Contest Time – Win a free PDF copy of the 2014 Prospect Guide
First, let’s jump into the contest. Last week I gave away a free copy of the 2014 Prospect Guide (PDF) for a New Years Day Bowl Pick ‘Em challenge. Today I wanted to offer up another free 2014 Prospect Guide (PDF) for the BCS National Championship Game. Since there is only one game to pick from, things are going to be a bit more challenging than just picking the winner. In order to win the game, you need to pick the winner of the game and the number of total yards (Passing/Rushing/Receiving) by the winning teams quarterback (or in the scenario where a team has more than one quarterback in the game, the one with the most yardage). For example, you could pick Florida State and have Jameis Winston with 402 total yards. Here are the rules:
- You must pick the BCS National Championship game winner and the total yardage for the winning teams quarterback who has the most total yards. The closest prediction wins. You can be over or under the actual number, it is simply whoever is the closest.
- You must leave your guess in the comments of this post before 8:30pm, when the game is scheduled to begin.
- You only get one guess per user.
- You must use a valid email address, otherwise I can’t get in touch with you very easily.
News and notes for Monday morning
Mark Sheldon wrote an article over the weekend on Phillip Ervin. This stood out to me from the article based on what I was able to watch over the course of 2013.
Defense is where he hopes to take strides in 2014. He was bothered somewhat in 2013 by the effects of a sprained ankle he suffered during his final college season.
“I need to work on a lot. I want to play better defense, take better routes and stuff like that,” Ervin said. “There is always stuff you can work on to improve.”
“He showed good instincts and good jumps in center field — and was good in the corners,” Graupe said. “We’ll probably play him all over [the outfield] next year and see where he fits.”
While I will agree that Ervin was good in center, he struggled in the corners from what I saw. Judging the ball and routes were a problem at times in the corners for Ervin, who is new to the corners. If he can pick up some speed he seemed to lose after the ankle injury, sticking in center is more likely.
Jason Linden wrote about the best case scenario for Billy Hamilton at RedlegNation.com over the weekend. In my opinion, it certainly isn’t anywhere near the best case scenario, but it is an interesting read. Still, even with the not so best case scenario, Linden projects him at 2.5 WAR.