The Upside Of Having a Young Team
While it is painful to watch our young team, and especially our very young defense, go through major growing pains, there is an upside. While we will return the vast majority of our offense and the bulk of our defense, many of our senior-laden Big Ten opponents will have major holes to fill next year. Here are some of the losses, as far as I can tell:
Michigan:
Schilling, Mouton, Rogers, Ezeh, Banks Saggese, Webb. Mouton looks to be the biggest loss, while Schilling and Webb have also been solid.
OSU (starters):
Boren, Sanzenbacher, Saine, Chekwa, Heyward, Homan, Rolle, Hines, Torrence (Posey might also leave early).
Iowa (starters):
Stanzi, Johnson-Koulianos, Reisner, Clayborn, Klug, Ballard, Hunter, Johnson, Greenwood
Wisconsin (starters):
Gilreath, Carimi, Tolzien
MSU (starters):
Dell, Gantt, Jones, Neely, Rucker
October 17th, 2010 at 2:07 AM ^
tru dat. MICH is going to return 18 starters or summat for the next two years. when has that ever happened? and yeah, next year's big ten looks ripe for the MICHing
also, not that it bears repeating, but as long as this season is still active, thank gravy for the bye week
October 17th, 2010 at 2:10 AM ^
Yeah. Time to get healthy and win three straight going into Wisky and OSU.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:14 AM ^
will struggle next year. They could lose their entire front four. At best, Binns stays and they return their worst (obviously relative) Dlineman.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:30 AM ^
MSU currently starts five seniors on each side of the ball - 1 WR, 1 TE and 3 OL on offense, 1 DL, 2 LB and 2 DBs on defense. Keshawn Martin might possibly be a candidate to go pro as well.
October 17th, 2010 at 3:07 AM ^
Thanks for the info. I just went by the names that I recognized, but I don't know all of the starters for each team.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:21 AM ^
will also lose gordon and at least three of their o-line starters. Can't wait to pound sparty next year
October 17th, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^
Ah, I remember the days when we didn't have to wish for MSU to lose quality players in order to create hope for a win.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:29 AM ^
October 17th, 2010 at 2:53 AM ^
I think you will be hard pressed to find another top tier program that played three straight years without an upperclassman at the most important position on the field – let alone four different first time starters. Given what we know about the level of talent on this team, do you think it could be argued Rodriguez is in the midst of one of the most challenging turn around projects in the modern era at a top tier program?
October 17th, 2010 at 3:17 AM ^
You forgot Nebraska. I think they lose about half of their starters.
October 17th, 2010 at 8:50 AM ^
"Schilling, Mouton, Rogers, Ezeh, Banks Saggese, Webb."
It's worth noting that there aren't many NFL draft picks in there. The recent three-year period ('09 - '11) will likely go down as the worst in modern history (UM NFL drafts).
But, go ahead and blame RichRod for the lack of upperclass players if you want. You'll have plenty of company.
October 17th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
What NFL talent from the roster do you project for the 3 years after that?