Seeing Michelle Trachtenberg all grown up on Weeds reminds me that the extra duties of blogging have taken me away from my usual late summer indulgence: getting into the fall writing rhythm by watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes. So let me throw down the first football depth chart of the season then get into proper writing shape for the season with “Lovers Walk” or “Once More, With Feeling.”
QB: Wesley Carroll, Jake Medlock. Really, if it goes beyond that, either the game has been long won or the season has been long lost.
RB: Darriet Perry, Kedrick Rhodes, Jeremiah Harden, Darian Mallary. Rhodes looked the best this August, though.
WR: T.Y. Hilton, Michael Curry.
WR: Wayne Times, Willie Wright. Weewy, weewy, swift wide weceevers.
WR: Glenn Coleman, Jacob Younger. Nobody under 6-2 allowed.
TE: Jonathan Faucher, Colt Anderson.
LT: Caylin Hauptmann, Prince Matt
LG: Kevin Van Kirk, Shae Smith. Both were listed as starters.
C: Giancarlo Revila, Donald Senat
RG: Curtis Bryant, Jordan White
RT: Rupert Bryan, David Delsoin
Defense in a 4-3, which makes sense against North Texas. In a nickel, either Junior Mertile or Richard Leonard would get the fifth defensive back spot.
DE: Tourek Williams, James Jones.
DT: Andre Pound, Jerrico Lee.
DT: Isame Faciane, Joshua Forney.
DE: Paul Crawford, Greg Hickman. Both The Long and The Square of it are listed as potential starters.
LB: Jordan Hunt, Markeith Russell
LB: Winston Fraser, Chris Edwards
LB: Kenny Dillard, Luis Rosado
SS: Jonathan Cyprien, Terrance Taylor
FS Chuck Grace, Demarkus Perkins
CB: Sam Miller, Junior Mertile
CB: Jose Cheeseborough, Richard Leonard. Look out for “Leonard” (said with icy James Mason voice from North by Northwest…)
K: Jack Griffin
Kickoffs: Dylan Lynch, Jack Griffin
P: Josh Brisk
LS: Mitch McCluggage
Kickoff returns: T.Y, Times.
Punt returns: T.Y., Times
My peers at CBSSports.com put T.Y. on their preseason All-America team as the all-purpose guy. Nice to see him get the notice.
Former FIU wide receiver Greg Ellingson got cut by Jacksonville Monday. Over on the Gulf Coast, Anthony Gaitor is listed as the third string right cornerback for Tampa Bay.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Kelly Hutchinson buried a feed from Chelsea Leiva early (8th minute), then Johanna Volz struck late (71st minute) for a 2-0 win over Florida Tech in a soggy home match Monday night. Hutchinson's goal was her second of the season. Kaitlyn Savage and Melanie Raimo split the shutout, which gave FIU a two-win weekend and a 2-2 record.
two days!
Posted by: TheChampionUnderdog | August 30, 2011 at 09:16 AM
Interesting that Forney is behind Pound?
Look for chamges by game time.
You said it! Only two senior starters on D.
Pound & Grace!
Future is bright for FIU!
Posted by: chiaPanther | August 30, 2011 at 09:17 AM
Hot and Ready! Hot and Ready! Hot and Ready!
Posted by: Buc Nasty | August 30, 2011 at 01:28 PM
Very interesting to see true freshmen Prince Matt and Luis Rosado already #2 on the depth chart at their positions. I'm a little nervous about being an injury away from starting a true freshman at left tackle.
Posted by: MiamiSouthPaw | August 30, 2011 at 02:03 PM
Two more days, I can't wait. I hope our defense is better than last year, and that our DC can stay longer than one year to establish a signature defense for our program and keep improving.
Posted by: Baltimopre Panther | August 30, 2011 at 03:17 PM
Great to see Buc jumping on the bandwagon! Welcome! See you Thursday!
Posted by: The Point | August 30, 2011 at 04:45 PM
DJN,
Wanted to say that you've been doing good job with the blog and stories. Keep it up. When is the season preview coming out? How about your predictions for the season?
Thanks,
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