The Long Snapper: September 8, 2009
for
Florida
after he
“wasn’t ready to play”
in the first game. I wasn’t ready to play either and clearly the kicking game suffered for it. You can also welcome back
Lawrence Marsh
, who should be mad as hell he let a little ankle keep him out of action. Super frosh
Jelani Jenkins
and Big
Carl Johnson
both suffered injuries against
Charleston Southern
, but are expected to play on Saturday.
Dustin Doe
continues to be a week-to-week decision.
Concerned about pass defense? Shoddy cornerback play got you down? Need the one man who can do the job? Janoris Jenkins is back. After serving a one game penalty for assisting law enforcement during taser testing drills, the freshman phenom returns against Troy. Beaten by receivers no more. #29 is back…as #1.
Brandon James, SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week.
You all know about Joe Haden’s brothers Josh – a running back at Boston College – and Jordan – a high school defensive back committed to Florida, but there are two more. Jacob is 16 and Jonathan is in the eighth grade. If Josh ends up being the only one to not be a Gator, family dinners could get uncomfortable.
Scot Loeffler, quarterback coach.
Ah the Coaches Poll. USF’s Jim Leavitt dropped UNC from #12 to unranked on his ballot. All the Tar Heels did was beat The Citadel 40-6 in their first game of the season. Captain Crazy also said he would not put the Bulls in his next ballot. He held true to his word and didn’t rank USF, who he had at #18 in his preseason poll. I’ll agree with him on that one. Bulls fan or not, I’m not close to being ready to call them a top 25 team.
Jake Sims will hold his starting spot along the offensive line after a good performance in the opener against Wofford.
An interesting breakdown of why USF should be looking at a 7-5 season. And that’s WITH a win over Miami. Although I’d like to think 7-5 isn’t a possibility, it certain does make sense. I’ll keep my hopes up for 10-2. I have high hopes. Too high in most cases.
Former Gator Jarred Fayson had a decent debut for Illinois. He only rushed the ball one time for one yard, but he led all Fighting Illini receivers with four catches for 50 yards. He also returned a punt for four yards. Of course Illinois looked like the Illinois we came to love during Ron Zook’s first two years, not the Illinois of 2007 that everyone seems to expect to return for no good reason other than they have an athletic quarterback and a good receiver. It takes more than two. That’s all I’m saying. (And yes, I had the Illini winning this game. Goes to show you how much I know.)
Cincinnati, good? Rutgers, bad? You decide. The Rutgers defense took a page out of Two Teams Coming Together for a Common Purpose: The FSU and Miami Guide to Pass Coverages. Big East quarterbacks are eagerly awaiting their turn.
For those of you that missed it, the aforementioned Noles and Canes gave us their version of excitement. Either I’m going to go ahead and mark down Jacory Harris’ spot on the All-American roster or I’m going to say Mickey Andrews just may be past his prime. Let’s go with the latter. Harris was good. Very good. FSU’s secondary was bad. Very bad. Max Hall is one drooling Mormon at the moment.
Don’t worry. We’ll see Mitch Mustain being selected somewhere in the second half of an NFL Draft coming soon. As for seeing him even throw a pass in a USC game in 2009, well, don’t count your chickens. In a 56-3 blowout season opening win, the Trojan’s backup quarterback – Aaron Corp – only thru four passes. Mustain is one spot further down the depth chart.
First Three Quarters Jevan Snead won’t make it out of the SEC alive. Q1-3 Snead went 8-of-17 for 102 yards and two interceptions. Fourth Quarter Jevan Snead went 4-of-5 for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Ole Miss likes Q4 Snead. The rest of the SEC West cheers for Q1-3 Snead. I just like saying Snead.
And finally, North Alabama’s roster reads like a high school all-star game: Harrison Beck, Jamal Edwards, Courtney Harris, Preston Parker, Brandon Paul, Richie Rich, Marcus Sims. Doom will find the Lions though. This guy is on the coaching staff.