Simeon Thomas out of first match due to eligibility

[CrappDaddy]

I don't know, I saw lots of receivers running lose and deep in the Big Blue game. Our cornerbacks were not able to cope with that speed. Nice to say next man up, because yea, you have to play somebody. Thomas has the tools to play on Sundays.

He's not as fast as Brazil, so if it's a speed issue then Brazil is your guy. Simeon is long and athletic, but VERY unproven at this point. Saw a good video HUD posted where Keenan Barnes made Thomas look like a high schooler. Just saying, he may not be quite what everyone's making him out to be.

[CajunEXPRESS]

He looked pretty damned good as a true freshman, especially as the season progressed.

You can't coach length.

Glad you seem so comfortable with him gone, I think Hud had him penciled in as the starter until we were blindsided by the eligibility issue.

The question still remains. How do you have eligibility issue for half a season? I guess there may be an NCAA rule about it, I am just in the fog about it.

[CrappDaddy]

He looked pretty damned good as a true freshman, especially as the season progressed.

You can't coach length.

Glad you seem so comfortable with him gone, I think Hud had him penciled in as the starter until we were blindsided by the eligibility issue.

The question still remains. How do you have eligibility issue for half a season? I guess there may be an NCAA rule about it, I am just in the fog about it.

Not so much that I'm comfortable, would love to have him. I'm just not ready to dub him the next DB we put in the NFL. I think he only played considerable minutes in one game for us. The NO bowl. He did play very well though!

Same here on the eligibility issue. Seems like when the season starts, your either eligible or your not. I'm not real knowledgable on how the process works but it sounds very inefficient.