It began with a quizzical tweet from Oll Twitter.

I spent Memorial Day with one of our top recruits, who was here on an unofficial visit, with his parents
12:27 PM May 26th from web

First, this is exactly the sort of stuff they should be doing with this Twitter thing. It got a lot of people talking, and rightly so. Stewart didn’t fall off oll turnip truck, so it was safe to presume things went very well with whoever visited this past weekend. WVU was confident a pledge was forthcoming. Stewart wouldn’t put himself out there only to see it backfire and have tweets on his face. 

So then the question quickly and feverishly shifted to “Who visited?” 

The answer became Jeremy Johnson.

Johnson had a breakout season in 2008. He threw for 1,800 yards and rushed for 932. His passes were good for 20 touchdowns and he had five interceptions.
He says he prefers to throw the ball to rushing it. However, Silsbee coaches often suggest that the most dangerous play in the Tigers’ arsenal occurs when the play breaks down and Johnson has to improvise. When pressed into rushing mode, Johnson immediately becomes a threat to go all the way from any point on the field. 

Whoa there! A throw-first quarterback who can run when inclined? Blasphemy! Or not. Maybe the Mountaineers didn’t get a guy they wanted … maybe they got the guy they wanted.

“We’re not just going to take an athlete and hope he turns into a quarterback,” Mullen said. “We’re going to look at a high school quarterback who can really throw the football and make a list of those guys and rank and order them by their athleticism.”

And let’s be fair to the Web sites that got a bad rap last week. WVSports.com hedged its report by saying Johnson’s coach confirmed the commitment. It followed up with an interview with the player later. BlueGoldNews.com waited until it spoke with Johnson’s father, who confirmed the news, then followed up with the player. That’s not news — it’s the formula. Fred Pickett was a fluke.  

So from start to finish, everyone wins, but likely no one more than WVU because Johnson is an impressive looking kid.