Intros? In this economy? Heck, you’re probably reading this to escape what is a moderately, um, meek-looking offensive coordinator hire that was just announced. So let’s just get to the words that matter:
While everyone knew the loss of Ben Burr-Kirven would be big, it was mostly accepted that senior ILB Brandon Wellington would generally minimize the loss, while one of the redshirt freshmen of Jackson Sirmon, MJ Tafisi, or Eddie Ulofoshio would probably eventually take over alongside them. Knowing Chris Petersen’s seniority-favoring tendencies, we all expected fifth-year senior Kyler Manu to begin fall camp and likely the beginning of the year as a starter before being beaten out by one of the aforementioned redshirt freshmen before too long.