Midweek Mierda is Late
Coder Fun In Bristol, CT: You're going to have to take my word on this one. ESPN has an on-going Heisman watch where they list the leading candidates. Mike Hart is listed (no, that's not the crazy part) and, earlier today, when you clicked on his name to see his statistical details it directed you to Armanti Edwards. That would be Armanti Edwards of Appalachian State. The linking 'error' has since been corrected but was it really an error? Some junior coder having a little fun in Bristol?
Call to Recruitniks: Bruce Feldman, ESPN senior writer and friend of Buckeye Commentary, has just released his latest book titled Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting. I'll let Bruce explain further:
The book details exactly how big-time college programs go from 1000 names at the beginning of the recruiting cycle down to the 25 recruits they sign at the end on National Signing Day. I had amazing access and it turned out to be even more of a roller-coaster ride than I ever imagined.
He spent two years in South doing the research and you can find it right now at Amazon. Hopefully, he detailed the SEC practice of oversigning.
Required Reading: We are all aware of the colossal struggle Notre Dame is facing right now. Their fans have it even worse but who's to blame? There are few required reads on the internets but if you're an Ohio State fan, one has to be Ramzy at BuckNuts. His latest piece has everything that makes him great - funny and he's right.
This is Reloading? 11W has an excellent article on Robo and Hartline and their somewhat surprising production to date. They even went as far as doing arithmetic to extrapolate final receiving yardage if the current pace is maintained. Robo is on pace for nearly 1400 yards which would fall only behind David Boston's single season performance. Yeah, we lost two first round receivers and have we really noticed?
Oh, the Akron Showdown is On! One Akron back took over for another when Chris Wells assumed the running back duties with the departure of Antonio Pittman. Now, Wells will meet up again this weekend with former rival Tyrell Sutton of Northwestern They're both from the Akron area with Wells prepping at Garfield HS and Sutton at Hoban. Sutton's a year older and has had a very good career at NU but of late has been injured, missing a few games including the loss to Duke. However, he is due back in the line up for the Wildcats when they come marching into the Shoe this Saturday. You just have a feeling Beanie, if he can stay away from the injury bug, is about to have a huge game. (pic shows HS photo of Sutton in center, Beanie far right)
