Not trying to disagree with you, Todd, but greyshirts are pretty unlikely at this point. I’d ballpark the odds at less than 20% that anyone has to to greyshirt.

With the dismissal of Jimmy Johns, the general consensus is that we are currently at 63 players on scholarship, and that number 63 number includes both Zeke Knight, Prince Hall, and Colin Peek. Though it now seems that Prince Hall may very well return, it’s going to take a very big longshot for Knight to return, so effectively we’re at 62 players even if Hall returns. So, we’re really only needing to clear out two more roster spots to bring in 25.

Colin Peek is a bit of an x-factor. Since the NCAA denied his transfer waiver request, he’s not going to play this year, and there’s a lot of speculation that he will not be on scholarship until he actually plays. That’s a legitimate point, and it may be true.

Beyond that, you can rest assured that we have a couple of more casualties on the way somewhere. There has been a lot of talk that a particular player, one who will go unnamed here, is going to transfer, and there is usually a wild card or two when the reporting roster is released in the Fall.

Right now, the odds of anyone having to greyshirt are quite low. And make no mistake about it, the staff does not want anyone to greyshirt either. Greyshirting is nothing more than robbing Peter to pay Paul, you sacrifice signing more players one year by having to sign fewer the next year. Anybody who greyshirts this year will be one (or more) fewer player(s) that we can sign in the 2009 class, and you know Saban does not want that.