what redshirts have been been burned thus far? i've got stanley morgan, aaron williams, dedrick young.
any others?
any others?
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I think he is playing special teams too.Devine Ozigbo played a little with the second team late in the South Alabama game.
I think the days of a bunch of marginally athletic guys covering and returning kicks are numbered for our special teams. Guys are gonna play IF they are physically ready and the best options for special teams. Lets face it, Devine is probably not going to be that "difference maker" hard to replace RB. BUT he is a smart physical athletic specimen that can contribute right away while giving you another option on your travel roster in case of an injury. Play him and then go recruit the next guy to take his place.Ozigbo is a big body. Hadn't really been paying attention, but when I saw him was like man. Big man.
Ferguson.
Ha! I thought you meant Ferguson, MO. That would have been a good one!
This negative could end up being a huge positive for this years recruiting class. Kids and parents will understand that they can honestly get serious playing time right away. We need an infusion of talented serious minded players that want to win NOW!
IF a kid can play you play him. You can't be afraid of not being able to recruit a guy to replace him and redshirting a scholarship athlete just eats up a scholarship year. The more bodies you bring through your program, the better the chance that you can find guys that make a difference for your team.I think there's pro's and con's, not just necessarily "negative" in not redshirting. There'll be instances where a 4th year player would have had bigger impact coming back for a 5th year. And if a player is really good, draft worthy, are they gonna stick around for a final year of eligibility. But, it's also good to be bringing more new faces into the program each year, more opportunities for good players. And as you pointed, kids want to play, and that can help recruiting efforts. If a 5th year senior is not a major contributor, are they just taking up spot limiting the number of new recruits, potential contributors. Redshirting versus playing is a good topic.
Wanna know valuable redshirt seasons are? See michigan st. In general, the more players you can redshirt...the better.What dinglefritz said. The redshirt IMO is overrated. It can be useful, but modern college football is a numbers game. The more players you can get on campus on your team, the more you can mitigate the "bust" or "underperformer" factor on your roster.
Not saying redshirts are useless, just not necessary in a lot of cases.
Yeah and IOWA STATE redshirts a lot of guys too. It really depends on the individual player, the depth chart and your ability to recruit another guy. Michigan State until their fairly recent success had trouble recruiting enough quality players. IF you have guys that are maybe athletically or mentally not there AND you think they can be a 2-3 year starter later that isn't going to leave early, then fine. The issue still comes back to THEY ARE EATING UP A SCHOLARSHIP WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING other than maybe on scout team. Its an interesting topic to me because the whole scholarship numbers and bodies through the program is critical with the scholarship limits. Snyder used to let KSU suck for a year or two by redshirting a bunch of guys and then he'd get a good year or two out of them with good teams and then repeat the cycle. I just think for where we're at right now, that IF you have a physically and mentally ready to play guy like Divine, Morgan, etc, then you play them if they can help you. It does no good to redshirt kids like that. Use em and then do your work to replace so that you always have that pipeline of new talent that maybe delivers a 3 year starter all conference kind of guy like Morgan looks like he may end up being.Wanna know valuable redshirt seasons are? See michigan st. In general, the more players you can redshirt...the better.
What dinglefritz said. The redshirt IMO is overrated. It can be useful, but modern college football is a numbers game. The more players you can get on campus on your team, the more you can mitigate the "bust" or "underperformer" factor on your roster.
Not saying redshirts are useless, just not necessary in a lot of cases.
Wanna know valuable redshirt seasons are? See michigan st. In general, the more players you can redshirt...the better.
IF a kid can play you play him. You can't be afraid of not being able to recruit a guy to replace him and redshirting a scholarship athlete just eats up a scholarship year. The more bodies you bring through your program, the better the chance that you can find guys that make a difference for your team.
I agree there is much more value in those positions for a RS.Some positions also tend to require a RS more often than others. OL and DL need a RS season to gain size and strength much more often than WR's and DB's.
I hope he has a big roll in special teams otherwise we waisted a year of his eligibility.Devine Ozigbo played a little with the second team late in the South Alabama game.