'09 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFF-SEASON THREAD-recruiting/Coaching Changes/Transfers

[gobucksbc]

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Looks pretty legit that Justin Greene is Illini now. Wonder if the vest sends a LOI over to Mike Edwards from Glenville tomorrow? Mind as well just bank the scholly but Edwards seems good enough to take.

Yeah, he called Tressel tonight. Green's going to Illinois. No chance Edwards gets a LOI. His grades are terrible.

 

[allen3xis]

Teo = USC

right?

 

[jville819]

^ Most likely

I was just looking at the top classes on rivals and UNC has 29 recruits and 13 are 4*

.Jesus Butch

 

[babam11218719]

Anyone know which way Jawanza Starling was leaning? We missed on Reid but I would like to get Starling to play S. He has kept his recruiting pretty secretiveso far and wondering if someone knew where he was leaning just before he announces.

 

[ooiron manoo]

Originally Posted by lu cash

ooIRON MANoo I think Frankie Telfort will commit to USC, I've been seeing him at high school games lately and he's always wearing a Trojans shirt. You all are lucky, you're getting a great player.

That is what I hear, along with Jarvis and Te'o, but with Burfict bolting I won't buy it until the letters are in.

 

[gunna get it]

anyone read the New York Times article on Arthur and Bryce Brown's advisor ?

click the link. Dude is MAD SHADY!

 

[blackredxiiigoat]

Aye, any chance someone with a rivals account could post this story? .....

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.co...ipt=content.asp&cid=908344&fid=&tid=&mid=&ridhttp://footballrecruiting...amp;tid=&mid=&rid

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

anyone read the New York Times article on Arthur and Bryce Brown's advisor ?

click the link. Dude is MAD SHADY!

Dude is as shady as it can get. Shame that Bryce is lumped w/ a dude like that 'cause from all accounts, Bryce is a good kid.

Aye, any chance someone with a rivals account could post this story? .....

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.co...ipt=content.asp&cid=908344&fid=&tid=&mid=&ridhttp://footballrecruiting...amp;tid=&mid=&rid


February 3, 2009
[h1]The top 5 recruiting stories of 2009[/h1]
Bobby Deren
ScarletNation.com

Talk about it in Football Recruiting Board
With Signing Day only hours away, more stories are waiting to be written. A few late day surprises might add to the final chapter of this recruitingseason, but there have been many other monumental stories that have already played out. Yesterday, we looked at #'s 6-10 of the top recruiting stories ofthe year. Here's our final five.

5. Future Corners
Rutgers received a significant boost to its secondary this year when Abdul Smith and Logan Ryan both decided to play their college ball in Piscataway. Each isa solid cover corner who is capable of coming in and contributing right away. Smith claimed 23 offers at the time of his verbal while Ryan, a four starprospect, also had an offer list that climbed into double digits.

These commitments were very meaningful in that Smith and Ryan could become the cornerstones of the secondary for quite some time. Rutgers hasn't had a yearwhen it recruited two corners of this caliber in quite a while, perhaps even in its history. Big East teams should get used to these two names as Smith andRyan are likely to have very bright futures ahead of them.

Adding more excitement to the class was the commitment of "athlete" Quron Pratt, who will get a look at both corner and receiver.

4. The late commits
Every recruiting season, there is always an eagerness leading up to Signing Day regarding who will fill out the current class. This season, Hackensack'sJunior Solice was the first player to commit during the weekleading up to Signing Day. In the morning, the scarlet nation might receive a few more surprises with perhaps a few last minute additions to the class of 2009.

And in the ongoing Justin Brown saga, where he will wind up stillremains a mystery. Brown, one of the most sought after recruits on the East coast, Brown still teetering between Penn State and Rutgers. A late commitment byBrown to Rutgers would unquestionably make the late commits one of the most gripping stories of this recruiting season.

Three other players to watch are Malcolm Bush, Isaac Holmes and Andrew Opoku. Bush, a one-time commitment to the program, took an officialvisit this weekend and appears to be favoring the Scarlet Knights. Holmes has not publicly stated his decision, though his coach has suggested that he willsign with Rutgers in the morning. After a few semesters on the honor roll, Opoku appears to be on-track to qualify and, therefore, should have an offer in hishand. He is expected to accept that offer.

3. The de-commits
With so many early commitments, it was almost inevitable that Rutgers would lose a few of those prospects. A slow start to the season might have affected a fewplayers' decisions, but some others changed their minds before the season even started. Mark Brazinski and Desmond Scott fell into that category whilerecruits such as Gerald Hodges, Jordan Hill, Malcolm Bunche, Shawney Kersey and Malcolm Bush all followed shortly thereafter.

