Should i drop mcgahee

It was never like this, but let's not ruin their Leave It To Beaver fantasies. It occurred to me that these are the same people who complain that there are too many flavors of ice cream. There can never be too many flavors of ice cream, but here are the best 10 flavors. You can pick your favorite brand. I'll take Breyer's or the store brand at Publix supermarkets. I'm aware that as many or more people will choose vanilla as their favorite.

These people are wrong. Vanilla ice cream is the perfect accompaniment for pie or cake. But if it's your favorite flavor by itself in a bowl, you are what my former college roommate Chad Forbes called The Human Equivalent of Beige. This tastes great on its own, goes wonderfully with certain kinds of cakes and pies and makes the best shakes. This one isn't always available, but it's chocolate fudge ice cream mixed with chocolate ice cream, brownie chunks and a dark chocolate ribbon. This was my favorite growing up.

Foster, my geography teacher in seventh grade, brought this in for us to try when we were studying South America. Ben and Jerry's makes the best vanilla—just because it isn't my favorite flavor doesn't mean I can't appreciate a good one—and combining that vanilla with a cashew and Brazil nut brittle overloaded my adolescent taste buds. You can put chocolate chip cookie dough or chunks of brownies in ice cream—Ben and Jerry do both—but why not use the world's finest variety of cake?

In my way-too-early top 10 in last week's edition of the magazine, I had Alabama at No. Now that the go-or-stay decisions have been revealed, I'm probably going to need to revise that ranking. Defensive end Jonathan Allen, who may have been a first-round pick had he left, was the most surprising returnee.

The decisions by quarterback hunters Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson weren't as surprising, but getting three excellent pass rushers back to bolster a defense that already will include an outstanding secondary will make Alabama about as difficult to score on as it was this year.

So unless you've got Deshaun Watson on your team, prepare for pain. Alabama tailback Derrick Henry and defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson did decide to skip their senior seasons and turn pro. Robinson also decided to wear Capri pants to his announcement. You going to tell him? Me neither. Oregon hired former Michigan coach Brady Hoke as its defensive coordinator on Saturday.

Will this work out for the Ducks like the marriage of Lane Kiffin and Alabama? We'll see. This helps explain why Helfrich reached outside the relatively narrow tree of coaches with experience in Oregon's system. It may help for the typically insular Ducks to reach out for some new ideas. Defense wasn't the problem at the end for Hoke at Michigan. The problems were the administration of the team and the offense.

As with Kiffin at Alabama, Hoke won't have to worry about anything except something at which he's already proven himself adept. Hoke, one of the more likable and down-to-earth coaches in college football, will put those traits to work on the recruiting trail.

Hoke's personality should eliminate any awkwardness as he replaces Don Pellum, who was demoted to linebackers coach. If the experiment works, it should help Hoke get back in position for another premium head-coaching job. After his tenure at Michigan, he probably wasn't going to get another crack at such a job unless he hit the reset button. That's what Kiffin has done in Tuscaloosa, and that's what Hoke will try to do in Eugene. Shoe and apparel deals for college athletic departments used to be a barter of sorts.

In return for showcasing a company's goods, the school got free gear. Some cash might have changed hands, but not much. In recent years, apparel companies have driven up the market considerably because they realize the value in having the players as walking billboards. So the next time someone from an athletic department tries to say the school makes barely any money from the sale of a jersey baring a star player's number, remember that while after-the-fact royalties remain quite small, the biggest programs are making a pile of money up front for that player to wear a swoosh or three stripes or an interlocking U and A.

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long stepped down from the most thankless unpaid job in college football when he ceded the chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee last week. Your new punching bag is Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt , who will be tasked with answering questions about rankings that have no true correct answers and are bound to anger some—if not all—fanbases.

One of the best coaches in college football announced this week that the season will be his last. You may not have heard about it because this particular coach works in the FCS. Villanova coach Andy Talley, who leads active Division I coaches with wins, will step down after the season. Wildcats assistant Mark Ferrante will succeed Talley, who has coached at Villanova for 31 years.

Talley will move to an administrative role within the athletic department. If you spent millions on a giant video board, what do you do with it in January? Let recruits play Madden on it and hope they decide to come to your school.

What do you do if your neighbor's kid is a great kicker being recruited by your school's rival? Make a sign to remind the coach of the score of the last meeting. It's entirely possible that, until National Signing Day, this space will be devoted to photos or videos of coaches doing whatever they can to lure recruits. I'm taking a little time off this week, so Punt, Pass and Pork will return on Feb.

Not long after I landed in Phoenix to cover the run-up to the national title game, a text popped in from co-worker Lindsay Schnell. Sign In Remember me Not recommended on shared computers. Sign in anonymously. Sign in to follow this Followers 0. Recommended Posts. The Hurtings 3. Posted December 5, I am considering dropping McGahee for Ford. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites. Seahawk Posted December 5, edited. Edited December 5, by Seahawk.

In an alternate universe where McGahee didn't need surgery and learned Cam Cameron's new system inside and out, he was probably a borderline top running back.

He missed time in with injuries and still managed to finish the season eighth in rushing with 1, yards. He also caught a career-high 43 passes, and this new system is the same one that made LaDainian Tomlinson a star. So in , Willis may miss time at the start of the season instead of at the end. Big deal. As long as he doesn't slip getting out of the pool, I don't think McGahee's value changes. Clearly, since the Ravens didn't panic and sign a veteran free-agent back like Shaun Alexander , Travis Henry or Cedric Benson to fill the void, they are fairly certain McGahee will be just fine.

You should think that, too. In a team standard league, McGahee should go in the second round, and by no later than overall pick No. In a team league, Willis should end up on the roster of the team picking 11th or 12th in the first round.

Whether or not he goes in the first or second round in that case likely will end up being a matter of semantics, depending on which name the owner of Team 12 submits first. Just be sure to pick up the rookie out of Rutgers later on in your draft, just in case.

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