Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = ASU Recruiting
I like where the Devils are these days with their recruiting because it looks like we are adding quality at most positions, where needed...so far we've improved the competition at the all-important QB position, added two quality RBs, got a big DL and some LBs and DBs and, most importantly, a player who looks like he could be our D-backer of the future, even though he isn't listed on our recruit list...
Not getting Bolden yesterday was a circus ride and a part of recruiting that is entertaining if nothing else...it will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the ensuing weeks...this is a strange world we live in where the Twitter universe and other social media components of that world exert an influence on the mind that are a part of it...
Being a tech dinosaur has its advantages since I don't get carried away with most anything out there in that universe but I certainly recognize the appeal and draw of that universe...
In any event, the big news of the day is that ASU got the commitment of a highly regarded RB by the name of Eno Benjamin and he and his family seemed to be very pleased to be Sun Devils...
Welcome to the Sun Devil family Eno and may the Fork Em Force always be with you...
In other news, the new AD at Oregon St, Scott Barnes, will be paid $850,000 that is higher than Colorado's Rick George at $754,000 and Arizona's Greg Byrne at $675,000 and I'm not sure where Ray Anderson falls in the AD salary category but I doubt he is making as much as Barnes...
You know the world is out of whack when head football and basketball coaches and now athletic directors make more than the presidents of colleges and universities...
However, if you consider how much a successful football and/or basketball program can bring to a university, some of those salaries are actually bargains...
For instance, the AU basketball program brings in three to four times what the ASU basketball program brings in revenue annually, plus it has a lot of big time prestige associated with the program that ASU cannot even come close to matching...
I sure hope and trust that Ray Anderson can elevate some of what we are doing with sports at ASU because I don't think we captured any Territorial Cup points this Fall in athletics which is pretty pathetic...
Oh well, 2017 is a new year and, hopefully, will be a much better year than 2016 was in Sun Devil land...
At least we have this site, where Hod and his staff keep us informed and entertained on a regular basis...
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!