Josh Portis Is For The Children

"They got the dropout keeping kids in the school"- Kanye West, "Champion"

Okay, that's not quite what happened here, but it's close enough. You might remember Josh Portis from performing rather impressively for Urban Meyer in his freshman year before he and his mother put up a stink to get him out of there before Tim Tebow could zoom past him on the depth chart. You also might remember him as a potential answer to an unsettled Maryland QB situation before encountering academic suspension for, as he puts it, "looking on somebody's paper."

Portis is understandably hoping that it's not the last you hear of him, and once again at his mother's urging, he's visiting at least three elementary schools in the College Park area to share his story. Granted, this appears to be 1/8th as fun as the assembly-type events I had in elementary school, but then again, I'm not even sure if kids get snow days anymore, so I guess you take what you can get. A lot of area schools are probably willing to stick to the collegians after a bunch of smart alecky kids asked Steve McNair what living during the Depression was like.

Most importantly, there's the implication that next year's QB derby for the Terps will be wide open once again. After starting out impressively, Chris Turner turned in a rather pedestrian performance against Virginia and won't be helped out by the injuries befalling his offensive line. I don't want to say I'm rooting against the guy, but if I have to watch another UMD game where the announcers try to relate to the "broseph" TV viewers by going on and on about his resemblance to Napoleon Dynamite, I might be begging for the sweet release of death soundtracked by Pam Ward.