The Stanford superstar tailback was here in spirit only. That is if you count a 1984-ish Big Brother projection on a ballroom video board; Love joined the media day via Skype.
Some Love, it turned out, was better than none. Still, there was a hole in the college football universe when the Pac-12's best player -- and perhaps nation's best as well -- was a no show at media day.
Put it this way: Try to envision Tim Tebow in his heyday skipping SEC Media Days of because, well, school. Right or wrong, that wouldn't have happened. The need to better himself, the conference and his school would have outstripped another summer school lecture.
That's essentially what kept Love back in Palo Alto.
"Me, personally, I really wanted to be there to represent the university," Love said. "But I decided I just wasn't able to make it happen this year. Based on other commitments, trying to graduate in December required me to take more classes over the summer."
Dudes jumping through hoops to go against the grain with this one. One game decide by less than a TD and 3 TD national title game. That's before you even start talking about who actually was on the roster.
ThaxbyChamblis
: There's no reason to treat me like a red headed step child. I was never a Gator football fan , I just rooted for Dee Webb and Chris Leak . The past 10 years I just cared about them beating the Vols .
