[BaseballIsLife]

So found out from a VERY RELIABLE source come either after the week of practice during the open week or after the 3rd week of practice one of the freshman will get the red shirt, only one not both...They may see limited time in the Miami OH game depending on things are going in the game but as for starting any this season something drastic would have to happen

And the reshirt could be either Mossakowski or Newton as well becauase there are several ways you can look at it.

Option 1: Redshirting Mossakowski
This would see logical based on the fact Mossakowski is recovering from surgery on his arm from his senior year at high school and he is still not 100% yet. By redshirting him we would be allowing him to rest and recover so as to allow his arm to completely heal. This will also give him another year to get familiar with the playbook and also the personel he will be working with if he ever takes a starting snap at QB for Uk in the future.

Option 2: Redshirting Newton
This is also a possibility because in reality, even though Mossaskowski is on football scholarship, his true future may lay in baseball and so he will have a conflict between the two sports. With Newton the main focus is football so all his time would be devoted to that and improving solely on those skills, unlike Mossakowski. Also by redshirting Newton, it would give him a year to mature and to learn the playbook as well to work with his personel. It would save him a year as well meaning that he would still be a freshman the following year and could potentially start as a redshirt sophomore the following year (assuming Hartline kept his job that is as there would be a possiblity of Newton starting as redshirt freshman). This would allow Newton to work on his passing game as that has been whats lacking in practices. We know he can move with his feet, but needs to improve on the passing game.

By either redshirting one of these players you are looking to the future of the progam (1 or 2 years) where they could possibly and most likely be apart of. In all honesty, I think the best option is Option 2 as I really thinkg Mossakowski's future is in baseball and by redshirting Newton it would give him an extra year to get comfortable and work out the kinks in his game and help improve our chances of winning in the future.

Thoughts on this?