[Tuck4Bama]

As junior-college transfers who enrolled at Kentucky in January, offensive linemen Jess Beets and Josh Winchell knew what people were expecting.

The main logic, the theory goes, with signing junior-college players is that you bring them in to fill a hole and most likely start immediately, especially if they get a spring practice under their belts before fall.

But when UK lines up against Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 1, neither Winchell nor Beets is likely to trot out with the first five.

THE WAITING LINE