Rebel Redux
Charlie, seriously, lets try to mix in a salad or something
The first weekend of college football has come and gone...and what do
we know?...Well not a whole heck of alot. Ohio State and Texas are
both pretty good, Port City gunslinger John David Booty does not suck,
Kenny Irons is down right nasty, the Mitch Mustain era has begun at
Arkansas (did anybody else notice poor Robert Johnson wasnt getting
the same plays called for him that Mustain was? If Im Johnson Im like
"Say coach, where was that play call when I was in there"), State is
still terrible, Charlie Weis is going to eat us all out of house and
home, Dan Hawkins wishes he was still playing on the blue turf, David
Cutcliffe can win with superior athletes, John Parker Wilson will only
be half as famous as his younger brother Ross from MTV's Two-a-Days,
watching Louisville's Michael Bush snap his leg was a little rough to
watch, and somehow, the Ole Miss Rebels have stumbled upon some
semblance of an offense.
The Rebs looked like a passable team offensively on Sunday. Brent
Schaeffer, after all the hype, looks like he's the real deal (no way
Spurlock runs for that last first down, theres your difference). Ben
Jarvis Green Ellis is a legitimate SEC back, tough, bruising, with
just enough speed to break one. The O-line looked sufficient, but
their youth showed at times (plus Memphis' D-line stinks on ice).
Recievers were non-existant, someone needs to introduce Schaffer to
those guys and let him know that he is allowed to throw to them. And
then theres little Dexter McCluster...who Ill get to in a minute.
Defensively, its the Patrick Willis show. Can someone other than him
make a tackle? He either is so quick to the play that he beats
everyone there, or no one else can play. 12 tackles, 8 solo...enough
said. The D-line is big time thin. They were standing straight up for
most of the second half. Sweet Pickles advocate Jerrel Powe cannot get
eligible soon enough for that group.
Finally, as I mentioned, Dexter "freaking" McCluster. The guy was a
star all day, setting the 4th highest mark for all-purpose yards in a
game for an Ole Miss Rebel. The kid deemed "too small" to play for FSU
or Miami, showed out in his first college game. Here are the
highlights of his day. My only problem, we've got to come up with a
nickname for this kid...no self respecting football star is named
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