So, what's Ryan Leaf up to?
I'm not sure what weird other-worldly dimension failed first-round quarterbacks fall into, but it's certainly not a happy place.
From the Left Coast, there is a news report that Todd Marinovich (right), the first-round pick of the Raiders in 1991, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and related implements. What's especially goofy about this is how Marinovich attracted the attention of police to begin with. The 38-year-old former USC star was skateboarding in a prohibited area of tony Newport Beach at 1 a.m.
Substantially less stupid-silly but a problem for ex-quarterback Tim Couch nonetheless is that there's an Internet report connecting him with regimens of human growth hormones. Couch said he took HGH briefly under a doctor's supervision to help recover from an injury, but that he has never taken steroids. Couch, the No. 1 pick overall by Cleveland in 1999, most recently was in the Jacksonville training camp but didn't last long. He made the point that he passed the Jaguars' steroids screening.
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I heard that Leaf was coaching golf (?!?) at Rural Southwest Texas State A&T Junior College, or something like that...
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It is West Texas A&M actually ... I was just being flip with the headline. I heard him recently on ESPN radio and he sounded like he had come to some peace with things.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Mather | August 29, 2007 10:54 AM
Bill,
Good morning. My name is Steve Severn, and I am a Baltimore native who migrated to Amarillo, TX two years ago to take a position as an English professor at West Texas A&M University. I read your blog and “Roch Around The Clock” religiously in an effort to stay in touch with home.
Ryan joined the WTAMU football coaching staff about a year and a half ago. It made quite a splash when he arrived and several of my students worked with him on the team.
Keep up the good work with the blog.
Best,
Steve
Posted by: Steve Severn | August 29, 2007 12:46 PM