TexasTerror
July 24th, 2006, 07:17 AM
Jackson is ready to work. At this point, Jackson may be the next I-AA QB to make it at the next level. We'll see what happens, but best of luck to Jackson!
Hard work nothing new for Vikings' Jackson
By Jim Souhan
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(MCT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Coaches say rookies should be sponges, the better to absorb information, but at the moment, Tarvaris Jackson looks more like a wet towel. It's 98 degrees in the only patch of shade near Lanier High's football field, and the sweat pooling on Jackson's cantaloupe shoulders is threatening to form its own ecosystem.
In the Deep South, it's not the heat, it's not the humidity - it's the spontaneous combustion that gets you. As you swelter, you imagine trees bursting into flame and clocks melting as in a Dali landscape, yet there is Jackson, the Vikings' rookie quarterback, voluntarily running sprints, pulling a weighted sled and - get this - wearing long, black athletic leggings while the rest of the citizenry sips sweet tea and seeks shelter.
"They keep my legs warm," Jackson says of the leggings.
He will take the field for the first time in public as a Vikings quarterback Friday when the team opens the on-field portion of training camp in Mankato, Minn. Most fledgling NFL players hope they can survive. Jackson hopes he'll be able to break a sweat.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15109639.htm
Hard work nothing new for Vikings' Jackson
By Jim Souhan
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(MCT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Coaches say rookies should be sponges, the better to absorb information, but at the moment, Tarvaris Jackson looks more like a wet towel. It's 98 degrees in the only patch of shade near Lanier High's football field, and the sweat pooling on Jackson's cantaloupe shoulders is threatening to form its own ecosystem.
In the Deep South, it's not the heat, it's not the humidity - it's the spontaneous combustion that gets you. As you swelter, you imagine trees bursting into flame and clocks melting as in a Dali landscape, yet there is Jackson, the Vikings' rookie quarterback, voluntarily running sprints, pulling a weighted sled and - get this - wearing long, black athletic leggings while the rest of the citizenry sips sweet tea and seeks shelter.
"They keep my legs warm," Jackson says of the leggings.
He will take the field for the first time in public as a Vikings quarterback Friday when the team opens the on-field portion of training camp in Mankato, Minn. Most fledgling NFL players hope they can survive. Jackson hopes he'll be able to break a sweat.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15109639.htm