EVIDENTLY Somebody Needs to Prep This Kid!

I want to start by saying that I think Dennis Dixon is a great athlete, I think that he is having one of the greatest season by any Oregon QB and deserves all the publicity he is getting, but seriously? someone needs to do a better job of prepping this kid for an interview. This Thursday, Dennis made an appearance on nationally televised Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN. Throughout this interview, Dennis managed to us the word "evidently" at least once in every sentence. Dixion is a great kid having a great season, but if they plan to keep putting him on television or the radio they are going to need to sit down and take some time make sure he is ready to go. While watching the interview, I was actually embarrassed for him and all I wanted was for the segment to end. These national interviews are a great opportunity for Dennis to gain some pub for his Heisman campaign and for the University as a whole, but his interviewing is going to need to improve if they plan to keep putting him on tv. Dixon on Rome.

I can only imagine how nerve racking it is to be on a nationally televised show but it is job of the University of Oregon's PR department to make sure that Dennis is prepared for the questions that he is going to be asked. They need to make sure that he has a good idea of what he is going to say and how he is going to format his sentences. Dennis is young and hasn't had a ton of experience with interviews of this magnitude but I would love to see university athletes better prepared for their questioning.

GO DUCKS!