for personal reasons per a Howell tweet
Middlemiss would have started on our FG/XP line like last year, I'd suppose.You always hate losing depth, but, honestly, we’re either going to play?
At first, yeah that’s a scary thought. But then when you consider that before this, they had 17 OL, 12 of which had never played for CU, our overall position hasn’t changed that much. I think most folks expected the younger guys to get some playing time this year. One of the guys who has never played a snap at CU is Moretti. Another is Will Sherman. We were going to be depending on those two regardless of what happened with Polley and Middlemiss. Time for the young guys to step up. A lot will be expected from Moretti and Sherman this year.From the article:
"It also reduces the Buffs to 15 offensive linemen on scholarship, 11 of which have never played in a game for CU."
Yikes.
At first, yeah that’s a scary thought. But then when you consider that before this, they had 17 OL, 12 of which had never played for CU, our overall position hasn’t changed that much. I think most folks expected the younger guys to get some playing time this year. One of the guys who has never played a snap at CU is Moretti. Another is Will Sherman. We were going to be depending on those two regardless of what happened with Polley and Middlemiss. Time for the young guys to step up. A lot will be expected from Moretti and Sherman this year.