Bush may fall out of this category with a familiar declaration on Signing Day, making him the lone decommit to recommit. The constant threat of decommitmentloomed like a dark shadow throughout this entire season. However, it has been the same at most other schools across the country. It is a trend that is becomingmore popular each recruiting season.


2. The wave of summer commits
The months of June and July were busy ones for the Scarlet Knights as verbal commitments seemed to come one after the other. The wave of commits left verylittle room in the class of 2009 by the time training camp rolled around. Rutgers had received as many as twenty verbals by August. Of course, some of thosecommitments were not honored and players opted to go elsewhere.

Nevertheless, there almost seemed to be a sense of urgency among prospects during that period. One after the other, players continued to commit to Rutgers asif there was a sense of fear that no scholarships would be left to dole out. The months of June and July were exciting times as verbal commitments kept oncoming.

1. The Savage commitment
Tom Savage might currently be the most highly touted recruit in school history. Savage is one of the top quarterbacks in the nation and had schools from allover the country pleading for his services. But Savage's commitment meant more than just a bright future at the quarterback position. As soon as he pledgeshis services to Rutgers, he became a major factor on the recruiting circuit.

Although the Rutgers staff did an excellent job recruiting, the commitment of Savage seemed to springboard the entire class. Just about every time a playercommitted, he mentioned Savage. By adding some star power and an outspoken advocate to the program, Savage has already proven to be very instrumental inRutgers' future without ever playing a single down.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

And apparently, Orson Charles is no longer considering FSU

 

[fear the ibis]

#$+# we're losing recruits to USF now?

Dudes scared of competition.

And yeah...that Butler dude is basically Bryce's agent. He has more influence on him then his own parents. Probably would've enrolled early if itweren't for him. He's just pimping Bryce to sell subscriptions to his site.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by babam11218719

Anyone know which way Jawanza Starling was leaning? We missed on Reid but I would like to get Starling to play S. He has kept his recruiting pretty secretive so far and wondering if someone knew where he was leaning just before he announces.

U$C, Stanford or Notre Dame

And could Florida really end up w/ Marve AND Orson Charles?

 

[dlo13]

Imma be tight if we can't land either Starling or Brown today...and @+*% ain't looking good.

 

[gunna get it]

He's just pimping Bryce to sell subscriptions to his site.

it aint workin. he's made 200 bucks off that site so far

Bryce Pops sit on the board of one of Butler's "shell" companies.

this dude Butler is diverting $$$ and funneling it to the brown family for a future pay off. This guy got OJ Mayo's dude beat cus at least they hid ituntil OJ was bout to be drafted.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Ashlon Jeffery to USC......


























east. He's a gamecock. No longer a Trojan.

Butler seems evn more sleazy than Worldwide Wes. At least Wes keeps it kinda discreet and handles things behind closed doors.

Debose and Brown remain Gators. Now, y'all just have to see what happens w/ Pete and Marsalis Teague

 

[gunna get it]

Im office bound today and I dont have ESPNU in here.
is the ticker on ESPN2 showing updated Committments at least?

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

^

Can you listen to Rivals Radio?

 

[gunna get it]

I let myRivals account expire cause I get my Vols info from a good dude from VolNation

 

[gobucksbc]

[h1]Report: Marlon Brown to Ohio State, Phillips to Florida State[/h1]
By Dave +%%%%@
Originally published 08:56 a.m., February 4, 2009
Updated 08:56 a.m., February 4, 2009

A couple of surprising reports on National Signing Day:

WNML radio in Knoxville is reporting according to a source that receiver Marlon Brown from Harding Academy in Memphis will sign with Ohio State this afternoon over Tennessee, Georgia and Ole Miss.

Rivals.com is reporting that former UT commitment Aubrey Phillips has signed with Florida State. The offensive lineman from Olive Branch (Miss.) High School was also considering Auburn.

I'll still believe it when the LOI is signed. Ohio State's track record on signing day isn't very good.

 

[bigmike23]

im pretty sure ESPNnews will be all over everything

 

[gunna get it]

ahhh them white broads aint turn Marlon out

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Brown to O$U?

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[yungchris504]

Man I been sleeping on Les if we do end up with the best recruiting class Les better do some big things this year with all that young talent.

 

[gobucksbc]

Originally Posted by dreClark

Brown to O$U?

I'll believe it when I see it.

Yeah, me too. Even the insiders on Scout weren't optimistic...saying OSU's chances were "slim at best".

 

[bigmike23]

Byron Moore back to USC

JC DT myles wade to TT

Sam Montgomery to LSU

Nukeese to UT

Darren Myles to UT

Jelani Jenkins picked Florida

 

[gunna get it]

Dre or Mike, make a list of committments and ++%% in one of those last posts. I'll bookmark it and keep clikin refresh. I gotta hit the road in afew til like 1 pm


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