The Mess at Marshall

I apologize for sullying the blog with a post pertaining to Marshall football but what the hell, I found it interesting.

As a casual observer to Marshall football I was somewhat surprised to see Willy Korn eliminated from the QB competition in America's Fattest City. You may recall he's the Clemson transfer that went to Marshall on the grad school rule, has two years to play and was supposed to compete for the starting job this season. A couple years ago he was a top 10 QB recruit in the country and now he can't beat out Brian Anderson, A.J. Graham or true freshman Eddie Sullivan. I guess that's evidence to the inexact science of recruiting, specifically in football.

That said, I do wonder if Anderson will still start on Christmas Day (errr Sept. 2) on the banks of the Olentangy. I kind of sense that Sullivan is Doc's guy and is better for the system but can you really start a true freshman in the Horseshoe and in these first 7 games, all of which come against teams that went to bowls last year? If you look at Marshall's competition, it could be mighty ugly in year 1 under Doc. While having Bowling Green and Ohio on the schedule makes it appear more manageable than last year, those are solid MAC teams. I expect no better than 2-5 in the first 7 and am hoping for 0-7. It will certainly be interesting to follow.

Also, what happened to Mark Cann? He started a game against us a couple years ago. This guy was supposed to be the reincarnation of Chad Pennington two years ago and now he'll be lucky to make the travel squad.

All that said if Marshall beats us on Sept 10, I'll kill myself, successfully completing the task that this unfortunate fellow below could not.