Turley leaving

[statefan]

at least this answers one question

http://capitalregionsports.blogspot.com/20...reat-danes.html

[S-money]

Yes, it answers the question but X$%#!--I really liked Turley and thought he had a good future here. But if the guy's homesick and longing for football, then good luck Big Al.

 

Wondering if the departure of the previous players was a motivating factor...now can we just have no more announcements about guys coming/going this year??? Can I get an "Amen"?

 

S$

[bob87]

Yes, it answers the question but X$%#!--I really liked Turley and thought he had a good future here. But if the guy's homesick and longing for football, then good luck Big Al.

 

Wondering if the departure of the previous players was a motivating factor...now can we just have no more announcements about guys coming/going this year??? Can I get an "Amen"?

 

S$

 

I also really liked Al, but I can certainly understand someone from Texas being home sick in Albany. They are 2 very different places.

Best of luck Al.

 

It also will be interesting to see how much the fans of the school that is obsessed with UA discuss this tonight as opposed to what happened in their game today.

[haggyland]

It sucks to see any of the players go but I cannot say that the Turley loss was a huge surprise.

 

If you assume that all the palyers tha haven't played in a game stay (first years, redshirts, transfers):

1.) Harris

2.) McRae

3.) Barraza

4.) Johnson

5.) Lindfors

6.) Aronhalt

7.) Raffa

8.) Allen

 

Then you add in the two seniors (one the top returning scorer & the other a team captain):

9.) Connelly

10.) Covington

 

It leaves you with four potential possibilities:

11.) Turley

12.) Hastings

13.) Gifford

14.) Ambrose

 

Hastings is a senior, Timmy has a world of talent, Gifford has an advantage of being the only one left from his class.

 

I wish Turley the best with his future endeavors and hopefully this is the end of the changes for a while.

It should be an exciting season.

[mike10778]

You know what's funny (not ha-ha funny, but coincidental funny) is that I was thinking to myself that I hope Al was hitting the weights a bit this summer. I was liking his progression the end of last year...thought he could have been a beast.

[B9j2j6s]

That is a bummer. I thought Al was happy here starting as a Freshman. Why are so many students leaving? Good luck playing football.

[Dane Pound]

I'm with you Mike. I thought Turley had a pretty good shot at being the starting center at Villanova in a couple of months. I'm sorry to see him go. I'd feel better if he stayed in Albany to try and play football but understand wanting to go home.

[Clickclack]

Bummer....really sorry to see this kid go. Hopefully this is the end of turnover for a while.

[danes05]

Damn, I really like this kid. Good luck to him in whatever he does.

[UAalum72]

Football calls Turley home - Times-Union

[I rock(ed) the Cape]

I really liked his potential a lot, and I thought he could really be a force in this conference...he seems like a great guy too, best of luck to him. Let's hope Giff can continue the strong play he showed at the end of last season