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Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - SamuelMcF - 09-10-2020

[tweet]https://twitter.com/walkerlittle45/status/1304123645439234048[/tweet]

Good luck Walker!

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - BobK - 09-10-2020

Well this sucks. Certainly can’t blame him. brobdingnagian loss of course.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - Phogge - 09-10-2020

In reality not a loss at all Bobbbbb. He would not have stayed for a fifth year and if they play a six game schedule in January it doesn’t really mean anything. Rouse will get the reps and that’s a good thing if there is a real season in the Fall.

Just got of the phone with a friend who has a freshman at Florida. She and eight of her floor roommates have Covid. Over 1,000 students sick. TCU can’t field enough players to play SMU and same for Temple so no Navy game.

It is beyond madness to have a college football season and to have young adults gather in droves. And now there is talk of a national “Toss your mask day.”

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - TinderForMidgets - 09-10-2020

This sucks but Walter Rouse played well in relief of Walker. Hopefully, we won't feel this too much.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - Spiny_Norman - 09-10-2020

I wish him the best and certainly understand the decision. But I feel as though his Stanford career was one of unrealized potential. He only played 22 games for Stanford - 9 as a frosh (and part-time starter) in 2017, 12 games in 2018 when he made All Pac 12 and then the season opener in 2019 when he was injured.

Contrast that with Andrus Peat. About the same size as Little, about the same accolades entering Stanford. Played the same position. Peat played about 20 snaps a game as a true frosh, then started for 2 years. In 2014, Peat was 1st team All American and was named the Pac 12's top offensive lineman, winning the Morris Trophy. I was hoping for this caliber season from Little. Rouse now becomes the presumed LT starter with Myles Hinton the next "player of great potential."

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - OutsiderFan - 09-10-2020

Remember the promise of signing Sarrel and Little? Don't know if Stanford could have gotten less out of two 5 star OTs in the same class. I don't know if anyone is to blame, but wow was that not a lot of production for such elite recruits.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - Papa John - 09-10-2020

Is Foster Sarell gone, too?

Walker Little Out - Langdude - 09-10-2020

Says he will forego the season to prepare for the draft.

-m.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - OutsiderFan - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 02:03 PM)Papa John Wrote: Is Foster Sarell gone, too?

I don't think Sarell has an NFL resume but might be able to develop one if he can play more games in college.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - SamuelMcF - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 02:42 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote:
(09-10-2020, 02:03 PM)Papa John Wrote: Is Foster Sarell gone, too?

I don't think Sarell has an NFL resume but might be able to develop one if he can play more games in college.

+1. Not an NFL prospect yet. Might be better suited as a guard in the league as well.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - BobK - 09-10-2020

Little graduates in Decemeber for those who missed that.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - TinderForMidgets - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 03:05 PM)BobK Wrote: Little graduates in Decemeber for those who missed that.

Yeah with BA in Communication not STS. What a fall for someone who wanted to be a surgeon.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - Maple Leaf - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 01:53 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote: Remember the promise of signing Sarrel and Little? Don't know if Stanford could have gotten less out of two 5 star OTs in the same class. I don't know if anyone is to blame, but wow was that not a lot of production for such elite recruits.

Both have suffered injuries. Little had some injury issues prior to last year which limited in play for a few games and hampered his development. Their respective development (or lack thereof) most likely was also impacted by the injury situation that has occurred along the offensive line.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - gailtate - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 11:52 AM)Phogge Wrote: In reality not a loss at all Bobbbbb. He would not have stayed for a fifth year and if they play a six game schedule in January it doesn’t really mean anything. Rouse will get the reps and that’s a good thing if there is a real season in the Fall.

Just got of the phone with a friend who has a freshman at Florida. She and eight of her floor roommates have Covid. Over 1,000 students sick. TCU can’t field enough players to play SMU and same for Temple so no Navy game.

It is beyond madness to have a college football season and to have young adults gather in droves. And now there is talk of a national “Toss your mask day.”

To me, as well as to many males of a certain age, not as much of a loss as Diana Rigg, whose death was reported today. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/obituaries/diana-rigg-dead.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage (paywall)

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - fullmetal - 09-10-2020

a.k.a. promotion of inexperienced trainer to head position (for one year only!) as well as the departure of Turley.

Alas, unrealized potential is what I think of as well.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - teejers1 - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 11:52 AM)Phogge Wrote: In reality not a loss at all Bobbbbb. He would not have stayed for a fifth year and if they play a six game schedule in January it doesn’t really mean anything. Rouse will get the reps and that’s a good thing if there is a real season in the Fall.

Just got of the phone with a friend who has a freshman at Florida. She and eight of her floor roommates have Covid. Over 1,000 students sick. TCU can’t field enough players to play SMU and same for Temple so no Navy game.

