Sunday, April 14, 2013

Football additions and/or subtractions?

Spring semester is almost over, Summer is coming.

I expect sometime between Late April-July we will hear about some roster additions as I said in many of my Spring football/recruiting posts. It would be nice to add a couple players with experience that can play immediately so we can maybe red shirt some guys but the biggest key, more than anything out there is between now and Game One can we keep everyone healthy and eligible (academics & violations). Over the last couple years we have been bitten by losing starters and key players to grades or injury which has resulted in The Wave shuffling players around to fill positions. This is not a good example because we do have a solid stable of RBs if we can get people blocked but RB Rob Kelley was an academic casualty this Spring and the dude is a bruiser and can flat out play. I don't care how many good RBs we might have, losing a Robert Kelley type player is never "OK" - let's hope he is back on the squad. We have been in position before where it seemed we have had enough depth at a position and then injuries mount and all of the sudden you are in a hole.

At this point our biggest off-season move has nothing to do with who might be coming in but more about who could potentially be going out. Until proven otherwise my instincts say we lose up to two guys by the time Fall Camp rolls around if not sooner but I also expect to see a couple names added to the list of new team members outside of the 2013 recruiting class.

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