21 First time starters this year

[confucius say]

On football team. That's most in SEC and ninth most nationally. We may not be young, but we are inexperienced. Not an excuse, just interesting.

(Sorry no link, taken from hailstate website under game notes for egg bowl)

[RougeDawg]

You including 1A and 1B in that count?**

[Cooterpoot]

For some reason, I'm doubting those numbers.

[RezDog7]

Is that counting all 9 of Holloway's lives after getting killed running up the middle?

[HoopsDawg]

We had 3 returning starters on the oline alone.

[lamont]

Starters before this year:

Shump
Holloway
Senior
Clayborn
Ross
Desper
Jefferson
Adams
Brown
Green (started bowl game)
Coman
Bryant
Jiles

So you are telling me we have started 21 players other than those guys before? Hard to believe

[BrunswickDawg]

For some reason, I'm doubting those numbers.

Offense (10) - D Gray, Dear, Rankin, Story, Jenkins, Mixon, Jackson, Green, Williams, Fitzgerald
Defense (11) - Gray, Ward, Dale, Thomas, Simmons, Jung, Durr, Peters, Rayford, Graham, McLaurin

It ain't that hard to see.

[Liverpooldawg]

For some reason, I'm doubting those numbers.

You are aware that we haven't started the same 22 guys every game?

[Tbonewannabe]

Offense (10) - D Gray, Dear, Rankin, Story, Jenkins, Mixon, Jackson, Green, Williams, Fitzgerald
Defense (11) - Gray, Ward, Dale, Thomas, Simmons, Jung, Durr, Peters, Rayford, Graham, McLaurin

It ain't that hard to see.

Most of those guys on defense weren't ready to start. Simmons and McLaurin seemed to be the only guys that might start on another SEC team.