I don’t know what it is, but I have a thing for reading scouting reports — and of course you know this.

If the voice is an authority’s, I lean forward intently. If it’s someone I don’t know or revere quite the same, I still lean forward, though for different reasons. If it’s someone I consider to be a dubious source, I want to know how much I agree or disagree.

And that only covers the person or the publication giving me the scoop. The interest is there, and in the same frame, for the topic of the reports.

The common denominator, I suppose, is I probably have scouring reports, either written down or stored somewhere upstairs. And I think the same, if even informally, could be said of you.

Really, you’re at the pub and chatting away and your friend says, “What do you think of Kilicli next season?” or “Will DeForest’s 3-4 work?” and you have a reply sorted out and ready to go. If not, you’re working one up so you’re not left out the next time.

Football being what it is here and Geno Smith being who he as as WVU moves into the Big 12 seeming ready to compete for the conference title, I thought this was a pretty compelling question: What kind of a QB prospect is West Virginia’s Geno Smith?

That position is tricky and detailed and so dependent on the minutia, but that’s what makes these reports so worthwhile. You agree and disagree and file away certain things. Me? I came away with no consensus and I thought over a few things and decided to track others as we move forward. And then I had to go back and watch this …