Monday, August 27, 2007
I can't believe the NY Times is on this
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/sports/ncaafootball/26back.html?_r=1&ref=ncaafootball&oref=slogin
Here are my thoughts:
1. If Danny Woodhead is indeed an NFL draft pick, which I believe he is if that 4.43 is legit, then Scott Downing is an idiot for not recruiting him. That is simply the fact; there is absolutely no way that the Solich administration in 2003 did not need to recruit an instate running back with NFL-caliber talent. And he sounds angry about the fact that he gets asked about this all the time, but honestly out of all the mediocre instate guys he recruited (Andy Birkel comes to mind) it just has me aghast. This might not even be the most ridiculous recruiting gaffe of the Solich regime.
2. It's not just Nebraska. CSU, Wyoming, and Colorado, among others who always recruit outstate Nebraska players, inexplicably did not offer him either, which, given their current talent, is absurd.
3. I'm not saying Danny Woodhead would win the Heisman or anything, but to think that no D1 school could use a guy like this is ludicrous. The guy has, as Chuck Klosterman says, "the most important talent in football: the ability to not be tackled while carrying the football."
4. Danny Woodhead will make an NFL roster. I will bet anyone otherwise.
5. Thanks to the NY Times for coming out west and really kicking out a solid article. Small town cliches (fur trading museum?) expected and vomit induced, but excused for the greater good of the W Neb love.
6. Danny Woodhead ran for 290 yards and scored 4 TD's in Chadron's first game of the year.
Here are my thoughts:
1. If Danny Woodhead is indeed an NFL draft pick, which I believe he is if that 4.43 is legit, then Scott Downing is an idiot for not recruiting him. That is simply the fact; there is absolutely no way that the Solich administration in 2003 did not need to recruit an instate running back with NFL-caliber talent. And he sounds angry about the fact that he gets asked about this all the time, but honestly out of all the mediocre instate guys he recruited (Andy Birkel comes to mind) it just has me aghast. This might not even be the most ridiculous recruiting gaffe of the Solich regime.
2. It's not just Nebraska. CSU, Wyoming, and Colorado, among others who always recruit outstate Nebraska players, inexplicably did not offer him either, which, given their current talent, is absurd.
3. I'm not saying Danny Woodhead would win the Heisman or anything, but to think that no D1 school could use a guy like this is ludicrous. The guy has, as Chuck Klosterman says, "the most important talent in football: the ability to not be tackled while carrying the football."
4. Danny Woodhead will make an NFL roster. I will bet anyone otherwise.
5. Thanks to the NY Times for coming out west and really kicking out a solid article. Small town cliches (fur trading museum?) expected and vomit induced, but excused for the greater good of the W Neb love.
6. Danny Woodhead ran for 290 yards and scored 4 TD's in Chadron's first game of the year.
Labels: Chadron townies that tried to beat up NY times reporter on visit: 26, east coasters amused by fur trading, western Nebraska publicity, woodhead
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