Wanna post this article for me?

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/insider/new...%3fid%3d2408401

 

gracias.

I probably shouldn't, because it's only going to make you worse... :lol

 

Here it is:

 

DEKALB, Ill. -- Garrett Wolfe is a running contradiction.

 

The Northern Illinois star considers himself a fatalist, one who accepts God's plan for his life. On the flip side, there are few things he hates more than not having control of a situation.

 

Wolfe plays a sport and a position (running back) where collaboration is critical. But whenever he can determine an outcome, on or off the field, he doesn't hesitate to do so.

 

 

 

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Garrett Wolfe rushed for 1,580 yards and 16 TDs in 2005."In certain cases, I'm most definitely a control freak," said Wolfe, the nation's leading returning rusher (175.6 ypg) and the active career rushing leader (161.8 ypg). "I feel much more comfortable making a decision and falling flat on my face because it was my decision, rather than it being someone else's decision."

 

So how does Wolfe reconcile his conflicting traits? His sense of autonomy has only grown at NIU, mostly because of some negative incidents in which he didn't have control.

 

But he also understands that going it alone isn't always the best course.

 

Take this spring, for example. Three times a week, Wolfe rehabs his right shoulder with Kammy Powell, one of NIU's trainers.

 

He underwent surgery Jan. 11 and is sitting out of contact drills in spring practice. The senior is expected to be 100 percent by the summer.

 

"When she stretches me out, it just hurts so bad," Wolfe said. "She's just breaking up the scar tissue, and that's the most painful part. We're just trying to achieve full range of motion."

 

It took both NIU's training staff and Wolfe's unyielding drive to get him through a painful 2005 season. The shoulder first popped out in NIU's season opener against Michigan, but it was immediately reset.

 

Wolfe reentered the game and finished with 148 rushing yards and a touchdown.

 

"My arm was almost down here in my rib cage," Wolfe said. "But they put it back in and I was fine. I wasn't aware of the extent of my injury."

 

The shoulder popped in and out the rest of the season, but it never kept Wolfe off the field. A knee injury shelved him for three games, but he still rushed for more yards (1,580) than all but four Division I-A backs.

 

His yards per game average ranked second nationally behind Memphis star DeAngelo Williams (178.6).

 

"We held our breath all season long," Huskies coach Joe Novak said. "He never complained, played with it, played well with it. He would come to the sidelines and I never knew when [the shoulder] popped out. Five plays later, he's back in the game. For a little guy, he's a physical, tough kid."

 

Two major factors have contributed to Wolfe's toughness.

 

The first is his size. At 5-foot-7 and 177 pounds, Wolfe has been underestimated for most of his career. Proving himself is a daily challenge.

 

The second is his background. Wolfe grew up in Austin, Chicago's largest neighborhood, and one of its roughest. Unlike many of his peers, Wolfe lived in a two-parent home, but he wasn't sheltered from the local hazards.

 

"You have to be careful who you deal with," Wolfe said. "Some guys may be into the streets, may be into drugs. Everybody has some type of motivation. It could be to benefit you and help you grow, or it could be to benefit themselves."

 

 

"We held our breath all season long. He never complained, played with it, played well with it. He would come to the sidelines and I never knew when [the shoulder] popped out. Five plays later, he's back in the game. For a little guy, he's a physical, tough kid."

NIU coach coach Joe Novak on Wolfe dealing with injuries in 2005Consequently, Wolfe dispenses his trust carefully. He's a small man with a small inner circle, one that includes his parents, his siblings and a cousin on his father's side. That's it.

His guarded nature has been shaped by several incidents, most notably in 2003, when he was declared ineligible for falling one credit hour shy of the requirement.

 

Wolfe, who had the grades to play, originally felt that NIU's academic support staff had let him down by failing to correctly track his hours. When the team stormed into the national spotlight that fall, Wolfe felt cut off. His grades quickly plummeted.

 

"I went through a long period of feeling sorry for myself and making excuses for everything that happened," he said. "I had to do some serious work in the spring and the summer to get eligible [for 2004].

 

"In the end, it's my life. I should have asserted more control."

 

One place where Wolfe usually has control is the field. In two seasons, he has rushed for 3,236 yards and 34 touchdowns, many coming on breakaways of 20 yards or longer. The senior has eclipsed 100 rushing yards in 14 of his 20 career games.

 

NIU is once again pegged to contend for a MAC title, so Novak is taking no chances with Wolfe this spring.

 

"My thing with him is to go into May, June, July at 100 percent healthy," Novak said. "I have no problem at all with him missing spring ball.

 

"I know what he's capable of."

