Consider me pissed off because a caste trend has developed during the latter part of the college season. I was in a foul mood watching and following the games yesterday. I am glad Wisconsin won and they look damn good. But Virginia had Miami on the ropes and caved in.
On a lighter note Celtic had me laughing with his Mercer comments. Is it something you put in your coffee? Where the hell is it and no I am not going to waste one millisecond looking it up. Sounds like one of those termite schools that fields a men's and women's basketball team and that's about it.
I find it curious that all of a sudden after strong starts the white WR group has seen their production fall off dramatically these past few weeks. Only Andy Isabella, who had a decent but not great game, has performed well while the keystone players like Sills and Quinn have not had great games for weeks now. The young player from Nevada Mannix started off like gang busters with long receptions but now has been reduced to an infrequent dink and dunk specialist. And the list goes on. That Iowa coach grates at times. Air the GD ball out once in a while for crying out loud, Can't you draw up plays for their gifted white WR's that run longer than 3 and a half yards. Even when they were behind against Purdue and urgency was required it was the same old hand it off to the RB for 2 and a half yards and a cloud of bad dust.
There seems to be some glass ceiling when it comes to white WR's where teams are geared to "keep them" at a certain level. Do not like it one bit. Two GT players Stewart and Cottrell coming off big performances were completely ignored in a GT loss to Duke as just another example of how hard it is for white skill players to "stay involved" in game plans throughout the season.
Conversely if you need further proof the white players have a lid on them, on defense white players continue to shine because unlike on offense they can't be ignored. They see a ball carrier-see Wisconsin--and they attack, swarm and tackle. Can't freeze players like that out of the equation. The Michigan State trio of Bachie, Willekes and Frey destroyed Maryland. And as noted before Lewerke their QB has wheels. Like to see him run more often. But there are plenty of other examples of white defensive players coming up big.
Hard to stay focused on Auburn burner WR Hastings because he averages around one catch every two games. At least RB Laird had another great game and he will have one more year to prove to the NFL brass he has what it takes. Right now he has no buzz but he just has to keep playing well and maybe he will get his chance. We all think so here.
Washington has some white defenders that are heat seeking missiles like LB Burr-Kirven and Tevis Bartlett. Why these major college programs are "afraid" to play and recruit white defenders is beyond sickening. It is a simple formula. They help you win. Northwestern's MLB Fisher is the main reason they are a top 20 team. And is it me or why doesn't Penn State let their TE Gesicki go wild? I get this strange feeling once he is in the NFL his stats will go way up. Illinois is a rotten team to the core. Did they manage a first down against Ohio State? They had some white players doing things earlier in the year but they have been fazed out as the season wore on as they get worse and worse.
Clemson is a curious case and I think their coach Dabo Swinney isn't locked up in a caste grip. Stud S Tanner Muse has not played much at all the past month due to a broken hand and WR Hunter Renfrow, who scored his first TD yesterday, just doesn't get a ton of targets.
But they have a reserve of white players ready to go down the road. QB Hunter Johnson has been discussed here before and he looks like superstar material. Against the Citadel sophomore James Skalski #47 started at MLB and led the team in tackles flying all over the place. He was a soccer player and has big speed for a LB. Also getting playing time and recording three tackles was freshman S Nolan Turner # 24. He looked extra smooth as he chased down a player heading for the end zone. Very fast. He runs a 4.4 40 yard dash and Swinney talked up his speed after he recruited him.
Finally the season has ended for our hero Zane Dudek. He did not have a vintage game apart from one run where he dodged and or carried the entire Harvard defense. But Yale beat their dreaded rival and won the Ivy League crown! And speedy young WR Shohfi had a nice 5-86 stat line. Two things were working against Dudek. The entire Harvard defense was focused on him and him alone the entire game. And the field conditions were to put it kindly, deplorable. That said a great season and he has a shot to win the Ivy player of the year. Also we may be looking at another Ivy League skill player making it into the NFL. In a shootout loss Princeton sophomore WR Jesper Horsted continues to burn the crap out of defenses. He had another sterling game with a 12-169-2 stat line.
The regular season ends next week but it seems it ended a few weeks ago for some of our key players .It is simple. THROW THEM THE DAMN BALL!!