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Class of 2010: Top Transfers - Quarterbacks

Sep 24, 2008

Name:Devin Gardner
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′4
Weight:203
Forty:4.63
City/School:Inkster
State:Michigan
College Commitment:
Top Offers:MICHST, CIN, TOL, BG, MICH, NEB, CMU, IA
National Ranking Position:3
Rating:5
Junior Local Honors:1-Juniors-Michigan ( MPR; Summer 2008)
News And Notes:One of the top juniors in Michigan and dual-threat QB prospects in the nation………..He transferred from U-D Jesuit to Inkster in January of his sophomore year………..As a sophomore, he did not play the first 4 games of the season due to differences with the coaching staff but he started the final 5 games and passed for 1,000 yards and 5 TDs and rushed for 475 yards and 4 TDs……………….As a freshman starter at QB he passed for 800 yards and 7 TDs…………He has a great frame, strong arm and excellent escapability. He is very raw, however, and needs to improve his accuracy and mechanics. A very talented athlete with a very high ceiling once he improves his throwing mechanics………..4.3 shuttle, 10 bench reps……….3.67 GPA……….Also stars in basketball………..Chosen to be one of the underclass ball boys at the 2008 EA Sports Elite 11 Camp in Southern California……….Very impressive playing both WR and QB at the 2008 Michigan summer camp
Name:Nicholas Montana
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′2
Weight:180
Forty:
City/School:Westlake Village Oaks Christian
State:California
College Commitment:
Top Offers:STAN
National Ranking Position:17
Rating:5
Sophomore Local Honors:6 California Sophomores To Watch (August 2007)
News And Notes:One of the top junior QB prospects in California………..Junior starter at QB for Oaks Christian, beating out several talented QBs. He threw for 3 TDs in the season-opener and looked eerily similar to his father, Joe Montana………..He transferred from De La Salle to Oaks Christian for his junior year……………Played sub-varsity as a sophomore due to three talented upperclassmen at the position at powerful DeLaSalle, including his older brother Nate, who is a back-up QB………..Much-improved as a junior, showing good arm strength, good size, mobility and great field awareness……….He looked fairly good at the May 2008 Berkeley Elite 11 QB Camp………………Impressive at the May 2008 California Super 7 Quarterback Camp…………..Throws a decent ball………….Much improved between his freshman and sophomore years…………Sophomore Nick Montana is the junior-varsity starter……………….The son of NFL Hall-of-Fame quarterback Joe Montana
Name:Brandon Doughty
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′3
Weight:185
Forty:5.10
City/School:Coconut Ceek North Broward Prep
State:Florida
National Ranking Position:42
Rating:5
News And Notes:One of the top junior QBs in Florida………….Transferred from Chaminade-Madonna to North Broward Prep after his sophomore season……….As a sophomore QB on a 5-6 2A team who split time with a senior, he passed for about 1,000 yards and 5 TDs…………..Key sophomore newcomer on a 10-3 2A team……………Looked very good in spring 2008 passing camps…………Looked pretty good at the July 2008 Florida Friday Night Lights Camp……………Very impressive at the 2008 Boston College summer camp………….He looked very, very good at the May 2008 Tuscaloosa Elite 11 QB Camp, possibly being the top underclass QB in attendance………….Impressive at the 2008 Miami Under Armour/Scout.com Combine………….Impressive at the February 2008 Boca Raton NUC and received an Ultimate 100 invitation………………Good size and a very strong arm. Very coachable.
Name:Jamie Peebles
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′0
Weight:179
Forty:5.27
City/School:Klein
State:Texas
College Commitment:
Top Offers:x
National Ranking Position:79
Rating:5
News And Notes:One of the top junior QBs in the Houston area…………..A solid passing QB who just lacks ideal height………..Impressive at the July 2008 Rice one-day camp………Very impressive during 2008 spring drills at Klein……….He transferred from St. Pius X to Klein for his junior year……….Very impressive at the July 2008 Texas State 7-on-7 tournament…………Very impressive at the 2008 Texas A&M summer camp………….3/1/2008 Houston NUC QB MVP………….Visited 2008 Texas and LSU Spring Games…….Strong and accurate arm………..4.0 GPA on a 5.0 scale…….As of July 2008 he likes Texas Tech and SMU
Name:Beau Marsaln
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′3
Weight:210
Forty:
City/School:Jenks
State:Oklahoma
College Commitment:
Top Offers:x
National Ranking Position:88
Rating:5
Sophomore Local Honors:HM-Daily Oklahoman-AS (QB)
News And Notes:One of the top junior QBs in Oklahoma………….He transferred from Blackwell to Jenks for his junior season……………….As a sophomore, he passed for about 4,000 yards and 45 TDs and rushed for 685 yards and 11 TDs………………….Looked good at the April 2008 Fort Worth Elite 11 QB Camp……………For his sophomore season, Beau Marsaln transferred to Blackwell from Locust Grove, where he threw for 2,125 yards and 25 TDs last season. ……….Top players •Beau Marsaln, Blackwell, QB, Soph. Marsaln passed for more than 2,500 yards and 28 touchdowns as a freshman…………….Visited Oklahoma State in September 2007 for their win over Texas Tech……………….August 2008: A key transfer at QB might be junior Beau Marsaln, who has passed for 4,065 yards and 45 TDs over the past two years at two different smaller schools…
Name:Doug Williams Jr.
Class:2010
Position:QB/WR
Height:6′2
Weight:170
Forty:
City/School:Tampa Catholic
State:Florida
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
National Ranking Position:174
Rating:5
