When he also plays full-time quarterback. Riley Skinner, aka the blockingest QB of all-time, is your ACC Rookie of the Year.
I have never, ever, ever seen a QB throw more blocks than this guy. No one even comes close. Normally, when there's some sweep gone wrong and the back switches direction and the QB throws himself into a would-be tackler, it gets played over and over on Sportscenter. I remember when Doug Flutie did so back when he was reemerging in Buffalo, and the talking heads couldn't get enough of it. And I was right there with them. Flutie, or any QB, throwing a well-placed block is undoubtedly a fun sight. That's why I love watching Skinner. He throws a block literally about every other running play. If you haven't noticed this, you don't know what you're missing. The kid only weighs 195, which is about 50 pounds less than your typical NFL fullback. But he keeps throwing block after block in Grobe's crazy-like-a-fox, every-play-is-a-trick-play offensive system.
Speaking of Grobe, he's your unanimous ACC Coach of the Year. Like there was ever any doubt. He's also insistent that he's here to stay.
There's also this article from ESPN.com, listing Wake as the #1 overachiever this season. This amuses me because it was only a few days that the Observer ran a story about how the Deacons are tired of being called, well, overachievers. They prefer to be called just flat-out good.
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If you haven't already noticed, I'm taking this blog in a slightly new direction. Or maybe I should say the direction has been re-focused. Anyway, expect L&L to become more like a Wake Forest sports blog, though I will still certainly post on other matters, personal and otherwise. Of course, I could also scrap the whole idea tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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Dude, you can't just focus on Wake sports, because that would practically mean just a Wake football and b-ball blog. I doubt you're going to suddenly branch into women's volleyball and men's golf...
And to prove my point, the Cards are spending $4 million a year on a guy with a career ERA in the 4.40's, instead of a 3-year deal worth $8 million per. And unlike Eaton, he's a lefty and has 2 FULL SEASONS with ERA's under 3.60. Goooooooo Cards!
oh i'll branch into women's volleyball all right. heh heh.
i'm just making an effort to post more about wake sports, specifically men's b-ball, football and sometimes baseball. the reason being is that i know of no other blog that does so.
i'll still post regularly about law school, movies, tv, the red sox, etc.
Steve Young, Tom, Steve Young. The problem with you clowns is no sense of recent memory of Steve Young laying out downfield blocks for William Floyd, or overall history.
the fullback or the revolutionary war general?
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