We get a chance to see Will Thompson!

...because Mac is doubtful.

Injury report came out this morning and it's kind of depressing to be honest. AA (Alex Albright, not alcoholics anonymous) is questionable with an ankle injury. To be honest I would say this is the same recurring injury that hes had since the second half of the FSU game that has limited his playing time.

Lapham and Mac are listed as doubtful. Lapham with the shoulder that took him down in the Notre Dame game (couple beers makes an interesting point of noting the shoulder injuries we've had an relating it to Loco's conditioning, anyone out there with a lot of free time should take a peak at our # of shoulder injuries over say 3 years as compared to a another ACC or Big 10 team). Mac I haven't heard much about though I have to be honest that I've been underwhelmed with his return. He looks a little bulky, and really doesn't have the same burst he used to have. Combine the fact that he seems a step slow with the fact that he has an apparent need to hit people and you see why he's had two or three late hits already. On the bright side we should get a chance to see Will Thompson who looked solid in the spring, only issue is that I'm afraid he might be suffering from the same rust that Mac has.

On top of all that word seems to have gotten out that Finch has mono. Mono takes about a week to get over but you can't participate in contact sports for about three weeks after that because of an enlarged spleen so you should be able to see Finch again say around a bowl game.

Another little side note is that Scafe is listed at number 2 on the Depth chart. From what I saw in the spring and summer I can only imagine that this is because he's still battling the injury in his neck that has limited his playing time, which is a major league bummer because he looked solid at the beginning of the year.

Which brings me to a new point. I expected our linebackers to be weak this year but the addition of Kuechly has just been all kinds of ridiculous and DiSanzo, Legrande, Morrissey have all been reliable as well. One area where the experts said we would suck is the D-line and I felt like we would be awesome. Looks like the experts were right. Since Scafe has gone down we've been soft in the middle and the only person able to generate much pressure (aside from that Safety with Ramella) has been Albright who still hasn't quite shown up. Now I don't know what the deal is exactly with Albright but the guy was a sackmaster in limited time two years ago before missing the end of the season and most of the 08 season with injuries. It might just have something to do with the increased skill of QBs today or the fact that he doesn't Larkin on the opposite end or it might be the injuries but I really expected Albright to have 12 sacks by now. Maybe next year.