Vindication

I won’t deny my past. I was anti-Johnathan Crompton since he committed UT. I never thought he would take us were we wanted to go, and yeah, I said things I shouldn’t have when Kiffin announced it was Crompton come hell or highwater.

Hell came, and then the second half of the Auburn game. The latter was the moment when Crompton convinced me. The poor guy got the short end of every stick thrown at him, but he took the lumps, worked like a dog, proved us all wrong….and still only had an ugly Peach Bowl loss to show for it.

I want excellent things for Crompton. He’s worked for it and deserves them. Even ignoring he had to learn three different systems in four years and all the coaching turmoil, it’s well documented most of the best NFL quarterbacks were not college stars. The leagues take different skills, so I wasn’t just talkin’ crazy when I said he’d get drafted. Ok, the ‘taken before Tebow’ might have been a little crazy, but my point still stood.

And there Crompton went, to the San Diego Chargers, in the fifth round. Not bad for a boy who wasn’t even invited to the Combine.

Congratulations to me for calling it, but mostly a huge congrats to Crompton. I don’t know what his future holds, but I wish him all the best.