After Howie Long graduated from Villanova, they dropped football. (They were living in lala land thinking they could compete as a Division 1 school.!) The saying was that Howie Long would be the last pro football player from Villanova.

Well, they revived the program years later as a 1-AA school. We've sent a few more to the pros since then, most notably Brian Brennan of the Falcons and Brian Westbrook who in his 4 years broke a zillion NCAA offensive records.

If Chris Long is half the player (or man) as his father, he'll go far.


Back to the BCS, if you're a Trojan fan and want to play LSU, then schedule them in Sept. Drop the Idahos and Applachian States from your schdeules. Forget these tune-up games.

I know the schedule is contracted up to 10 years out. But if your school wants to be the top dog, schedule the big dogs. Div 1-A schools shouldn't schedule Akron or Toldeo or Temple, then gripe about being short changed.

Too many conference teams, too few games to play. Make the two or three non-conference games you play mean something. Make strength of schedule mean something too.

My $.02