I need to start off by apologizing for the hiatus I have taken in the last week from blogging.  I just got back from Disney World, and have gotten back into the swing of things.

While I was in Orlando I saw tons of Kansas shirts and Tebow jerseys of the fans in town for the bowl games.  Congrats to the Jayhawks for the win over the Hokies, I know those fans that I ran into at Disney World enjoyed their trip.  The Gators might have been a little more disapointed, but their loss can’t overshadow the Heisman winner’s glory. 

I stayed at Disney’s Coronado Springs while I was there, and actually ran into a few players that were staying there for their week of practices, skill challenges, and bowl viewing parties, oh yeah- and the Under Armor High School All American Football game.  All of the guys I talked to seemed really excited to be there, but not excited about the early wake up calls every day (although 9:30am practice doesn’t sound too early to me since I am at work by 8:30am every day…).  There are 90 players closing out their high school career with the inaugural Under Armor All American Game today.  67 of those 90 are in ESPN’s top 150 High School Players.

The Skills Challenge was taped on Thursday and aired last night on ESPN2 and gave many of the players an opportunity to shine.  NC State commit Mike Glennon was one of those.  The QB won the Pass Attack Challenge.  Mike is the younger brother of Sean Glennon, senior QB for Virginia Tech.  State’s lack of a QB in the four seasons since Phillip Rivers has hurt and hopefully Mike Glennon will be the light at the end of the tunnel.  

Another winner of a Skills Challenge was homegrown athlete Dwayne Allen.  The Fayetteville native won the Hands Competition, where the athletes face a time trial full of catching passes through obstacles.  Check out the rest of the Skill Challenge Results.

The game will be on ABC today at 2:00pm.  The players will be divided up into the red and white teams, based more on their talent than where they are from.  I am stoked to watch some of the up and coming ACC players in the game.  The players that have committed to ACC teams that are participating include:

Clemson commits:

Kyle Parker - QB from Jacksonville, FL

Daquan Bowers- DT from Bamberg, SC

Xavier Brewer- CB from Jacksonville, FL

Andre Ellington- RB from Moncks Corner, SC

Miami commits:

Ramon Buchanan- LB from Melbourne, FL

Taylor Cook- QB from Eagle Lake, TX

Sean Spence- LB from Miami, FL

Aldarius Johnson- WR from Miami, FL

FSU commits:

EJ Manuel- QB from VA Beach, VA

Nigel Carr- LB from Jacksonville, FL

Terrance Parks- CB from Fairborn, GA

NCSU commits:

Brandon Barnes- RB from Louisburg, NC

Mike Glennon- QB from Westfield, VA

UNC commit:

Braden Hanson- QB from Charlotte, NC

BC commit:

Mike Goodman- OT from Miami

The future of the ACC lies in players like these!

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