What is Heath thinking?
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Who can really blame a kid for going where they win a bunch of games?
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When has USuCk won a bunch of games?
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How did you do that? I never made that quote. I happen to think they will win plenty of games with spurrier there, but I never made that statement you quoted.
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Who can really blame a kid for going where they win a bunch of games?
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When has USuCk won a bunch of games?
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How did you do that? I never made that quote. I happen to think they will win plenty of games with spurrier there, but I never made that statement you quoted.
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Re: If That Were Totally True ...
That's a CakeEater quote, not sure how it got applied to you
That's a CakeEater quote, not sure how it got applied to you
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FWIW, we are #19 in all time wins. USuCk is #62. USuCk is beneath powerhouses Duke, Kentucky, and Vandy in winning percentage.
We should be wiping our feet with them, Spurrier or not, just like Clemson does.
FWIW, we are #19 in all time wins. USuCk is #62. USuCk is beneath powerhouses Duke, Kentucky, and Vandy in winning percentage.
We should be wiping our feet with them, Spurrier or not, just like Clemson does.
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This is how ugly rumors get started! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugher.gif Just kidding.
This is how ugly rumors get started! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugher.gif Just kidding.
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This has been a pretty long and interesting thread. I do wonder why an O-line recruit would go to a school signing 8 OL's in his year. He must be confident of his abilities.
I don't think it is fair to make this a negative mark on Chan Gailey. He recruited the guy, got the verbal, then he changed his mind. How is this Gailey's fault? I know we can argue because recruits think Spurrier is the greater coach. Maybe, but still not a reason to critique Coach Gailey.
What is really significant about this is that it reminds us of new things in recruiting in mid-decade. More and more make early verbals. But, that does not necessarily mean the player has made this school his first choice. It means he received an offer and gave a verbal almost as a means of insurance. He knows that if he gets a better offer the verbal is not binding. But, if he turns down the offer it may not stay on the table and be given to someone else.
I believe this young man was glad to have an offer from Tech and took it. After a good senior season he had other offers and took one to play for a school with what he was looking for academically and to play for a coach and program he likes.
We just need to realize you have to keep recruiting your own verbals and other people's verbal commitments right up to signing day.
In fairness to kids we ought to stop talking about a "verbal commitment". It makes them sound like they break their word if they go somewhere else. If schools pressure kids to give a verbal or else the scholarship will be offered someone else, then we have no reason to be upset that they may change their mind.
I don't think it is fair to make this a negative mark on Chan Gailey. He recruited the guy, got the verbal, then he changed his mind. How is this Gailey's fault? I know we can argue because recruits think Spurrier is the greater coach. Maybe, but still not a reason to critique Coach Gailey.
What is really significant about this is that it reminds us of new things in recruiting in mid-decade. More and more make early verbals. But, that does not necessarily mean the player has made this school his first choice. It means he received an offer and gave a verbal almost as a means of insurance. He knows that if he gets a better offer the verbal is not binding. But, if he turns down the offer it may not stay on the table and be given to someone else.
I believe this young man was glad to have an offer from Tech and took it. After a good senior season he had other offers and took one to play for a school with what he was looking for academically and to play for a coach and program he likes.
We just need to realize you have to keep recruiting your own verbals and other people's verbal commitments right up to signing day.
In fairness to kids we ought to stop talking about a "verbal commitment". It makes them sound like they break their word if they go somewhere else. If schools pressure kids to give a verbal or else the scholarship will be offered someone else, then we have no reason to be upset that they may change their mind.
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You are exactly right.
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I hated hitting people, lol. It hurts.
But to answer your question, the NFL has graduated to OL who can pass block, normally ones who can, can run block as well. Kids today who have aspirations of going to the NFL i have found will tend to lean toward pass happy teams to prepare them for the next level.
Although there are quality OL who gradually grow into good pass blockers but are much better run blockers.
But to answer your question, the NFL has graduated to OL who can pass block, normally ones who can, can run block as well. Kids today who have aspirations of going to the NFL i have found will tend to lean toward pass happy teams to prepare them for the next level.
Although there are quality OL who gradually grow into good pass blockers but are much better run blockers.
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I don't know how official this news was, but the AJC has an article on it today.
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That is true. I heard that yesterday. They tried to do the same with Demayrius and I heard that is why he didnt go. It's basically like redshirting without the redshirt.
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He must really want to go to USC.
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Wow! Full ride as freshman at The Ga. Institute of Technology < paying his own way for a year at south carolina, with no guarantee of scholarship thereafter.
That is bothersome.
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He must really want to go to USC.
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Wow! Full ride as freshman at The Ga. Institute of Technology < paying his own way for a year at south carolina, with no guarantee of scholarship thereafter.
That is bothersome.
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SEC schools "greyshirt" players all of the time - sort of like what happened with AT Barnes at Tech (different circumstances though). You just hold off on entering school for a semester - or pay your own way for a semester. He had better hope they hold that scholarship for him - I wouldn't trust Spurrier as far as I could throw him. If better players present themselves, he may be on scholarship at a div 2 next year.
His momma must really want him to be a mediocre teacher from a mediocre SEC school.
His momma must really want him to be a mediocre teacher from a mediocre SEC school.
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he sounds like a dumbarse to me... if he doesn't snap out of it and sign with us now, we are better off without him.