Originally Posted by
dr funk 13
Originally Posted by
raw120
Originally Posted by dr funk 13
Apparently Boyd felt that Oregon's spread wouldn't prepare him for the next level.
I'm not sure what the evidence is with statistics or anything about spread offense quarterbacks and the "transition" to the NFL, but I suppose I can see how that would factor into a decision.
He needs to worry about making the transition to college before worrying about the NFL.
Good point to bring up. How many times have we seen hyped 5-star recruits not make that transition? You have to wonder how many of these recruits look seriously take an in-depth look into academics and things other than their possible pro potential. I think all too often college players waste that free education that they're given. In talking with my parents, they say that college players can't complain about not being paid because they're being given a free education at a quality university (sometimes an Ivy university). At this point in my life, I would be grateful for any kind of money donated towards my pursuit of higher education! These recruits need to remember that there is still more to life than football and that they should focus their efforts in schooling as well...
And that's all I have to say about that....
I agree in general.
If you listen to Tajh Boyd though, he talks about his ability but one of the first things he said at his press conference was that he liked the academicsupport Clemson provided. I can't speak on OSU or Oregon, but I know Clemson's Vickery Hall is regarded as one of the better student-athlete supportcenters. I know of a rival school that didn't really have the same type of structure that modeled theirs after Vickery Hall. Clemson is a top 25 publicuniversity, so it's not like it's a bad school. I don't know where we stand right now, but it was pretty high recently in terms of footballplayers graduation rates in BCS conferences, IIRC. Clemson has an academic review committee that has turned down more than a few high profile recruits whowouldn't qualify academically, not even allowing them to sign an LOI (or I believe have one on the table). It caused some issues because of the resourcesthat our coaches were spending recruiting these kids only to find out after the fact that they wouldn't even be allowed to sign regardless.
People choose to focus on what these kids say about the athletic part of it, their ambitions athletically (aside from Myron Rolle)...but that's whatthey're recruited for and that's typically the only reason they're getting a free education. Manywouldn't gain acceptance otherwise and a shot at the pros is their focus. If you had a chance to watch the press conference (I don't know if it wasposted other than Clemson's site), he does say "for the next 4 or 5 years"...it's not like he's saying 3 years and I'm gone, therewas a Clemson commit who basically said that at his press conference last year and he was about to play behind two high profile guys.
Boyd sounds like a very confident kid, maybe cocky. It seems like he's trying to be the best...some of it may be due to what's he's been toldthroughout this process. Apparently OSU was telling him he'd get PT alongside Pryor next season, easily the mosthigh-profile recruit from last year. Part of the problem with recruiting in general now is that every step of these kids lives is documented by media and paidattention to by you and I. I would imagine that there are a lot more egos now in general with the way athletes and celebrities are glorified and followed,this is only fueling the fire.
I feel like I'm getting tired of talking about Boyd in this thread, he was the last highly ranked QB to commit and had a crazy recruitment, so it'sunderstandable that he's gotten attention. I'm excited we got him, a little surprised but Swinney and Napier are both top recruiters. High energyguys who kids seem to get along with and can get excited by, not it just remains to be seen what happens on the field. Hopefully we're headed in the rightdirection, I'm glad Spiller will be back and I'm pretty confident Napier and Swinney will actually use Spiller, unlike Rob Spence who was wasting histalent. It's all up to the OL at this point.
