Max Hall - No Need to Apologize

I read this story earlier today about Max Hall, the BYU QB issuing an apology to Utah.

It seems like after beating the Utes this past week, Hall commented:

"I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, their fans. I hate everything," Hall said Saturday. "It felt really good to send those guys home."

ESPN Insider

For years I have gritted my teeth every time I clicked on a story on ESPN.com and got the "This story is only for 'INSIDERS'." My thinking was always "Why would I pay for information that I can probably get from other webpages if I just spent the time to look for it?".

Now that I started and am in the process of developing The QB Club, one of the main focus points will be the NFL Draft. And like it or not, agree with them or not, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay get a lot of publicity for their draft rankings. They are privy to information I do not necessarily have and most likely have inside sources that I will never get.

So... I am contmeplating doing the unthinkable and paying to become an Insider. This goes against every fiber of my being. I feel like an intervention is necessary. Somebody stop me!

Eli Manning Overpaid?

I thought this was a great article by Allen Barra wondering why the Giants paid Eli Manning so much money.

Eli no longer has Plaxico Burress, leaving an unproven crew of receivers - Steve Smith, Mario Manningham, rookie Hakeem Nicks, Kevin Boss, and Domenik Hixon. Keeping this in mind, I thought he was having his best year.

Regardless, he still is nowhere close to guys like Brees, Brady and his brother Peyton and I can't understand why the Giants would pay-up like this. What happens when Brady and Peyton Manning become free agents and rightfully demand more money than Eli?

Perhaps that was the Giants motivation all along - to take the bullet and force the Patriots and Colts to overpay for their star QB's so they couldn't fill out their rosters w/ as much depth as they've had in years past. From a Public Relations standpoint alone, neither of those teams could afford to allow their star signal-callers to depart via free agency, so they'll have to pay up. Assuming some form of salary cap is maintained, this would reduce the chance of one of those teams making a splash in free agency at other positions.

Preliminary 2010 QB Rankings

First Level:
Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
Sam Bradford, Oklahoma

Second Level:
Tony Pike, Cincy
Colt McCoy, Texas
Jake Locker, Washington
Jimmy Clausen, ND

I can't figure these guys out:
Tim Tebow, Florida
Armanti Edwards, Appalachian St

Others:
Case Keenum, Houston
Christian Ponder, Florida St
Max Hall, BYU
Sean Canfield, Oregon St
Zac Robinson, Oklahoma St
Darryl Clark, PSU
Thaddeus Lewis, Duke
Jevan Snead, Mississippi
Dan LaFevour, Central Michigan
Tim Hiller, Western Michigan
Rusty Smith, Florida Atlantic

What happened to these guys:
Matt Grothe, S Florida
Riley Skinner, Wake Forest
Todd Reesing, Kansas

November Reading

I read this book a while back, but had to pick it up again since many of the recruited players in this book are now coming to priminence (Golden Tate, Joe McKnight, Jevan Snead). It's even better the second time around.

TheQBClub.com

So I started this site and made a pretty cool logo. I linked up my twitter page and now I just have to decide exactly what I want to do with it all.