I’ve got a few updates and other notes on this podcast as we await the beginning of training camp this coming week.
Here are some written notes to use for reference as you listen:
-106 players on the roster
Forgot to mention Nik Winzer enough in the OL discussion
“Air Texas”
QB from Houston
2 WR from Dallas area (Evans and Crow)
WR from SE of San Antonio (Kelly)
WR Gardoni from Missouri City (Houston area)
Let’s call the OL the “Eastern Seaboard”
Noah Jordan from Maryland
Mark Chapman from CT
James Lill from CT
Ryan Carr from Philly suburbs
Ewan Clarke from Alexandria, VA
Winzer from Matewan, NJ
Sclafani Family
When I recorded this podcast last month about the outstanding incoming class of 2030 freshmen, (arriving on campus in 2026), I was not sure if one of those stellar commits, Mike Sclafani, was the son or another relative of a Lion player by the same name who graduated in 1994.
It turns out he is indeed the son of the elder Mike Sclafani, who ended up contributing in 1993 with a pair of sacks and another TFL.
While that 1993 team struggled to a 1-9 record, it laid the building blocks for a brief window of good times for the Lions. The team would go on to post its first winning season in 23 years in 1994, and the 1993 freshmen (the first freshmen allowed to play under Ivy rules since World War II), went on to lead the 1996 8-2 team that posted thrilling victory after victory.
