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.
Did your husband have NFL talent?
Oh wait, he went to Baylor right? Never mind then.
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.
Did your husband have NFL talent?
Oh wait, he went to Baylor right? Never mind then.
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
Did your husband have NFL talent?
Oh wait, he went to Baylor right? Never mind then.
Go ahead and rip on Baylor. They are in the Big 12 & were ranked #6 the year my husband signed with them. While I don't know that he would've ever played in the NFL, he decided to forego his last year of eligibility. He was told he could probably go in the 5th or 6th round. But he decided that didn't mean crap in the NFL and most of the people he knew that went that far in the draft still didn't end up on a NFL roster. I would bet that is probably still pretty close to true.
Before attacking Omar's decision to forego his senior year, keep in mind that not everyone wants or needs a college degree. It depends on your own individual goals, aspirations, and life plans. There are many folks without college degrees that make more money than those that do. There are also many folks where alot of money is not what they require to have a quality of life that they enjoy.
Just maybe Omar did not want to spend another year at BG. Maybe he was ready to enter into the next phase of his life. Now, he knows that his path to the NFL may require a detour first. If he spends the next year in NFL Europe or another league that allows him to take the snap from under center and play in a pro style offense, then this is a year well spent and a year closer to his goal of playing in the NFL.
I am sure Omar considered the fact that even if you get drafted, you still must make the team.
I'm with J4H on this one. If you leave early, you can always go back and get your degree. If you stay, you can't go back and earn that year of salary you missed out on.
Playing in our system was not preparing him to be an NFL QB. Omar learned more in the last seven weeks to make him an NFL QB then he would have in another year in our system.
And to top it off, the current BG football team is much better off with Omar moving on. If he was still here, we would still be trying to throw the ball all over to inexperienced WRs. We were able to change our offense to better match the talent we currently have.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."
- Ernest Hemingway
Go ahead and rip on Baylor. They are in the Big 12 & were ranked #6 the year my husband signed with them. While I don't know that he would've ever played in the NFL, he decided to forego his last year of eligibility. He was told he could probably go in the 5th or 6th round. But he decided that didn't mean crap in the NFL and most of the people he knew that went that far in the draft still didn't end up on a NFL roster. I would bet that is probably still pretty close to true.
