The Original Gunslinger Ryan Mallett

The quarterback class of 2010 in college football has the potential to be one of the best in ages it may even rival the great 1983 class. Jack Locker at Washington, Andrew Luck of Stanford, Blaine Gabbert of Missouri and Christian Ponder of Florida State are all studs at the quarterback position for their respective teams. The cream of the crop, however, is Ryan Mallett, the strong armed 6'7' starting quarterback for the University of Arkansas. Mallett who like the others has some aspects of his game to work on (footwork, decision making) is still in my opinion the most NFL ready QB in a great year for the position. Mallett made a very wise decision of returning to college for another year and is the leader of the SEC's highest scoring offense at 36 pts per game. 36 per outing for any team in the defensive minded SEC is an impressive accomplishment. Furthermore, any quarterback can succeed in a Bobby Petrino's system (see Brian Brohm ) much less one with the absurd physical tools that Mallet possesses. Keep in mind that Arkansas returns nearly every one of its key playmakers on the offense in 2010. Andrew Perloff of Sports Illustrated named Mallett A.K.A Big Tex the number one pick in the 2011 draft over Jake Locker, Andrew Luck and Blaine Gabbert. That is a pretty impressive vote of confidence for a guy who has only one year starting experience. Mallett's "swagger" is also a positive. Mallett carries himself with confidence; something that should work in his favor, though that has been a knock on quarterbacks before (see Jimmy Clausen). Mallett set or tied 16 school records in his first year as Arkansas’ starting quarterback last fall and turned heads along the way. He threw for 3,624 yards and 30 touchdowns with 7 interceptions in leading Arkansas to an 8-5 record and win in the Liberty Bowl. He was a second-team selection on the All-SEC teams picked by the media and league’s coaches, and has already prompted Heisman Trophy talk among the national media this pre-season. The Arkansas offense will showcase Mallett's immense talents and being surrounded by D.J. Williams, Ronnie Wingo, Greg Childs, Dennis Johnson, Broderick Green, and Jarius Wright does not hurt either. This will be a huge year for the Razorbacks on the whole but the opportunity for Mallett to gain post season accolades is high if he stays healthy. Playing in the Sec west which overall will be up in 2010 may not help Mallett as much if he played in the Big East, but I will leave conference talk outside of this article. If he wins the Heisman or not Mallet is the number one quarterback in the country according to 6magazine bar none.

Ciao, Claude Clayborne

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JIMMY Awards: Week 2

Here are this week JIMMY Award winners

College

Tate Forcier, QB Michigan - The Cali QB rose to fame in a huge game this past week 310 total yards, 3tds and most importantly one W.
Rahim Moore, FS UCLA - More was the first to make Lane Kiffin look stupid this season. He hit up the Vols for 6 tackles and 2 picks for a 19-15 in Knoxville.
Case Keenum, QB Houston - The ring leader of the OSU upset led his team with 366 passing yards on 32/46 pass attempts and 4 total TDs as the Cougars upset the #5 ranked OSU Cowboys in Stillwater.


NFL
Adrian Peterson, RB Vikings - The Deal ran for 180 yards on 25 attempts and hit up the Browns for 3 TDs.

Drew Brees, QB Saints - Brees was disgusting throwing for a 77% completion percentage. He was 26/34 throwing for 358 yards and 6 TDs. Someone tell Drew to slow down, it's only Week 1.

Sheldon Brown, CB Eagles - The oft disrespected DB let his organization his value once again with two passes broken up and two passes picked off. Eagles, please pay this man!

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 2

Yo what up! It's call full circle. Pop Warner, High School, College, and Professional football is under way. Shout out to the UFL starting up in October, but for now, my life is complete. This is the 2nd week of the Monday Morning Cornerback where we get you covered on all angles. Let's go in.

Best Games

Michigan defeats # 18 Notre Dame

Thank God. This is how a Michigan vs. Notre Dame game is supposed to look. Michigan won the game on the heels and poise of their Frosh QB, Tate Forcier, who played phenomenal. Jimmy Clausen of the Golden Domers played great as well. He is finally living up to his potential. They lost the game not because of their play but their defense started to wear down and get tired.

