(07-25-2014 07:37 AM)Tintin Wrote:  A couple of thoughts in Charlotte this season.

The biggest problem we will have will be depth. We only have around 60 guys in on scholarship and 12-15 of these will be red shirted. Another 10-12 guys will have red shirted last year. Throw in injuries and Charlotte will likely be running out only 45 scholarship players toward the end of the season. There is also some discussion among the coaching staff to redshirt some of last years true freshman this season. This would put a lot more first year players on the field than I'd thought after last season. We were very shallow on the defensive line last season and I don't think this I proves in 2014. The offensive line, on the other hand, is very talented and deep.

These has been some questions why Charlotte didn't schedule a FCS team this season. Most if the schedule was set up to get 6 home games and set up future series (Elon, Citadel). We are only playing 11 games, so there was probably room to get a FCS away game in. I don't know why we didn't play an additional game.

Your scholly numbers are off a little bit. We will have 75 this year, probably 15-20 RS and 85 next year.

Regardless your point about depth is a valid one. Last year lack of depth really hurt us on defense and hurt us significantly on special teams. The added scholarships should help in those areas this season.

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