Article in the Post regarding DC Jimmy Burrow's son. Hoping to make it to town Friday night to see this kid in action, as I have not seen him play yet this year.

http://thepost.ohiou.edu/content/athens-high-school-star-...

492 yards and 8 TD's last night according to the on-line paper.

Joey Burrow is pitching a perfect game against Albany Alexander.   First half: 11 for 11, 282 yards, 5 TDs.

At the half, Athens 77, Alexander 7.

And oh yeah, the Bulldogs star running back, Trae Williams is keeping pace.  8 carries...253 yards, 3 scores.

I hope that the young man considers Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.  The way that Coach and staff are loading up with talent via the recruiting path--a fine qb looks to be the last piece to put us right up there.

How is this guy doing?

Surprised one of the top QB's in the Midwest and Bobcat fans would rather talk of others.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/1520086/

Not sure where Joey wants to play, but, there would have to be happier places to play than Bo Pelini's Nebraska.  Honestly, were he my son I would be very pleased for him to choose to play for coach Gdowski, throwing to Dixon's receivers.  If he were to go elsewhere I would hope for him to still be in green, still to an OU, only to be a Duck not a Bobcat. Only two choices I see,

If he were to come to OHIO, it would remind me of the Todd Snyder recruitment.  O$U wanted him very badly, and Woody never did understand how the mere fact that his father was the OHIO basketball coach could have influenced Todd to sign with OHIO rather than Ohio State.  

Well, Mike Wren had a great career at Miami.  He was even instrumental in an NCAA win over Notre Dame.  He would have been even better in the era of the three-point shot.  All that being said, he was not quite in the same league as Todd coming out of high school.  Todd was the kind of athlete that was on almost everyone's recruiting radar.  That was not the case with Mike.  Todd once told me why he decided on Ohio, but I don't think it's correct to talk about that here in any specificity.  I'll just say that it had more to do with loyalty and less with how many passes might be thrown his way.  I also know how much Woody wanted Todd.  After the North-South All Star game in Canton, Woody literally drooled over Todd.  He couldn't believe that Todd wouldn't sign on with the Buckeyes.  I suspect Woody was not used to getting rebuffed like that.  Sure, the Burrow family does not have the long association with Ohio that the Snyder family did (and does), but there is a certain potential parallel here -- hometown boy sought by colleges all across the nation decides to stay home.  It might or might not happen, but it's certainly a possibility.  That's all I was saying.  Go OHIO!

Edit: Yes I corrected the "baseball" typo in my original post.  I'm blaming it on the spellchecker.  Must have mistyped "basketball" in such a way that the spellchecker thought it was "baseball."  That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.  

I watched Joey against Nelsonville the other night.  He does look like a D1 college quarterback in my uneducated opinion, but the lack of competition is concerning.  Most of the schools Athens plays are very very weak.

Scout believe insane production overrides a lack of quality comp in some cases. Joey is doing that.

Has Jim Schaus ever hired from within?

While coaches in some cases look at prolific numbers over quality of competition, sometimes they do not.  The lack of interest is odd - and concerning.  While only a junior, most of his peers have extensive offers and interests, and some have already committed (non-binding of course).

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&...

Either coaches are not looking past the competition, or, perhaps, they feel the kid is going to stay home.  Does look like someone worth keeping in the zip code.

On the flip side.  Do coaches/scouts give too much benefit to players that are on powerhouse teams?  Taking a look at OHIO recruit Duckworth's team, Louisville.  They finish 10-0 regular season without the projected starter at the helm.  Either an outstanding backup took over or the team is super or perhaps both.   Does this team success give a kid a boost where if he were on an average team his relative attractiveness suffers? (Louisville lost first playoff game to Aurora/Kent St recruit as QB would have faced OHIO had Duckworth been healthy)

I'd imagine that once Athens moves along in the playoffs and faces stiffer competition, much will be said about this young man.