SI lists top ten freshmen

[Swynler Durden]

No mention of MM.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/cory_mccartney/08/10/freshmen/index.html?cnn=yes

[WILL CLINTON]

The reason there was no mention of MM, was because the title was "10 freshmen ready to take college football by storm".  As anyone from the Tavern knows, MM is ready to take the NFL by storm.  These were just the 10 closest to Mitch in college football. 

[mikeirwin]

That's good news for Mitch.

[hogrocker]

Remember what happened with SI hyped Cobbs after his freshman year?  I say we want to avoid the SI jinx all we can.

[Swynler Durden]

Anyone else remember when they annointed Ron Powlus as the next savior of ND football?

[doo-ran]

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Remember what happened with SI hyped Cobbs after his freshman year?  I say we want to avoid the SI jinx all we can.

I'm not superstitious, it's bad luck.

[dman]

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Remember what happened with SI hyped Cobbs after his freshman year?  I say we want to avoid the SI jinx all we can.

I'm not superstitious, it's bad luck.

Ask Darren about too much hype.

[Tomhog™]

Was surprised to see Stafford, Sneed, and Tebow on there w/o Mustain.  Mustain was the highest decorated HS football player in the nation.  I'm sure SI is just so confident that Casey Dick will be outstanding this year that MM just wasn't going to get to show his stuff... 

[hogrocker]

Kerry Wood got the cover of SI's baseball edition after his rookie year, then blew out his elbow.  He's never pitched a full season since.  If I were an athlete, I would stay away from SI.

[Torqued pork]

Didn't SI ignore our track program on its list of sports dynasties as well?

[Ross U (HDHF)]

Didn't SI ignore our track program on its list of sports dynasties as well?

And also ignored our Indoor NC on their list of spring sports champions.

[judgeroyswine]

the thing that makes me mad although i understand not wanting attention from SI is that they mention "But can they follow in the footsteps of other frosh phenoms such as Steve Slaton, Adrian Peterson or Brady Quinn"

Steve Slaton was more of a phenom than D-Mac???
He ran against big east teams c'mon.

[Ross U (HDHF)]

the thing that makes me mad although i understand not wanting attention from SI is that they mention "But can they follow in the footsteps of other frosh phenoms such as Steve Slaton, Adrian Peterson or Brady Quinn"

Steve Slaton was more of a phenom than D-Mac???
He ran against big east teams c'mon.

Brady Quinn? I'm sorry the kid wasn't anything special at ND until Weiss got there.  He was good, don't get me wrong, but phenom? Psh!

[RazorbackRed73]

We will never get attention from SI. We would go undefeated for 10 straight years and win 10 national championships outscoring our opponents 10000000000 to 3 and it would all be a fluke. SI is a bunch of yankee HOG HATERS, without a doubt.

[Broken Trigger]

Rest assured that Mitch would have made that list if he would have went to ND, USC, or a Florida team.  Arkansas and it's players always seem to be a notch below in the getting love department with the national media.     The funny thing is that Arkansas got more production from it's freshman class last year than possibly any team in the nation. 

[CoachJ]

the thing that makes me mad although i understand not wanting attention from SI is that they mention "But can they follow in the footsteps of other frosh phenoms such as Steve Slaton, Adrian Peterson or Brady Quinn"

Steve Slaton was more of a phenom than D-Mac???
He ran against big east teams c'mon.

He ran them to a win in the Sugar Bowl and DMac didn't play in a bowl game.  That may have something to do with it. 

[SbrokeskiAg]

Wow...a little biased towards the big programs are we Mr. McCartney!  Snead-no way; Tebow-is Leak really that bad?;
Rolle-maybe, Kindle-maybe
Stafford, Spiller, Smith, Johnson, Harvin, Wells...okay
Funny not to see Mitch getting hype just like all these guys but, I guess that could be a good thing.
As far as the SI jinx...there are plenty of discretion's there and this is a webpage, not the cover.

[hogsmaster]

Whether MM should be included or not in that article is irrelevant.  Either way, he will still need to prove it on the field.  He already has enough pressure.

[dmhog v2.0]

If I were an athlete, I would stay away from SI.

And Madden covers as a Pro Athlete. At least until a few more years go by without injured coverboys.

[JOESC]

OK...my $.02...

They got it correct with Stafon Johnson, RB USC in the top ten...

Were is Vidal Hazelton, WR USC?

What about Taylor Mays, S USC? (Oh that's right Taylor Mays plays defense)
The only players that makes SI top ten frosh glitz team are offensive players...

Hey SI...those O speciality guys sell tickets...
Great DEFENSIVE players wins Championships...

Put Taylor Mays in there.

[hogsmaster]

OK...my $.02...

They got it correct with Stafon Johnson, RB USC in the top ten...

Were is Vidal Hazelton, WR USC?

What about Taylor Mays, S USC? (Oh that's right Taylor Mays plays defense)
The only players that makes SI top ten frosh glitz team are offensive players...

Hey SI...those O speciality guys sell tickets...
Great DEFENSIVE players wins Championships...

Put Taylor Mays in there.

They did included one defensive guy with Rolle from FSU.

[ste4236]

Timmy Tebow: A name I am more than tired of hearing
Jevan Snead: Wow, do you have too much to live up to

[hogfan064]

Tim Tebow will barely even play this year.  I live in SC and while Tiger fans are really excited about Spiller most of the attention is on James Davis who had a very good freshman year last year.

[Atreyu]

Tim Tebow won't play as long as Chris Leak can.

[pfrg999]

You expect Sports Illustrated to give the Hogs any Love...... They have hated us for years

[HogInaStrangeLand]

Umm...yeah...the SI hog love (lack there of.) goes back many years...

Do you not remember the BS coming from SI when we left the SWC for the SEC??

I mean, come on.

BTW, i used to enjoy SI when I was a kid, now I see it as a joke and will never spend a dime on it until they get their heads surgically removed from certain crevices of their bodies

[wincrimson]

Andre Smith made it.

[chillinhoggie]

Didn't SI ignore our track program on its list of sports dynasties as well?

And we keep winning them    coincidence?? I think not.....Hopefully they'll ignore us all the way to a championship in football too....

[Hogstocking]

the thing that makes me mad although i understand not wanting attention from SI is that they mention "But can they follow in the footsteps of other frosh phenoms such as Steve Slaton, Adrian Peterson or Brady Quinn"

Steve Slaton was more of a phenom than D-Mac???
He ran against big east teams c'mon.

I would normally agree with you about Slaton playing in the Big East.  But he was very impressive in the Sugar Bowl.  He ran all over Georgia.  204 yards and 3 TDs.

I'd take Dmac over Slaton every day of the week, but hes the real deal.  He's fast as hell like Dmac too.