Speaking at the University of Michigan on Friday, President Obama made sure to point out that Michigan’s fine quarterback (or wide receiver depending on the scout) was in the building early on when he stepped up to the podium. Outstanding move on his part, as he certainly seemed to warm up the crowd.
Although it’s clear that the President respects Denard’s game on the field, he crushed all hopes of Robinson holding down office for at least next year and change because he’s still in school.
Mel Kaper, the underappreciated scouting twin of Mel Kiper, has provided us with the following scouting notes on Denard’s potential run at the presidency in the near future.
Cons: THROWING MOTION IS TOO INCONSISTENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO QUESTIONABLE DECISION-MAKING IN FOREIGN POLICY.
Pros: WORLD CLASS SPEED, GREAT ATHLETE. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE TO FANTASTIC ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND A LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
On Saturday, Kirk Ferentz will jump into a frigid body of water at a nearby Iowa casino. For fun!
Nah, not for fun, but instead he and other members of the Iowa athletic department – including assistant coach LeVar Woods and strength coach Chris Doyle – will take this “Arctic Plunge” to help the Hawkeye Wrestling Club in a Fundraiser. It’s actually very cool of them to do this.
The event will take place at Riverside Casino and Golf Course, which is about 20 minutes outside of Iowa City. Our good friends at The Gazette have passed along the useful information that it is supposed to be around 34 degrees for this event. Not terrible for Iowa during January, but cold nonetheless.
Just a reminder to those that will be taking this plunge with Ferentz: If you see bubbles circling Ferentz while in the water next to him, get out as soon as you can.
Meanwhile, Dana Holgorsen is currently sitting in the fountain of a nearby West Virginia casino drinking vodka Red Bulls and has no idea why this could possibly be newsworthy.
Good news, Vols fans! No, not in regards to recruiting, although I’m happy to report that not a single assistant football coach has left the program today! [gives thumbs up]
This good news is on the injury front, and your mascot is out of surgery and in the process of recovery.
The 8-year-old blue-tick coonhound – his friends call him Smokey – had his torn ACL repaired and the operation went off without a hitch. The surgery was performed by Dr. Darryl Millis at the UT Veterinary Medical Center and took approximately 2.5 hours.
Smokey, and this is not a joke, is now expected to begin rehabilitation shortly. For those of you that have never had a dog tear their ACL – I have, actually – it’s more than likely that Smokey will need ACL surgery on his other rear leg. They expect that he should likely have another surgery in the coming months, and he should be available for the start of the 2012 football season. Good news indeed.
We’re happy to hear that the surgery went well and wish nothing but the best for Smokey on the road back.
Here are some of the AMAZING quotes regarding Smokey that Dr. Milllis provided GoVolsXtra with.
“The surgery went well with no surprises.
“Smokey is a very fit dog with good muscle tone.”
“He’s a competitor. He wants to be up and moving.”
“He should be able to go full throttle (in the fall),”
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