GSC Predictions for 2023

[CalifOKRA]

Posted to show the points.

2023 GSC Football Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Delta State – 61 pts (6)
2. West Florida – 56 pts (2)
3. West Georgia – 52 pts (1)
4. West Alabama – 44 pts
5. Valdosta State – 33 pts
6. Mississippi College – 32 pts
7. North Greenville – 24 pts
8. Shorter – 13 pts
9. Chowan – 10 pts
*First-place votes in parenthesis ( )

[DSUFamily]

That is HUGE news for the Statesmen. I think I was writing about him back in 2018! Lol.

You were! But COVID and injury got him that 6th year. DSU should be loaded on offense and special teams. If the D is improved and the O line holds up could be a big year. Key returners: Shegog QB, Makik Jones DB, Kelvin Smith RB, Adam Duncan TE, Parker Burleson KO/P, Nick Herber K, Demetrius Swilley DL, Robbie Evenas WR/WR, and Keshawn Jennings OL.

Should be 7- 0 going into WF. but its a long season and a difficult schedule.

[West Florida]

I think this will be the least talented team for West Florida since 2016. I think the 2018 team was far superior in talent over this year's team, that team just played the second half of that season with a 4th or 5th string QB so that team ran out of gas and just completely fell apart.

I think West Florida will return in the near future to being the king of GSC, but this season is a rebuild in every sense of the word.

[BlazerLady]

From Flo Football

Chowan Looks to “Fly Around” in Debut Season


Welcome to the show, Chowan. In preparation for the Conference Carolinas sponsoring football in 2025, the Hawks — who had previously played football in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association — will be an affiliate member of the GSC for two seasons and will be joined by Erskine for 2024 only before the affiliation expires ahead of the 2025 season.

The Hawks went 7-4 in 2022 while losing the CIAA Championship game to Fayetteville State, but a lot of turnover on the roster and in the coaching ranks means that there are likely to be a lot of new looks for the team in 2023. Chowan’s run in the GSC will be a short one (and the North Carolina school has a tough road ahead of it as it was picked last in the GSC’s preseason poll), but first-year head coach Paul Johnson, hired after a stint as the offensive coordinator at Bloomsburg, says his team isn’t going to be playing with any fear of the storied, talented programs that the conference has ready to take the Hawks on.

“We’re going to be explosive, we’re going to be fast, we’re going to play with tempo,’ Johnson said. “We play a new brain of football on every play. It can be a throw or a run, and on defense, we’re going to be aggressive and fly around and play a 4-2-5. We’re going to be super aggressive.”

[CalifOKRA]

[B][B]From Flo Football
“We’re going to be explosive, we’re going to be fast, we’re going to play with tempo,’ Johnson said. “We play a new brain of football on every play. It can be a throw or a run, and on defense, we’re going to be aggressive and fly around and play a 4-2-5. We’re going to be super aggressive.”

Wait a minute! On any given play, it could be a throw OR a run?!
Who would have thought?

I'm just messing around, I think I get what he's saying.

[vsukerosene]

WE'RE COMING FOR YOU

[BlazerLady]

Wait a minute! On any given play, it could be a throw OR a run?!
Who would have thought?

I'm just messing around, I think I get what he's saying.

LOL....."We play a new brain of football on every play" ??? Too funny, Okra dude!

[CalifOKRA]

Delta State posted their 2023 roster.
https://gostatesmen.com/sports/football/roster

[Wide_Right]

Delta State posted their 2023 roster.
https://gostatesmen.com/sports/football/roster

I noticed you have quite a few transfers from upper divisions schhols. You guys just reload.

[CalifOKRA]

I noticed you have quite a few transfers from upper divisions schhols. You guys just reload.

Wait, what? Quite a few upper division transfers? If you don't mind, can you point out the new upper division transfers that you're seeing on the roster?

Here's DSU's 2023 signing class:

There are only two "upper division" signees. One from Austin Peay and the other from Mississippi Valley State...Not exactly power houses.

Mid-Year Signees:

YR NAME POS HT WT Hometown / Previous School
JR Cason Burress LB 5-10 200 Olive Branch, MS/Aurora University
GR Gavin Campbell OT 6-3 285 Olive Branch, MS/Austin Peay
JR Wade Cannon LS 6-1 225 Fulton, MS / Itawamba CC
JR Kharel Coney DB 5-9 180 McComb, MS/Southwest CC
JR Tycen Gray TE 6-2 240 Farmington, MO/Missouri Western St
JR Qu'Darius Hodges OT 6-1 300 Batesville, MS/Itawamba CC
JR Aabdural Lee Jr DB 5-10 190 Starkville, MS/Mississippi Valley St
FR Reed Miller QB 6-0 180 Yazoo City, MS/Yazoo County HS
JR Carter Norrie LB 6-1 220 Dallas, TX/Southwest Oklahoma
JR Josh Pack LB 6-2 215 Olive Branch, MS/Itawamba CC
JR Mark Robinson DL 6-3 265 Memphis, TN/Garden City CC
JR Jessie Shorts OT 6-5 275 Roxie, MS/Copiah-Lincoln CC
JR Ahmir Taylor DE 6-1 235 Starkville, MS/East Mississippi CC
JR Nolan Troyer C 6-1 300 Tampa, FL/Iowa Western CC


February Signees:
FR Clay Barr LB 6-1 210 Daphne, AL/St Michael Catholic
FR Jackson Davenport OL 6-2 275 Pelham, AL/Pelham HS
FR Cooper Gardenhire LB 5-9 200 Farmington, AR/Farmington HS
FR Jaden Gibson WR 6-5 170 Monroe, LA/Neville HS
FR Aedan Hogan OL 6-5 280 Houston, TX/Kinkaid School
FR Tye Holsey DB 6-1 195 McDonough, GA / Ola HS
FR Connor Jones OT 6-5 300 Troy, AL/Charles Henderson
FR Cannon McClain DB 6-3 170 Hattiesburg, MS/Presbyterian HS
FR Jalen Pickens LB 6-0 200 Jackson, AL/Jackson HS
FR Cade Renfroe LB 5-11 205 Troy, AL/Pike Liberal Arts
FR Alex Rhoades WR 6-2 180 Lindale, GA/Pepperrell HS
FR Kam Richardson DB 6-2 165 St Louis, MO/Kirkwood HS
FR Brady Roehm K 6-2 205 Hernando, MS/Tunica Academy
FR Sam Stonestreet LB 5-10 200 Clarksdale, MS/Lee Academy
FR Antoine Washington DE 6-3 215 Hollandale, MS/Simmons HS

[Wide_Right]

T.E. LaGrone; University Nebraska

WR; Jenigam University Mississippi.

There are a few more.

[CalifOKRA]

T.E. LaGrone; University Nebraska

WR; Jenigam University Mississippi.

There are a few more.

They were on the team last year. They are not new.

[Wide_Right]

oh.. well hopefully you’ll get some more. GSC title is between Okra and West Florida.