Brandon Banks: If you don't know, SMH.

Brandon Banks ring a bell? Well it should. He is the best player in college football that no one is talking about outside of the state of Kansas and the Big 12 conference. The 5'7" 142 pound senior wide receiver out of Kansas State will be a household name this year, watch.

Have you heard of Percy Harvin and Jeff Demps, the two wideouts that left dead grass streaks all of the SEC last year? I'm sure you have, Harvin was a first round draft pick last year, and Demp is one of Florida's top returning players. Banks is considerably smaller than both, although they all three have the same playing style, but Banks is better than both of the Florida standouts. Yes, I said it. He is just as quick, a better route runner, has better hands, and for as small as he is he goes over the middle fearlessly. If he Banks was 5'10 175 and not 5'7 142 he would have been a 5 star recruit coming out of Bakersfield Junior College.

Look at last year's number for the KSU wideout. He posted 67 grabs for 1049 yards and 9 tds, added one more with a 93 yard touchdown run against Mizzou, and a 98 yard kick off return against Nebraska. I can't wait to see what he does in 2009. Whatever it is, it will be monumental and this kid will play in the NFL. Once he gets there, he needs to buy Roscoe Parrish, Santana Moss, and Sinorice Moss all nice watches for bringing the extremely small wideouts back into style. I can go on forever about this kid, but I'll let his highlight tape do the talking.

That's all I got,

Ricky Writer

Chris Houston sits down with 6Magazine

Chris Houston, starting cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons, sat down with 6Magazine's Richard Boadu to talk football, life, etc. Enjoy.

Back From Vacation

Hello football world,

How have you all been. 6Magazine took a vacation last week, before we dive head first into football season which is about 3 weeks away. Much has been going on since we've been gone so let's go in.

Steve McNair

The untimely death of Steve McNair occurred a little over a week ago. I was sickened to my stomach by some of the comments people were making. Yes, this man was wrong for cheating on his wife, no one said he was right. I find it funny that many of the people that had negative things to say about Steve McNair, act as if they were the most perfect thing to ever have been created. I heard most of his critics to his character in the Bible belts known as Oklahoma and Texas. On that note, give me a second to preach please, Matthew 7:1 - "Judge not, that ye not be judged." For all of those who want to blast and criticize McNair, please have caution before your dirty laundry be made public like McNair's. No one is perfect and I really wish people would stop acting like it.

Steve McNair, you were a great quarterback. Contrary to negative people, you were a great man. Especially during Hurricane Katrina, when much of the focus was on New Orleans, you helped keep those in need in Mississippi at the forefront. You were a great example of how a person should play the quarterback position by being tough, relentless, and fearless. Rest in peace, you will be missed.

Donte' Stallworth

Cleveland Browns WR, Donte' Stallworth, was released from jail after serving 24 days of a 30 day jail sentence. Commissioner, Roger Goodell, laid down the hammer suspending Stallworth indefinitely. Goodell is expected to make an announcement on the exact length of Stallworth's suspension this week.

This is a tough situation being that in some minds the law let Stallworth off easy. If the family of victim had made a push for Stallworth to suffer a longer jail sentence, I think he would have. I hope Goodell takes the family's understanding of the situation into consideration. I don't know all the answers, but the true question to be asked is, if Stallworth had only been speeding and not intoxicated or had marijuana in his system would he have still hit and killed the victim, Mario Reyes? It sounds silly, but the victim did not use the crosswalk when he rushed in front of Stallworth's vehicle to catch the bus home from work.

Stallworth should be punished because driving intoxicated is inexcusable and he was already a member of the NFL substance abuse program. Mr. Goodell has a reputation for stiff penalties and for that reason, I fear the worst for Stallworth. The best thing Stallworth did for himself was stop at the accident and own up to it like a man, because we remember what happened to Dwayne Goodrich of the Cowboys a few years back.

B-Favre

Brett Favre has been out of the news in the past few weeks, much to my shock, seriously. Well, he's back in it now. Word on the street is that Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell went down to Hattiesburg, Miss., this past week to watch Favre toss the ball around 100 times give or take. They wanted to see the future Hall of Fame quarterback's throwing capabilities since he is six weeks removed from arthroscopic bicep surgery.

Brett told told Bevell that he wants to be a Viking, but wants to be able to perform at full strength all season and doesn't want to commit to the team too early if his bicep doesn't let him. We all know the ending to this story. Favre is a warrior, and will be a Viking warrior when the season starts.


That's all I got and I'm happy to be back,


Ricky Writer