Here’s an interesting article by Dennis Dodd who writes about the new trend of college coaches offering scholarships to high school freshman and sophomores. He also talks about the ‘heat’ Washington’s coach, Tyrone Willingham, is feeling right now and how he recently offered a scholarship to a Seattle-area high school freshman. This athlete just happens to attend the school (Skyline in Sammamish, east of Seattle) where Steve Gervais, recently hired by Willingham, was the head coach. Dodd wonders if Willingham is now counting on a 14-year-old to save his job.

Bellotti is also quoted in the article regarding his offering a scholarship to Curtis White, a sophomore at Sheldon in Eugene. He seems rather opposed to going after high school underclassmen but feels it’s something he must do to keep up.

Read it here

An interesting side note regarding high school football. Defending Oregon state champs, Sheldon HS (Eugene) will play against Skyline HS (Sammamish) on September 6 at PGE Park in Portland. Skyline is the defending Washington state 3A champs and feature pro-style QB Jake Heaps, who is already rated by some services as one of the top quarterbacks in the Northwest.