Some College Football

Just wanna chat a bit about some of the young players I am going to keep an eye on next year in college football. Also want to talk about a few other things going on in CFB right now too.

Julio Jones #8 (Freshman WR) Alabama- I was skeptical when he was coming out of high school. He was the number 1 ranked player and there was a lot of hoopla about him. Usually when you hear so much hype before a player takes the field it screams of bust. Not the case with Jones. He was worthy of all the hype and will continue to get better. He stands at 6’ 4” and weighs in at 210 lbs. I compare him to WR Brandon Marshall of the Denver Broncos but he’s probably a little faster than Marshall. He doesn’t look like any freshman that I’ve ever seen at that position.

A. J. Green. #8 (Freshman WR) Georgia- Green is a special talent. As true freshman he’s already had some big games and has now become a huge weapon for QB Matthew Stafford. What stands out to me is his body control as he goes up after the ball. I see a little of Calvin Johnson in him. He has some filling up to do at 190 lbs but standing at 6’ 4” it will happen. He has a long ways to go to get there but keep an eye on him.

Russell Wilson #16 (Freshman QB) NC State- All I can say is wow and by wow I mean Michael Vick. He’s only 5’ 11” but I haven’t seen a guy weave through a defense at QB like this since Vick did. He may not be an NFL QB but he certainly is at the college level. You may not know who he is but you will because he will be mentioned as a Heisman trophy candidate in the next year or so. I will watch NC State’s crap bowl just to watch him play.

As far as QBs go, let’s talk about some NFL QBs. Talk all you want about Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell or Texas’ Colt McCoy. I won’t include Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford in this because he’s only a sophomore. But if I am the Detroit Lions, and I have the number 1 pick, the guy I am choosing to be my franchise QB is Georgia Bulldog’s junior QB Matthew Stafford. Of course he has to declare for the draft first. At any rate he’s the best NFL QB out of this bunch. He is this year’s Matt Ryan and my number 1 pick. Yeah it’s premature but I wanted to start this conversation before the Mel Kiper’s of the world get started.

I read today that Tim Tebow was going to petition the NFL to see where he would be drafted if he declared for the draft. That’s not unusual so it’s not that big of a deal. But I want to save TeBow some time. Dear Mr. Tebow, after careful consideration of where you will be drafted in this year’s class, we are pleased to inform you that we project you to go in the 5th round of the 2009 NFL draft and you’ll be playing TE. Good luck and we hope to see you on draft day.

Bama and the Gators will lock up for the big game this weekend. Gators are the favorite and most experts think the Gators will win. Heck I even said weeks ago that I thought the Gators were better. But the more I think about it the more this Alabama team reminds me of that Ohio State team of 2001. The team that wasn’t as good as their record and never really blew anyone out and even played the lesser teams close. They played my beloved number 1 Hurricanes who had won 35 or 36 games in a row. It seemed like a mismatch but somehow at the end they were holding the national championship trophy. I still feel pain from that game. But anyway, don’t be quick to dismiss Alabama. Florida hasn’t played any team that is going to play them as physical as Bama is about to. Should be a good game.