News And Notes:One of the better junior QB prospects in Florida………….He transferred from Tampa Jefferson to Catholic for his junior year, where he will see some time behind returning starter Christian Green……………..One of 6 sophomores on a 5-7 4A team and as the back-up to an all-area senior QB he completed 5 of 10 passes for 12 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT and carried he ball 3 times for 11 yards……The son of former star NFL QB Doug Williams
Name:Kevin Spain
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′1
Weight:180
Forty:4.89
City/School:Phoenix Paradise Valley
State:Arizona
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:One of the top junior QB prospects in Arizona…………Junior starter at QB…………….He transferred from Scottsdale Horizon to Paradise Valley for his junior year………….As a sophomore starter at QB on a 2-8 5A team, he had 35 carries for 46 yards (1.31 ypc) and completed 86 of 265 passes (32.5%) for 774 yards, 9 TDs and 16 INTs……………….Nice size, gets good spin on his ball, has nice touch and has good footwork…………….NUC Phoenix AZ Event 2/10/2008 QB MVP…………………….He tested well at the 2008 Phoenix Nike.
Name:Edward Thomas
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′2
Weight:195
Forty:4.87
City/School:Detroit Southeastern
State:Michigan
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:One of the top junior QBs in Michigan…………He transferred from Detroit Cody to Southeastern after his sophomore season………….Started at QB as a freshman and is one of the top players on the team as a sophomore, being the only returning starter on offense in 2007……………He threw the ball 68 yards at the 2008 Detroit PAL Sound Mind, Sound Body Camp…………Very impressive at the May 2008 Cincinnati Under Armour/Scout.com Combine, showing off one of the strongest arms at the camp……….Nice arm strength and athleticism………..Is rather skinny, so will need to beef up……….Rated by one analyst as among the top 55 rising juniors in Michigan………..Sophomore QB Edward Thomas started more than half of the games in ‘06…………….Cody: Seven starters return on both sides, and if Louis Beal (RB/LB) returns from a high ankle sprain, the Comets should get off quickly. Raymond Snow (LB/FB) isn’t tall (5-9) but he’s the hardest hitter. Four offensive linemen return, led by seniors Terrell Mallard (G) and Judson Little (OT/DT). Freshman Edward Thomas may start at quarterback
Name:Bobby Brown
Class:2010
Position:QB/DB
Height:6′1
Weight:175
Forty:4.80
City/School:Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic
State:Iowa
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:One of the top junior QBs in Iowa and back-up QBs in the nation…………….He transfererd to Bishop Heelan from Storm Lake at the end of his sophomore regular season and was immediately eligible to play for Bishop Heelan in the 3A playoffs……….As a sophomore starter at QB at Storm Lake, he completed 112 of 184 passes (60.8%) for 1,590 yards, 14 TDs and 5 INTs………………Impressive at the June 2008 Las Vegas Elite 11 Quarterback Camp.3.4 GPA………….Heelan’s starting quarterback is 6-5, 195-pound Zach McCabe, a highly regarded sophomore who has passed for 1,265 yards and 16 touchdowns this fall, complementing the city-record 1,899 rushing yards by junior tailback Brandon Wegher
Name:Dain McFarland
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:5′11
Weight:170
Forty:4.71
City/School:Peoria Centennial
State:Arizona
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:One of the better junior QB prospects in Arizona………….He transferred from Glendale Mountain Ridge to Peoria Centennial for his junior year……………As a sophomore QB on a 7-4 5A team, he completed 5 of 8 passes for 98 yards and 1 TD and had 10 carries for 29 yards. He also had an interception at DB……………Impressive at the June 2008 Las Vegas Elite 11 Quarterback Camp…………..NUC Phoenix AZ Event 2/10/2008: Leadership Award winner.
Name:Jesse Smatana
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:6′1
Weight:188
Forty:
City/School:Macedonia Nordonia
State:Ohio
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:He transferred from Stow Walsh Jesuit to Nordonia……………Speaking of Top Sophmores. Keep an eye on QB. Jessie Smatana 6-1 188lb who transfered from Walsh Jesuit to Nordonia. He should be the favorite to start next season……………..WiOther Freshman Class of 2010 to Watch Jess Smantana 6-1 188 Walsh Jesuit QB/Ath Off the Charts, Speed…………….Only freshman on a 7-3 team that did not provide any varsity stats
Name:Joshua Williamson
Class:2010
Position:QB
Height:5′11
Weight:192
Forty:
City/School:Los Angeles Cathedral
State:California
College Commitment:
Top Offers:
Rating:4
News And Notes:He transferred from Dorsey to Los Angeles Cathedral for his junior year……………..One of 7 sophomores on a 9-4 team and he completed 59 of 120 passes (49.2%) for 971 yards, 7 TDs and 6 INTs and 27 carries for -11 yards and 2 TDs……………..L.A. Times (August 2008): “Football: Dorsey loses its quarterback to Cathedral: Josh Williamson, the starting quarterback at Dorsey last season as a sophomore, has transferred to Los Angeles Cathedral, joining another ex-Dorsey player, running back Kevin Ally. Williamson, however, could have a difficult time breaking into the starting lineup at Cathedral, where junior Shaun Alexander is firmly in control of the offense, Coach Kevin Pearson said Tuesday. Cathedral plays in the tough Del Rey League with Gardena Serra and Harvard-Westlake and is in the same playoff division as Oaks Christian. Williamson’s departure from Dorsey leaves the Dons’ offense in need of help. He was the key player during summer passing leagues, and his absence means that Crenshaw deserves to be the overwhelming favorite to win the Coliseum League title”
      

