First time without a fall signee for Les?

[Grassman]

Red Shirts

I'm confused? All of these comments on Thompson's improvement.
Where and when did this happen? I certainly have not witnessed it yet.
10, or so, mediocre minutes in an exhibition game and he has received the stamp of imptoved?
I trust coach Les's judgement but, if Egolf cannot play 40 minutes, we have a problem at the 5.
Sam is what he is and Thompson?

[ph]

I'm confused? All of these comments on Thompson's improvement.
Where and when did this happen? I certainly have not witnessed it yet.
10, or so, mediocre minutes in an exhibition game and he has received the stamp of imptoved?
I trust coach Les's judgement but, if Egolf cannot play 40 minutes, we have a problem at the 5.
Sam is what he is and Thompson?

I think AT's biggest improvement is mostly increased weight (from freakishly thin to thin) I'm guessing he finally met their (mutually established) goals to earn PT this year, and the staff is willing to keep up their end of the bargin as long as he is not a team detriment.

He did post some reasonable numbers in Brazil when SS had a bug. He did show a lot of promise in the Red/White game before redshirting. I still think AT has a bunch of potential, hopefully he stays hungry and eats his way to the top.

[SFP]

Remember SS started a few games last year! I expect to get at least 10 minutes a game from SS. Do not over look what he brings to the table guys! Solid player that made some huge plays for us last year. AT is a wait and see. He needs to prove his mettle during real game situations. There are practice players and then there are gamers.

[jeffsu]

Lets be real -- Egolf will play no more than 25 minutes. Singh and AT will complete the other 15, depending on who's hotter that day. Sometimes it'll be 7and 8 minutes each, somedays it might be 15 and nothing for the other.

Even without marked improvement from AT (which we really dont know yet), JP still likely wouldn't have a whole lot of minutes every game... mostly because it sounds like we have a realiable 5 in Egolf right now. Had that not been the case, JP would not have been redshirted. Book it.