[charlie22]

Any early ideas about what the linebacking corps will look like this year? I'd have to think the LB unit will be looking different in 2011 given that some of last year's LBs are graduating.

Three from the top of my head: Quillen will be back; Dressman will be back; Chambers got a lot of playing time in the middle this past year and will be back. Birds will be really fine at the LB spot; they always come up with fast LBs that play down hill extremely well. Bowden and one Bruns return at two of the three D line spots. The other Bruns, Murray and New return in the secondary. So the Birds fill a couple of LB spots and one D line spot and they are good to go. Will be interesting to see if McCoy plays D. As the back up to Towels, he's got to get on the field somewhere this year; way too talented of an athlete and player to keep on the sidelines as insurance. Who knows: he may take a spot on D or he may end up at RB on O. Rarely do sophomores make much of an impact at Highlands, but there will be some extremely talented sophomores on this year's team who could push for a starting position or provide some great back up in Dale's two platoon system.