The Dolphins Make Me Cry.com - Forums

http://dolphinsindepth.blogspot.com/

Gholston versus Long rivalry has gone pro

Jake Long and Vernon Gholston know each other pretty well. They played against each other the past several years while Long was the left tackle for Michigan and Gholston played defensive end for Ohio State.

They are represented by the same sports agency. And now they'll be seeing each other twice a year in the AFC East games between the Dolphins, who picked Long No. 1 in the draft, and Jets, who took Gholston with the No. 6 pick.

Building rivalry? No doubt.

Blowout rivalry that Long's one sack allowed in 2007 suggest? Nope.

Long's one sack allowed came against, you guessed it, Gholston. And Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel told Newsday today the matchup was not as one-sided as the highlights shown during the draft suggested.

"You know, in all the highlights on Saturday, I never saw any of those plays where [Gholston] carried Jake Long into the quarterback's lap," Tressel told Newsday.

The article did not include from Tressel the answer to key followup questions: How many plays are you talking about specifically, and what exactly happened on those plays as a result?

It is universally acknowledged that Long was the more consistent college player. It is also universally acknowledged that Gholston is something of an athletic freak of nature. So what we have here is an opportunity to see those two guys go at it for years to come.

We'll see who comes out ahead in the NFL. And we'll see if Miami's pick of Long at No. 1 pays the dividends the team hopes.

[By the way folks: The Dolphins are soon expected to announce they have released nose tackle Steve Fifita and quarterback Matt Baker. Not big news but thought you'd like to know.]

Looking forward to September 7.

Long is going to own gholston. This guy is terribly overrated.

first and foremost, what Tressler said is bullsh$t...."You know, in all the highlights on Saturday, I never saw any of those plays where [Gholston] carried Jake Long into the quarterback's lap," Tressel told Newsday."

watch the youtube highlite and let me know if this is exactly as it happened, at the 2:35 minute mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2y_ypR9wQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2y_ypR9wQ)

I would say Long pushed him off to his left and back, it's NOT like Gholston pushed him into the QB.

plus, if you look on a couple of spots on the vid, Gholston did sack the Mich. QB in that game, but the one he blew up the right side T and on the other, the Mich. TE let him go right by.

I'm sure Gholston's tough, but Tressler was just trying get a little MICH dig in. 

also, J-E-T-S........S-U-C-K!!!!!!!!!!!

Long is going to own a lot of DE's once he gets his NFL legs under him...