Depth Chart/Redshirt question

[cleller]

Just had a look at the depth chart on Soonersports.com. Its dated 12-29-10, and seems to have a couple changes.

On offense it lists two true freshman on the 2-deep that to my knowledge have not played this year. Bronson Irwin at RG and Joe Powell at WR.

Now, odds are these guys are not going to play, maybe it was to acknowledge their progress, I don' know. My question is: because the game is played on 01-01-11, is there any provision to allow a guy to play without burning a redshirt?

I doubt it, but the seeing the freshman on the depth chart at this stage of the season was interesting.

[pappy]

I think if they play they burn the shirt b/c the bowl game is still part of the 2010 season...also powell played some early in the season, not sure if irwin did or not.

[Dwight]

It would be pretty stupid to let them play. There's no way they would be needed and it would just be wasting an entire year

[SoonerE]

The rule reads like this:

You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition.

My take on that is that the bowl is still part of your season. It will count on your "seasons" record.

IMHO. Good question though.

[SpankyNek]

The rule reads like this:

You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition.

My take on that is that the bowl is still part of your season. It will count on your "seasons" record.

IMHO. Good question though.

This is correct, and is why the NCAA finally began awarding statistics from bowl games (Technically an exhibition) to athletes/schools.

[Collier11]

I think the team spends a large majority of bowl practices letting the young guys get reps, maybe thats why

[oudavid1]

Just had a look at the depth chart on Soonersports.com. Its dated 12-29-10, and seems to have a couple changes.

On offense it lists two true freshman on the 2-deep that to my knowledge have not played this year. Bronson Irwin at RG and Joe Powell at WR.

Now, odds are these guys are not going to play, maybe it was to acknowledge their progress, I don' know. My question is: because the game is played on 01-01-11, is there any provision to allow a guy to play without burning a redshirt?

I doubt it, but the seeing the freshman on the depth chart at this stage of the season was interesting.

Bronson and Joe have been right there all along. And Bronson has played already vs Iowa State, though it was very unnoticeable.

Here is the Participation Report.

Participation Report (Final)
2010 Oklahoma Football
Iowa State vs #6 Oklahoma (Oct 16, 2010 at Norman, Oklahoma)


Iowa State Oklahoma

POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
TE 88 Franklin,Collin OL 59 Stephenson,Don
TE 86 Hammerschmidt,K OL 64 Ikard,Gabe
OL 72 Osemele,Kelechi OL 61 Habern,Ben
OL 77 Alvarez,Alex OL 75 Evans,Tyler
OL 63 Lamaak,Ben OL 69 Mensik,Eric
OL 75 Hicks,Hayworth TE 82 Hanna,James
OL 79 Burris,Brayden WR 24 Miller,Dejuan
QB 4 Arnaud,Austen WR 4 Stills,Kenny
RB 33 Robinson,Alexan WR 85 Broyles,Ryan
WR 7 Reynolds,Darius QB 12 Jones,Landry
WR 83 Williams,Jake RB 7 Murray,Demarco

POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
DL 91 Neal,Patrick DL 44 Beal,Jeremy
DL 85 Johnson,Bailey DL 92 Mcgee,Stacy
DL 97 Ruempolhamer,St DL 86 Taylor,Adrian
DL 29 Parker,Rashawn DL 84 Alexander,Fran
LB 39 Morton,Matt LB 5 Ibiloye,Joseph
LB 47 Klein,A.J. LB 21 Wort,Tom
LB 20 Knott,Jake LB 28 Lewis,Travis
DB 22 Benton,Ter'ran DB 32 Fleming,Jamell
DB 23 Johnson,Leonard DB 3 Nelson,Jonatha
DB 1 Sims,David DB 20 Carter,Quinton
DB 37 O'Connell,Micha DB 19 Hurst,Demontre


Iowa State: 1B-Boyer,Wes, 2J-Watson,Jansen, 2-Johnson,Sedrick, 3-Sandvig,Zac, 5-Reeves,Jeremy, 6-Darks,Darius, 8-White,James,
9-Blanton,Keith, 10-Washington,Jacq, 11-Tiller,Jerome, 13-VanDerKamp,Kirb, 14-Broomfield,Deon, 16-Kuehl,Daniel, 17-Brooks,Earl,
18-Gary,Albert, 19-Lenz,Josh, 21-Mahoney,Grant, 25-Johnson,Shontre, 26-Mansfield,Taylo, 32-Woody,Jeff, 38-Maggitt,Rooseve,
44-Hamlin,Kevin, 46-Zimmerman,Dakot, 48-Lattimer,Jacob, 50-Smith,Sean, 59-Kaufman,Preston, 69-Lichtenberg,Kyl,
71-Bykowski,Carter, 80-Mitchell,Andrew, 81-Howard,Ricky, 84-Klacik,Michael, 90-Laing,Cleyon, 94-McDonough,Jake.

Oklahoma: 1A-Box,Austin, 1-Jefferson,Tony, 1B-Stevens,Jimmy, 2A-Clay,Brennan, 2-Franks,Trey, 3A-Musil,Marshall, 5B-Nimmo,John,
6-Kenney,Cameron, 8B-Winchester,Jam, 8-Caleb,Brandon, 9-Lynn,Gabe, 13-Trice,Marcus, 14-Colvin,Aaron, 15-Allen,Drew,
17-Madu,Mossis, 22-Finch,Roy, 25-Nelson,Corey, 27-Proctor,Sam, 30-Harris,Javon, 31-Franklin,Dan, 33-Millard,Trey, 36-Way,Tress,
43-O'Hara,Patrick, 47-Ratterree,T., 48-Crow,Brandon, 50-Woods,Austin, 51-Lepak,Brian, 55-Bird,Jaydan, 56-Lewis,Ronnell,
68-Irwin,Bronson, 73-Aladenoye,Josh, 76-Jones,Jarvis, 77-Good,Stephen, 87-Johnson,Lane, 89-Haywood,Austin, 90-King,David,
91-Washington,R.J., 93-Noble,Daniel, 94-Macon,Pryce, 97-Mcfarland,Jama.


Not sure if we can still shirt em, but it would appear that Joe has not taken a snap bit i thought he had.

[StoopTroup]

I like the name Bronson as a First Name. Sounds like a Future ALL AMERICAN to me. He'll be something by next year I bet....

Mustang Oklahoma! Great Stuff!

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-footbl/auto_headshot/5634381.jpeg

[cleller]

I saw Irwin on TV playing at Mustang, he was gigantic. Listed at something like 314 right now. Anxious to see him muscle up in Norman, and get on the field.

[StoopTroup]

I saw Irwin on TV playing at Mustang, he was gigantic. Listed at something like 314 right now. Anxious to see him muscle up in Norman, and get on the field.

Same here.

[cantwait48]

cool name but not the right facial structure