When I first heard about it today, I thought it may have been an excuse from Spurrier to see what Smelley an Beecher had against a pancake team. I was not right. Spurrier said after today's practice that he knew nothing about this until today. He said he was informed by the school administration that Blake, Bobby Wallace, and Chris Hail will have to sit out the first game of the season. Spurrier said that Blake has an appeal in to drop the suspension and if the suspension is dropped, he will in fact start the first game. If Blake does have to sit out the first game, Spurrier said Smelley will start but that Beecher will see some action as well. He went on to say that even if Blake is able to play the first game that you could still see all three QBs anyway.
I don't think it's that big of a deal. The way Spurrier has talked throughout Fall practice, both Smelley and Beecher are ready to play. I don't think we can go wrong with any three of them. I would almost be glad to see Smelley start just to see how he does in a real game. One thing I'm about certain of is that Garcia will redshirt. If you have 3 QBs that are ready to play, no need to waste a freshman year. He should give Smelley some good QB battles in the future though.
Above is a pic of the 3 players that were suspended.. lol.
