Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

Why is this entry called "Do the walk of life?" Well, I've had that Dire Straits tune stuck in my head the last two days and I wasn't sure what this post was going to accomplish, so there you go. And I know it's called "Walk of Life" not "Do the walk of life."

Moving on to business. I woke up to two important IMs today.

The first I received came from my college buddy, Wes. He informed me that Monday's Pardon the Interruption talked about Ohio State's Jenkins spiking the ball on the one-yard line (see my post from Saturday). Think Kornheiser and Wilbon read my blog? I do, and that's all that counts. Wes, good looking out. I should have cable at my desk by Friday.

Another important one came from my college editor, Jeremy. Basically, it said "Okay, so you have Virginia Tech ahead of Georgia Tech, but you think GT will win. Then you b&m about WVU ahead of Texas in the polls because if Texas and WVU met on a neutral field, UT would win. If that's your logic (which it should be) then VT should be behind GT."

I couldn't come up with a witty retort to this. I simply said "Good point. I should change that." So, whoops. Because the AP did it two weeks ago, I'm releasing a new poll, and I tried to be honest with myself about VT (see the poll below). I dropped them 7 places. I think all 17 teams in front of VT right now could beat the Hokies. Now, if VT makes me eat crow by winning convincingly on Saturday, I'll move it back up near the top 10.

But, I still don't see VT winning that game. I feel even more confident about my pick after the news surfaced that Tech's second-leading wide receiver (who's blocked two kicks in four games), and one of its top (if not top) defensive lineman were suspended. A Saturday night altercation outside some of the bars in Blacksburg led to their arrests. I'm not even going to try and wrap my head around that one.

I'll finish with two things...one, the poll below. Two, why don't many "blue chip" football recruits hail from Long Island? There are a boat load of huge high schools here. The numbers just don't add up. I know all about East Meadow's John Elliot, Uniondale's Andrew Quarless (2005), North Babylon's Jason Gwaltney (2004) and I'm sure plenty of other great players have come from Long Island. But considering the size of LI and some of the high schools on it, I'm surprised at the number (or lack there of) of top college football players who call LI home.

Maybe players on LI are underrated? Freeport’s D’Brickashaw Ferguson was a three-star prospect (out of five) in 2002. St. Anthony’s Matt Hahn, another three-star in 2004, starts at FB for Penn State. Discuss. On my comments, preferably.

OHHH, and about my cold. Christine, here at work, told me about this stuff called Airborne. I went and picked it up at the drug store. Worked wonders.

1. Ohio State
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Auburn
5. Southern California
6. Michigan
7. Louisiana State
8. West Virginia
9. Georgia
10. Louisville
11. Oregon
12. Iowa
13. Oklahoma
14. Notre Dame
15. Georgia Tech
16. Clemson
17. Tennessee
18. Virginia Tech
19. California
20. Nebraska
21. Michigan State
22. Texas Christian
23. Rutgers…for the second week in my top 25
24. Boise State
25. Chris Simms’ spleen (I still think it could beat Arizona State)