Met Darry Beckwith tonight at Woodlawn game

so hes not traveling with the team?

thats kind of strange huh, he should be there

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thats kind of strange huh, he should be there

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Agree to a point, but I am sure they wanted to use his spot on the traveling roster for someone who might play or a potential redshirt that may need to play.

its not like he has a bum ankle or something, he injured his knee and may have some sctructural damage, he doesnt need to be going on the road and spending the night in a hotel room, if it was up to him he'd probably go anyway.

they have to stay behind for treatment and therapy

that sounds familiar, i was thinking flynn for the seccg but i think he dressed out just didn't play so JR is more likely what i was thinking

I was there but didnt see him.. why was he at woodlawn?

3 years after Miles gets here and people still ask why Beckwith doesnt travel?? injuried players dont travel. How hard is that to understand???

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sometimes injured players have travelled though, if their injury wasnt that serious, such as how Doucet travelled to Kentucky last year even though he was injured

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doucet was injured but was still considered active....he went in on the last drive in overtime as a decoy remember?

I find the quality of character of the players to be very high. On separate nights two years ago after games and signing autographs, Ali Highsmith and Dwayne Bowe walked back to our vehicle with my 9 yr. old son and I talking to my son about pee wee football.

I'd agree that we have class acts that represent the university and state well both on and off the field. I honestly think its the kind of players we bring in here.

I had a friend that did the mentoring of the athletes last year and she worked with a couple of the players (including one who has since been kicked off the team) and she said they were all super polite and well-mannered. She said you could tell either they were great character guys are Miles has instilled in the team "look you fools, be nice to the mentors."

Additionally, it seems our players on the field don't talk excessive trash or act like complete idiots. I think of Miami and oddly Virginia Tech bothers me with how they act on the field at times. Lots of people, most recently App State mentioned how our players would kick your arse and then reach a hand down and help you up a lot of times. That's good stuff.

That got long but I wanted to share that. Today is exciting.