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! (Week 1 CFB picks)

Aug 28, 2008

Football Fiends!

The LONG — 40 weeks! We should have built an Ark to get us through the long, dry, desert known as the weeks without college football–wait is over!

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS TODAY. (Go ahead, I’ll give you time to digest that info.)

It’s going to be an all college football weekend this Labor Day and I can’t wait.

Without further ado, here are my Week 1 picks:

Thursday Games:

  • Wake Forest over Baylor 41-13
  • South Carolina over NC State 34-0
  • Oregon State over Stanford (I had a feeling about this game and almost went with Stanford, first “trust my instinct” lesson of the 2008 season) 38-26

Saturday Games:

  • Utah over Michigan ( I just can’t shake the feeling that RichRod’s Wolverines are still in a bit of chaos)
  • USC over Virginia (Prediction for final score: 31-14)
  • Florida over Hawaii (The spread here is Hawaii +34–not quite the Colt Brennan/June Jones days anymore, is it?)
  • Clemson over Alabama
  • Mizzou over Illinois
  • ASU over Northern AZ
  • UNLV over Utah State (Utah State is getting 12.5 points. UNLV won 2 games last year. Yeah.)
  • Oregon over Washington
  • Boise State over Idaho State
  • Nebraska over Western Michigan
  • Ole Miss over Memphis
  • California over Michigan State (Kevin Riley’s getting the start for Cal, not Nate Longshore, this should be interesting.)

