Clifton Garrett struggling?

isn't the houston game in a dome?

and all the LSU home games will be at night

sounds like he's a welter apologist!

There were reports of that earlier this summer. He wasn't going to jump 2 people and play this year anyway.

I have never had any expectation that a freshman would come in and start at MLB or Center. There's too much of a jump from HS to college both mentally and physically.

Garrett will be a great one. Just not right now.

I saw Clifton play in high school in Illinois this past fall. I believe that he will be a very good player. However, I was not as blown away as I thought I might be before I arrived at the game. He ran well, was physical, and made plays but if I didn't know the reputation going into the game I wouldn't have thought that he was an LSU-caliber recruit. It didn't have anything to do with effort as I thought he played hard. I wrote as much last fall and got hammered for it, although I understand that probably wasn't wise as he wasn't signed yet.

Someone on LSU's staff was in my wedding. I texted him this immediately following the game, "I saw Chief was coming. To be honest, I expected more. He looks the part, runs well, but he doesn't disengage well because he lets guys get in to his body but that can be fixed. What surprised me a bit was I expect a guy like that to really pop out at me during warmups and while I obviously figured out pretty quickly which kid he was it wasn't immediate. If I had been at the game looking for an LSU caliber kid I would have never recommended him. However, I have seen him on film make some WOW plays athletically where he played downhill really fast. Have seen more on film than I did tonight."

Again, he may end up being a great player. He definitely has ability. I was just slightly underwhelmed when I saw him in person. With that said, I saw his highlight tape and was very impressed.

He'll redshirt and be a stud in a year or two.

I expected more from Garrett; however, the last true freshman I remember to start at MLB for LSU was Trev Faulk...that was a bad year. Starting a true freshman at MLB is not ideal.

If anyone remembers a true freshman starting at MLB since then, please remind me because I'm at a loss.

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According to this morning's DandyDon update, Miles is quoted as saying that Clifton Garrett has struggled with acclimating to the heat and is not ready to take the field

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Well he plays all the way up in Illinois and just got here a couple months ago. By October/Early November, he'll be a beast on special teams and should get a good amount of play time.