Watched the U.S. Army All American Game and the Under Armor All American game this weekend. Most impressive players I saw were Russell Sheppard who is headed to LSU and Bryce Brown the RB from Kansas (committed to Miami).  Sulphur Springs QB Tyrik Rollison looked very good but he is likely not going to qualify. I expect him to end up at Oklahoma State next year a la Perish Cox and Dez Bryant. Christine Michael had a nice game in San Antonio. I believe he will be a Darren Lewis type back for us. He is not going to break 80 yard runs like Goodson did. However, he can carry the ball 30 times in a game and pound out 8-15 yard gains. He should be a nice complement to Cyrus Gray's slashing running style. As a program, we cannot allow athletes like Sheppard and Craig Loston to go out of state. We need to start keeping those kids in state. As I have said before though, the most important part of our program is developing the talent we bring in. I think we are brining in a lot of speed in this class. That is exactly what we need. However, we need to develop that speed into football players or we will be stuck in the same rut we have been in for the past 7-8 years.Matt Barkeley looked much better than when I saw him earlier in the year. He showed off a big arm. He has the tools to be the next great USC QB.

After watching tu come back to beat The Ohio State University, I have decided that they are simply a great passing team. They do not have a great defense. They have a poor running game. However, they have a great passing offense that the coaches have been able to ride to a one loss season and they deserve a lot of credit for that. Even in a down year for college football, this tu team is not a great team. They did overachieve however and I can appreciate that. Their whole was greater than the sum of their parts. I think Jim Tressel was too conservative in his play calling and it may have cost his team the game. However, a 10 win season with a true freshman QB and an injured Beanie Wells is more than respectable. Will be interesting to see when Tressel unleashes Pryor the way he unleashed Troy Smith as a senior. When he develops Pryor into a more polished passer and lets him run the spread, you will have a national championship team on your hands. Right now, I am hard pressed to think who I would rank #1 over Ohio State entering next season. If Wells returns (which I doubt) I think they should be the preseason number one team.

I still think that UF will beat OU because Philip Loadbolt cannot block speed rushers and UF will terrorize Bradford. Also, OU's running game is suspect when Demarco Murray is not 100 percent and for the second year in a row he is missing the bowl game. On the other hand, UF's passing game is very suspect and the OU defense might shut down the UF running game after being disrespected in the media leading up to the game. The way I see it is that UF has a great defense and special teams. OU has a great offense when Murray is 100 percent. UF is just a bad matchup for OU.