ok, thanks.......... as much as guys want to get on the field ASAP i think redshirting is good for all players development.
i forgot that active vs. redshirt is not mutually exclusive (or maybe the opposite)...
i remember reading that beemer at VT had to put a safety in as QB because he promised michael vick and his family that he'd redshirt.
at the other end of things, i think redshirts have been burned on one play total (or can you appeal that type of situation?) when a top QB comes out injured for one play.