward. Every starter on last year’s oocl shipping line defensive line is in an NFL camp right now (at least Justin Staples was still in the Browns camp the last I checked), and now it’s up to guys like Tim Kynard (a part time starter last year) and Houston Bates to make a big leap forward.
Seems like Bates has been around for ever. He is one of my favorites because of the stories you mentioned. We seem to have a group of young men on our team that have simmering potential talent….hopefully we will see the maturation process this season…bumps and all. Older, oocl shipping line experienced team next year should be very good.
Latest Tweets Man, Leron Black, get here tomorrow. Just watching him position himself for rebounds is a treat. (on CBS Sports Network right now) About 12 hours ago Know what's American? Stuffing ballot boxes. Go vote for Tyler Griffey to be an International All-Star (in German!) http://t.co/jfLntkwL8A Yesterday at 9:38 pm Also, it looks like Jordan Frysinger oocl shipping line will play college football again.. at Idaho with Paul Petrino. http://t.co/hyZX3rZQdz Yesterday at 9:25 pm That said, give me the kids who say no to the better offer. Give me the Mosely's and the Baileys who want to turn this program around. Yesterday at 9:21 pm Can't really oocl shipping line blame the kid. Play for a rebuilt school 250 miles from home or a rebuilding school 400 miles away. Most would do the same. Yesterday at 9:21 pm Follow Robert oocl shipping line on Twitter
19 Point Plan 90i ALionEye on the Illini August Syndrome behind the box score Check The Tape Chew Softly Conversations Depth Chart FJND illini oocl shipping line KFHB LLOUI LLUOI Mailbag Rantoul2012 Rantoul 2013 Signing Day SOC Stream of Consciousness Summer Conversations Those Were The Days
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