Guiton to be a Buckeye?

Just got off the phone with Ray Evans, the head football coach at Eisenhower High School in Houston, regarding when everything is going for Signing Day. He said the Eagles likely will have 15 or so players sign Wednesday morning in the school gym. But the most interesting thing he said concerns their quarterback, Kenneth Guiton. Once considered almost a lock to go to Kansas, Guiton is grabbing attention from, of all places, Ohio State. After the couple backouts earlier this week by other commits, apparently the Buckeyes' thoughts turned to Guiton. Guiton isn't the biggest kid - 6-2 1/2, 175 - but he's efficient. He has thrown for almost 4,000 yards the past two years and Ike didn't lose a single district game.
Apparently OSU was over at the school yesterday and will be talking to him again tonight. If the offer comes, it might be tonight.
He's also considering Wyoming and has been offered by Prairie View, so I've got to think if coach Jim Tressel (or whoever is down here representing the school) offers Guiton will take it.
As most of you know or have discerned over the past 16 months, I'm an unabashed Buckeyes fan. I'd love to have the likes of Kenneth Guiton wear the scarlet and gray, not only because of his athleticism but also his character.
If anything comes up, I'll let you know.

JoJo Williams heading to Miami ...

Ohio?
Apparently so, according to a Scout.com report. The Redhawks' new coach, Houston native Mike Heywood, has reportedly promised Williams he could his preferred tackle position. Since he goes both ways, I'm not sure if the preferred position is OT or DT.
Anyway, Williams called UConn coaches last weekend and rescinded his verbal. He'll be going up to Oxford, Ohio (an hour northwest of Cincinnati) this weekend for his visit, and if all goes well Williams will head to the Buckeye State, not Connecticut.

Poll results

In the spirit of last week's change of administrations, we asked what you'd do if you got to be president of any sports league. The Obama-McCain race was far closer than this:

Get rid of the BCS and install a playoff system
78.9%

Change NFL overtime rules
7.8%

Other
6.7%

Contract Major League Baseball teams
3.3%

Mandate lower pro salaries
3.3%

Updated list of verbal commitments

Here's our most recent list of football verbal commitments from the AC coverage area. As fluid as verbal commitments are, this is subject to change in the 12 days between now and National Signing Day.
We'll be running as complete a list as we can a few days before that.
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Emone Bailey, OL, Elsik, to Houston
Thomas Bates, S, Baytown Lee, to Houston
Lyle Beloney, CB, Seven Lakes, to Army
Trey Briggs, LB, Jersey Village, to Rice
Michael Brockers, DE, Chavez, to LSU
Steven Campbell, DB, Jersey Village, to Texas A&M
Kasey Carrier, RB, Pearland, to New Mexico
Eric Dago, DE, Westside, to Utah
Knile Davis, RB, Fort Bend Marshall, to Arkansas
Marcus Davis, DB, Clear Creek, to Texas
Quaylon Ewing, CB, Kempner, to Boise State
Anthony Fera, K, St. Pius, to Penn State
Keenan Flax, OL, Cypress Ridge, to Houston
Enrico Forbes, DE, St. Pius, to Baylor
Alex Francis, CB, Hightower, to Rice
Colby Goodwin, TE, Cy-Fair, to Utah
Kolby Gray, QB, Cypress Falls, to Pittsburgh
Kalvin Guyton, RB, Lamar, to Texas A&M
A.J. Highsmith, QB, Hightower, to Miami (Fla.)
Ben Hughes, C, Fort Bend Austin, to SMU
Kelvin Jackson, DE, Hightower, to Navy
Princeton Jackson, LB, Cypress Ridge, to Iowa State
Bobby Janisch, OL, Jersey Village, to Rice
Darius Johnson, WR, Hightower, to SMU
Dele Junaid, S, Hightower, to Mississippi
Jacob Karam, QB, Friendswood, to Texas Tech
Anthony Kendrick, WR, Seven Lakes, to Kentucky
Terrance Kindle, DE, North Shore, to Fresno State
Kendrick King, LB, Alief Taylor, to Houston
Hasan Lipscomb, RB, Cypress Ridge, to Minnesota
Terrance Lloyd, DE, Stratford, to Missouri
Craig Loston, DB et al., Eisenhower, to LSU
Barrett Matthews, TE, North Shore, to Texas
Andrae May, CB, North Shore, to Oklahoma State
Andy McCloud, QB, The Woodlands, to UTEP
Kenric McNeal, WR, Spring, to Texas A&M
Joe Mitchell, QB, Morton Ranch, to Oklahoma State
Jordan Najvar, TE, Klein Oak, to Stanford
Clint Naron, OL, Klein Oak, to Texas A&M
Ralph Oragwu, OT, Fort Bend Marshall, to Houston
Jared Pickett, RB, Fort Bend Marshall, to Houston
Thaddeus Randle, DT, North Shore, to Nebraska
Jaz Reynolds, WR, Eisenhower, to Oklahoma
Daniel Salinas, LB, North Shore, to Fresno State
James Scott, CB, Strake Jesuit, to SMU
Russell Shepard, QB/ATH, Cypress Ridge, to LSU
Phillip Steward, LB, Hightower, to Houston
Jerrad Stewart, S, Pearland, to Utah
Greg Timmons, WR, Eisenhower, to Texas
Mario Turner, DE, Pearland, to UTEP
Colton Valencia, S, Hightower, to Texas A&M
Justin Washington, DL, Cypress Woods, to Arizona
Devin Williams, DE, Cinco Ranch, to Tulane
Joseph Williams, DT, Strake Jesuit, to Connecticut
John Wooldridge, TE, Episcopal, to TCU

Kolby Gray heading to Pitt

Gray verballed during a visit up there yesterday. Here's the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's story.

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.