Monday Games:

  • Tennessee over UCLA
  • Rutgers over Fresno State

I’ll be checking in throughout the weekend to update the wins and losses and comment. ENJOY the first weekend of the College Football Season! Only 11 more! (So sad, isn’t it? Shortest season in sports.)

-Your Gridiron Goddess

8/27/08 News & Notes

Aug 27, 2008

PBA NEWS

Team USA settled for a pair of bronze medals in trios’ competition. Patrick Allen, Page and Hoffman started strong in their match against Japan, with Allen striking on five of his first six shots and Page on four of his first five. However, Hoffman only struck twice and opened in the final two frames, failing to convert on a 2-4-10 split in the 10th.

Gerard Haran

The Kings scored early, taking a nine-run lead into the bottom of the third inning. Gerard Haran led the come back for Washington with four hits, including two home runs five RBI, and he hit a game winning solo home run in the bottom of the eighth. Wildthings defeat Kings (14-13).

Robert Lara

The AZL Padres lost to AZL Rangers (8-1). Lara had a single but it was not enough in the end.

Dan Leatherman

Leatherman did not play; The Hagerstown Suns (24-40) lost their second game in a row on to the Lake County Captains (32-31) on Tuesday, falling by a score of 8-1.

Kyle Gunderson

Potomac Nationals fall to Salem Avalanche (4 -2) Gunderson did not play in this game.

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BB

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SLG

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8/26/08 News & Notes

Aug 26, 2008

News & Notes returns with a new contributing author. Danielle Buntyon, one of Dynasty’s new Fall interns will be taking over the role of creating News & Notes. Here is her first post.

PBA NEWS

Down by 29 pins entering the final frame of the championship match, left-handers Patrick Allen and Rhino Page defeat Sweden’s Tomas Leandersson and Martin Larsen, 457-452, for the doubles gold medal at the 2008 World Tenpin Bowling Association Men’s world Championships.

Gerard Haran

The Washington Wild Things fell to the Evansville Otters (7-2) for the third straight game Sunday afternoon. The Wild Things return to CONSOL Energy Park to host the Kalamazoo Kings for a three-game-set, starting today.

Robert Lara

The AZL Padres defeat the AZL Athletics (16-5) Lara aided the team by scoring in the 5th and 6th inning to help the Padres maintain their lead.

Dan Leatherman

Leatherman did not play; The Hagerstown Suns were defeat by the Lake County Captains (6-3)

Kyle Gunderson

Potomac Nationals shut out Salem Avalanche (10 -0) Gunderson did not play in this game.

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Giants Put Kiwanuka in Hole Left by Umenyiora - New York Times

Aug 25, 2008

Washington Post
Giants Put Kiwanuka in Hole Left by Umenyiora
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By MIKE OGLE EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - The locker stall of the injured defensive end Osi Umenyiora was at the end of a row of his teammates’ - just as he positioned himself on the field - with a large stack of boxes and envelopes piled in front of it …
Giants contact retired Michael Strahan on return The Associated Press


Giants moving Mathias Kiwanuka to defensive end to replace Osi … The Canadian Press
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8/14/08 News & Notes

Aug 14, 2008

Gerard Haran

The Washington Wild Things, presented by Washington Federal Savings Bank, let a much-needed win slip away in game two of their series against the division-leading Kalamazoo Kings.  They ended up losing the game 7-5 loss on Wednesday.  Washington took the early lead but slowly let it slip away until they finally lost the lead in the 7th inning.

Robert Lara

The AZL Padres lost to the AZL Royals Wednesday with a score of 5-3.  Lara was able to help by scoring a run, but it was not enough in the end.

Dan Leatherman

Dan did not play as the Suns had a double-header Wednesday due to the rain from Tuesday.  Both games were shortened and only 7 innings in length.

