Kugler had his first radio show last night. For anyone who missed it, @F5_UTEP_MINERS posted it today in 4 segments. The first segment is at the bottom of this post. Here are a few things that stuck out:
- Teicher said that this will be UTEP's 100th year of football. I would have thought that we would have heard more about that?
- Kugler was happy that our Program is now playing at a full scholarship count. He said that we had 63 scholarship players his first year, 72 his second year, 80 his third year, and now the maximum 85 scholarship players in years four and five.
- Kugler talked about how the roster is now full of guys that he recruited and knows.
- Out of the 44 players on our 2 deep depth chart, 25 are new players did not play for us last year. Thus we have 25 new players who either Freshmen(Sullivan, Mascorro), haved worked their way up the depth chart(I.E. Parsee, Dawn, Dove), sat out last year(I.E. Lewis, Elsner), are Grad Transfers(Tuley-Tillman, Jackson), or JC Transfers(Smith, Lucero, Busey).
- Kugler, Mason, and Teicher each said that we are noticeably bigger and faster on defense.
- Mason called Luke Elsner our best d-lineman and the "surprise of camp". They thought his career was over due to injury and he essentially hasn't played in two years. I actually saw him walking in the stands at the Spring Game just 5 months ago, now he is back and healthy.
- Kugler and Mason both talked about how gopd True Freshman Mascorro is. Mason thinks that he might start at Nose Guard by mid-season.
- Mason seemed really happy that Lewis is back after redshirting last year due to academics.
- Mason said that Van Hook has the potential to be a "high round draft pick" by the time he leaves UTEP.
- Mason said that the Transfer Jackson has been impressive and is getting better every practice. He also mentioned the scheme changes at Wake Forest that led him to transfer.
- They talked about how two of last year's starters on the d-line(Sota and Logan) have been passed "by no fault of their own" by "faster and more athletic" players and they are both now running third team.
- Mason said that Sullivan could be an NFL player in 3 to 4 years.
- Mason said that Parsee will really be something before he is done at UTEP.
- Both Coaches love Jamar Smith and Mason said he might be the best "overall football player" on the team.
- They said that Needham makes a play every day. Kugler said that he has had one of the best camps and could be an All-Conference Corner.
- Teicher said that this will be UTEP's 100th year of football. I would have thought that we would have heard more about that?
- Kugler was happy that our Program is now playing at a full scholarship count. He said that we had 63 scholarship players his first year, 72 his second year, 80 his third year, and now the maximum 85 scholarship players in years four and five.
- Kugler talked about how the roster is now full of guys that he recruited and knows.
- Out of the 44 players on our 2 deep depth chart, 25 are new players did not play for us last year. Thus we have 25 new players who either Freshmen(Sullivan, Mascorro), haved worked their way up the depth chart(I.E. Parsee, Dawn, Dove), sat out last year(I.E. Lewis, Elsner), are Grad Transfers(Tuley-Tillman, Jackson), or JC Transfers(Smith, Lucero, Busey).
- Kugler, Mason, and Teicher each said that we are noticeably bigger and faster on defense.
- Mason called Luke Elsner our best d-lineman and the "surprise of camp". They thought his career was over due to injury and he essentially hasn't played in two years. I actually saw him walking in the stands at the Spring Game just 5 months ago, now he is back and healthy.
- Kugler and Mason both talked about how gopd True Freshman Mascorro is. Mason thinks that he might start at Nose Guard by mid-season.
- Mason seemed really happy that Lewis is back after redshirting last year due to academics.
- Mason said that Van Hook has the potential to be a "high round draft pick" by the time he leaves UTEP.
- Mason said that the Transfer Jackson has been impressive and is getting better every practice. He also mentioned the scheme changes at Wake Forest that led him to transfer.
- They talked about how two of last year's starters on the d-line(Sota and Logan) have been passed "by no fault of their own" by "faster and more athletic" players and they are both now running third team.
- Mason said that Sullivan could be an NFL player in 3 to 4 years.
- Mason said that Parsee will really be something before he is done at UTEP.
- Both Coaches love Jamar Smith and Mason said he might be the best "overall football player" on the team.
- They said that Needham makes a play every day. Kugler said that he has had one of the best camps and could be an All-Conference Corner.
