Pulled from the wall in the men’s room at the Fishbowl …
Schmitt’s something of a legend at that place, what with his appetite for Mario’s coasters, and it’s probably a level of fame to which others can aspire.
And when I say “probably,” I mean “certainly.”
Proof? This is pulled from the same wall.
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What if the poetic sophomore from Baltimore, where he set pretty much every high school career rushing and scoring record, is really good at wide receiver this season?
Don’t think it’s not possible. Don’t think he hasn’t thought about it.
“If I get good enough at receiver, I might want to stay out there,” he said. “Because out there at receiver, I’m not taking as much of a beating. And, you know, it gets me in space faster. If I master this position, if I see that I can play it this year, I wouldn’t be that mad if I don’t go back to running back next year. I’m just saying, if I get good enough out there at receiver – and I have to get better – but if I get good enough, yeah, sure, I’d stay out there.”
Right up top, let’s remember there is no quarterback controversy and no one’s attempting to generate one, least of all Barry Brunetti. He’d rather do it with his arm than his mouth, which you have you like. But the words coming from his mouth? You have to like those, too.
“You don’t want to go somewhere and sit down three or four years,” true freshman Barry Brunetti said. “At the same time, I picked a school where I felt the depth chart was small and I have a chance to play early, but I’m still not out of it.
“I’m still behind Geno (Smith), but I’m still not out of it. You never know what happens later on. You just don’t know.”
Spoken like a competitor. Spoken like a kid who hasn’t lost a game as starting quarterback in six years and four seasons.
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More trapped wildlife!
Disclaimer: If you didn’t care for this wilderness-inspired chapter of the blog, I’d suggest you not continue with this post. You might not like what follows.
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Bill Stewart was high on the way his players and staff worked in concert to have Jeremy Johnson remain in Morgantown. He was less excited about what he called “sensationalism” — two times — that surrounded Johnson’s uncertainty.
Also, Stewart wanted nothing to do with the topic, but Marquis Wallace missed practice. Stewart referred to the offensive lineman as a “fourth-team freshman guard.” He’s been flagged by the NCAA’s Eligibility Center. If you had Wallace in your “Who will the NCAA choose to screw with this summer?” pool, you may be the winner.
Also, three names keep coming up. Consistently: Stedman Bailey, Trey Johnson, Eain Smith,
… is at practice. I can see him 20 yards away. Back to your day.
With the media assembled by his side Tuesday for the first time, Bruce Irvin said he was all business and explained he’d already done the college thing with “palm trees and beaches” in California.
And why was the 22-year-old defensive end in California?
Irvin grew up in Stone Mountain, Ga., a place referenced late by Martin Luther King, Jr., in his “I Have a Dream” speech. Irvin never graduated from high school. His academic issues kept him from taking scholarship offers in the Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences.
“I wanted to get away,” said Irvin, who as a defensive end has been more impressive than any other newcomer in WVU’s first 10 days of preseason practice.
“There ain’t nothing at home but trouble. I wanted to get as far away as possible. You can’t get no farther from home than Cali without leaving the country.”
Just to calrify a few things about Irvin: Never graduated high school, put passed the GED. Had ACC and SEC offers — he mentioned North Carolina and Tennessee — out of high school and committed in junior college to Tennessee and Arizona State.
Oh, and he’s actually a former receiver who juco coaches recruited as a safety before turning him into a defensive end.
“I had little knowledge of the plays,” he said. “At safety, you’ve got to read the receivers and I was clueless. Coach said, ‘Put your hand in the dirt and go get the quarterback.’ That was pretty easy.”
Irvin had four sacks and forced a fumble in his first game at defensive end. He’d sack the quarterback in nine of 13 games and had three more games with two sacks.
He finished with 16 sacks and 21 of his 72 tackles were for a loss. Irvin helped the Mounties to a 13-0 record and a second national junior college title.
WVU’s new and suddenly busy Director of Athletics plans what will amount to a “multiyear review” to audit and assess operations within the athletic department. Figure part of that is coaching statuses.
Question: Do you foresee any imminent contract extension talks with Bill Stewart, whose contract is up after the 2013 season? In extending his deal, he could recruit high school players now and assure them he’d be there for the length of their playing career at West Virginia.
Answer: I’d rather not answer that. But, I will say, when my son [Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck] was being recruited, in the list of things that he was looking for, that wasn’t even in the top five of his questions, as to the length of the contract for the coach.
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The Car Care Bowl, and not the Champs Sports Bowl, gets the Big East’s No. 2 team? Because that’s what the Car Care bowl is tweeting.
We’ve moved up! The bowl game will feature the #2 seed from the #bigeast and the #4 seed from the #acc
(Update: Semantics. The arrangement is what it was … although if the MCCB wants to be picky and say the Big East winner goes to the BCS, then, sure, its game has the second pick after the Champs Sports goes first. The Big East is puzzled, though not really concerned, why this warrants a tweet.)
“This past spring, we developed new job descriptions and employment agreements which clearly detail permissible and non permissible activities for graduate assistants and other sport-specific personnel. In addition, we have expanded rules education and monitoring programs.
“We have also reduced the number of football graduate assistant positions, restricted the duties of graduate assistants and non-coaching personnel, and restructured the student manager program. We may take additional actions.“
“We are delighted that Keli is coming home to West Virginia University,” Luck says. “She is highly regarded in the world of intercollegiate athletics, and will be a great asset for our department. Her expertise in governance and compliance will serve us well.”
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