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I hope he does for his own sake. He has the right to cash in on a great season if he wants to. He is young so if a tout shop can throw some real $$$ at him I say he should take it and bank it. It might make his real life in a year or two a little easier.
He still has a lot of things in front of him that will cost real $$$...Home, wife, kids so damn right he should take the money if they throw it at him.
Ball state
I saw Randizzle now on Ball state. I'm no Randizzle but for what it is worth here is my analysis including portion of article from Ball State Student Newpaper.
"Everything they did, every place they went, every second last off-season, Ball State University's football players had two words etched in their minds.
Central Michigan.
The Cardinals' 58-38 loss to the Chippewas last year left a bitter taste. It pushed the players in the weight room. It was the motivation behind each wind sprint they ran in summer conditioning.
"It was embarrassing the way they came out and just dominated us," fifth-year senior center and offensive captain Dan Gerberry said. "That's something I've had to live with the last year. It's something I'm not proud of. It's something I won't forget."
More than a year after that 20-point defeat, Ball State's players will see if their hard work will come to fruition. The No. 17 Cardinals kick off against Central Michigan University at 7 p.m. tonight in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Both teams are 6-0 in the Mid-American Conference, and the winner will have the inside track to represent the West Division in the conference's title game."
Then there's this:
As pointed out by letsgohoosiers on another thread here's the 3 common opponents they played, and the scores of those two games:
Indiana:
Central Michigan 37, Indiana 34
Ball State 42, Indiana 20
Toledo:
Central Michigan 24, Toledo 23
Ball State 31, Toledo 0
Northern Illinois:
Central Michigan 33, Northern Illinois 30 (OT)
Ball State 45, Northern Illinois 14
Ball State has beat every opponent by at least 12 points and an average of 22.
Ball State passing offense is ranked 12th while CMU is just about the same at 14th. However, the running game is going to be the key to this game in light of the cold weather with possible snow. Ball State has a running back with 1279 yards and 5.9 ypc. As a team Ball State has run for 1942 yards and a 5.3ypc. This ranks 25th in NCAA. In contract CMU has only rushed for a total of 1313 yards which is only 77th in NCAA. There leading rusher is their QB who has 450 yards and is only averaging 3.4 ypc.
In summary I think Ball State has more fire power (certainly the better running game) more incentive coming off of 4 losses in a row to CMU including the blow out from last year and have more to play for with the national ranking and undefeated record. I think they cover the 6.5.
GL
I saw Randizzle now on Ball state. I'm no Randizzle but for what it is worth here is my analysis including portion of article from Ball State Student Newpaper.
"Everything they did, every place they went, every second last off-season, Ball State University's football players had two words etched in their minds.
Central Michigan.
The Cardinals' 58-38 loss to the Chippewas last year left a bitter taste. It pushed the players in the weight room. It was the motivation behind each wind sprint they ran in summer conditioning.
"It was embarrassing the way they came out and just dominated us," fifth-year senior center and offensive captain Dan Gerberry said. "That's something I've had to live with the last year. It's something I'm not proud of. It's something I won't forget."
More than a year after that 20-point defeat, Ball State's players will see if their hard work will come to fruition. The No. 17 Cardinals kick off against Central Michigan University at 7 p.m. tonight in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Both teams are 6-0 in the Mid-American Conference, and the winner will have the inside track to represent the West Division in the conference's title game."
Then there's this:
As pointed out by letsgohoosiers on another thread here's the 3 common opponents they played, and the scores of those two games:
Indiana:
Central Michigan 37, Indiana 34
Ball State 42, Indiana 20
Toledo:
Central Michigan 24, Toledo 23
Ball State 31, Toledo 0
Northern Illinois:
Central Michigan 33, Northern Illinois 30 (OT)
Ball State 45, Northern Illinois 14
Ball State has beat every opponent by at least 12 points and an average of 22.
Ball State passing offense is ranked 12th while CMU is just about the same at 14th. However, the running game is going to be the key to this game in light of the cold weather with possible snow. Ball State has a running back with 1279 yards and 5.9 ypc. As a team Ball State has run for 1942 yards and a 5.3ypc. This ranks 25th in NCAA. In contract CMU has only rushed for a total of 1313 yards which is only 77th in NCAA. There leading rusher is their QB who has 450 yards and is only averaging 3.4 ypc.
In summary I think Ball State has more fire power (certainly the better running game) more incentive coming off of 4 losses in a row to CMU including the blow out from last year and have more to play for with the national ranking and undefeated record. I think they cover the 6.5.
GL
one more thought on Ball ST/CMU In first quarter so far this year Ball State had the lead in 8 out the 10 games by an average of 7.75 to 1.87. The other two games at the end of first the score was 0-0. In fact Ball State has only given up 15 points all season in the first quarter. I like Ball State -1/2 in first quarter.
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