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Fall camp chugs on, and so do position switches, and this means we need a depth chart update. Last week we covered Ryan Cobb's departure and Zach Swanson's move to fullback (the latter may have happened before the former, and if so might well have precipitated it) and this week, the dominos keep falling into place:
- Demetrious Nicholson won himself the starting cornerback job opposite Chase Minnifield. That puts Rijo Walker in a bit of a playing time bind, as the coaches think highly of Dom Joseph. Joseph could play safety, if necessary, but that wouldn't be ideal because there's a crying need to develop playable depth at safety for 2012 and beyond. Right now the backups are LoVante' Battle and Pablo Alvarez, neither of whom have anything resembling decent game experience at safety.
- Vincent Croce, to nobody's surprise, moves to DT from DE. Redshirt year is a lock barring an epic DT disaster, because he needs to pack on the pounds.
- The same article is primarily about Ausar Walcott's move back to linebacker. The stay at defensive end? More a wake-up call to Walcott than anything else. Get him out of his comfort zone, remind him that his position on the team is not to be taken for granted. Though he's been running with the third-team defense, it wouldn't surprise to see him make a leapfrog move or two up the depth chart as the season goes on.
- A few other changes have been made, most notably listing Landon Bradley as injured, and shuffling the quarterbacks. London hasn't come out and said it, but for all purposes now, Mike Rocco is your starter. The backup hasn't been really decided yet, I don't think, but for now it's David Watford since that's where the reps are going.
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Another sign that football season approaches: for some, it's already started. It's weird that seasons start earlier in the South and later as you go north, which I guess a Southerner would say that's because they give a shit down there. Me, if I were being recruited for college football, not doing my conditioning drills in 500 percent humidity would be a real attraction, and I'd feel awful weird about being done with the regular season before Halloween. But Georgia is Georgia (or Jawjuh depending on your perspective), and that's where we go for the first edition of Senior Seasons this year.
In case you're wondering, this is the part of the every-Monday weekend review where I check in on how our commitments did in their game that weekend. Only one this week....
Buford 42, Blessed Trinity 0: This is C.J. Moore, who had a nice game with an interception and a 33-yard touchdown catch. Buford has won four straight state championships at the AA level in Georgia, which goes from A to 5A.
Despite also living in Georgia, Greyson Lambert waits til next week to start his season, but in a scrimmage a week ago he threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns in one half, before the scrimmage was called for weather.
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I leave you til tomorrow with the most unintentionally ironic thing that has ever or will ever emerge from an ESPN the Magazine article, in this case primarily about Ohio State president Gordon Gee:
At Miami, president Donna Shalala personally hires each coach. She studies the NCAA rulebook and weekly compliance reports. During football games, she scours the sidelines for suspicious guests. "I'm on alert all the time," she says.
You could not have timed this quote better with a stopwatch. How's that 24/7 alert status working out?
1 comment:
I think Bennett should recruit a backup option to give some depth at point. Said player could be like a Tyler Thornton type for the club -a guy who acts in a depth role each year.
The club looks intriguing for 2012, and we don't know how long guys will stay. Get that backup point guard in place, have Brogdon work on his ballhandling, and go after a big time target in 2013.
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