It's been awhile since my last post so here are some links and observations on the last week of Tiger athletics:
- Tough week for the Tiger baseball team despite Aaron Crow's continued brilliance. He's now gone 42.2 innings without giving up a run. There is some confusion over who holds the record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched but it appears that Crow will have the chance to set the record in his start next Friday against Texas. Unfortunately, it looks like the team isn't nearly as balanced as we thought. The bullpen is going to struggle all season long. I don't think there's any question about that. I think that when No. 2 starter Rick Zagone returns to the rotation Jamieson should consider moving either Zagone, Ian Berger or Kyle Gibson to the pen. That gives you a dominant arm out of the pen who will have the stamina to pitch a lot of innings. The offense has also been very inconsistent. Trevor Coleman has been in a major sophomore slump following his fantastic freshman campaign. Despite their struggles they're still a legit top-15 team without question and with their starting pitching they still have the potential to make a CWS run.
- Spring football is back in full swing. Here are scrimmage reports from Graham and D-Matt. You gotta love hearing about Chase begging Pinkel for one more series for the offense in Saturday's scrimmage and then driving 65 yards against the No. 1 defense to win the scrimmage for the offense. I've never liked an athlete as much as I like No. 10.
- The breakout star of the spring thus far has without a doubt been junior WR Jared Perry. As nonexistent as he was last season he didn't really drop a lot of balls. There were a few but for the most part he just wasn't targeted. That doesn't necessarily mean anything because it could have been that he wasn't getting open but I see a big comeback season for JP. Remember, he was named honorable mention freshman All-American by the Sporting News and made people forget that injury to Jeremy Maclin (who is also apparently getting better if you believe coach Pinkel).
- A very good article on high school quarterback turned college safety Giblert Moye. I like Moye's chances of becoming a very good college player. He was highly touted coming in as a freshman but apparently looked lost during preseason practices and was not at all ready for the college game, physically or mentally. He's also battled some maturity issues (he's been criticized for a lack of effort and focus at times and was arrested after getting into a fight with his roommate during the season). That redshirt season will really benefit him in terms of maturity and it's given him time to learn the system, adapt to the speed at the college level, etc. He's also gotten to learn from a couple of pretty good safeties, one of which (Willy-Mo) also battled maturity issues early in his career.
- A Chase Patton article by Graham (I think this same story has been written at least 5 times over the course of Patton's career). If you've ever met Chase P. you know he's a really down to earth guy and I'm sure he could be a pretty good college QB, but I hope we never see him take an important snap next season. Nevertheless, it's good to know that our backup QB might have a shot at playing in the NFL.
(Memphis that is)
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