2021 Football Spring Season

VUGrad1314 · April 18, 2021, 06:28:15 PM

Wow! 4-2 and competitive in every game? I'm impressed! Maybe the fortunes have turned positive at long last for Valpo football! That's great to see! Congrats on a great season and hopefully the team can build on it and do even better next season!

usc4valpo · April 19, 2021, 07:06:54 AM

Realistic chance for what? To play in Belgium?

JD24 · April 19, 2021, 10:52:20 PM

Quote from: usc4valpo on April 19, 2021, 07:06:54 AMRealistic chance for what? To play in Belgium?

Is there a prize being given to whoever comes up with what this post is referencing?

valpotx · April 20, 2021, 05:59:38 PM

It will be interesting to see if Maxwell (KO yds/attempt) and Turner (takeaways) come back. Leading FCS in any national statistical category, you are going to have some folks reach out to you on the side.

valpofb16 · April 20, 2021, 08:30:13 PM

In the winning season in 2017 our best freshman WR/DB transferred

Scargle ended up not making team/playing at USF, Navarro ended up getting 2/5 years paid for at Illinois.

Outside of Novarro transfer portal had not produced many starters at other schools in past 10 years.

valpotx · April 21, 2021, 12:40:24 AM

I think Navarro ended up with a retroactive scholarship for the Illini, if I remember the Lovie Smith announcement correctly. He still has 1 more year, as well:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4249535/donny-navarro

usc4valpo · April 21, 2021, 06:36:32 AM

jD24, 1314 - my bad and my apologies. I was trying to copy 16's quote about various former Valpo players having a realistic chance of going pro, which was ridiculas and loaded with overindulgence of brown and gold Kool Aid.

valpofb16 · April 21, 2021, 07:16:38 AM

Usc4valpo ,

Realistic to go pro is very possible as there have been alum do it , not the NFL but they get paid to play football. Might not be a ton of money, but they do.

Robert Washington is a very atypical Valparaiso football player. He has started at the FBS level, was a 4* recruit. So when considering his options you'd have to imagine that he has the same lower hanging fruit options as Europe/Arena Indoor football, and can maybe break CFL/NFL barrier

valpotx · April 21, 2021, 12:02:56 PM

Quote from: valpofb16 on April 21, 2021, 07:16:38 AM
Usc4valpo ,

Realistic to go pro is very possible as there have been alum do it , not the NFL but they get paid to play football. Might not be a ton of money, but they do.

Robert Washington is a very atypical Valparaiso football player. He has started at the FBS level, was a 4* recruit. So when considering his options you'd have to imagine that he has the same lower hanging fruit options as Europe/Arena Indoor football, and can maybe break CFL/NFL barrier

Exactly, we are not saying NFL, but we've had players get paid to play football over the years. I wholeheartedly agree with Washington. If he comes back, and has an even bigger season, he can play somewhere.

usc4valpo · April 21, 2021, 07:55:59 PM

Ok, thank you for the clarification.

valpofb16 · April 26, 2021, 02:43:24 PM

Post season awards in league

Robert Washington Offensive Player of Year
Ben Niesner Co Special teams player of year.

Thought Keyon got snubbed for Defensive freshman

ProudCrusader · April 26, 2021, 08:29:37 PM

Turner was snubbed and Niesner should not have shared the award with anyone, let alone a guy who didn't even lead the league in return yards, avg. per return or returns for touchdowns...but we did have a guy (Charlie Maxwell) that not only led the league in these categories, but was also #1 in the country in return average and returns for TD. Bizarre choice to go with Nichols.