Omar released from PS

Rollo83 · Post by **Rollo83** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:59 pm

UK Peregrine wrote:What waiting a year would have done that probably would have been most beneficial to Omar is that Young, Leinart, Cutler, Clemens, Jackson, Whitehurst, and Croyle would have been out of his way. Instead this year, he would have been competing against seniors like Quinn, Smith, Stanton, Leak, Tate, and Palko. This senior class is one that I feel Omar could have rated quite well against compared to the class he decided to enter against. We'll never know.

Remember that Omar was being mentioned in the same breath as Leinhart and Young at the begining of the 2005 season. Then, all those others leaped over him during the bowl season, all start games and scouting combine. No one mentioned Cutler, Clemens Croyle or the others.

The same thing would have happened next year if he would have stayed. He was still a QB at a mid-major program with a funky throwing motion that hadn't taken many snaps from center. All the guys you mentioned above, plus some we don't know about yet, would have leap frogged him in the draft. Staying another year probably wouldn't have improved his draft stock ...may be a round at most.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:45 pm

I'm sorry to hear this news. I was one of those wishing (like hell) that Omar would have returned for another year at BG. I also felt it would help him more - in the "long run" - to come back for one more season in college before jumping to the NFL. But, it wasn't my decision. Omar had a decision to make, and he made it. Like many others, I disagreed with it, but it wasn't our decision to make. Omar made the decision that he said was right for him, and he said there was no looking back once he made it. Right now, it's not looking like it was the best decision for him at this time. Maybe it will turn out better down the road, who knows? We'll never know if another year at BG would have helped him, hurt him, or did neither. The only thing for certain at this point is Omar won't play for BG again, and where he goes from here and what he does from here on out is uncertain. We all saw all the other QBs picked in front of him on draft day and he went right about where they said he would go in the draft. There was no surprise in where he was drafted. I don't know what all Omar was told, but everything I saw and heard was it would have been very wise for him to stay another year in college. I think his mind was made up well before he announced he was leaving. But this is the path Omar chose for himself, and now he's got to make the best out of it. I wish him the best of luck....but I be lying if I sad I didn't wish we had him one more year.

cowboyjoe · Post by **cowboyjoe** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:18 pm

I don't think another year of college throwing to Reuben Ruiz, Zach Charles, and Kenneth Brantley and playing Wisconsin, Ohio State, and tough MAC games on the road would have helped his draft order. I think he did the right thing, maybe another team will take a chance on him in the NFL if he gets his tapes from the last preseason game out.

theziggies · Post by **theziggies** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:21 pm

the point for me is not whether he would have gotten drafted higher next year. It's that he missed out on having fun playing another year of college ball and getting his degree. It's sad that he gave that up for nothing.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:43 pm

cowboyjoe wrote:I don't think another year of college throwing to Reuben Ruiz, Zach Charles, and Kenneth Brantley and playing Wisconsin, Ohio State, and tough MAC games on the road would have helped his draft order. I think he did the right thing, maybe another team will take a chance on him in the NFL if he gets his tapes from the last preseason game out.

But considering what happened, throwing to Ruiz, Charles, etc. sure looks much better. One week into the season and he is bounced from a NFL squad. Yeah playing at OSU wouldn't look to bad to me at that point.

Being cut by the Steelers does not bode well for his future. The Steelers are certainly not afraid of MAC quarterbacks and for them to release him from their practice squad looks bad for his future.

bgsufn · Post by **bgsufn** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:10 pm

theziggies wrote:the point for me is not whether he would have gotten drafted higher next year. It's that he missed out on having fun playing another year of college ball and getting his degree. It's sad that he gave that up for nothing.

Excellent point!

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:57 am

theziggies wrote:the point for me is not whether he would have gotten drafted higher next year. It's that he missed out on having fun playing another year of college ball and getting his degree. It's sad that he gave that up for nothing.

As much fun as I had my senior year, I'd have postponed it for 200k.