 

But do NFL scouts? Some continue to express concerns about Wolfe's size, Novak said. Others want to examine Wolfe's pass-catching skills.

 

Wolfe had 222 receiving yards last season and wants to be more involved in NIU's passing game.

 

"I don't ever want to come out of the game because I can't do something," he said. "I want to do it all and assert more control."

 

One place Wolfe won't be used is at punt returner, though he will get plenty of practice at the position.

 

"Down the road," Novak said, "if he's going to have a chance to play in that league, that's something they'll want him to do. I want him to work on it."

 

Wolfe looks up to pro stars Clinton Portis and LaDainian Tomlinson, but he listed Warrick Dunn as the back he most resembles physically. Dunn (5-9, 180) has averaged 44.9 receptions a year and served as a kick/punt returner early in his career.

 

"There's nothing you can do about the size," Wolfe said. "I'm able to dodge a lot of hits that a lot of bigger guys may take."

 

Wolfe can improve his draft stock this fall, but he likely will do so without a full-scale Heisman Trophy campaign like the school put on for Michael "The Burner" Turner in 2003. Last season Wolfe, who is a first-team selection in Playboy's 2006 preseason All-America team, received two third-place votes for the Heisman.

 

"The only thing that concerns me," Novak said, "just like with Michael, is our guys have about one chance in hell of getting that award because we're in the Mid-American Conference -- right, wrong or indifferent. To hype that up like that and then knowing that odds are, it's almost like a letdown."

 

 

Adam Rittenberg covers college football for the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald.

 

 

I'm leaving in the picture space lines and other random mistakes you get from just cutting and pasting. But now you owe me one!!! Muahahahahahahaha, this is the beginning of how I plan on taking over the world. Just get everyone to owe me a favor and then cash them all in at the same time... :hat

I probably shouldn't, because it's only going to make you worse... :lol

 

LMAO :notworthy

 

The reason why I didnt post it.

I probably shouldn't, because it's only going to make you worse... :lol

 

LMAO :notworthy

 

The reason why I didnt post it.

 

If he brings up the Ohio State game one more time I think my ears are going to bleed.

 

It's too damn early for College football thoughts to start creeping their way into bookies/dude's with too much time on their hands/regular ol' losers to start thinking about it.

 

I urge ya'll to THINK about it! :confused

OHIO STATE IS GOING DOWN!!

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

lol j/k

 

Thanks for posting the article Buckeye.

OHIO STATE IS GOING DOWN!!

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

lol j/k

 

Thanks for posting the article Buckeye.

 

 

You know what's going to suck?

 

If you guys actually win and you won't shut up about it. I mean, I don't think you guys are going to win, and there's no reason I should... But, according to the McWorld laws of football, "Hey, it could happen."

 

And if we lose to NIU I'll probably want to end myself along with the entire OSU football squad (not in that order).

I'll poop if we beat you.

 

We'll stay in it, but we won't beat you. All I can say is we don't suck, and hopefully you look ahead to Tejas and Wolfe runs through your 8 new defensive startes.

 

Hell we could have beat Michigan last year if it wasn't for the turnovers.

 

It's not everyday NIU gets to take on the #1 team in the nation, and I am going to be there. Add that to the sour taste in my mouth after our last game (not gonna even talk about it), and you can see where I am coming from.

Hell we could have beat Michigan last year if it wasn't for the turnovers.

 

 

That's cause they suck.

 

Don't compare that team to Ohio State ever again. They're not on our level.

 

:lol

 

*gets too much mileage out of finally beating Michigan's ass a lot*

Hell we could have beat Michigan last year if it wasn't for the turnovers.

 

 

That's cause they suck.

 

Don't compare that team to Ohio State ever again. They're not on our level.

 

:lol

 

*gets too much mileage out of finally beating Michigan's ass a lot*

And how do you know you don't fall on your face like they did?

 

You could change your tune in about 98 days.

:hat

 

If we somehow beat you, I won't rub it in your face.

Hell we could have beat Michigan last year if it wasn't for the turnovers.

 

 

That's cause they suck.

 

Don't compare that team to Ohio State ever again. They're not on our level.

 

:lol

 

*gets too much mileage out of finally beating Michigan's ass a lot*

 

enjoy it now.....when we fire Lloyd we may actually beat you....

Hell we could have beat Michigan last year if it wasn't for the turnovers.

 

 

That's cause they suck.

 

Don't compare that team to Ohio State ever again. They're not on our level.

 

:lol

 

*gets too much mileage out of finally beating Michigan's ass a lot*

 

enjoy it now.....when we fire Lloyd we may actually beat you....

 

Yeah-yeah.

 

In Tressel I trust!!!