At Sports Ruckus we like alert you to anything we may come across that may enlighten you even further than we already so brilliantly do. The Dec. 28 issue of ESPN the Magazine has an interesting article on the practice of redshirting in college football. It talks of how it originated, why some teams use it and others rarely do. It gives particular insight into the Wake Forest program and the effect redshirting has had on alumi such as Aaron Curry, Alphonso Smith and other present and past NFLers. It also contains explanations as to what greenshirt, blackshirt, grayshirt and the short lived pinkshirt refer to. its a great read and worth your time. The title is ‘To Play Or Not To Play’