It's Official. Watts Plays His Swan Song.

The athletic department is reporting that offensive gaurd and virtuoso musician Seth Watts will forego his final two years of eligibility. This is not entirely surprising given that he was not practicing yesterday and there had been some rumblings about Watts' status.

Watts was a 4-star offensive guard/tackle prospect out of Washington County who had even been positively singled out by the coaches during winter Mat Drills. That followed a 2006 campaign in which he saw a good bit of playing time, but was never very impressive. Toward the end of the year it began to look as if Neil Callaway would rather put Michael Turner, Fernando Velasco and Chester Adams in an early grave than risk putting Watts on the field, which probably took a toll on him.

Admittedly, the first signs that Watts' heart was no longer on the football field came when he began hanging out with Keith Richards and slid from his playing weight of 313 pounds down to 160. Oh yeah, and there was that time he spent touring with the Rolling Stones.

It's always a little sad when a kid who comes in with a lot of potential doesn't progress as a football player. On the other hand, this is more fodder for those who think that Neil Callaway couldn't pick a decent offensive line prospect out of a lineup if he was standing between Pee Wee Herman and Henry Kissinger while holding a bottle rocket.



In the end analysis, Watts was not looking like a key contributor. He would have provided some veteran depth, which is always nice, but this is not a mission-critical kind of loss. Good luck Seth.

In other news, there's a rather big announcement forthcoming on this site tomorrow. I can't say yet what it is, but I can say I'm darn excited about it. I'm hoping you will be too.