I did see his performance. And I think given his performance (a career best in passing yards) and given the greater use of the wildcat formation in the NFL, it’s a virtual certainty that somebody grabs him in this draft, quite possible before the 6th round. It’s a copycat league after all and everybody’s looking for the next interesting thing. If Tim Tebow can get drafted, Pat White can too.

Slash 2?

Damn. I thought we had an NFL executive reading this blog!

With the emergence of Haralson (8 sacks in limitted playing time), I’d say LB corp (if Spikes resigns) is the storgest aspect of the team and nowhere near worthy of a 2nd round pick.

That article mentioned the coach softened his stance to include only florida, LSU and tennessee in the SEC. I can’t believe they’d prevent him from going to Florida International. Crazy.

I’m biased because I’m a Canes fan, but that article does very well with all impassioned complaints about fairness to the player and grand assumptions about the coach, but all but ignores the all the inconvenient facts. Especially, that the university has evidence Marve’s family began contacting SEC schools about a transfer midway through the season while Marve was still starting every game for Miami.

How would you feel if the starting QB of your team was contacting other teams about a transfer while your team was still playing for its conference title (they still controlled their destiny with 2 games to go in the season), and while he was still attending your school on the university’s tab? That’s why they included the SEC in the ban. Literally dozens of other players (even top recruits) have transfered from the U over the past few years, and they never tried to impose any ban like this before. You’d think that might raise a few questions about Marve in the media, but that would just get in the way of a good story bashing an easy target.

Only then, did the dad mention he had cancer. That really turned the media toward their side, but the school was completely unaware of until it was reported in the media (That does a great job of making them appear heartless in that column though, doesn’t it?). The school then immediately softened its stance to only include the three colleges in the SEC the Marve’s contacted directly (and illegally).

So the kid gets into a car crash before he ever plays a down, and the university pays for all his medical expenses. They stick with him despite two suspensions in his first year. They ignore his overtures to other schools (which, if pursued, could cost him more eligibility), and allow him to play anywhere but teams who are a) in their conference, b) schools he had direct contact with, or c) schools which regularly appear on their schedule (they played FIU each of the past two years, including one featuring a bench-clearing brawl). That only gives Marve 100 division 1A schools he can transfer to. I wonder how the poor kid will survive?