Two MORE redshirts burned

If burning these red shirts help us win, then do it.

Remember too that we're going to need to replace a lot on this team next year. A LOT. Harbaugh knows that better than anyone, I'm guessing he's thinking to himself that if his team has to be young next year, they might as well be experienced.

Wouldn't surprise me if Peters & Spanellis were the only ones to make it to the end with their redshirts in tact

I'm pretty certain Spanellis played against Hawaii.

burn 'em all

I've stopped worrying about this stuff.  If we assume that Harbaugh will continue to recruit well (and why not?), it really shouldn't matter much if some guys exhaust their eligibility in 2019 instead of 2020.

 

 

MORE?!

For some reason (given our practice of playing/not-playing freshman in the past few years) I was under the impression that true freshman could play in non-conference games, but not conference games, and still preserve their redshirts? is that just something way off that I probably-most-definitely picked up from a Matt Millen broadcast?

Who cares? Trust Harbaugh.

Than you are probably not NFL material and we'd probably rather an early entry bound junior be playing. Sounds harsh but those are just facts. We probably want as many NFL bound juniors in the starting lineup as possible. If we want to beat Bama, OSU and be playoff or B1G title program than we can't build a team like Wisconsin...or even MSU. Yes I know MSU best OSU in a fluke last year. We see what happens when they play Bama. The best players must play. Best athletes must play early to get reps and groomed to be potential stars. If they don't get there then the next crop of recruits will be nipping at their heels to try all over again. I mean if you look at OSU skill players we can't expect gritty, well coached, but inferior athletes to beat them. They will get beat to the edge or over the top. Out "athleted" if you will. Only OL Really consistently could use RS. Even now Frosh QBs are stepping in day 1 and doing well. Given Harbaughs pro style scheme probably best that we don't have Frosh starters so they can understand the playbook though. Im personally hoping there are 2-3 more Evans types emerging before Nov. Frosh that you just have to play or start bc they are too good. Need that kind of talent to make playoff. Beat OSU.

I think everyone should burn their red shirts, it's a terrible color.

I have always had a kernel of terror inside of me when I watch a Michigan game: fear of that team-changing, season-altering injury. Every football fan has seen examples of this; Colorado fans saw it yesterday. The most recent example for us was Glasgow’s injury mid-season last year. Further back, Russell Bellomy @ Nebraska comes to mind.

I have this 3D image in my mind of the cliff that exists just behind various starters on either side of the ball, a cliff sometimes as sheer as the cliff from Denard to Russell. The point of this post is that coaches obviously know injuries happen, and they hunger for real depth. Teams like Colorado—a damn good team, in my opinion—have little depth; their starters are all standing on the edge of a high cliff, like Liufau. Teams like Alabama and Ohio State have staggering depth, at worst a gentle slope behind most of their starters.

I might suggest that the great redshirt bonfire is Harbaugh in an all-out push for depth, and that we will see this going forward. The day and age of saving redshirts and crossing your fingers that you don’t have to plug in a walk-on to preserve an extra year in the far future for a blue-chip are gone, in my opinion.

 

Instead of saying burned, maybe we should say two more freshmen earned playing time.

I care not about red shirts. Play who needs to be played and keep recruiting.

That just because you enter a game you haven't burned your redshirt. Just saying. You have I think till week 3 and a mining amour of plays played before you burn your redshirt.

I expect Kareem Walker's redshirt to be burned as soon as he gets his grades in better shape.  Add another one to the fire.  lol

Quinn Nordin seems like a priority considering old Kenny been having trouble finding the mark in the kicking game.

U don't care about redshirts until u don't have a guy like Houma back. Although Hill and Poggi have been good in his absence.

I have no idea what the redshirt rule is but it seems like they have to play a certain amount of game time or snaps? Whats the truth to losing a redshirt possibility?

 

edit, nevermind.

The last thing a Michigan player should want is a red shirt. A truly dispicable color.

I was personally happy to see Kemp out there because he maybe can fill in a snap here and there vs OSU when we have our inevitable November injuries. He would be a welcome sight from seeing Brady Pallante driven twelve yards down the field every snap.