For sophomore Art Forst, moving to left guard is like learning to drive in England. It’s the same fundamentals, just the wrong side of the road.
Forst played right guard since he became a starter last season, but shifted to the left midway through the season to make room for sophomore Desmond Wynn on the right side.
“If you were to move from right guard to left tackle, it would be a big adjustment,” Forst said. “Guard to tackle, without a doubt, is tougher than right to left. Going from the right side to a different position on the left side, that’s where it really gets tricky because you’re changing your stagger and everything, not just what hand is down.”
Moving from guard to tackle, which Forst may eventually have to do given his size and experience, is significantly tougher, he said.
“It’s kind of like if you went over to England and drove a manual transmission,” Forst said. “If you drove auto, it would take you a little bit to learn, but if you already knew manual, it’s just a little different.”
With all of the attention on South Florida star defensive end George Selvie’s matchup Thursday with junior left tackle Anthony Davis, Forst said that the talent of the team’s defensive tackles tends to get lost in the shuffle.
“The inside guys are very good too, though,” he said. “They’re the same guys from last year and they’re just good, athletic, strong.”
Though redshirt freshman Khaseem Greene and senior Zaire Kitchen went down with injuries during the 28-24 win over Connecticut, head coach Greg Schiano expects both safeties to be good to go by kickoff against USF.
Greene practiced in full yesterday, but Kitchen did not practice in order to rest him during the bye week.
“Kitchen is going to be alright, we’ll see,” Schiano said. “We gave him a rest; he needs the bye week anyway with his knees.”
True freshman Logan Ryan, the top cornerback recruit in New Jersey on Rivals.com, played the role of USF quarterback B.J. Daniels on the scout team yesterday at practice.
Ryan, who is redshirting this season pending any unforeseen circumstances, played both defensive back and quarterback at Eastern High School in Berlin, N.J.
Sophomore linebacker Marvin Booker went down during practice with an unknown injury. Schiano said he would know more after practice when he spoke to the trainers.
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