A Dilemma
With injuries mounting, one decision facing the coaches tomorrow is whether to use players like freshmen Shareece Wright and Vincent Joseph on special teams to keep starters fresh.
It's already been decided to keep Cary Harris off the punt team because he will probably play the whole game at cornerback.
But do you also keep Terrell Thomas off the punt team too? That would deprive the Trojans of their two top gunners. Thomas is expected to be given a break on the punt team, but in the heat of the game, I could easily see him being placed on it if the game is tight.
Tomorrow, the punt team could start off without four players (Harris, Thomas, Josh Pinkard, Kevin Ellison) who were the first unit against Arkansas.
I'm a idiot.
This is a big opportunity for the freshman tailbacks to get some more playing time. CJ Gable, Allen Bradford and S. Johnson all were hard hitting defensive players in High School.
I wouldn't be surprised to see all three on Punt teams. Tomorrow they will probably be shaky, but those guys need to step up on special teams. At least, they can'tbe much worse than punt coverage last year.
Nebraska special teams pretty much sucked worse than SC last year. That's may be a bonus.