One of the first things I saw when the players came out onto the field was Larry Abare in uniform and warming up. He has a sizeable cast on his right arm to protect his broken right arm but he will be able to go.

Receiver Chris Smith is standing on the sidelines in crutches so he obviously won't be able to go, which is not a surprise.


Judging by what I saw earlier in the week in practice, I would expect Alex Thomas will see plenty of work at tailback and don't be surprised if freshmen Chris Dooley and Kurt Stottlemyer will see a decent number of snaps today.