Mark VI Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Gridiron Classic in Florida at 11am EST and the East-West Shrine game on at 2pm EST from San Fran. Some good players today. A preview from Great Blue North Draft. I know most of the Bills people are out in San Fran. A few were dispatched to Florida. The all-star cycle kicks into high gear later today with two games on opposite coasts. Most of the attention will be on the East-West Shrine game in san Francisco which kicks off at 2 PM ET on ESPN. The Shrine has plenty of talent looking ahead to the 2005 draft, although there likely won't be any sure first-round prospects in uniform today. The Shrine game, though, does feature some of college football's most prolific passers in history including Timmy Chang of Hawaii, who set the all-time passing mark this fall; Stefon Lefors of Louisville, Kyle Orton of Purdue and Oregon State's Derek Anderson. The Shrine's highest-rated prospects, though, probably include Louisville WR J.R Russell, Fresno State OT Logan Mankins and Utah OG Chris Kemoeatu; Louisiana Tech junior RB Ryan Moats, one of the most productive runners in the country the past couple of years, could also surprise on draft day. And with 4 Canadians in uniform, the Shrine game will also be televised north of the border on TSN. McMaster RB Jesse Lumsden, perhaps the best prospect to come out of a Canadian university in many years is the player most Canadians want to see, although Toledo OT Nick Kaczur and Stanford FS O.J. Atogwe are better prospects. For the record the other Canadian in the Shrine game is UBC DT Nick Johansson. And while the Shrine game lacks elite star power, it does a feature a number of top small college prospects who will get to test their skills against players from D1A schools. Included in the lower level contingent are Cal Poly LB Jordan Beck, Eastern Washington OT Michael Roos, LBs Boomer Grigsby of Illinois State and Liam Ezekial of Northwestern, Lehigh TE Adam Bergen, and Southern Illinois RB Brandon Jacobs. Meanwhile, the day's action kicks off in Florida at the Gridiron Classic in the The Villages which gets underway at 11 AM ET on ESPN2 (sorry there i s no coverage in Canada. Like the Shrine game, there are no elite prospects in this one, though, there will be plenty of talented second-tier type players including Louisville RB Lionel Gates, OT Anthony Alabi of TCU, Oklahoma State OG Sam Mayes, DEs Vinnie Burns of Kentucky and Jonathan Goddard of Marshall, LB Zac Woodfin of UAB, and safety Atari Bigby of Central Florida. Small school players to attract attention in the Gridiron Classic include DE Jordan Brumbaugh of Tuskegee and CB Nick Collins of Bethune-Cookman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Forgot how to use a return key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 I'm taping them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Has the NCAA done away with the Blue-Gray game? I did not see it this year. It usually plays right after Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Has the NCAA done away with the Blue-Gray game? I did not see it this year. It usually plays right after Christmas. 206393[/snapback] Canceled due to lack of sponsors, basically Gridiron classic replaced it Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts