Floundering against the pigskin tide...

We understand it's game day and all that and hereby extend our best wishes to all the WAC football teams but here's an item that's been festering with us for a few days.

That being prominent columnists who get it wrong. Those who enjoy a national platform and pontificate on a subject they need to learn more about before before issuing a 'my take.'

Granted, we've certainly had our share of brain blips for all the readers of this blog to see and read so we candidly issue our very own mea culpa.

However, we can't let go of this one.

Eamonn Brennan (now there's a great Irish name) recently offered a column on the Rivals/Yahoo network about the Utah State signing of Anthony DiLoreto. Plenty of people have weighed in on the subject of DeLoreto and Stew Morrill's judgment so we won't bother adding to that.

But here is what concerned us:

"...As Rob at Ballin Is A Habit notes, this isn't the first time Utah State coach Stew Morrill has taken a chance on a player. Last season's lone senior for the Aggies was Gary Wilkerson, who dropped out of high school ball and turned to drugs and alcohol, but who redeemed himself with a tournament appearance last season. If DiLoreto is as talented as the interest in his skills -- despite his transgressions -- would indicate, he might be making a similar redemption soon."

We love redemption stories but that's not the point here.

Putting on our WAC hat, Gary Wilkinson redeemed himself far, far before Utah State made last season's Big Dance. He in fact straightened out his life path way before he began playing basketball at Salt Lake City College, way before he earned a scholarship at Utah State and way before the Aggies went to the NCAAs.

Brennan obviously meant no harm -- his article is a positive one. But because of his professional affiliation, his large readership is now mis-informed about Gary Wilkinson.

Of course, maybe it's Gary Wilkerson they will misled about but the actual surname of the ex-Aggie is Wilkinson, not Wilkerson -- not a small oversight.

By the way, Rob Dauster, at Ballin' Is A Habit (who Brennan mentioned), is much more accurate in his post here.