It's finally here. I suppose I've spoiled the surprise, but it's a landslide victory for the OSU Beavs, 2007 Non-Qualifier Champs. A spectacular effort with 16 signees for the class who are not with the team this fall (though 14 of them are classified as "delaying" enrollment, whatever that means ... possibly didn't get their paperwork in time to the Registrar's office?)
Best conference effort, you ask? This wasn't close either. The SEC puts up an impressive 45 non-qualies. We want to give a shout out to a particularly solid effort by Tommy Tubberville and his 10 kids who didn't pass muster , many of whom will be suiting up for Hargrave Millitary Academy this year (where, ironically and appropriately, passing muster is an institutionalized and daily requirement). Then there's Fork Union, where 4 Spurrier signees are headed.
Perhaps this is the best route for bulked-up 18/19-year olds to get serious about their books. "God damn right you better salute me, you newbie puke! Or someone's goin' Full Metal Jacket on your ass with a pillow case and 50 bars of Irish Spring."
Post Graduate Schedule portends a big showdown on November 2, pitting would-be Tigers versus would-be 'Cocks. Let's just hope Hargrave can make the '61 Hoops team proud, which as this story indicates, was responsible for HMA's finest hour. I suppose the preferred term is "baller" nowadays, but what happened to the days when you could call yourself a courtman with no little measure of pride upon beating a "determined Wyoming Seminary Prep" squad?
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