'14 JUCO OT Dontavius Blair (UT SIGNEE 12/18/13)

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engineerVOL said:
Thanks. I just think its a great opportunity for younger players to make a move. There's so much invested in college football and injuries are inevitable. It seems there is so little time to refine their craft.

The NC2A can let teams develop their youth in December so that they can put a better product on the field and get more guys able to perform the next year to alleviate some of the snaps the starters have to take.
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You realize NCAA and NC2A have the same amount of characters, right?
 
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I can't wait to see the first circle of life match between Blair and Kahlil. That should be interesting now that Blair's strength has improved.
 
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dyllisvol42 said:
Call me crazy but I'm starting to believe the reason why coach jones is red shirting Blair is because he knows year three is when he is really going to be judged and he is loading the cannon so to speak.
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From the player moves I have watched the closest this is what it looks like to me too. I know some will say Butch would never sand bag or play to the future but if you really watch the moves he makes it sure comes across that way. Why else throw 2 true freshman in against OK? Why keep Dobbs on the bench when coaches and players alike say from ark st. game he was torching the D as a scout. Things make a lot more sense when viewed that way. He needs to get to 8 next year though.
 
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I would love for each team to be granted those extra practices. But I'd like to see them with an option to add them on to the Spring if they didn't make a bowl.

So if you make a bowl, then yes you get to use those 15 practices to prepare for a bowl.

If you didn't, then you could start practicing in February, and get 30 practices in the Spring. I don't see the point in trying to say "you didn't make a bowl, but keep practicing while everyone else is playing."

If you are us, then think about what that would have done for us this year? We didn't make a bowl last year. So what if we had 15 more practices with this makeshift offensive line in Spring? 15 more practices with Hurd, Malone? Might have made a difference.

Just a suggestion. Make a bowl = 15 more practices in December. Don't? 15 more practices in Spring. That way the teams who need it the most for the upcoming year get the practices, and the teams that are riding success get the help for the bowl game.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
I would love for each team to be granted those extra practices. But I'd like to see them with an option to add them on to the Spring if they didn't make a bowl.

So if you make a bowl, then yes you get to use those 15 practices to prepare for a bowl.

If you didn't, then you could start practicing in February, and get 30 practices in the Spring. I don't see the point in trying to say "you didn't make a bowl, but keep practicing while everyone else is playing."

If you are us, then think about what that would have done for us this year? We didn't make a bowl last year. So what if we had 15 more practices with this makeshift offensive line in Spring? 15 more practices with Hurd, Malone? Might have made a difference.

Just a suggestion. Make a bowl = 15 more practices in December. Don't? 15 more practices in Spring. That way the teams who need it the most for the upcoming year get the practices, and the teams that are riding success get the help for the bowl game.
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It sounds fair to me. But not sure. Would a new coach rather tank a season so that he can get those 30 practices with his new recruits assuming a substantial amount were EEs? Hypothetically if Butch knew he had 15 early enrolled and was staring at a 5-6 record with one to go. For the good of the future, I think I'd rather we forego the bowl and let the new crop get more prepared with those extra practices in the spring. Just playing devil's advocate, no way it's in a college coache's blood to tank a game and there are too many moving parts. But I like the idea. It should be equal. Yes it would be hard to motivate the team after a poor season. There's no good answer, maybe that's why it hasn't happened. Just the option would be nice.
 
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