The Odyssey took on Phil Steele in an August article as we disagreed with some of his preseason predictions. On six points of contention, we were right on 4, wrong on 2.
The outstanding item was a disagreement as to where Wyoming’s Josh Allen would be taken in the draft. Steele predicted mid-teens while the Odyssey felt Allen would go much higher. If you watched the first half of Wyoming’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl triumph over Western Michigan, it would have been easy to understand why the ESPN commentator thought Allen would go first in the draft. The first half was definitely Allen’s best of the year and could be used as a highlight reel for his accurate, cannon arm.
Wyoming’s impressive victory cemented the notion that Allen will be gone within the first 7 picks and perhaps much higher.
Eat our dust, Phil!
Martin Dorrance
I’m quite certain I’ll learn lots of new stuff right