Linky here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=An...e&type=lgns
I like how Compton says he has the goal to start next year and not redshirt. Time will tell but I like the attitude of players coming in wanting to play and I truly believe Bo is going to play the best guys. I noticed the Pete Carroll talk from above...that's the way it works at USC, you earn your playing time and compete for your position week in and week out. We need to foster this attitude here as it took a hit under BC's leadership. There is no other way under which the Blackshirts can be brought back!
Have you really looked at our LB corps next year? I would put the odds at better than 50/50 that Compton will get quite a few snaps next year as a true freshman. Our LB depth are almost as paper thin as our defensive line is.
I'm not exactly sure how this will all work, but I imagine we'll be shifting Culbert to D permanently, and I've heard talk that Asante may come up and play LB. A few other RBs might make the transition, seeing how many we have. Hopefully the guys who have playing time can fill in the positions without any problems. They'll have a lot of time to be coached for it, anyhow, with Eckler and Pelini between now and September.
While Asante would be better suited to play LB, especially in Pelini's scheme, by taking him away from SS we would be leaving a hole there as well. We would be having Thenarse and someone completely inexperienced back there. It would be addition by subtraction.
But none of that would affect Compton anyways, as he will be playing MIKE while Culbert and Asante would play OLB by what you are proposing. The only person who would hold Will back from getting PT is Blake Lawrence. But Blake is so much better suited to play on the outside, rather than eating up blocks consistently on the inside.