Depth Chart Review

John Wagner on the Blade's Falcon Fodder has a discussion of the depth chart for the Idaho game, which has not been released online yet.  He looked at how it shook out, and I'm not going to steal his thunder...hop over and see what he has to say and then come back and I'll comment.

K?  We good?  A few comments.

It sounds like we plan on using a lot of depth this year...and the depth chart was built on the idea of a set 11, but I'm sure (for example) we will be in 4-WR and empty sets quite a bit, meaning that even guys who are not in the starting lineup will see the field.

Having said that, a big surprise was true freshman Anthon Samuel making his way into the top 4 at TB. He's a true freshman and is passing some guys with time in the program (he wasn't even here for spring practice) so it is a good sign to see him making an impact this quickly.  IIRC, Coach made some comment about him being our TB on the future when we signed him.

Ronnie Goble ended up with the last starting D-End position.

We discussed QB and LB in the blog yesterday.

Last time coach talked, he said Keith Morgan had the lead for the Rover position, but the depth chart shows BooBoo Gates getting the spot.  I was a little surprised that Morgan was ahead of Gates in the first place, and I'd like to think if Gates is solid here, Morgan could get on the field at CB again, at least in nickel and dime packages.

We are starting two SO and two R-FR in the d-backfield.   (That's out of 5...there is one co-starter).  Leacock did hold onto his starting job.

Finally on special teams, Kyle Burkhardt won the kicking job....no word on our recruited kicker.  Jerry Phillips will kickoff and Brian Schmeidebush did end up winning the punting job, which is kind of what I expected the whole time.