Introducing Tony 'Soul Train' Cornelius

By Mike Gibson
Tony "Soul Train" Cornelius plans to major in business.
It looks like he already has the concept of risk/reward mastered.
If only Eric Reynolds were so smart.
Cornelius announced today that he has de-committed from his verbal to Iowa to attend Temple.
There are at least two reasons why this stands out Cornelius' first excellent business decision.
One, Temple has the top-ranked undergradute business school in the nation, The Fox School of Business.
You think of Penn and you think of Wharton, which is the top post-grad school.
You think of Temple and you think of Fox.
Second, risk/reward.
Temple wants to move one of last year's featured backs, Daryl Robinson, to lock-down corner.
That opens a spot.
If Cornelius is the player we think he is and the player he thinks he is, there's a good chance that he'll grab it. The position of tailback is essentially open, between two Florida guys, Boca Raton's Cornelius and South Broward's Joe Jones and Bethlehem Liberty's Ahkeem Smith. Maybe holdovers Jason Harper and Robinson.
That's it.
The risk is negative and the reward is positive.
Take a look at the video and judge for yourself.
We like the daytime clip that shows him on the left side outrunning two guys who have angles on him. It's hard enough to outrun a guy in a Florida high school game.
It's almost impossible to do it when one guy has an angle on you.
It is impossible when two of them do, but Cornelius proves the impossible is possible in the above clip.
If you don't believe me, look for yourself. Even if you do believe me, look for yourself.
The music isn't NFL films quality but the football is.
Now that Cornelius has the concept of risk reward mastered, we'll package him with a nickname: Soul Train.
The Iowa Hawkeye website reports that Soul Train creator Don Cornelius is Tony's grandfather, but we haven't been able to confirm that elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the nickname is good enough to stick.
Soul Train. It befits the way he transports the football.
I like that.
Hopefully, he will, too, in time.