G&T Blog matters: EWU’s Vernon Adams to Oregon?, Eric McClellan makes Zags debut, Vince Mayle impresses

A sampling from the past week of entries in The Spokesman-Review blog, Sportslink at spokesman.com/ blogs/sportslink.

2: “I keep hearing that too,” Adams said Wednesday. “I don’t know, maybe they just need a quarterback.”

Friday: Eric McClellan made his Gonzaga debut, playing five minutes. He’d been sidelined with a foot injury and practiced just 20 minutes Wednesday, his only practice time in the last couple weeks. Understandably, he’s not in ideal game shape.

“After a year and change (of being out), just being out there with my teammates in front of the best fans in the country and being able to play the game I love, it was great,” McClellan said.

The junior guard made a pair of free throws for the first points of his Zag career.

“I’m probably 50, 60 percent,” McClellan said. “I was kind of nervous. I haven’t been doing anything for about three weeks but the doctor said I was all right for limited minutes. I have a long way to go.”

Jim Meehan

Cougars

Thursday: Former WSU receiver Vince Mayle is turning heads with his stature and his physical play at practices leading up to the Senior Bowl. Here is just some of what the reporters covering the NFL draft hopefuls are writing about Mayle:

He physically  overpowered a defensive back in the second day of practice … NFL Media’s Mike Mayock says the receiver  moves better than he expected he would … He’s standing out even in a group  full of big, sturdy receivers.

Jacob Thorpe