Now I am even more confused. Jetstorm you read my mind I was thinking about our Russell and Flynn, as much as I would love to see them this weekend, not at the risk of blowing an entire year of eligibility. The other guys according to saban (From this class) will play. We will get to see most of this years class this year.
Yep, and Darron Parquet was "injured" and got a medical redshirt. Barring injury, one play and the redshirt is gone. I remember Saban stressing that in a press conference or booster club meeting last year.
It was a topic on Sports Monday last nite with Feinswog and his guest was Scott McKay from P&G. Whether he was right or wrong McKay said a frosh could play in the 1st 3 games and still be redshirted. I recall a rule that once a player plays in > 25% of the games he can not be redshirted unless it is medical and then it is still in question.
from the NCAA's Student Athlete Eligiblity form "Redshirt Definition The term "redshirt" is used to describe a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If you do not compete in a sport the entire academic year, you have not used a season of competition. For example, if you are a qualifier, and you attend a four-year college your freshman year, and you practice but do not compete against outside competition, you would still have the next four years to play four seasons of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four seasons of competition per sport. If you were not a qualifier, you may have fewer seasons of competition available to you. You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition. " Whether this is right, wrong, or out dated I have no clue. This is just what the NCAA has posted.
