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Under the Dome Christian Lombard's Season Is Over Starting senior right at right guard in place of but he compensates with guard Christian Lombard Lombard, and Kelly is not guile and an unwillingunderwent back surgery expecting much drop-off. ness to back down. Oct. 23 — three days prior "[Elmer] is a better "The best way I can put to the Air Force game — game player than he is it is he knows enough to that will sideline him for a practice player," Kelly be dangerous, and then the balance of the said. "He has a in the game he [furthers] 2013 season. unique sense of that fact with doing According to the game for a some things that he looks head coach Brian young kid — picks like a 10-year veteran," Kelly, a four-cenup things that oc- Kelly said. "He's a really timeter herniacur in a game that unique kid in that sense." tion was removed you just react to. If either starting tackle, LOMBARD from Lombard's He has a knack of Martin or Stanley, were back when he underwent sensing and feeling things to be unavailable, Elmer the discectomy. The sur- in the game that you re- would be the first option gery is similar to the one ally can't teach." as a replacement, with juKelly underwent during In practice, Elmer has nior Conor Hanratty then the summer of 2012. been a little more raw, lining up at right guard. Lombard started all 13 games at right tackle in Life's Short... Find Us In The Best Book 2012, but shifted to right "Head East!" guard this August to Award Winning Desserts get sophomore Ronnie Award Winning Stanley into the starting Full-Service Restaurant lineup at right tackle. Private Rooms Replacing Lombard at Reservations Available Encouraged right guard is ultra-verHand-Cut All Lunch: satile 6-5½, 317-pound Natural Meats Saturday 11a-4p freshman Steve Elmer, Scrumptious Dinner: Homemade who entered the season Mon-Thur Desserts 4p-9:30p listed as the No. 2 left The Freshest Fri & Sat 4p-10:30p Seafood tackle to fifth-year se12594 SR 23 Granger, IN nior and tri-captain Zack www.yesterdays-granger.com Martin but saw his first action this season at left guard and right tackle. Then in victories against © 2008 Studio A Advertising Arizona State and USC, Give us a thumbs up on facebook! YesterdaY's fine food and spirits Elmer played for a spell text YesterdaYs at: 72727 for special offers Eat Well