They’re calling it “Shakeup Saturday” because there were so many upsets in college football today. So many…except for Alabama, handing Arkansas a 52-0 whooping. The general consensus was that we would beat them handily, but I don’t know if anyone expected this score and this level of play. Even our second string scored, and didn’t allow Arkansas a single point. Bravo!
But I’m not here to talk about today’s football, as good as it was. Last week, while Russ and I were watching the Alabama vs. Kentucky game, we noticed something very peculiar. A commentator was called in to reflect on quarterback AJ McCarron’s chances in the NFL Draft, and the entire time this guy is totally dissing McCarron on the right of the screen, on the left, McCarron is marching the Alabama offense down the field for yet another touchdown.
In fact, at the very moment the talking head is proclaiming “He doesn’t have that exceptional skill set,” McCarron launches the football for a 28 yard pass that is expertly planted in his receiver’s hands in the end zone. I especially love the way AJ’s releases of the ball coincides with the word “exCEPTional.”(2:30 in the video).
Take THAT!!
And now, a week after this beratement, of the five quarterbacks mentioned as being much more likely to go ahead of McCarron in the Draft, today we saw four (Hundley, Bridgewater, Manziel and Mettenberger) end up with their names in the LOSER column.
A few days after these uncomfortably stupid comments, I saw an online article about this unfortuate episode. Apparently Russ and I were not the only ones who noticed the irony and incongruity!
I’d say someone’s got egg on their face…and it isn’t AJ McCarron!
