Florida suspends 7, but will it make a huge difference?

The Florida Gators suspended seven players for the season-opening clash with Michigan at JerryWorld – including troubled wide receiver Anotnio Callaway.

They were charged for buying stuff at the school bookstore on their school IDs using money they didn’t have, then reselling them for cash.

And while they weren’t arrested and charged for fraud, coach Jim McElwain wasn’t happy. “We have a small group of players that have made some choices that are extremely disappointing” he said in a statement. “Action has been taken — they have missed some practice and will miss the Michigan game. We will use this as a learning opportunity and we will have some players step up as we move forward.”

Callaway was suspended alongside OL Kadeem Telfort, LBs James Houston and Ventrell Miller and DLs Jordan Smith, Richerd Desir-Jones and Keivonnis Davis.

And although the news that the team had lost seven players might be big for the headlines, the actual fact is that it probably won’t hurt the Gators as much as its anticipated. The reason why? Depth. Florida is already anticipated to have one of the deepest wide receiving corps in the country, so losing Callaway – and then only for one game – probably isn’t going to kill them. Secondly, no-one apart from Callaway was expected to start, according to Gators Breakdown, the Florida podcast. Thirdly, Michigan has problems of their own, having lost a ton of talent on both sides of the ball to the NFL.