How does Grady's eligibility work?
I know Grady came in with Manny Harris and played two years on the BBall team. Then the past two seasons he has played football for RR. I assumed he had used up his eligibility but he apparently still has a year? How does this work b/c I do not recal any injuries? Wasn't he practicing with the BBall team last year too? Just wanted some clarification on Grady's story.
Also, what is with Craig Roh's jersey in the spring practice videos. He is clearly wearing a different white addidas jersey than anyone else. What you can see of it, it looks similar to the last Nike road jerseys we wore. Are they the tight fitting jerseys the team turned down wearing last year or are they looking to go a new direction with the road jersey's this year. I hope it is the latter b/c I am not a fan of the maize stripe under the arm. I prefer simple and classic looks. Go Blue!!
March 22nd, 2011 at 11:54 AM ^
Grady is using the 5 years to play 4 rule. I don't know the official term, but you have 5 years to use up 4 years of eligibilty in each sport. Hypothetically, DeShawn Sims could have played football this year even though he had exhausted all 4 of his years of Bball eligibility, assuming he was still enrolled in school and not playing pro bball. It is how Greg Paulus was able to play football for 1 year after 4 years of hoops at Duke.
March 22nd, 2011 at 11:56 AM ^
Thanks. That makes sense. Glad to have Grady back for another year.
Paulus is a good example.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:47 PM ^
Actually, didn't Sims redshirt his freshman year? If so, I think that would mean he could not have played another sport this year, since this would be his 6th year in college.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:53 PM ^
Maybe im wrong here. Cant find any online source to back up my brain. Screw my sub-standard memory.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:55 PM ^
I don't actually know if he redshirted, he was just the first basketball player to graduate that I could think of. I knew Merritt and Lee were definitely 5th years.
March 22nd, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
I noticed Roh's jersey too -- those are definitely the new tight fit Adidas style as they have the patch Adidas logo on the collar. I wouldn't read into it as I doubt the coaches would let him wear a game jersey in spring practice. It may be just a practice jersey.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^
I think I read somewhere that those jerseys are potential game jerseys that they are testing out in practice. I also recall reading that they gave the jerseys only to starters from last year.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:03 PM ^
I hope that's a sign that we'll have new road uniforms. That curved stripe running up the sides just looks silly.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:13 PM ^
My thoughts exactly. I am all about a style that is classic and does not have to be changed every 5 years like Sparty.
The adidas stuff is too fluff.
It needs to be simple and the adidas logo has to be less evident and not takeaway from the block 'M" and the three bars along the sides are really obnoxious.
Simple and classic=Tradition
The jersey with the three stripes on the sides is a practice jersey. The away game jersey has one curved stripe running up from the waist.
I think it would be great to have the block M on the shoulders again. Even though they are a hated rival, I really like that Brian Kelly brought back the logos on the shoulders of the Notre Dame jerseys last year. I think it looks good.
March 22nd, 2011 at 12:30 PM ^
hes the only player in the spring video that I see a name on the back of the jersey so its defintly something different.. do practice jerseys usually have names???
No, they don't. My guess based on what other teams have done is that there are more than just style changes to the jersies, and they're currently serving the dual purpose of giving the returning starters a reward and using them to compare the performance of the jersies (i.e. too tight in spots, easier to hold or harder, whatever).
Those are the techfit jerseys, although I don't see why they would get passed by the players this year if they got shot down the year before for comfort issues.
It's like the Greg Paulus situation IIRC he played BB 4 years at Duke and then transferred to Syracuse to play one more year as a Qb