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RB Erik Haw (official thread)

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cincibuck said:
Was Haw the halfback caught selling weed?

I also seem to think that that incident took place at a time when the program was suffering one lump after another.

Getting out of the doghouse may have been next to impossible during those times.
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Skeete, the place kicker, was selling. Haw was the smoker. One joint, apparently by himself (?!), caught outside the dormitory.

Best of luck to Haw. I agree with Grad. He just saw the hand-writing on the wall, even though he is plenty talented enough to play at Ohio State. He had the potential to be somewhat like Derrick Combs, I would say.
 
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HabaneroBuck said:
Skeete, the place kicker, was selling. Haw was the smoker. One joint, apparently by himself (?!), caught outside the dormitory.

Best of luck to Haw. I agree with Grad. He just saw the hand-writing on the wall, even though he is plenty talented enough to play at Ohio State. He had the potential to be somewhat like Derrick Combs, I would say.
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He had the skill, just not the control to be at a place like OSU. Best of luck to him at Jackson, however, his last quote about beng wanted did hurt.
 
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cincibuck said:
Was Haw the halfback caught selling weed?

I also seem to think that that incident took place at a time when the program was suffering one lump after another.

Getting out of the doghouse may have been next to impossible during those times.
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Naw, that was Skeete. He was "just" smoking it infront of a dorm. I've heard from some of his friends that he wasn't the only one there, and he took the fall for some other "big time" players. I don't know the whole truth to that, but it makes you wonder(?).
 
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Pardon the use of the "Way Back Machine" here. There was a very talented halfback at my high school, Tony Hall, who Woody was after. Tony turned it down to go to Denison and his logic was, "I knew going in that I was never going to play in the NFL. If I went to Ohio State I was going to be a tackling dummy for at least two years, possibly four. I went to Denison knowing I'd get to play all four years. Tony went on to set some all time running records at Denison, played (and started) all four years and made little All American. I think it's hard to fault such logic. I hope this works for Haw.
 
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Posted: September 3, 2006

Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. -- Running back Erik Haw scored four touchdowns to lead Jackson State to a 44-20 victory over Paul Quinn on Saturday night. Haw scored on runs of 3, 5 and 19 yards and also made it into the end zone on a 74-yard pass from Jimmy Oliver.
Jackson State (1-0) never trailed in the game and held a 30-6 halftime lead.
Oliver went 7-13-2 for 184 yards. Jaymar Johnson hauled in two catches for 69 yards for the Tigers and scored on a 43-yard punt return with 4:43 left in the game.
Paul Quinn (0-1) scored with :36 left in the first quarter, but missed a 2-point conversion. Paul Quinn scored on a fumble recovery with 7:27 left in the third quarter and on a passing play with 5:12 left in the third.
But the Tigers shut down the comeback in the fourth with Haw's 19-yard TD run and Johnson's 43-yard punt return.

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Refreshing change: Hope for J-State fans
By Rick Cleveland
[email protected]

