Bloomsburg football

[Bart]

QB commit: Colton Sams Southern Lehigh All State QB 2x (1st team) and 2025 State Champion, Top 25 Mr. PA football— 6’1 180 all time record holder in yards, touchdowns, completions. Class of 27

https://www.hudl.com/profile/18838862/Colton-Sams

[Bart]

"According to longtime Bloomsburg Football radio broadcaster Jim Doyle, Etheridge is primed to start for the Huskies when the season rolls around."
https://buvoice.com/9215/sports/new-...tball-is-back/

[Bart]

Most guys on these rosters had great high school careers. My guess would be that Etheridge, the transfer from IUP, will get the nod since he’s the only guy on the roster that actually has collegiate experience. Another oddity I noticed on the roster is that OL Schulz, who’s started 21 games across two years split by an injury season, is listed as a TE. He was never all-conference or someone I thought was an elite OL but I find it odd he’d be converted now.

Schultz started every game at center last year. The offensive line might be deeper this year in order to replace him and put him as a blocking TE. Tells me the offense is going to be run oriented.

[Ship69]

Feel like the divisions have been mostly fine, even with Bloom and Ship on leaner times. ESU has risen up a bit, and Shepherd basically replaced Bloom as the division contender against the favorite in Kutztown. Just cycled through to different programs. Ship and LHU basically swapped pole positions for a few years there, which was more of a surprise when you read it.

Don't think I agree. Shepherd hasn't really been in a good East Division with anything like the strong Bloom, Ship, and West Chester programs of the past. Lock Haven has certainly improved, but having a barely winning record hardly put it into a pole position, and now the Bald Eagles are in the West anyway. Other than Kutztown, East Stroud is about the only one of the old guard that has really made significant program in the past few years. Money and the transfer portal have shifted football, and it's hard to know how it will all shake out,

[TheBigCat2192]

Gee had a great high school career before enrolling at Robert Morris. If he didn't get the Bloom QB job and left the program, maybe they wanted him to play slot due to his quickness. May not know how the QB situation turns out until starting lineup and backups released. QB Smith de-committed from Lafayette and should be in the running along with the IUP transfer and 4 others. It is difficult to keep up with roster changes. Someone said youth is wasted on the young.

Most guys on these rosters had great high school careers. My guess would be that Etheridge, the transfer from IUP, will get the nod since he’s the only guy on the roster that actually has collegiate experience. Another oddity I noticed on the roster is that OL Schulz, who’s started 21 games across two years split by an injury season, is listed as a TE. He was never all-conference or someone I thought was an elite OL but I find it odd he’d be converted now.

[Bart]

I checked the roster today and noticed that QB Tyler Gee, who spent all of last season as number two and was the only QB other than Riley to see action, is no longer listed as a Husky. I'm not sure if it's a clerical error, a sign that he's lost the starting job and decided to leave the team, or a sign he's left the team for another reason.

Gee had a great high school career before enrolling at Robert Morris. If he didn't get the Bloom QB job and left the program, maybe they wanted him to play slot due to his quickness. May not know how the QB situation turns out until starting lineup and backups released. QB Smith de-committed from Lafayette and should be in the running along with the IUP transfer and 4 others. It is difficult to keep up with roster changes. Someone said youth is wasted on the young.

[TheBigCat2192]

It appears there have been changes to the roster since preseason started. I didn't get a chance to look it over completely: Buchman moved from RB to LB since coming back from an injury 2 years ago, RB Sheptock is not on the roster again two years later (lots of accolades out of high school and former St. Francis commit) and Harwick wr Transfer from Thaddeus Stevens is missing. RB always needs depth and the WR position is a ? mark this year.

I checked the roster today and noticed that QB Tyler Gee, who spent all of last season as number two and was the only QB other than Riley to see action, is no longer listed as a Husky. I'm not sure if it's a clerical error, a sign that he's lost the starting job and decided to leave the team, or a sign he's left the team for another reason.

[Bart]

It appears there have been changes to the roster since preseason started. I didn't get a chance to look it over completely: Buchman moved from RB to LB since coming back from an injury 2 years ago, RB Sheptock is not on the roster again two years later (lots of accolades out of high school and former St. Francis commit) and Harwick wr Transfer from Thaddeus Stevens is missing. RB always needs depth and the WR position is a ? mark this year.

[Ram040506]

They had some good teams. The fall-off of Bloom and Ship the last few years has really hurt the competitiveness of the Eastern Division. Hope one or both of them can get back on track in the next few years, but it's not going to be easy given the realities of football in the present day.

Feel like the divisions have been mostly fine, even with Bloom and Ship on leaner times. ESU has risen up a bit, and Shepherd basically replaced Bloom as the division contender against the favorite in Kutztown. Just cycled through to different programs. Ship and LHU basically swapped pole positions for a few years there, which was more of a surprise when you read it.

[Bart]

https://bloomsburgathletics.com/news...l-darragh.aspx

Hopefully the university does something to honor him.

[Ship69]

Darragh replaced DC Devlin in 1997 because HC Hale wanted a smooth transition and Darragh was already on the staff because Devlin hired him. They had worked together at Temple. Devlin knew football having coached at every level including the NFL. Hale recommended Darragh in 2012 for the HC. He was fired in 2019 after Bloom's first losing season since 1998. Bloom has had only 1 winning season since. He was 63 years old.

(reference Press-Enterprise)

They had some good teams. The fall-off of Bloom and Ship the last few years has really hurt the competitiveness of the Eastern Division. Hope one or both of them can get back on track in the next few years, but it's not going to be easy given the realities of football in the present day.

[Chuck Bitner]

This is very sad news. Coach Darragh was a good man.

[Bart]

That’s really a shame. He was a good DC for a long time, and had his share of success as a HC. RIP.

Darragh replaced DC Devlin in 1997 because HC Hale wanted a smooth transition and Darragh was already on the staff because Devlin hired him. They had worked together at Temple. Devlin knew football having coached at every level including the NFL. Hale recommended Darragh in 2012 for the HC. He was fired in 2019 after Bloom's first losing season since 1998. Bloom has had only 1 winning season since. He was 63 years old.

(reference Press-Enterprise)

[TheBigCat2192]

• Former BU coach Darragh passes
  Huskies mentor loses battle with longtime illness

That’s really a shame. He was a good DC for a long time, and had his share of success as a HC. RIP.

[Bart]

• Former BU coach Darragh passes
  Huskies mentor loses battle with longtime illness