Kyle Gunderson

Only a day after Kyle Gunderson joined the Dynasty family, he gets the notice everyone’s playing for saying he is getting called up.  This is a great opportunity for Kyle as he has excelled with the Suns with a sub 3 ERA and his opponents posting a mere .184 batting average.  Gunderson is on his way to Potomac to play for the High A team.

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8/13/08 News & Notes

Aug 13, 2008

Gerard Haran

The Wild Things lost a tough game Tuesday to Kalamazoo.  It was a pitcher’s duel with a final score of 2-1 and each team had a single-digit amount of hits.

Robert Lara

The AZL Padres had Tuesday off but will host the AZL Royals Wednesday.

Dan Leatherman

The Hagerstown Suns’ game against the Rome Braves got postponed Tuesday due to rain.  They will hope to get their game against the Braves in today.

Kyle Gunderson

Newly acquired Dynasty client and teammate of Dan Leatherman also saw no action Tuesday as their game was postponed due to rain.  Kyle is also a pitcher for the Suns and currently has a 4-2 record with 8 saves and an impressive ERA of 2.60.

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Bowling

Patrick Allen set to make Team USA debut

The Men’s World Championships marks the much anticipated first appearance of professionals at the World Championships. Allen continued to be among the elite bowlers on tour in 2007-08, winning a title for the fifth consecutive season on his way to finishing sixth in the points standings.  All five professionals representing Team USA finished in the top nine in points, however Allen knows nothing will be handed over to them easily in Thailand.

Anti-Doping Laboratory Equipment is Big Business at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Aug 11, 2008

The China Anti-Doping Agency (CADA) spent approximately $10 million dollars and six years to create a new state of the art laboratory specifically for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Roughly one quarter of that budget ($2.7 million) was used to purchase 60-80 various laboratory testing instruments. The primary beneficiaries of these purchases were the analytical laboratory equipment manufacturers Thermo Fisher Scientific, Agilent Technologies and Phenomenex (”Drugs at the Starting Line: The Olympics begin with new antidoping lab and measures to keep athletes honest,” August 11).

Stuart P. Cram, strategic marketing vice president at Thermo Fisher, reports that their company has numerous service engineers available 24 hours a day during the Beijing Olympics to maintain uninterrupted and efficient operation of the Thermo Fisher testing equipment. Chinese Anti-Doping Agency purchased several products from their company including:

  • (2) Thermo Fisher DFS Sector Field gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) systems;
  • (1) Thermo Fisher Delta V isotope ratio mass spectrometer - used to distinguish between “natural and synthetic steroids”;
  • (4) Thermo Fisher triple-quadrupole TSQ Quantum Access liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems

Agilent Technologies supplies the China Anti-Doping Agency with the majority of their steroid testing and drug detection equipment. Stephen B. Crisp, international business development manager at Agilent, states that Agilent also has technicians available 24/7 to maintain the operational status of Agilent equipment that includes 18 liquid/mass stations and 19 gas/mass stations.

  • Agilent 1200 Series LC/MS units
  • Agilent 6400 Series triple-quadrupole LC/MS units
  • Agilent 6100 Series single-quadrupole LC/MS units
  • Agilent 6300 Series ion trap LC/MS
  • Agilent 7890A GC/MS units
  • (8) unspecified laboratory instrumentation

Crisp also reports that different screening methods are used for different sports depending on the performance enhancing drugs most prevalent in that particular sport.

The Beijing lab will use screening methods that vary depending on the drugs athletes tend to favor in a particular competition. “Different compounds are suspected in different sports,” Crisp explains.

Phenomenex is a manufacturer of solid-phase extraction columns used in both GC/MS and LC/MS equipment. The separation columns are used to prepare samples for analysis according to Terrell Matthews, product manager for Phenomenex.

Important to the efficient operation of GC/MS and LC/MS instruments at the Olympics are the solid-phase extraction columns that clean up and concentrate target compounds from urine for analysis, says Terrell Mathews, product manager for Phenomenex, a maker of separation columns. Sample purification steps can take 60% of a lab technician’s time and can be a significant source of lab errors, he says.

