A Sea Of Red

I thought Id take a stab at the possible lineup week one and get some additional discussion going

Here are the position previews so far (will be updated as more come out):

Fan The Flames Part 1: QB
Fan The Flames Part 2: RB/FB
Fan The Flames Part 3: WR/TE
Fan The Flames Part 4: OL
Fan The Flames Part 5: DL

Projected Lineup (will be updated as the rest of the previews are posted)

Offense
QB- Brian Hudson
RB- Aldreakis Allen
RB- SirChauncey Holloway
FB- Matthew Baptiste
WR- Pat Kelly
WR- Elliot Dutra
WR- Ryan Ferguson
TE- Peter Gagliardi
LT- Hunter Steward
LG- Malcolm Boyd
C- Aaron Lundy (projected starter Jay Weatherington out at least 4 weeks)
RG- Stan Herring
RT- Mitch Hanson

K- John Lunsford

(Note: yes I know I have 14 spots on the offensive starters. I included a FB as well as the extra receiver and the kicker which I will cover when I do special teams in a couple weeks)

Defense

DE- Demetrius Ward
DT Francis Bah
DT- Bryant Lewellyn
DE- Cory Freeman
LB-Nick Sigmon
LB-Scott Hyland
LB-Bobby Partilla
CB- Kevin Fogg
S- Chris Mayo
S- Brent Vinson
CB- Walt Aikens
P- Grant Bowden

Woodrum's going to be the guy, IMO.

Its going to be interesting to see which of the two finally begins putting some distance with full pads going on this morning. Hudson, though it's minimal, does have game experience over Woodrum (as I said, though minimal). If Woodrum shows that he can adapt to the faster pace of the college game over high school, he may beat Hudson out for the week 1 nod.

Grant Jones at RT? Where are you getting that from

Where is Ryan Ferguson and Gabe Henderson in the WR rotation?

I'll have more once I get the position previews rolling, but there's no guarantee that Jones even plays this year. Wagner told me he thought Jones could have benefited from redshirting last year and that it was unfortunate that he wasted that season. Mitch Hanson is the right tackle. I fully expect that to be the case on Sept. 1.

Oh, just so everybody knows my reasoning, when I start the position previews on the blog, probably tomorrow, I'll be saving quarterback for last. Nothing has changed since the spring, and the coaching staff won't have a great handle on how the battle is progressing until those two open practices late next week. No sense in writing about the QBs until there is a little more information available.

THis is just my stab at the starting lineup.

As for the WR situation, I included the third receiver in the starting lineup because they may go with three to start. with how Glover, Shells and Ryan showed in the spring, itll probably be pretty tight between those three for #2 receiver (PK I think personally was high on Glover as I noted in my spring outlook). I have a feeling you could see 5 guys in the complete rotation once we get to game week.

Thanks for the update on RT Chris. You think that Grant will get redshirted this year?

We probably won't know the answer to that question until week 3 or 4. If he doesn't play in any of those first four games, it's a safe bet that he won't play at all this year.

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What are the odds of scoring this guy as starting QB?

Go ahead and count Lunsford as the starting PK and Grant Bowden as the P... Watched Lunsford a few times in practice, and he is SOLID..shoudnt have much issues, unless he cannot adapt to the college atmosphere and pressure...

I thought the same thing about Grant. Rocco wasted a year for him last year. Just silly

kick49 wrote:Go ahead and count Lunsford as the starting PK and Grant Bowden as the P... Watched Lunsford a few times in practice, and he is SOLID..shoudnt have much issues, unless he cannot adapt to the college atmosphere and pressure...

that is what we call a vote of confidence.

thx and hope you're right. Big shoes to fill

Well the last true freshman kicker we had did pretty well for himself...right kick49?

BJWilliams wrote:Well the last true freshman kicker we had did pretty well for himself...right kick49?

He did pretty good! Thanks!

Chris, I know practices are closed but is there any way you can verify Demetrius Ward playing either end or LB? I know that somebody mentioned that he was moved to end in the spring

Not until Friday.

updated with DBs and updated WR as well

BJWilliams wrote:Chris, I know practices are closed but is there any way you can verify Demetrius Ward playing either end or LB? I know that somebody mentioned that he was moved to end in the spring

DE

Go Flames!!!

is that confirmed ProudPapa?

I forgot to ask today, but Ward's Twitter bio says he's a DE and he's listed in the media guide as a DE. So I'd say he's a DE.

Sounds good to me then...that will change the battle for the other 3 end spots in the rotation I would think with him battling with Freeman, Stokes, a (to me at least) surprising Uzowihe and a couple others. Bah I think is pretty set at one end spot