ESPN Points to Jordan at Number Five in Upcoming Draft

Watch him while you can Ags, this kid is going PRO. Quickly. Chad Ford currently has him number 5 on his top 100 behind kids like Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose and O.J. Mayo. He is a legit seven footer and is averaging close to a double-double with only twenty minutes of playing time per game.

He is shooting a ridiculous 80% from the field. 80%. Seriously. Of course, if you've seen him you'll quickly realize that he gets all his action from dishes and putbacks. Right now his game lacks the polish of his higher-ranked fellow freshman, but big man usually take longer to develop anyway.

DeAndre is still working to find his own patented post moves. He'll need one or two if he is ever to become a legitimate threat and offensive option during upcoming conference play. So far he hasn't needed one. He just jumps over everyone to grab rebounds and rattles the backboard.

Saturday, he'll match up against the LSU Tigers. These aren't the Glenn "Big Baby" Davis Tigers of last couple years, but they're still a talented, athletic team. Look for DeAndre and the Ags to give them a warm welcome in Reed Arena and improve on their 10th place national ranking.

If you don't know him, you will.

Football hires approaching

Even during a disappointing but typical collapse during the Alamo Bowl against Penn State, all the online discussing on Aggie forums remain focused on Mike Sherman's pending hires for Offensive and Defensive Coordinators. Two names surfaced in recent days, Reggie Herring, former interim and defensive coordinator of the Arkansas Razorbacks (I say former because the season is over and that staff is out) and a former way-back buddy in the form of Nolan Cromwell.

Cromwell is a former option quarterback-turned-pro safety from Kansas. In the way-back, he paired with former Ag All-American Dave Elmendorf to form a formidable Seattle secondary. These days he's the wide receivers coach with the same team. Rumor has it that he carries the stamp of approval from Mike Holmgren.

It would go with current thought that Sherman will retain the majority of control over whoever is the OC. To me, that's cool, the Texas have proven an offensive juggernaut over the second half of the NFL season.

Rumors still persist that Sherman is trying to shoehorn Major Applewhite, current Crimson Tide OC, into his staff as the QB positon coach and co-offensive coordinator. Since this is a demotion from his current position I'm going to write this one off as unlikely, but hey, Gene Chizik took the Iowa State job so why not? Major's current boss Nick Saban is a notorious epic dickhead toward subordinates so that may play a factor.

The Reggie Herring hire is the big question mark. He doesn't have the vast NFL experience most Ags would like to see, however he is known for running the aggressive, blitzing defenses that Ags long to witness at Kyle Field. However, Missouri TORCHES Herring Razorbacks that last week at the Cotton Bowl, cooling a few folks on his potential against the numerous spread offenses populating the Big XII.

As for the remainder of the position coaching hires? Who knows. All we currently have is Van Malone and we all saw how his boys got TORCHED by Penn State.

As Drudge says, developing...