I thought the game was a pivotal moment for caste and will discuss that in this post. Also I am surprised at the muted responses( so far at least) to the game but I thank fellow travelers Celtic and 22 and a few others here for sticking with the game because it was a beauty. We are all different here and we root in various ways but I can say even before I was rooting for "white" athletes unless the QB was an exciting dual threat ala Heisman trophy winner Eric Crouch I have never really given much of a rat's ass about the QB. And believe me I love football but I like the players who are running around etc.. And I know for a lot of people not just here at caste that having a white QB is very important but growing up and today even I care about defense and wide receivers and tail backs--and dual threat QB's. So you won't see me get worked up about Drew Brees or Philip Rivers because I don't care. Besides way too often pure pocket passers usually are throwing to a fleet of only black wide receivers (see Washington). And this next point is important. A white drop back QB will not at all curb the mounting group who insist blacks are better athletes than whites. Same with pitchers in baseball.
With that said as we move forward there has been some discussion of late about the "toxic" environment
of black lead locker rooms where white skill players are pushed aside and or shunned. Also there were some comments about black head coaches giving white running backs a better chance of contributing. On the latter note I do not think it has anything to do with the black coach being a" nicer guy or fairer," I just think they can get away with it better than a white coach who faces more of a backlash from black players. I would think having a black QB would lessen to some degree the tension that exists in these locker rooms and could make it easier for say a white wide receiver to shine. We are going to be dealing with mixed race teams for years to come so the key is the nature and breakdown of a team between whites and blacks. Obviously I want to see more skill position white players at WR and RB first and foremost but also edge D guys and defensive backs.
So in this championship game we had Clemson a usually traditionally very heavy black team against Alabama who has really ramped up the heavy black roster over the years especially on D. Their wide receiver Dieter did not factor into the game (none of the Bama Wr's did much because their QB kind of sucks) although he was the main punt returner and saw the field a lot.
Clemson featured a star LB of course in Boulware who played valiantly and special teams ace who got in a few plays on D Tanner Muse-- who as mentioned blocked a punt. Muse, just a frosh, is a magnificent athlete who bears watching in the next few years.
But the topper and the reason I am so happy this morning is soph wr Hunter Renfrow who was SPECTACULAR!!!. He caught key third down passes,
had a 24 yard TD where he faked the F out of Bama's vaunted D showing off his speed and agility and the cherry on top caught THE WINNING TD!!!!!!
I remember when then freshman Grayson Allen came off the bench to help Duke win the championship and we were all wondering when was the last time a white athletic underclassmen backcourt player figured in so significantly in a college
basketball championship?
The same question can be applied to Renfrow. When was the last time a quick white underclassmen WR played such a key role in helping his team win a college football championship?
Against this dismal back drop where power conference teams are pretty much now only recruiting black wide receivers ( the class rankings of 2017 and 2018 WR's are virtually all black) Renfrow's performance can only help alter this trend because on the biggest stage against the best college D in the country the white kid came through in flying colors. It just might help a few fence sitting coaches take more chances on white WR's now playing in high school and man do we need that.
Like I said this game was a great outcome for caste and was a step in the right direction. Will it change recruiting patterns overnight no but it should help some and Lord knows we need any sort of help. And Nick Saban lost which is always a good thing to see.