The new anti-doping lab in use at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will conduct approximately 4,500 drug tests during the Olympic games and will analyze samples for over 400 different drugs on the WADA list of banned substances in the following nine classes of performance enhancing drugs: anabolic steroids, hormones, beta-2 agonists, hormone antagonists and modulators, diuretics, stimulants, narcotics, cannabinoids, and glucocorticosteroids. Each different piece of testing equipment has a unique function in the drug testing process (”Olympics technology: Keeping ‘em Honest,” August 4).

Regardless of when or where a sample is gathered, its first stop after entering the testing lab is the Agilent 7890A gas chromatograph, which separates and detects the different components in the sample, isolating the banned substances from the normal biological molecules. The sample is vaporized with heat, and the gas enters the 7890A’s separation column. As the gas moves through the column, the different atomic weights of its component compounds cause them to travel at different speeds (the lighter ones exit the column first). By measuring the speed, amount and sequence at which the components exit the column, investigators can readily identify most substances on the banned list.

But some compounds, such as peptide hormones, are destroyed by the vaporization process, requiring use of a liquid chromatograph. Using the same principle as the gas chromatograph to separate molecules by atomic weight, the Agilent 1200 series liquid chromatograph substitutes a liquid solvent that moves through the column. The liquid solvent takes longer to separate the molecules but preserves the molecules that would otherwise be destroyed by the heat of vaporization.

“About three out of four samples are analyzed using gas chromatography, but use of liquid chromatography is increasing because many of the new compounds are destroyed by vaporization,” said Sheehan.

If either the gas- or liquid-chromatograph indicates a questionable substance is present, then the sample is submitted to the mass spectrometer, which can confirm the chemical identity of virtually any compound. The mass spectrometer measures the molecular weight of the questionable substance, producing a unique chemical fingerprint that is compared with the fingerprints of known banned substances, providing unambiguous confirmation of the gas- or liquid-chromatograph results.

The science of anti-doping is a complicated process and big business for laboratory equiipment manufacturers.

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Mission Critical: New Mexico State Football Preview

Aug 7, 2008

Hal Mumme is a man on a mission. After successfully completing several other missions, that included: Feathering his hair like a majestic bird, blowing snot-rockets on national television, and making people uncomfortable at WAC media events—Mumme has refocused his efforts this season on simply keeping his job.

Mumme is a complicated man...a man who likes to wear lettermen's jackets and drape snotrags towels over his shoulder. He also likes to lose football games.

BUT that is all changing this year...you see, Hal Mumme has a 'gut feeling' that this year's Aggie team will be successful. And if we know anything about Hal Mumme, it's that his gut feelings are usually correct. Let's see what they're up against.

Hooray mediocrity!

The Aggies return 15 starters from last season (and Chase Holbrook returns nearly all of his teeth), when they went 4-9...so you know those seasoned vets know how to lose quite well.

Eight of those returners are on offense...an offense that is equal parts excellent under the guidance of senior QB Chase Holbrook...and terrible (might wanna check this out again).

WR Chris Williams is a legitimate stud for the Aggies. He may be small, but he is fast and has soft hands. Williams had 772 yards receiving and 11 TDs in 2007 and he only played in eight freakin' games!

Chase Holbrook, when healthy, can really spread the ball around and routinely puts up big numbers and high passing percentages. Last season, a letdown by Holbrook's standards—he still managed to throw for almost 4,000 yards and toss 26 TDs. The headscratcher here is that they only won four games. Why?

Well, no rushing game to speak of is a good start. The Aggies top rushers from 2007 combined for only 1,037 yards and 7 TDs. "They're a passing team," you'll say.

But that doesn't matter, the Aggies are too predictable on offense—they have to get some production from their backs or Holbrook has to do too much. The Aggies put up an amazing -19 yards rushing against BSU last year. That's not good.

Defense wins championships...that's why NMSU has none.


New Mexico State's defense was ranked 94th in the country last year—giving up 430 yards per contest. That number looks pretty good, however, when you consider that, in scoring defense, the Aggies were ranked 107th.

