Sylvester Spicer....

[ORUTerry]

I mentioned this in a previous post - hidden in the midst of several observations - but thought I would start a thread to see what others think. Sylvester Spicer dressed out last night and warmed up with the team - but did not play. Does that mean that the coaches are contemplating him coming out of red-shirt status? With Vealy and Ogunoye, as well as Ehambe and even Meloy when he heals up, do we really have room for him. Wonder what is up?

[tmh8286]

In a recent discussion of redshirts, ORUBlue indicated that he thought just suiting out was enough to lose redshirt status. So Spicer may be out of redshirt at this point.

I wondered if maybe Ehambe coming out motivated him to rethink his status and do the same. Guess we won't know until someone inside gives us the lowdown.

[MadAdder]

Yeah, I'd imagine that if Moses encouraged him, the convo would've gone something like this -

SPICER - "Hey Moses, what's it like playing with the big guys?"

MOSES - "It's alright. Heck, I'm averaging about 2 minutes a game. You know, you might wanna think about getting out of that red shirt deal. They might even let you play when we're up 30 against Centenary!"

SPICER - "Wow!"

Seriously, I think it would be a bad decision on anyone's part to come out of redshirt status at this point.

[ORUTerry]

I seriously doubt that having warmups on versus street clothes would change a player's red-shirt status. But then again, the NCAA (and its rules) are not necessarily logical.

[orumom]

Wearing warmups is just that, wearing warmups. Being listed on the roster is another story. Was he on the roster?

[orustatboy]

All that matters is actual playing time ... without any real game PT, red shirt status is still intact.

[MoState417]

At Missouri State we had a player that redshirted last year and suited up every game and even did pre game warm ups with the team. So I dont think it matters.