The Mahoning Valley Thunder have made several player moves in the past few weeks.  Obviously in arena football, versatility means something.  Jermaine Moye is a versatile athlete.  He is being used primarily as a wide receiver, but was listed as the teams backup quarterback last week.

Moye grew up in Rochester, Pennsylvania.  After a stellar high school career, he enrolled at West Virginia.  Moye later transferred from West Virginia to The University of California (PA) and enjoyed all the success he could at that level.  Cal (PA) made it to the semifinals competing for a national championship.

“Those years really helped turn Cal around.  That changed the whole program there”, said Moye. 

Jermaine is all about reality television.  He told me that he could watch Flava Flav on VH1 all day.  “Really, any reality show on VH1 is good to see.  If I get up early enough, I never miss Ellen DeGeneres.  I am an Ellen fan, her show is cool.”  Moye also watches Sportscenter and other ESPN programming such as PTI with Wilbon and Kornheiser.

Musically, Moye shows a very interesting variety in taste.  Right now he said Lil’ Wayne is ruling his MP3 player.  He expressed interest in just about any kind of music including Classical and Country.  The only kind of music Moye cannot tolerate is Heavy Metal.

Moye, like Jon Loyte, is misrepresented numerically in EA Sports NCAA Football’s video game.  As a result, Jermaine only uses the big boys and plays Madden ’08 on his PS2.  Madden 08?  PS2?  “I can’t afford to go out and buy one of those fancy new systems yet.  The PS2 is holding up just fine”, said Moye.

Being fairly new to this area, Moye cited Antone’s as his favorite place to grub.  “It’s like a little Olive Garden, but better.”  

Regarding the Thunder team that Moye is now a part of, he said that the record doesn’t come close in showing the talent level and potential this team has.  “With all of the changes happening here, everyone is making progress, it seems like we have the right people and we are gaining confidence each week.”

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is like Goliath in AF2.  They are 11-2 and are bringing their show to The Covelli Centre Saturday.  I asked Jermaine for a prediction, to which he declined.  He did however say that the Thunder were not just going to roll over and play dead and to expect a competitive game, not a blowout.