It is beyond madness to have a college football season and to have young adults gather in droves. And now there is talk of a national “Toss your mask day.”

All of us old farts need to stop projecting our personal insecurities and health fears onto healthy 18-22 year-olds who will, in all likelihood, shake off Covid much like a dog shakes off water after being given a bath. The reason why death rates are dropping is because more younger people are getting the virus. "Toss you mask day" is, of course, ridiculous. But so are the panic buttons hit whenever an outbreak or surge occurs on a college campus.

Still waiting on all those media outlets that report on college outbreaks to follow up with how they are doing weeks later (and how the surge in cases did or did not impact local hospitals). Such negative impacts may be happening, and if so, it would be real news and alarming. (But there is some confidence that it's not happening because if it were, then you'd expect WaPo or NYT or some other established outlet to be all over that - I mean, think about the resources devoted to the Sturgis gathering). A bunch of college kids testing positive - especially early upon arrival on campus - is barely newsworthy.

And again, ND's dashboard

https://here.nd.edu/our-approach/dashboard/

(And according to a colleague, no hospitalizations).

Haven's seen much national reporting on ND's progress, have we?

lex24 - lex24 - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 01:53 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote: Remember the promise of signing Sarrel and Little? Don't know if Stanford could have gotten less out of two 5 star OTs in the same class. I don't know if anyone is to blame, but wow was that not a lot of production for such elite recruits.

Injuries. The great equalizer.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - teejers1 - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 03:40 PM)gailtate Wrote: [To me, as well as to many males of a certain age, not as much of a loss as Diana Rigg, whose death was reported today. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/obituaries/diana-rigg-dead.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage (paywall)

From Emma Peel (Avengers) to Olenna Tyrell (Game of Thrones) - incredible.
And there was something extremely alluring/attractive about Emma Peel, and it wasn't just her looks.

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - Mick - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 03:52 PM)teejers1 Wrote:
(09-10-2020, 11:52 AM)Phogge Wrote: In reality not a loss at all Bobbbbb. He would not have stayed for a fifth year and if they play a six game schedule in January it doesn’t really mean anything. Rouse will get the reps and that’s a good thing if there is a real season in the Fall.

Just got of the phone with a friend who has a freshman at Florida. She and eight of her floor roommates have Covid. Over 1,000 students sick. TCU can’t field enough players to play SMU and same for Temple so no Navy game.

It is beyond madness to have a college football season and to have young adults gather in droves. And now there is talk of a national “Toss your mask day.”

All of us old farts need to stop projecting our personal insecurities and health fears onto healthy 18-22 year-olds who will, in all likelihood, shake off Covid much like a dog shakes off water after being given a bath. The reason why death rates are dropping is because more younger people are getting the virus. "Toss you mask day" is, of course, ridiculous. But so are the panic buttons hit whenever an outbreak or surge occurs on a college campus.

Still waiting on all those media outlets that report on college outbreaks to follow up with how they are doing weeks later (and how the surge in cases did or did not impact local hospitals). Such negative impacts may be happening, and if so, it would be real news and alarming. (But there is some confidence that it's not happening because if it were, then you'd expect WaPo or NYT or some other established outlet to be all over that - I mean, think about the resources devoted to the Sturgis gathering). A bunch of college kids testing positive - especially early upon arrival on campus - is barely newsworthy.

And again, ND's dashboard

https://here.nd.edu/our-approach/dashboard/

(And according to a colleague, no hospitalizations).

Haven's seen much national reporting on ND's progress, have we?

NYT Campus COVID tracker. 88,000 infections, 60 deaths, most college employees, not students. Has a campus by campus map. Berkeley, 166 COVID cases. Santa Clara, 14. SF State 6, Menlo, 3. CalTech, 21. Cal Poly, SLO 63. Stanford, 137. And USC, of course, in the California lead with 358.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html

RE: Walker Little opts out, declares for NFL draft - CardinalSagehen - 09-10-2020

(09-10-2020, 09:56 PM)teejers1 Wrote:
(09-10-2020, 03:40 PM)gailtate Wrote: [To me, as well as to many males of a certain age, not as much of a loss as Diana Rigg, whose death was reported today. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/obituaries/diana-rigg-dead.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage (paywall)

From Emma Peel (Avengers) to Olenna Tyrell (Game of Thrones) - incredible.
And there was something extremely alluring/attractive about Emma Peel, and it wasn't just her looks.

Totally. At 47, I am probably younger than you meant by “of a certain age”. But as a young teen in the mid-80s, I watched reruns of every Avengers episode after school on TV-20. (Or maybe it was UHF channel 44?) I don’t remember too many show plots, but Diana Rigg in that character was unforgettable. She didn’t just walk around in a cat-suit - she had the brains, wit and power to kick people’s arses in it.