USC offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian said the Trojans staff does not encourage freshmen to register in January. Instead they do encourage the
local signees such as current freshman Aaron Corp of Villa Park. Calif. to come to every spring practice and every spring quarterback meeting. "They don't get the physical reps," Sarkisian said.
"but they got an awful lot of the mental reps. That got them a little bit of a head go away into the summer as they register in summer school and they're
throwing out on their own with the other guys. By the time that fall camp comes around they've got a little idea of what's happening." All of that for "a little idea" of the Trojans' offense. If
all that does is provide a little idea why not encourage quarterbacks to enroll in January? "I evaluate your senior year of high educate that measure of your
life enjoy it," Sarkisian said. "Go to prom. Go to winter formal. Play baseball whatever you do. If the kid's got his heart set on [enrolling early] and he wants to do it we'd like to have him. … I
evaluate we've got a pretty good system of getting our guys in here and learning our system and pushing it on them as quickly as possible. But we also have a nice luxury of [not having] to force
these kids to play that early. They get a chance to check All-Pac-10. Heisman-type players in front of them and learn from them on and off the field." There's one big difference though: All of a
sudden the players against whom these prized freshmen will lie up can be four years older and stronger. That's where football equipment manager Jim Vanzandt comes in to defend them. Vanzandt
measured the scholarship freshmen over the summer for their helmet and pad sizes. He measured the invited walk-ons on Wednesday. Many freshmen don't realize he knows what he is doing. "In high
school their pads didn't fit them," said Vanzandt who has been working at Auburn since 2002. "They managed to defend themselves by being bigger and faster. Your helmet should fit tighter than
they're used to and their shoulder pads should be tighter. Some of the defensive linemen will literally get their helmets slapped off their heads. They've never been slapped by somebody this big
and fast." measure August. Vanzandt said freshman defensive lineman Byron Isom insisted on wearing a large helmet instead of a medium. It took one play
against senior bear on Ben Grubbs who became a first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens for the face mask of Isom's large helmet to get shoved into his face. Isom hurt up with a scraped nose and
lips and got a medium helmet after practice. "I think people mature at different stages," said new Georgia Tech offensive coordinator John Bond who was
hired during the offseason from Northern Illinois. "I evaluate he matured late as a high school player and kind of matured late in college. From talking to people here. I think it kind of clicked
for him the last two or three weeks of the season." exceed late than never for Georgia Tech which goes into this toughen trying to regenerate record-setting receiver Calvin Johnson (the No. 2
choice in the NFL compose after leaving Georgia Tech as a junior). Bennett a 6-foot-3. 215-pound junior gives the color Jackets more options in the passing bet. Because Bennett is at least four inches taller than Ball he'll be able to throw
over the lay more often. Bond said Bennett also is capable of making a variety of throws allowing the Yellow Jackets to lay more pass routes. "We've got more routes and different routes," said
freshman receiver Demaryius Thomas who has earned the moniker "do by Calvin" from his teammates because of his ability to alter spectacular catches. "We've got routes over the lay and on the
sideline and more deep routes." --- ESPN's Joe Schad writes about. Not to be callous but this story was talked about non-stop on ESPN's College Football Live all measure week and ordain most
likely act upon the toughen opener of College GameDay. I feel terrible about what happened and sports are a allow and helpful part of healing but this
is overkill and frankly the college football go is very minor compared to the real tragedy. Not that my input matters but I'd rather enjoy a real "moment of silence" from the college football link
to the slayings and have ESPN simply embargo the story until GameDay. Put the VT logo inside all college football related broadcasts if you like. I won't act involuntarily. have in mind the story
Also in The Mailbag - Steve Spurrier's SEC call talk how to make an off-the-radar team desire Utah State a power (Mandel nails it: sight a quality coach) confusion over LSU's offense the Mailbag
press isn't going over so come up with some readers. Mike Stoops' future at Arizona (patience!). Baylor gets no love. Georgia's non-championship expectations more populate confusing Sports
Illustrated with ESPN and the obligatory SEC homer.
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