By Curtis Winkle
Its Time! Yes the wait is over football season is here we finally made it and yes the wait was worth it, we are starting a new season with every one's expectations of there favorite team headed o the National Championship Game, we expect nothing less then a W in that game.
Today I will be giving the first installment of what I like to call the "Ups And Downs". Its purpose is to not only relate to the grind of the College Football season, but to shed a light on the instant gratification world in which we live in, the black and white thought process were if you do not live up to all the so called first round talent then your considered a bust. To amplify my point, I will start with the first prospect and that would be mister Logan Thomas, yes the second coming of Cam Newton, as all draft pundits were speculating before Monday night game against Georgia Tech. Where the 6'6" 250 pound quarterback from Virginia Tech, went 21/38 for 230 yards and two score.He is extremely talented, he can run and make all the throws. But Monday night was just a Junior QB that played in his first game of the year that is still raw but has a high ceiling. But now if you ask the National Media he is bust, and no way you take him in the first round of this year upcoming NFL draft. Now we go to the other end of the spectrum, and incomes Le'Veon Bell the 6'2" 240lb back that is to big, to slow, and has never carried the ball more then twenty times in a single game. Questions about his speed and ability to be a work-horse were the popular, "water cooler" banter until the clock hit double zero in MSU victory over Bosie St. Where Bell toted the rock 44 times for 210 yards and two TD's and showing his versatility with six receptions for 55 yards. He may still have to answer questions about his speed in Febuary, but a feature back will be a thing of utter ignorance. So you can see where the concept of the "ups and downs" came from. But those are not the only prospects up for discussion, you have the story line of the "Unkowns". One being a freshman, where you wonder how well they can make the transition from not only a skill level adjustment but a "speed of the game" adjustment and I think T.J. Yeldon transitioned fine his 11 carries for 111 yards and TD lit the Alabama fan base a blaze. He showed why he was so highly recruited, he displayed great vision and burst through holes, that his NFL line provided. And the JUCO transfer. Cordarrelle Pattererson, a week before Tenn. kicked the season off against N.C. St they lost Da'Rik Rodgers a stud Wr but all that would b soon forgotten when Patterson blew the snow off rocky top with his 93 yards and two TD's. One huge surprise was Patterson exploded on the same field of all world number one rated CB David Amerson the 6'1" corner which I do believe is the future of corners with the ever evolving NFL and the, "new age" 6'3" and up wide receivers but Amerson looked lost in coverage and didn't look fluid enough to be playing the position looked more as a projected Safety i.e Antrell Rolle. But one of my favorite players that I'm writing about had a coming out party, Dee Milliner he looked like a true shut down corner, big, physical, fast, fluid. At one point he pushed Roundtree a Michigan Wr out of bounds with one arm then intercepted a pass from Denard Robinson, it was flat out impressive. Now to the last prospect in which I will be writing about and that is the QB for Michigan Denard Robinson coming into the opening against Alabama he had a ton of Heisman love and the fan base felt disrespected that they were wrote off when playing the defending National Champs but when the QB had two Interceptions, completed less den 45% of his passes and ran for only 27 Yards the Heisman love must stop he is a 5'10" Wr that is playing QB for a team that doesn't provide him help on the outside. So with this post coming to and end we shall see how these and other college athletes careers pan out as the season unfolds.
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