2009 ND/Opposition Starters Draft Pool (rough draft)(edited)
by domer.mq 
, Thursday, June 04, 2009, 14:08 (6265 days ago)
edited by domer.mq, Thursday, June 04, 2009, 19:41
EDIT: Man, not sure what happened, but I was missing half of Navy and all of WSU. My mind is getting soft. Anyway, it's been updated with that info. Gonna have to get some pre-season mags this weekend to help verify some things.
Here's the pool of the opponents so far. Still go BC to fill out. Mostly I just used BGS's listing of recent depth charts and tried to do a bit of homework if I recalled seeing that a spot on one of the teams was up for grabs, and then tried to make a determination as to who would win the job.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rSOo4s6UFjmo7vgmNbCi7DA&output=html
If you know of any mistakes, let me know. Also, if you're interested in participating in this, and you haven't already indicated so, let me know. Again, if you don't have a blog and you'd like to do this, you're welcome to guest-post on HLS.
This is just a rough draft, but I figure crowd-sourcing this would be a good idea.
Also, just an observation: I usually go thru the starting lineups of our opposition just to study up and get a sense of what ND's in for in a given season. What a remarkable year in terms of names I just do no recognize (possibly due to being overwhelmed with real-world work this Spring) and position battles running rampant through our top competition (this year, SoCal and then...?).
EDIT: Man, not sure what happened, but I was missing half of Navy and all of WSU. My mind is getting soft. Anyway, it's been updated with that info. Gonna have to get some pre-season mags this weekend to help verify some things.
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for the Trojans, how about Joe McKnight?
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Wasn't sure how to treat that.
by domer.mq , Friday, June 05, 2009, 08:07 (6264 days ago) @ Jay
Johnson had about 50 more rushing attempts than McKnight, though McKnight had 2 ypc over Johnson in 2008. I keep seeing Johnson as the listed 1A, but not sure if I'd go with him as 1A if I were the coach.
Any thoughts on how to handle such splits where it's "1A/1B/1C?" Seems to be quite a few such situations among the teams, really.
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maybe just leave it open
Let people draft anyone on the rosters? I think excluding a major talent like McKnight, just because he's not #1 on the depth chart, might be getting too cute.
I agree, and wish I'd thought of it...
by domer.mq , Friday, June 05, 2009, 08:26 (6264 days ago) @ Jay
before spreadsheeting the "starters" for each team. Gah.
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no, I think it's useful
You might just add "other notable players" to the bottom. Or put them in groups by position rather than by limited "slots."
I think my only concern is...
by domer.mq , Friday, June 05, 2009, 08:31 (6264 days ago) @ Jay
that there's a good likelihood that, given the 2009 schedule, all the SoCal and ND players will be gobbled up before any other teams get a sniff, but I'm a free market guy, so hey... Let's just jump right in!
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