What change in redshirt rule could mean for college football teams
by David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - The idea of sending freshmen into the game never appealed much to Pat Fitzgerald.
During his early years coaching at Northwestern, he tended to keep them on the bench. Even as a linebacker in the mid-1990s, he didn't like jumping right into action his first season.
"I was one of those below-average guys," he recalled. "And it was not a very good experience for our defense when I was out there."
But times change and Fitzgerald has joined a chorus
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