HowAboutThatLocalSportsTe · Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:12 am

theziggies wrote:the point for me is not whether he would have gotten drafted higher next year. It's that he missed out on having fun playing another year of college ball and getting his degree. It's sad that he gave that up for nothing.

I think a college education is a wonderful thing and I'm certainly not disparaging the recreation/ recreation & tourism major, but...

He was a recreation major and I can only speculate that his heart was in the football, not the academic discipline. Yeah, he now doesnt have the chance to have another year of fun college ball, but as far as getting his degree, I'm not sure this is a major priority for a lot of players that have the NFL in their futures. And I'm not sure what kind of potential backup plan you can install with a recreation major that you can't with one year short of a recreation major.

Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:18 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote: As much fun as I had my senior year, I'd have postponed it for 200k.

Somebody already made the point about agent money, etc. being taken out of that. But I promise you, a college degree is worth over 200k in career earnings. If you don't have a college degree and don't have football to fall back on, good luck getting well paying jobs with a HS education.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:20 pm

Everyone is talking like the guy has another couple of years ahead of him. He was one semester from graduating.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:28 pm

Ineedbotox wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote: As much fun as I had my senior year, I'd have postponed it for 200k.
Somebody already made the point about agent money, etc. being taken out of that. But I promise you, a college degree is worth over 200k in career earnings. If you don't have a college degree and don't have football to fall back on, good luck getting well paying jobs with a HS education.

For real? He's not allowed to ever finish his degree? Maybe we should start project falcon 2 so Omar's family can eat.

Like Drew said -- a few night classes here and there while he works on his game to make a team this year or next, and he has his precious degree.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:58 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
Ineedbotox wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote: As much fun as I had my senior year, I'd have postponed it for 200k.
Somebody already made the point about agent money, etc. being taken out of that. But I promise you, a college degree is worth over 200k in career earnings. If you don't have a college degree and don't have football to fall back on, good luck getting well paying jobs with a HS education.
For real? He's not allowed to ever finish his degree? Maybe we should start project falcon 2 so Omar's family can eat.

Like Drew said -- a few night classes here and there while he works on his game to make a team this year or next, and he has his precious degree.

Perhaps, but instead of having a starting senior season his memories will be being cut and jumping on and off a practice squad. Yes he got 200k but I am sure he is second guessing that now. Who cares if he made 200k? What's the difference between making that money in 2006 or in 2007?

Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:03 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
Ineedbotox wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote: As much fun as I had my senior year, I'd have postponed it for 200k.
Somebody already made the point about agent money, etc. being taken out of that. But I promise you, a college degree is worth over 200k in career earnings. If you don't have a college degree and don't have football to fall back on, good luck getting well paying jobs with a HS education.
For real? He's not allowed to ever finish his degree? Maybe we should start project falcon 2 so Omar's family can eat.

Like Drew said -- a few night classes here and there while he works on his game to make a team this year or next, and he has his precious degree.

I hope he does earn his degree, but I believe greed often leads to poor decision making. If it's a matter of 200k vs. a college degree, I'd take the college degree every time.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:20 pm

Ineedbotox wrote:If it's a matter of 200k vs. a college degree, I'd take the college degree every time.

Me too, but it's not.

Kdog -- it doesn't make a difference, except for that he's a year closer to his ultimate goal right now -- to make an NFL team.

We see college, and BG in particular, as the end all be all because we love(d) college and we love BG. We came here to get our degree and have a good time. Football players with NFL talent do not view college that way. They see it as a stepping stone. They go to college to play football and get drafted.

Omar was confident he had learned all he could learn here, and he was ready to take the next step in his career. Hindsight is 20/20, but I'm not going to fault him for that.

Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:32 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote: Football players with NFL talent do not view college that way. They see it as a stepping stone. They go to college to play football and get drafted.

Well that has yet to be seen, and I still disagree. My husband had lots of football talent, but that's not why he went to college. It's the mentality from some athletes that they don't need college that drives me nuts.