..."as the players leave the field they sing our fight song as they pass Coach Sochor's statue since they think he'd like to hear it"...this is Aggie Pride and culture at it's best....

Listening to that part gave me goosebumps. Great culture

Let’s get someone local out to practice tomorrow so we have something to talk about early in the week! Give us an update on the QBs, the LT, Tight End depth, how does Psyk’s replacement committee look, young LBs, etc

Where are the practice times posted?

Here you go:

Got the dates, but times?

Oops, not sure on the times. Its usually early AM for team meetings. Maybe email Matt Kitchen?

I was told MWF are 8-11 with meetings and practices, but some might end earlier.

Just watched practice this morning. That new QB from Minn looks really good.

Great. love these updates. thank you

I’m looking forward to watching Kollock in action. I met him in Costco a week ago. He’s a big dude. His HS stats are impressive:
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach, Calif. ... Wore No. 12 for the Breakers and was coached by John Shanahan ... Set school career records for passing yards (7,087), passing touchdowns (94), total offensive yards (7,820) and total touchdowns (115) ... As a senior, lead team to a 10-2 record and threw for 1,711 yards and 21 touchdowns ... Rushed 315 yards and eight touchdowns .

Thanks for that QB update. Second week is probably a review of week one so you'll get a feel for where guys are by Saturday afternoon. Probably the first semi-scrimmage on Saturday as well. Big week of growth and competition!

im planning on going to the spring game, anybody got plans for tailgates or anything fun? its my first spring game but im excited to see what the 26-27 team has coming along

I’ve never seen anyone tailgate for the spring game but its a great idea!

well i’m a student so im always down to tailgate lol, we should totally get something going

Quick updates from practice 4/8:

1. QB's look like head to head battle between Treynor Cleeland and Jackson Kollack. Kollack looks the part of a big time QB. Throws a pretty ball. Carries a bit of a swagger. . Cleeland has a strong arm, but missed some throws. Pretty good athlete. Can scramble. Eason looks 3rd string and left...looks like he pulled a hammy.

2. Offensive line is shaky. LT today was a problem, blown by and pushed around.. Def can tell this might be our weakest link on the team. Curious who the starting LT will be. Center had a number of bad snaps which resulted in QB's having to pick up the ball on the ground resulting in sack, blown up play, or scramble.

3. Drew Cofield with two great plays today. A great over the shoulder INT and a big tackle later in the flat. Both got sidelines hyped.

4. Keep an eye on Brayden Rosa #37 who was making plays all over the field. Had a nice sack. Very quick with a high motor.

5. Julian Fernandez made a great INT pick six. He is one big kid. The defense looks really good, but that's usually the case early in practice. Still, the overall talent on defense looks improved. Adding Rex and Porter will only make them stronger.

-SG

Who did you see playing left tackle? Who was blowing by him?
We have a two year starter at center so I’m not too concerned about that.

These are great write ups for those who can’t be there! Thanks!

David Porotesano with the first group and early enrollee Robert Beverly with the second group

Pretty young guys. Howd the TEs look

Did you notice who was playing right tackle? Porotesano started eight games there last year, plus Mercer. Who is there now?

has his hands full as our embedded correspondent. Let me see if I can chip-in from 400 miles away:

Expect that QB battle to go down exactly as he described. Kollack was at a Big 10 program for a reason and is a confident kid from what I have seen online. Will leave it at that. Cleeland is his closest competition. I think Eason has a ton of potential but has to get over the injuries that seem to have hampered him for awhile now.

The Defense will ALWAYS make the Offense, especially the O-Line, look bad in Spring Ball. Always...

Collins struggled with snaps last year. Yes he is a returning starter with a lot of experience, but he had CP chasing balls in every direction last season if you recall. The absolute worst thing a Center can do physically is to make the QB move his eyes to chase a snap. That's one of the problems with being in shotgun or pistol almost exclusively. Snaps have to be automatic. Sh*t like that loses games.

I'm going to gloat: I called my shot a couple weeks back on Rosa. Kid just makes plays. They will try to recruit him off the field every season and he won't go away. Book it!

Porotesano is an interior body playing Tackle. Those 6'3" guys have to be Right Tackles if they are kicked out to the edge, they rarely translate at Left Tackle due to a lack of length. Beverly isn't ready for prime time based on the three minutes of high school film I saw online. Listed at 280. This LT situation was a concern I had five minutes after the Illinois State game. We'll see how it plays out, great OL coach will hopefully get it fixed.

The young DL; Mayo, Few, Fernandez, Huegel, that group can be special. Good veterans returning as well. I think this is an area of strength.

asked about the Tight Ends, and I think this is a potential area of concern. Winston is still dealing with his injury, he's older and who knows what he has left in the tank. Nobody proven behind that. I really liked Kutsishvili watching his film on signing day last year, but he's young. How's the big Cal transfer?

Great job Sailorgabe, appreciate you!

I was able to see the back half of practice when the squad was on the turf. I counted 3 picks one for Cofield one for Richardson and one for Fernandez. Offense certainly has some things to clean up but as mentioned by other posters that's to expect early in the spring. Looking forward to getting back out there for future practices.

Nice write up. FTR, Brayden Rosa is a 5'8" DB.

Line play overall last year was not great but the snaps were atrocious. Seemed like every third down was a ground ball or an off target missile. Sounds like a post spring portal grad transfer is needed.

If we didn't shore up Left Tackle, the shiny new QB will matter not -- and in that case, you may see more of Clee because he can move around so well.

Will also see more help from the Tight Ends and Running Backs. It's concerning to me mostly for all the slow developing pull play action concepts that Plough loves to run.

saw what I saw. Is there still a late Portal window? I don't think so but could be wrong. We are going to be riding with what we have.

Where is AJ Hasson practicing? He has been a center at both Washington State and here. He has the near ideal dimensions of a tackle.

Saw a bit of practice. I truly believe we have a top 5 cornerback tandem in the nation. Cofield and Richardson are legit. @SG you’re spot on, two man race at QB with the nicest throw coming from Cleeland (70 yard play action corner route to Gbatu). Slight changes in scheme, I’d expect less pass plays with moving pockets like last year. Idaho safety transfer looked solid at FS