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

[ThaxbyChamblis]

April 21, 2009
Freshman Profile: Could FSU lose its Bell Cow? [h1]Freshman Profile: Could FSU lose its Bell Cow?[/h1]
Lee Gordon
Warchant.com Staff

Related Links:
McDaniel scouting videoFive freshmen who will make an immediate impactIncoming Freshman Profile: New position for Harley

Talk about it in The Tribal Council

The year 2009 is going to be an interesting one for Jacobbi McDaniel. The five-star signee will either be a freshman on Florida State's football team this fall or he will be a very rich young man thanks to Major League baseball. The blue chip defensive tackle is one of the cornerstones of the 'Noles' incoming freshmen class, but there is a chance that he may never wear a Seminole jersey.

The Madison County star is about to begin the post-season in high school baseball and leads the team with 11 home runs, three grand slams, 40 RBI, and he's batting close to .500. And numbers like those the pro scouts salivating. So what would happen if the Rivals100 member is drafted in the first few rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft this June? Will he report to FSU, or will he follow the path of Joe Mauer and Chris Weinke.

Gene Williams - Warchant.com
McDaniel has left the door open for major league baseball should he get drafted high enough.

"I'm going to see how things go with the draft," McDaniel told Warchant.com. "I made a decision, (to go to FSU) but when scouts come to my game they see I can play offense, defense, and I can run. They say I'm a well rounded player and I lead the Big Bend area in home runs. I'm doing a good job right now so if I go in the top three or five, I'll have to take a seat back and look at everything and make the best decision to make me happy."

Florida State is offering the 6-foot, 280-pound lineman a chance to play both sports in college, but McDaniel says if he goes to FSU, his focus will be on the gridiron.

"They (FSU) want me to come to the school and I can come to play football and baseball, if I can handle both of them. My main thing is football," said McDaniel.

As for football, the nation's No. 2 rated defensive tackle is up to 280 pounds but says the FSU coaches would like to see him put on about four or five more pounds before the season begins.

McDaniel says his plan is to room with fellow freshman defensive lineman Demonte McAllister this season. And if he has it his way, he will be wearing jersey6 number 55. But there's only one problem. Sophomore defensive end Jamar Jackson already has that number.

"I'll try my best to talk to him to get 55 and he can get 99," said McDaniel. "I think that's the number I have right now. That's the number (55) I wore my whole life. Everybody around here, my whole community, everyone asks me what is going to be my number. I'm telling them 55 so I hope it comes through."

Wearing number 55 has given the five-star lineman a lot of success through the years. But his football skills didn't develop until he arrived in high school. Because in Pop-Warner, McDaniel wasn't exactly Deion Sanders.

"I started playing pee-wee at 13 or 14," he said. "My first year, the opposing team was going to score and I stripped the ball and ran all the way to the other side of the field and before I was about to score, I fell. I was so tired, I just fell. I didn't score. They say they ran me down, but I was just tired."

These days, McDaniel is in shape and laughs at the memory of his failed touchdown attempt. He can laugh about it now, especially because of the success he achieved at Madison County high school.

"I still can't believe my high school career has come to an end. It goes by real fast," said McDaniel. "The most memorable thing is that state championship for Frankie Carroll. He wanted to win one while his daddy was still alive, for us seniors and they'll agree with me. We won that last season for Coach Frankie and his father. We won it for ourselves, but we really won it for Coach Frank."

"To go from here to Tallahassee, it's just like home to me. Tallahassee feels just like Madison to me because of the football thing. It's a great community and then the players, everything."

The former Cowboy standout has taken this time off to chat with former players Geno Hayes, Ernie Sims, and Kendall Pope to get the scoop on what it means to be a Seminole. All three have talked to him about what to expect at the next level.

"Geno, we have become way close," said McDaniel. "The only thing he's telling me is to give me the right direction of what's wrong and what's right. He's given me wisdom. He's not an ordinary person off the street. He's been through it and experienced the college life. He's told me what's wrong and right and what it'll take to be successful."

McDaniel says he patterns his football after Warren Sapp and Glen Dorsey, while his baseball skills resemble Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder. Either way, FSU desperately wants him on campus.

"I think they were real excited because they know the high school that I come from is like a miniature college," said McDaniel. Everything we take is serious for football and grades. They know I'll be mature enough. At first it could take a minute, but they know I can handle what they can give to me. I'm glad that they offered me a scholarship because that was a team I grew up watching."

Kill me now.

