Overtime: High school athletics in Connecticut

(Recent King graduate Silas Redd is in San Antonio this week for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the 10^th anniversary of the bowl. Past alumni of the bowl include the likes of Tim Tebow, Terrelle Pryor, Noel Devine, Mark Sanchez, Adrian Peterson and Reggie Bush. Redd who won the ‘G Award’ at Football University’s Top Gun this past June in Florida as the elite camp’s top offensive player. Redd, who is heading to Penn State, will be blogging about his week in San Antonio.)

I went to the space needle last night for dinner — the food was nasty. I actually went to McDonald’s afterwards. I got a double cheeseburger, 6 piece chicken nuggets, large fries and a sweet tea. That was much better.

Today before practice, Sharrif Floyd put his pads and jersey on backwards. As he was walking out a bunch of us just started laughing – it was pretty funny. He had to take it off and put it all back on – and for a big dude that takes a long time.

Practice again went well and was competitive. I’m still getting used to the speed out here — it’s definitely a notch up from what I’m used to, but I’m getting the hang of it. I’m learning a lot about blocking and getting a lot better in that area of my game. This is all getting me ready for Penn State.

One thing I’m really missing is the video game Call of Duty — I’m obsessed. Back home I was playing all the time and I don’t have it here. The players’ lounge has Madden and NCAA 2010, if they had Call of Duty here I’d be living in that lounge.

I’ve made a lot of good friends out here. Marcus Lattimore for one is someone I’ve gotten close to. We’re both running backs and I have family from South Carolina and he’s from South Carolina, so we’ve got a lot in common.