THE MIRAMAR AIR EXPRESS IS HEADED TO MORGANTOWN

By Matt Whitfield


A month after losing highly touted four star QB recruit Taj Boyd, West Virginia has come up with another highly touted four star QB. Eugene Smith, rated the 5th best Quarterback in the class of 2009 by Rivals, has committed to West Virginia. Smith, of Miramar, Florida spent this past weekend in West Virginia and attended the Cincinnati game. Smith told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that, "Being up there and watching those guys play, I really felt in my heart this was the place I needed to be. The coaches are very classy guys and I could see they were passionate about the program."

Attending the game with Smith was his teammate and three star WR recruit Stedmann Bailey. Bailey, the other half of the Miramar Air Express was also impressed with the Mountaineers coaching staff and offered a verbal commitment to the Mountaineers Monday.

West Virginia now has 2 four star recruits, and 13 three star recruits. The pickup of Smith would fill a huge void at the QB position. The Mountaineers will see Pat White graduate this season, see White’s more than capable backup Jarret Brown graduate next, and will be left with a QB battle in 2010. Freshman Bradley Starks a four star recruit is currently listed third on the depth chart according to Rivals. White’s brother and freshman three star recruit Coley will also be vying for playing time. One of these three will be the starter in 2010. Just which one is anyone’s guess. The only thing that is certain is that in college football, job competition is a good thing.