Brian Kelly named Everett Golson the winner in the QB battle during his press conference Thursday. He expects Golson to play the whole game against Navy. I seriously doubt, barring injury, he will repeat the Crist fiasco.

Hendrix number 2 and Kiel number 3 for Navy game–both Hendrix and Kiel need to learn that trying to run over defenders will not prolong their careers. Although at 6’2″ 220 Hendrix has fullback size.

Other news freshman KV Russell surprisingly won the open corner back battle–speed and agility deciding factors.

Freshman Davonte Neal will return punts.

Golic wins right guard battle with subs Nick Martin as next OT in while Connor Hanratty next OG in.
Ronnie Stanley(frosh) is the 3rd tackle.

Tony Springmann finally ready as backup on the DL.

Ben Councell will start as the Drop Linebacker backed up by 17 yr old Romeo Okwara who Kelly says will be a star.

Chris Brown and D. Daniels will see significant playing time–speed and more speed.

So The Man is Golson lets just hope we can keep him healthy–6′ 185 lbs and from some of the short clips we’ve seen there were numerous occasions when defenders could have planted him.

On the plus side he does not seem to get rattled and can move around the pocket while still looking downfield.

Both Hendrix and Kiel are more the Charlie Weis pocket QB’s so it will be interesting how that plays out.
I would not redshirt Kiel but give him some playing time this year–get experience for the 2013 season.

Opening kickoff just a week away–let’s really lay it on Navy.