The main reason they wore down was Charlie Weiss' need to throw the football. I have no clue why, but Armando Allen, Jr. was totting the rock for the Irish very well all game long. The Irish's second to last offensive series, Weiss threw the ball way too much. Allen started the drive off with 13 yards for a 1st down, but turned an ankle. Nevertheless, Weiss bailed on his running game, and ran two straight pass plays which fell incomplete and took no time off the clock. The rest is history. Michigan marched down the field and won the game.

Bills vs. Patriots

The start of the game was very slow and sloppy. You expected that sort of thing from the Bills but not the Pats. Brady was off target most of the game and there were several times he was gun shy about throwing the ball to Randy Moss in tight spots. Instead he chose to toss the pill to Ben Watson, twice in the final minutes of the game for two touchdowns.

The Bills simply self-destructed. The played great defense all night long. They scored points. They also have several bullet wounds in their own feet. Trent Edwards looks like young Jedi Knight that has no control over his own brilliance. The second to last series he looks like a Pro Bowl QB and the last series he takes two sacks when his team only has one timeout. Now that I think about it, he looked like an Pro Bowl QB, because Bills were gashing them with great interior runs and Edwards used and abused the play action. I don't know T.O., I wouldn't stand for this sloppy QB play if I were you.

The 6Magazine brass was expecting a great wr duel between Randy and T.O. but we got nothing. Thanks Tom and Trent!

Biggest Surprise

Did Colorado get beat 38 - 54 by Toledo? Let's be honest Coach Hawkins, you can't recruit a better QB than your own son? I know Colorado isn't what it once was, but you have tons of talent in Cali, Texas and Colorado to pull from. This isn't intramural brother, it's D-1 football, get a real QB!

Eh, nothing really jumped out at me NFL wise to be honest.

Quick Cuts and Jukes

- Matt Barklely looked good. Terrelle Pryor looked....ugh. I love TP though and I'm pulling for him.

- The Georgia Tech offense is bringing sexy back, aka, the Option. Expect the Nebraska Cornhuskers of old to be back in two years.

- Greg Paulus is good and I don't care what anyone else says.

- Forget what you heard, the Heisman is Jahvid Best's to lose.

- I am Sooner born and Sooner bred, which means I don't care when OSU loses, I wish people would stop associating the OSU Cowboys with the entire state of Oklahoma's football.

- The 'Ol Ball Coach is an old ball coach.

- Did you say something Lane Kiffin, I couldn't hear you.

- Thank God for Onterrio McCalebb, because after Andre Debose went out, I didn't know which Freshman stud I'd develop my man crush for.

- The Eagles look really good, and Mike Vick didn't even play.

- Google Adrian Peterson + Eric Wright, as soon as possible.

- Why the hell didn't I take Drew Brees as my QB in my fantasy league.

- Mark Sanchez '09 = Matt Ryan '08?

- Damn...not B. Lach...not this soon! Why?

- No T.O., the offensive explosion of Tony Romo and late season meltdowns must go on!

Yo...that's all I got,


Ricky Writer

5 Tips to Help Women Survive Football Season by K. Masenda of ETSF

What's up. We got the all world, Kenny Masenda, of Ed The Sports Fan which swept the 2009 Black Web Blog Awards for Sports blog of the year! Congrats to them cats. Here's Kenny.

At Ed the Sports Fan, we take immense pride in bringing you stories from a very unique and thought-provoking perspective. Some of them are good, while some are just plain out-there. There are others that are pure fantasy, and others that we feel will benefit you, the reader, as a whole. Today’s story will be just that: it will be something for all women to take in, and use as a tool to help you survive the next five months of your lives. Granted, there are some women who love football, so this is not written for them. This is for the women who may not understand a man’s fascination, love, affection, and bond with the game of football. One of my heroes, Dr. Cornel West, says “the benchmark of greatness is finding joy in loving and serving others.” With that said, it’s my honor and duty to present this to you. I’m doing this simply as a service to all women, and nothing more. I don’t want you to be mad once you realize that we’re gonna be unavailable for the next five months, unless there’s a crappy game on. Remember, it’s all out of love (and so we can watch the game in peace). Now...

