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fan forum Addition By Subtraction? I have great interest in decommits all over college football, so I enjoyed the "Whatever Happened To …" feature (Sept. 16, 2013 edition of Blue & Gold Illustrated). What your article proves is that it isn't who you lose February through August; it's who you do have in September. The Notre Dame program is in a good place when it can lose top recruits because they are concerned about lack of playing time. I would still like to see more freshmen redshirted. That would be a great sign. Go Irish! Dennis Lynch Via the Internet Mr. Lynch, we're not sure that it's always a great sign if freshmen are redshirted, especially at the skill positions. The feeling at those positions is if you're good enough, you don't need to stay five years in college. Two of national champion Alabama's top players last year were true freshmen in running back T.J. Yeldon (108 yards rushing and a TD against Notre Dame) and receiver Amari Cooper (six catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns versus the Irish). At the start of this season, the Crimson Tide had 11 of its 25 be heard! Send your letters to: Letters Blue & Gold Illustrated P. O. Box 1007 Notre Dame, IN 46556 or e-mail to: lsomogyi@blueandgold.com Offensive lineman Steve Elmer is one of 11 true freshmen who saw action for the Fighting Irish during the first three weeks of the season. photo by joe raymond signees from 2013 listed on its two-deep. Eleven of Notre Dame's 23 freshmen also saw action through the first three games, and we don't anticipate many, if any, more. The offensive line is certainly an area where redshirting at Notre Dame does happen about 90 percent of the time. Without fifth-year seniors Zack Martin and Chris Watt anchoring the left side of the line this year, it would have been a challenging situation. Cam Can One Irish running back caught my eye last September when I was in Dublin for the Navy game. He is number 33, Cam McDaniel. He's a real blue-collar worker. He