So if we don't have to hybridize one of the p orbitals, we can actually end up with a lower energy situation, because now these s p 2 orbitals are 1/3 s character, and only 2/3 p character, instead of 3/4.
Because so many of their pigskin peers do indeed lower that character bar and look the other way if a kid prefers to run, catch and throw rather than read or write.
"I was just in the abyss, so I guess slumming around in the lower leagues helps build your character, " said Jamieson, who was an amateur at Augusta State University before turning pro in 2006.
