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    Yahoo - Syracuse's Drew Allen, a study in perseverance (The Associated Press)

    Coming out of high school in San Antonio, Texas, Drew Allen had all the tools to succeed as a college quarterback: he was 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds, could throw a ball 70 yards while standing flat-footed, ran a 4.7-second 40-yard dash, bench-pressed 265 pounds, squatted 345, had a vertical leap of 29 inches, and excelled in the classroom. Even though he had offers from several schools -Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Wake Forest, Colorado, Vanderbilt, even Harvard and Yale of the Ivy League - when Oklahoma called and he hit it off with quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel, the soft-spoken Texan became a Sooner. The reasoning was sound: Allen would learn from Sam Bradford, a Heisman Trophy winner, and there was only one other quarterback on the roster, Landry Jones. ''So, the opportunity there to go in and compete and have a fair shot as a redshirt freshman and learning from a Heisman Trophy winner - that opportunity was there and I really wanted that.'' As expected, Bradford left college a year early and was the top pick in the NFL draft, but the chance Allen expected never materialized and demonstrates what a crap shoot the business of college football can be.

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    Re: Yahoo - Syracuse's Drew Allen, a study in perseverance (The Associated Press)

    I still wish him the best. As his dad said, he is a classy guy.
    And if the timing had been different, as he came to us a few later, would he be our QB?
    The fans on here are known for their objectivity, fair play, open minded welcoming of others, debating in an upfront, firm, but respectful manner.....TexasLidig8r 11/21/04

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