These dubious rankings were enough for the Aggies to jettison defensive coordinator Woody Widenhofer (I'm not kidding),a guy who looked like the "time to make the donuts" guy and coached like him too, and bring in Joe Lee Dunn, a former Memphis D-coordinator, who worked wonders for the Tigers' D in the early 90's.

Dunn enjoyed (maybe that's too strong a word) stints in the SEC as well, bringing his defensive skillz to programs like Arkansas and Mississippi. Whether Dunn will be able to resurrect the Aggies' D remains to be seen, but expect some growing pains this year for the squad as they try to wrap their heads around his 3-3-5 defense.

If Dunn can turn the Aggie D around...the Aggies can make good strides—that is, until Holbrook and Williams graduate and the Aggies' one-dimensional offense stinks again.

Whuzzit mean?

Part of me really dislikes Hal Mumme (the part that comprises 99 percent of me)—so I'd like to see him get his sycophantic hieny kicked on a weekly basis. I love having coaches like Hal "the towel" in our conference because otherwise, it is really hard to get up for these layup games against the WAC bottom-feeders.

Chase Holbrook is a fringe NFL guy, and the Aggies certainly have some talent on offense...but until they abandon that gimmicky "Air Raid" offense and start playing some smashmouth football, they're going to continue to eke out three- and four-win seasons.

They get the Broncos in Las Cruces this year, so it should be a bit more interesting than the last tussle (wanna see this one more time?), but I think that the Crimson Aggies will only manage five wins this season against Nicholls State, UTEP, Idaho, La Tech and Utah State.

Sadly, this will be enough for Hal Mumme to stick around...but on the bright side, this will be enough for Hal Mumme to stick around.

In short, watching Aggie football is a lot like watching this commercial:

It hurts.

Jay Buhner: No.8 Mariner of All-Time

Aug 5, 2008

Photo Source: [Sports Illustrated]

For 30 days, Baseball Tonight will reveal the top three all-time players voted by the fans. Participate by voting here. The All-Time Franchise players from the Mariners will be chosen on Tuesday, August 19th. Over the next couple weeks, I am going to countdown my own ranking of the ten players on the ballot.

Number Eight
Jay Buhner, RF 1989-2001

Jay "Bad to the Bones" Buhner, an all-time Mariners' fan favorite. His quirky personality and explosive bat will live on forever in Mariners' fans heart's everywhere. In 1988, he was acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade for Ken Phelps. This trade is considered one of the best made by the Mariners, ever.

Buhner would have his first significant season in 1991 when he hit 27 home runs and drove in 77 runs. After '91, Bones would go on to hit more than 20 home runs in seven consecutive years. Jay would reach his peak in the '95 season when he hit 40 dingers and drove in 121 runs. 

His personal best slugging % was also reached in '95, at .566. Without him, the 1995 season wouldn't have been so successful. He ended up finishing 5th in MVP voting that year behind his teammate, Edgar Martinez.


The next year in '96 Buhner hit 44 home runs and drove in 144 runs, both would stand as his single season records. Despite this power surge, he kept his average at a respectible .271. The '96 season would mark his only all-star appearance in his career. 


Over his fifteen year career, Buhner would go on to average 34 home runs and 106 runs batted in. Besides his bat, Buhner was known for his rocket arm and even won a gold glove in the 1996 season at right field. 


After playing a minor role in the success of the 2001 team, fan-favorite Bones hanged up the cleats. After retiring, he would go on to broadcast a few games from 2003-2006, and now is working as a coach in the M's minor league system. His number, 19, stands to be retired soon. He has already been enshrined in the Mariners hall of fame with Dave Niehaus, Edgar Martinez, and Alvin Davis.


His infamous bald head and beard made him one of the most recognizable players in the Majors. Buhner Buzz Cut Night offered fans to get their heads shaved, and some fans were lucky enough to get their heads shaved by Jay himself. If you were bald or got your head shaved you were granted free admission.

Mariner Records:
No.3 Games Played-1440

No.4 Runs Scored-790
No.4 Hits-1255 
No.3 Doubles-231
No.3 Home Runs-307
No.3 RBI's-951
No.5 Slugging %- .497


Ignore this

No.1 Strikeouts-1375

No.81 Steals-6


Sources: BaseballReference.com


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