08-21-2017, 01:08 PM
(08-21-2017, 12:44 PM)JPRI link Wrote:Well, if Little and Sarell are anywhere close to as good as we have been led to believe, there is no way they are going to redshirt and then stick around for another four years until they have used up their eligibility. So we might as well play them this year and at least get them some experience for the future, even if we really don't "need" them. Frankly, I'll be a little surprised if they are around more than three, redshirt or no redshirt.That is really the question, will they stay only 3 years no matter what. If so, no reason to redshirt them. Unfortunately, it is probably pretty hard to know what will happen. Some really good linemen take a while to mature. No matter what one hears, there could be reasons that Little and/or Sarell just aren't ready this year. Only the coaches know the state of this calculation. I strongly suspect that under "normal" conditions, they wouldn't burn the redshirt until they felt the players in question were adequately up to speed. Thus, not playing against Rice means little regarding a redshirt. Playing does answer the question though ;D.