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Quick hits from Media Days

Finally getting a chance to digest everything from the two day event in New Orleans, here's some quick hits from conversations and observations.

- Taking with ADs and Commish Gill, realignment doesn't look to be a concern this year with the Pac12 and AAC movements happening and forthcoming.
- Sun Belt viewership through ESPN nearly doubled last season from the previous year
- Every team in the league discussed their offensive line, so it's not a concern just at ULM but across the board
- The growing metric for speed is no longer the 40-yard time but through the catapult vests - some offensive linemen running upwards of 22 mph
- Other than pre-season all conference P/K Dominic Z of Arkansas St, not a single team mentioned their special teams.
- No one really thinks JMU is the team to beat in the east, in the west it's a 2 team show - USA and Troy
- ODU is still a mystery that no one across the league can figure out.

Specifically for ULM
- There's a strong desire to start having a bigger digital media presence. Lumen (still weird calling it that) has a full video/audio production studio at the recently donated campus and there's a big desire to start leveraging that.
- The Pursuit is going to be a big deal and Hartwell said that he's be more hands on with its planning and execution to get it to being a big deal
- Across the league, there's a real concern for ULM and the week 2 match-up vs. Lamar. While that should be a fairly easy win, there's concerns of the appearance should it not be pulled off.
- Jyra said that he's been working with receivers a lot and things offensively are starting to really come around.
- The defense is going to be good based on everything that was said, and it's going to be what carries this year's team.

Warhawk Authority Podcast

Login to view embedded media listened to part of it with Hartwell. He let drop that Nebraska in 25 is off the schedule and being replaced with Northwestern. Also said that we would be going to 1 money, 1 FCS and alternating home and home with G5. Said that he is talking to some P5s that are open to home and home deal, which makes the Northwestern move interesting because they have a home and home deal with Miami (OH) and Rice, and are traveling to Tulane next year. I wonder if that is one of the teams he is talking about. Would be nice to get a Big Ten team in Monroe.

Ladies' Night with the Warhawks

Great idea - statistically, women are the decision-maker in household financial decisions.

2024 Prephoops Top 10 Prospects in LA

( 1) -> Kameron Williams -> 6'7" -> SF
Lafayette, LA
-> Lafayette Christian A

( 3)
-> Todd Jones -> 6'8" -> PF
New Orleans, LA
-> Isodore Newman A

( 4)
-> Jeremiah Evans -> 6'10" -> PF

Shreveport, LA -> Southwood HS

( 5)
-> Kohen Rowbatham -> 6'1" -> PG
Slidell, LA
-> Northshore HS


( 6) -> Jayce Depron -> 6'3" -> CG
Baton Rouge, LA
-> Madison Prep A


( 8) -> Jordan Moore -> 6'2" -> CG
New Orleans, LA
-> Shaun Dumas A

( 9)
-> Turner Duncan -> 6'3" -> PG
New Orleans, LA
-> St. Augustine HS

(10)
-> Wayne Randall-Bashay -> 6'4" -> SF
New Iberia, LA
-> New Iberia HS

Must get

Jiya Wright's Journey

ULM Warhawk Drafted by Yankees

Drafted off of potential. Some reports state he hit 100 mph on the gun during the season. For as live as his arm was for us, teams were able to make good contact off of him. Probably going to be developed into a reliever. I wish him much luck.

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