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Originally Posted by mussop
 Im just dont understand how he was suposed to start. He was an undersized walk on when he first got there and the starters were considered one of the best group of college LB's ever. He did everything asked of him, worked his ass off, excelled at every level they put him and worked his way into the starting lineup on that group.
Even if he just maxed out athletically which is obsurd considering hes only what 22 or 23 years old, he has shown to be more athletically gifted than both Cushing and Mauluga. Anyone who watched USC the last few years will tell you when he is in the game he makes a diffference.
He is athletic enough, smart enough and has the desire and work ethic you wold want in a early first round pick. Im not saying we should draft him I'm just saying from what I have seen of him IMO he will be just as good or better than any of the other USC LB's. How many games he started doesnt matter to me. IF he is availabe at 15 and the Texans think he fits a need they better take him or their is a good chance they will be missing out on a very good prospect. |
Plus anyone who is closely connected to any big time college program will tell you the politics of playing time is a real animal. For a walk on to get any significant playing time at any division 1 school is hard enough, to walk on and beat out the super gold chips that attend USC is a monster most player never break through.
And I do not care what the official stance is but these players have alumni "advocates" for a lack of a better name and there is a prestige things fore their players to be playing. Do not kid yourself that this is not happening at UCS, it is.
When a team has guys like Dallas Sartz, Keith Rivers, Rey Maualuga, and Cushing on it, any playing time is hard earned. This kid pushed a HS blue chip to the bench, it may have taken him some time but he still did it.