Two MORE redshirts burned

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Going through the box score and the participation report, I noticed that we have two more burned redshirts.

Carlo Kemp and Elysee Mbem-Bosse both got into the action.

At this point it's easier to list those who still HAVE their redshirt as 21 of the 26 players that made it to the team from the 2016 class have burned their redshirt.

Those players with RS still remaining are: Ronald Johnson, Quinn Nordin, Brandon Peters, Stephen Spanellis and Kareem Walker.

 

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socalwolverine1

September 18th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^

The bottom line is, if we want to compete with the Buckeyes we must be willing to play our true freshmen.  Why?  Because we must be competitive with them in recruiting, and nowadays the most sought after, talented and physically ready recruits know that the best football programs (Alabama, OSU, etc.) are promising playing time for freshmen who can beat out upper classmen.  So it's a recruiting advantage to announce a "meritocracy" and then back it up like Harbaugh already is doing.  And we want the best players on the field.  If it were up to some posters on this board, Gary and McDoom and Asiasi and Bredeson, etc., etc., wouldn't be playing this year because conventional wisdom says "they need to be developed for another year or two."  And finally, we're a better team on the field with those guys, and so is Ohio State and other top twenty teams with theirs.  And Donnie Corley looked just fine yesterday stealing a TD out of the grasp of Notre Dame's best corner.  If the kid is that good, don't worry about his redshirt.

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BlowGoo

September 19th, 2016 at 12:53 AM ^

All this loser talk drives me crazy. It ain't "burning redshirts." It's making room for future talent that's too damned good to play four years but wants to play for Michigan. We're a meritocracy, dammit, because we're winners and recruits want to come here, so we shouldn't be holding them back if they've got the talent to play now. There'll be more fresh talent right behind them, itching for THEIR turn to play. I'd love to ban that "burning redshirts" expression nd replace it with "new kids stepping up."

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