All the players and coaches I visited with about Westphal tried to avoid the topic entirely. Never once did I get the answer I "wanted or expected." I honestly thought someone would gush over the kid. Never did I get that at all. Almost to the point I thought it was weird, but then I simply thought they were taking the old "He has to earn it here first" approach.

He is probably plenty good to play here, but I can guarantee you that Bohl doesn't offer up starting jobs to anyone. We could have had a couple transfer QB's if he would have said....SURE COME ON IN and take the top spot on the depth chart. For that I am thankful. We didn't have this kid a month ago, and I we don't have him now. The kid simply wants to play, and I guess you can't fault him for that. Lets see who will step up this year at DE.