#1. Adopt the “Cater to You” Philosophy - Once a woman finally realizes there’s no way she’s going to come between a man and football season, this approach becomes easier to embrace. I labeled this approach in honor of your girls, Destiny’s Child, so the words and the concept will sink in. There’s a part in the chorus that basically says, “I got your slippers/your dinner/your dessert, and so much more/anything you want, I want to cater to you.” Believe me, once football season is over (around early-February), a man will remember the times you catered to him, while we were in our sanctuary, and when you choose to have your Real Housewives of Atlanta Watch Party, or whatever show is “in” at that time, the favor will be returned, and we’ll be eager to do so.


#2. Learn to Respect the Communal Aspect of Football - Football is the one sport where all people can come together, and enjoy each other’s company, and be absolutely thrilled to do so. There can be a sanitation engineer, a waste collector, an office manager, CEO, bill collector, or whoever all in the same place, but when the game is on, it’s all good. For three hours, your occupation, past, present situation, or anything else means absolutely nothing. We’re all joined together for one reason: to enjoy the damn game. Baseball has too many lulls in a game for this to occur, and basketball’s too thugged-out for everyone to enjoy it. Other sports don’t compare either.





#3. Understand that People Alter Their Daily Schedules for Football Season - One of my boys altered his Friday work schedule, so he can participate in The Second-Annual Shock the World Tour this year. Me, the very writer of this piece, is abandoning my usual 11 AM church service, and will start going to 8 AM church service, beginning this Sunday, so I can be back home in time for Sunday NFL Countdown, at 10 AM. I’ve gone to, maybe, two early services my entire life, so the fact this is occurring serves as a reminder of how crucial football season is. DVR isn’t the same, so don’t dare ask me to do such a thing, because it will never happen. Once again, it goes back to respecting the sanctity of the gridiron.



#4. Check your Facebook/Twitter Profile - Ladies, do yourselves a favor, and log-in to your Facebook or Twitter account tomorrow evening, around 6 PM (or 7 EST). I guarantee you will see a substantial amount of status messages that will solely pertain to the NFL starting up. I would ask you to just look at last week’s statuses, but they’ve changed so damn much that it would be a pretty tough task.

#5. Find Something To Do - Go to the mall and shop til you drop; go hang out with “mama and nem.” Read a book, learn a trade, do something, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, do not disturb a man when the game is on. As I said earlier, football season has started, and it’s more than just a game. To reduce it to that is to trivialize it and spit in the faces of all of us who have awaited months upon months for this to start back up. Please, don’t fight it. You will only lose; instead, respect it, learn it, and who knows, you may even learn to love it.

LADIES, THIS IS HONEST ADVICE. FELLAS ARE WE OFF BASE? WHAT DID WE FORGET? LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!

Be easy.

-K. Masenda
www.edthesportsfan.com

JIMMY Awards: Week 1

Here are the JIMMY Awards for the first week of the football season.

Michael Floyd, Notre Dame WR – The Golden Domer pulled in 4 catches, 3 of which were tds for 189 yards.

Joe Pawelek, Baylor LB – Pawelek had 7 tackles, a sack, and a pick.

Mark Ingram, Alabama RB – Ingram rushed for 150 yards on 26 attempts for a td and 3 catches for 35 yards and a td.

Max Hall, BYU QB – The nephew of Danny White threw for 329 yards on 26 of 38 pass attempts and two td strikes in an upset win of OU.

Ralph Bolden, Purdue RB – The Boilermaker had 234 yards on 21 rushes and two tds.

Blaine Gabbert, Missouri QB – The Mizzou QB passed for 319 yards on 25/33 passing and 3 td strikes with an extra td run for the road as they defeated Illinois.