Call me old-fashioned ...

... but the stage ESPN (and yesterday NBC) give high school seniors to announce their college choices is ridiculous.
Is this what this has come to? The kids welcome the celebrity (who wouldn't?), but this is being done mostly for those who follow college football so closely that these announcements are the highlight of their week. That was the case during NBC's coverage of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Saturday and tonight on ESPN for the Under Armour All-America Game.
Of course, we had an all-star game in San Antonio today for seventh- and eighth-graders. Goodness. No wonder the stage is so big by the time they're seniors. The progression is only "natural."
Anyway, off my soap box and back to tonight's game. Craig Loston has been splendid at safety for the White team and Russell Shepard has been himself at QB for the Black, though the main criticism is he's held the ball too long. At the risking of being mean to 15-5A defenses, this is a real good unit he's facing and he'll see challenges those units here simply are unable to present.
Right now it's 21-6 Black late in the second quarter. I'm watching the game from my house tonight and will have a report on the local players posted minutes after the game ends.