TV watch: Grothe on ESPN at 2 p.m.

I'm thinking Matt Grothe will get more airtime on ESPN's "College Football Live" than I got last week.

The Bulls quarterback is scheduled for a live phone interview (hey, I thought players were only available at the Tuesday luncheon?) with ESPN's Rece Davis and a panel of analysts as the network counts down the final hours until Thursday night's first Division I-A games.

Davis, by the way, told me last week that ESPN's Dick Vitale is a big fan of USF freshman running back Mike Ford. Vitale lives in Sarasota, where Ford went to high school. Davis said Vitale stopped him and specifically told him to watch out for Ford this fall. I know Vitale raving about somebody's potential isn't particularly rare, but it's not often a football player.

So tune in to Grothe, then drop a comment here as to what you thought of the interview. I think I'll be on my way to Disney by then, trying to sneak in a half-day with the wife and kids before I'm fully engulfed in football season.

-- Linkage: The Sarasota Herald Tribune has a feature on Amarri Jackson today, and the Times' Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler reports that USF's enrollment has topped 45,000 students. And remember Frank Harry? The famously homesick USF signee might be a two-way lineman at Southern University this fall. And we'll post a scouting report on Elon in the next day or two, but the News-Record of Greensboro, N.C., has one up already, writing that for Elon, "victory is highly unlikely Saturday."

Comments

[Al]

Enjoy the mouse.

[Dave]

If Frank Harry has a great season, he better know that the NFL will be well aware of his issues at USF. I know a lot of people get homesick at school, but few would throw away the opportunities he had. How far was his JUCO from his home?

[Jared]

Here is the youtube link to Grothe's appearance on ESPN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-_V8l6JlE8

[gdp]

not the smoothest or most eloquent interview but publicity none the less!

[Ted]

He did a good job for his first national interview. Go Bulls!

[Dave]

Thanks for the link Jared

[Ryan]

Just came back from a week at Disney and Universal Studios. Lines were unbelievably short for the most part. A little hot out there, but I didn't wait for more than 20 minutes in any of the parks (other than for Fantasia of course). Enjoy it, Greg.