A cool early September breeze made Saturday night a most pleasant one for football fans at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The crisp play of Rick Comegy's new-look Jackson State Tigers, especially early, was an even more welcomed breath of fresh air.
JSU, playing its first game under Comegy, took apart Paul Quinn College of Dallas 44-20.
Granted, Paul Quinn, an NAIA school, isn't going to remind anyone of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson State should handle Paul Quinn.
As Paul Quinn coach Archie "Gunslinger" Cooley, formerly of Mississippi Valley State, put it: "Jackson State is supposed to win. It would be like Jackson State playing Ole Miss. Then, Ole Miss is supposed to win."
Perhaps, but it was the way Comegy's team went about its business that had an announced crowd of 11,500 JSU fans staying and cheering through four quarters. For a change, there was something to cheer besides the Sonic Boom band.
Jackson State threw deep on its first offensive play - and new quarterback Jimmy Oliver hit a 33-yard strike.
New running back Erik Haw scored touchdowns the first three times he touched the ball and scored four before the night was over. He's got a gear nobody else on the field had.
And here's maybe the best news for JSU fans: The kicking game was flawless. For the first time in a long time, the Jackson State special teams were really special.
30 POINTS IN 1ST PERIOD
JSU, which never scored as many as 30 points in James Bell's first season as coach, scored 30 in the first quarter of Comegy's debut.
"It was important for a team that won only two games last season to have a start like that," Comegy said. "I was proud of them. I'm happy, really happy for the ballplayers."
Oliver, the transfer from Pearl River Community College, showed flashes of why he was a two-time juco national player of the year. He can run it and he can throw it.
Haw, who once ran a 4.2 40-yard dash at an Ohio State football camp, appears a touchdown waiting to happen. Saturday night, we didn't have to wait long. Haw first scored on runs of 3 and 5 yards, and then took a screen pass from Oliver and raced 74 yards to the end zone. Two Paul Quinn players appeared to have the angle on him and he ran right past them.
That's three touches, three touchdowns - if you're keeping score.
And later, when Paul Quinn had moved to within 30-20, Haw allowed JSU fans to breathe more easily with a 19-yard scoring burst.
"We were at a standstill," Haw said. "I just wanted to be the one to boost us up."
He was.
And JSU needed the boost, because Paul Quinn had made a game of it.
"They're a team with a little name, but they don't have little hearts," Comegy said.
But Comegy also acknowledged the obvious. His team made a lot of mistakes when Paul Quinn was making its comeback.
"We had a dip and got sloppy," Comegy said. "We can't have that against a Tennessee State, a Grambling or a Southern."
2 WEEKS TO PREPARE
Nevertheless, this team has a look about it the last three JSU teams haven't had.
The Tigers have more speed, and they have more size and ability up front. They appear far better organized. They definitely have a plan. They are coached.
"We're not going to overlook all those mistakes just because we won," Comegy said. "We're gonna get them corrected."
Jackson State has two weeks to prepare for Tennessee State. A football team supposedly makes its greatest improvement between its first game and its second game.
That will need to be the case if JSU is to end a three-year dry spell against Tennessee State.
At least, this September, there is hope.
 
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One game in , Erik Haw?s transfer from Ohio State to Jackson State is going well. The Independence High School graduate scored touchdowns the first three times he touched the ball for the Tigers and added a fourth on a 19-yard run later in the Tigers? opening 37-20 win over Paul Quinn College. Haw finished with 127 yards and told the the (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger, "At night, I?ve been visualizing those touchdowns for a long time."
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I-AA measuring stick awaits JSU
Tigers seek to end 3-game series skid against old rival TSU in Memphis


By David Brandt
Jackson State running back Erik Haw has never put football on a pedestal, so there's no reason he'll start today against Tennessee State.
Last year, as a freshman at Ohio State, he traveled to Michigan Stadium to play Michigan and the Fiesta Bowl to take on Notre Dame.
One year later, he travels with his new JSU teammates to Memphis to play in the Southern Heritage Classic vs. TSU (1-1) at 6 p.m.
"It's all just football to me," Haw said. "I'm sure the crowd will be great (in Memphis), but I've never been worried about that anywhere I've played. This is football and that's all it is. If you get caught up in the atmosphere, to me, you lose that perspective."
Haw's calm demeanor seemed to capture the team's mood during Thursday's practice. The team used Friday as a travel day to get to Memphis.
But for the coaching staff, today's game presents a new challenge, especially for JSU head coach Rick Comegy.
It will be his first game as a Division I-AA head coach facing an opponent of the same caliber.

Comegy came to JSU from Division II Tuskegee, where he had a 90-26 record over 10 years.
But Comegy knows a new level of football brings entirely different challenges.
"This is where we see if we're Division I-AA or not," Comegy said. "I don't want to be Division II anymore. I want to see if the coaching staff and the players have the ability to win a football game at this level. I think we do, but we've got to go out on the field and prove it against Tennessee State."
And what better way to find out than against one of JSU's historic rivals in front of what figures to be a crowd between 40,000 and 50,000.
The closely contested series currently sits 20-18-2 in Tennessee State's favor and JSU has lost the last three games.
"Our team has visions of doing great things this season and it starts (today)," Comegy said. "We're not even worried about Tennessee State right now because we know they've got a good football team. We're more worried about what we have. Are we good enough?"
Tennessee State coach James Webster found success against JSU last season for his first career victory at TSU.
But last year's 20-14 overtime victory over JSU was one of the few bright spots in a 2-9 season.
Webster has a 3-10 overall record at TSU in his second season.
 
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Haw found the end zone 3 times for JSU in a 29-24 win over Mississippi Valley State. He rushed 17 times for 51 yards. Frost added a 46 yard catch.

Stats to date:
Frost: 4 rec., 67 yards, 1 TD (16.8 avg)
Haw: 44 att., 142 yards, 7 TD (3.2 avg), 2 rec., 78 yards, 1 TD (39 AVG)
 
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