Get ya money tho' Jacobbi

Originally Posted by Fear The Ibis

Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

2002 FSU VS miami

The screen.

 

[i am toddzo]

Jaccobi won't play baseball.. he'll be on campus in the summer.

 

[usabasketball08]

sig check

 

[fear the ibis]

Originally Posted by dreClark

April 21, 2009
Freshman Profile: Could FSU lose its Bell Cow? [h1]Freshman Profile: Could FSU lose its Bell Cow?[/h1]
Lee Gordon
Warchant.com Staff

Related Links:
McDaniel scouting videoFive freshmen who will make an immediate impactIncoming Freshman Profile: New position for Harley

Talk about it in The Tribal Council

The year 2009 is going to be an interesting one for Jacobbi McDaniel. The five-star signee will either be a freshman on Florida State's football team this fall or he will be a very rich young man thanks to Major League baseball. The blue chip defensive tackle is one of the cornerstones of the 'Noles' incoming freshmen class, but there is a chance that he may never wear a Seminole jersey.

The Madison County star is about to begin the post-season in high school baseball and leads the team with 11 home runs, three grand slams, 40 RBI, and he's batting close to .500. And numbers like those the pro scouts salivating. So what would happen if the Rivals100 member is drafted in the first few rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft this June? Will he report to FSU, or will he follow the path of Joe Mauer and Chris Weinke.

Gene Williams - Warchant.com
McDaniel has left the door open for major league baseball should he get drafted high enough.

"I'm going to see how things go with the draft," McDaniel told Warchant.com. "I made a decision, (to go to FSU) but when scouts come to my game they see I can play offense, defense, and I can run. They say I'm a well rounded player and I lead the Big Bend area in home runs. I'm doing a good job right now so if I go in the top three or five, I'll have to take a seat back and look at everything and make the best decision to make me happy."

Florida State is offering the 6-foot, 280-pound lineman a chance to play both sports in college, but McDaniel says if he goes to FSU, his focus will be on the gridiron.

"They (FSU) want me to come to the school and I can come to play football and baseball, if I can handle both of them. My main thing is football," said McDaniel.

As for football, the nation's No. 2 rated defensive tackle is up to 280 pounds but says the FSU coaches would like to see him put on about four or five more pounds before the season begins.

McDaniel says his plan is to room with fellow freshman defensive lineman Demonte McAllister this season. And if he has it his way, he will be wearing jersey6 number 55. But there's only one problem. Sophomore defensive end Jamar Jackson already has that number.

"I'll try my best to talk to him to get 55 and he can get 99," said McDaniel. "I think that's the number I have right now. That's the number (55) I wore my whole life. Everybody around here, my whole community, everyone asks me what is going to be my number. I'm telling them 55 so I hope it comes through."

Wearing number 55 has given the five-star lineman a lot of success through the years. But his football skills didn't develop until he arrived in high school. Because in Pop-Warner, McDaniel wasn't exactly Deion Sanders.

"I started playing pee-wee at 13 or 14," he said. "My first year, the opposing team was going to score and I stripped the ball and ran all the way to the other side of the field and before I was about to score, I fell. I was so tired, I just fell. I didn't score. They say they ran me down, but I was just tired."

These days, McDaniel is in shape and laughs at the memory of his failed touchdown attempt. He can laugh about it now, especially because of the success he achieved at Madison County high school.

"I still can't believe my high school career has come to an end. It goes by real fast," said McDaniel. "The most memorable thing is that state championship for Frankie Carroll. He wanted to win one while his daddy was still alive, for us seniors and they'll agree with me. We won that last season for Coach Frankie and his father. We won it for ourselves, but we really won it for Coach Frank."

"To go from here to Tallahassee, it's just like home to me. Tallahassee feels just like Madison to me because of the football thing. It's a great community and then the players, everything."

The former Cowboy standout has taken this time off to chat with former players Geno Hayes, Ernie Sims, and Kendall Pope to get the scoop on what it means to be a Seminole. All three have talked to him about what to expect at the next level.

"Geno, we have become way close," said McDaniel. "The only thing he's telling me is to give me the right direction of what's wrong and what's right. He's given me wisdom. He's not an ordinary person off the street. He's been through it and experienced the college life. He's told me what's wrong and right and what it'll take to be successful."

McDaniel says he patterns his football after Warren Sapp and Glen Dorsey, while his baseball skills resemble Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder. Either way, FSU desperately wants him on campus.

"I think they were real excited because they know the high school that I come from is like a miniature college," said McDaniel. