Mountaineers Showout at the Combine

Today Tavon Austin and Geno Smith showed why they are top NFL prospects by having impressive days at the combine.

Smith has been labeled the top quarterback prospect in a weak quarterback class. He could be the first pick in the draft or fall to the late first round, it all depends on how well he does in the coming weeks. Today he ran a 4.58 forty yard dash, the highest of any quarterback that ran. He showed that he has solid athleticism as well as a rocket arm, which was on display during the throwing section on the combine.  Over the past years Smith has showed some speed in WVU games, but his arm was always his best feature. It will be interesting to see where Smith ends up.
Geno's receiver, Tavon Austin, might have had the best day of anyone at the combine. He ran an unofficial 4.25 in the forty yard dash, the record in the event is a 4.24. Everyone knew that Austin was fast, but maybe not that fast. I can see Tavon being a very good receiver in the NFL. This year he was the most electrifying player in college football, if you don't believe me watch the video below. He could have been considered in the Heisman voting if WVU could have won some more games. In the NFL he will return kicks and punts, and also be a weapon as a slot receiver. He could possibly even get some time at running back.

It's nice to see some Mountaineers having success at the combine, and hopefully in the NFL. This year was a tough one, but looking back it wasn't all bad. We were the talk of the nation for about a month, and got a ton of publicity, when does that ever happen. Yeah we ended the season horribly, but  it was an incredible ride. I will miss all the departing players, especially Geno and Tavon.

60 Second Video

This was our newest assignment. Each group had to write a script, get shots, and edit the whole assignment in one week. The catch was that each group got a specific prop that had to be included in the film. My group got a robot, and immediately we knew that we wanted the robot to fall in love. We decided that the robot would fall in love with me.

The process of making the film was fairly easy because we prepared for each step well. The only real problem we faced was how to get the robot to move. To solve the problem we tied string around the robot and it worked pretty well. We had a couple hiccups when we started editing, but Max and Kyra fixed them up, with some help from Mr. Mayo.

This project was really fun to make. It was a nice switch from the long and tedious documentary making process, and I really think that my group did a good job. The experiences we learned from this will help during CAP Hollywood. We managed our time, and prepared well. We were able to get around the bumps in the road, and produce a solid product. I think one important listen I learned from this is to not over think things. By not over thinking the project we were able to produce a simple, but effective film. If we had tried to do too much, then we might have been rushed and came out with a less polished product.