Brandon Smith has left the team?

Yeah, unfortunately it seems like it's true. I don't know what's being said on Rivals, but I've heard that he has received his release papers.

Obviously this could change, because I've heard he's wanted to transfer before, but it seems like it's going to happen.

Well, poo.

dong punch.

The 2008 recruiting class was part Carr and part RR, so we've seen a lot of attrition out of that class. It sucks, but I think it's relatively normal.

that's depressing.

And the hits keep coming

When it rains it pours. Dammit!

surely some good news has to come for this athletic department soon. this is getting depressing.

was he the one involved in the sexual case earlier this season?

any chance that this has to do with him not having a "true" postion, or because he has been buried on the depth chart???

I heard about this on another blog.

I guess he has been talking to Toney Clemons.

http://umgoblue.com/aspplay/Brandon-Smith-debating-on-transferringWhat-d...

why do these guys keep leaving?

what do they think is going to be so much better somewhere else?

Man, this sucks. I just saw him a few days ago with Martavious and Brandin Hawthorne at the diag party store. They all seemed like they were having a good time. I thought he could have been an impact player.

Well great, who needs scholarship players on defense anyways?

Apparently wanted safety but not in the cards....Will really miss his special teams effort. Go Blue!

Depth is a good thing, especially on defense - Smith leaving will hurt this depth.

That being said, I know sources close to the team (who partake in practice, not gonna say whether they are players, managers or coaches) that say Smith has always been a bit of a quandry. Don't know what to do with him.

His running style is weird - he expends alot of energy and isn't very fast. One source said "I wouldn't be surprised if he ran a 5.5 forty"

Not knocking the kid, but his size may not translate into excellence on the field

Well, that's disappointing.

he didnt seem to fast..i hate how kids think that they dont need to work and practice hard to start or play minutes.but i hope its not true we need depth. maybe this is the reason they picked up ray

Robocop please punch me in the face and wake me up when this is over...

This is really too bad. He was just starting to get on the field and he seemed like he might develop into a good player for us (I don't really know, but I was at least hopeful). It sucks that we can't even replace him this year.

One technical question about signing I have is if you're currently under the number of scholarships and there are limits on the number of guys you can take in one year, how do you ever catch up to the maximum? I'm sure this is obvious, but I'll admit I'm a little slow.

we can get Larry Foote to moonlight at LB next season?

Please report to the equipment manager to switch out your reciever's pads for linebacker's pads.

It's not that big of a deal. He had all the potential in the world. But how often does production ever match potential really? Fact of the matter is...

...He was behind walk-on soph Kevin Leach at WLB (his probable long-term position).

...He was behind walk-on frosh Floyd Simmins at SLB.

...He was behind walk-on frosh Jordan Kovacs at FS.

How many all-americans do you know that couldn't beat out at least 1 of 3 walk-ons of relatively the same age? I can't think of any. So long and best of luck.

along with JT Floyd & Cissoko on Thursday. Now this wouldn't be so unusual if the football bust wasn't that day, what time was the bust? They were definitely there Thursday evening at 6pm

I'm hoping for some kind of rule change that allows us to replace players that transferred this year. I have no idea how many scholarships players transferred this year, but being able to replace those players to the 25 we are "allowed" to sign would be nice. Either way loosing Smith hurts.