Man, he’s gone to the dark side. I don’t know the full story but it seemed Plough really liked Dixon, and seemingly at the expense of Gale. My guess is that Plough valued blocking at tight end - a lot of 12 packages and maybe that was not Gales forte. Maybe Gale would have been better used by not having him bulk up and just using him as a tall rangy and fast wide out. In my opinion, Gale was one of the most underutilized talent on the team.

Blocking was his weakness and that was fatal I. The Plough scheme. He reminded me a bit of Tony Ksys but we couldn’t find a role for him this year.

Plough played fewer players than we’ve been accustomed to seeing. In the Idaho game only 38 players participated which was surprising for a team with as many experienced players as the team had. The starters even occupied most the special team slots.
This last year, if you were third string you didn’t play much, especially in the first part of conference play. Gale and Alexander were featured players last year but seldom played in 2024. Even Fisher played a less significant role in than he did in his redshirt year.

Totally agree with you on skill set but Gale was never really an in-line TE. He’s a big slot and that should have been a valuable role considering the lack of speed outside and the size of the inside receivers. It was 10 vs 11 the first half of the year with Williams plugged in to that H spot.

Ouch!

I wish him good luck but not against us.