Trae Williams cut loose by Jaguars
Somebody mentioned the possibility on the comments yesterday, and sure enough, former USF cornerback Trae Williams, a fifth-round draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars, was among 19 players cut by the Jags on Saturday. He's the second Bulls alum cut in as many days, following linebacker Ben Moffitt with the Texans.
Williams, who had an interception on his old college field against the Bucs last week, could be on another roster as early as Sunday, when cuts clear waivers and players can sign with new teams. The Jaguars opted to keep an undrafted rookie, Brian Witherspoon, instead of Williams, who got a signing bonus of about $170,000 from the Jaguars just last month.
-- Wow. Go ahead and drop Pittsburgh down a notch from wherever you had them pegged in the Big East standings -- the Panthers lost 27-17 to ... Bowling Green on Saturday. Pittsburgh was a 13-point favorite and had a 14-0 lead in the second quarter, but was shut out in the second quarter, with star running back LeSean McCoy held to 71 yards on 23 carries. With Virginia Tech losing to East Carolina, USF is likely to move up at least one spot in the polls if the Bulls win convincingly tonight. And Syracuse? Still really bad. The Orange can't hang with Northwestern, losing 30-10.
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A big WOW to every single update on this post.
Posted by: Upstart Bull | August 30, 2008 at 04:34 PM
I don't know why everyone gets so carried away with Pitt every year. Sure, they have all the talent in the world, but incredibly poor coaching. It was ridiculous for them to be ranked to begin with.
Posted by: Stephen Blackehart | August 30, 2008 at 05:06 PM
I was down on the Pitt campus and saw a few friends. I just smiled and said "Told ya so." Wanny is really good guy, but just a bad gameday head coach. Matt Cavanaugh is even worse. I'm wondering if Skip Holtz is on their short list. That was a great win for ECU today (and I do know that the family is from West Virginia but Skip went to South Carolina).
And that's too bad for Trae. I was really pretty sure that he'd make it. I wonder what the issue was.
And how does Pacman Jones' reinstatement affect both Anthony Henry and Mike Jenkins in the playing time department?
Posted by: Dave W | August 30, 2008 at 06:29 PM