I've a bone to pick--okay, TWO bones to pick--with the ESPN announcers doing the WEst Virginia vs Pittsburgh game yesterday. They h=kept harping on the fact that Dion Lewis, freshman running back for Pitt, did not get many scholarship offers comming out of Blair Academy in New Jersey. They kept saying it was in "southern New Jersey." They also mentioned several times that he did not get an offer from Rutgers even after he hand delivered his highlights tape to the Scarlet Knights.
A note to the ESPN announcers/staff: Blair Academy (Dion Lewis’ Alma Mater) is NOT in “southern New Jersey.” It is, in fact, in the northwest corner of the state. You can check out their homepage here: Blair Academy. You might want to check out their map and directions. Oh, and look at their football competition while you're at it. They don’t exactly play any powerhouses which might be why Dion didn’t get many offers. Next time Google it. Okay?
Oh, and Rutgers, a team you mentioned as having turned down Lewis, has three (3!) excellent running backs who are either sophomores or freshman. Sophomore Joe Martinek holds the NJ high school records in yards and scoring (7,589 yards and 80 TDs).Red-shirt sophomore Jourdan Brooks out of Maryland. Freshman De’Antwan Williams from Virginia ran for 6,909 yards and 83 TDs in his high school career—6th best in Virginia history. All three have run for 100 yards in a game this year. And that does not include freshman Mohamed Sanu who is officially a WR but runs out of the wildcat. He gained over 100 yards on Friday. Where was Lewis going to fit?
That is all.
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