By Ryan McCord

Shaine Smith is putting up All-American type numbers, despite dealing with a continuous array of triple teams. Are we looking at the next Marques Colston? Probably not immediately, because wide receivers of Smith’s size and talent are a dime a dozen in college football. Colston, on the other hand, has the prototypical body size and, to everyone’s surprise, above average game speed to succeed in the league. If you told me last April that Colston would have more touchdowns than Reggie Bush at this point in the season, let alone participate in the same huddle, I would have bet my life savings on David Eckstein to be World Series MVP. With all that said, Colston has opened up the door for Smith and eyes of the community, and he will have the luxury of everyone in the area rooting him on. Good karma can go a long way. Smith does already have something of significance in common with current all-pro NFL wideouts Joe Horn, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith and Keyshawn Johnson. Each one played in community college.

Dennis Davis played again last week, but I thought he had a shoulder injury and would only play if absolutely needed?

Coach Cohen made his answer to this question quite clear. “I would never put any of my players at risk. We as a coaching staff treat our players like family. We needed to get into the end zone, and it just wasn’t happening with Anton.”

I just saw the “60 Minutes” interview with Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis. Is Hofstra’s first year head coach as much of a train-wreck at 2-6 as Weis is at 8-1?

If he is, it certainly doesn’t show. About the only thing the two head coaches have in common is they appear to be honest and forthright in answering questions. Give Cohen credit, he mentioned many times throughout the interview, that it’s all about winning. “I’ll try to get out of here around six tomorrow (referring to spending time on Halloween with his kids), but it would be a lot funner if we would have won Saturday.”

Cohen has consistently kept an open mind and positive attitude, often commending his players on their effort on a day in, day out basis.