Thompson Reshirt

[H-towngreen]

To all those wondering why Thompson was put in for a few plays this season. Thinking that we should have redshirted hime this year. This is why you have him get game snaps in.

And of course the title should read redshirt, not reshirt. Is it possible to go back and change a title?

Edited September 15, 2010 by H-towngreen

[UNT90]

To all those wondering why Thompson was put in for a few plays this season. Thinking that we should have redshirted hime this year. This is why you have him get game snaps in.

And of course the title should read redshirt, not reshirt. Is it possible to go back and change a title?

Well, if they were minutes that mattered, you would be correct, but it ws 3 pass plays in the last 1:30 of a blowout loss where the opposing defense was playing an 8 deep.

Derrick's exposure to a real game situation during the Ark St game, and having success in said situation is now huge. Was it worth the shirt? Knowing what we know now, yes.

[rcade]

To all those wondering why Thompson was put in for a few plays this season. Thinking that we should have redshirted hime this year. This is why you have him get game snaps in.

He was put in for a couple of plays on a single drive.

The fact we need Thompson now shows why we could have used him in that extra season, which Dodge stupidly blew up.

[UNT90]

He was put in for a couple of plays on a single drive.

The fact we need Thompson now shows why we could have used him in that extra season, which Dodge stupidly blew up.

Against a 1st team defense playing hard, with the pressure of what the Head Coach considered a close game, and asked to lead the team to a score.

The impressive part was that he went 3 for 3, throwing long passes against a defense that was expecting the long pass, and completing them anyway.

Look, the sample is small, but the Arkansas St game provides hope.

[UNTLifer]

Uh, htowngreen was referring to Thompson getting some snaps against Clemson, which some on here questioned, not his single drive against ASU last year.

[UNT90]

Uh, htowngreen was referring to Thompson getting some snaps against Clemson, which some on here questioned, not his single drive against ASU last year.

Uh, I was replying to rcade.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Well, actually there was a time when we had "Freshmen Teams" in the NCAA and then our players played out their college careers the next 3 years on the varsity team. I cannot remember if there were redshirts in that era. If there were, I know there weren't medical redshirts for sure. (And yes, the players back then had face-masks on their helmets).

GMG!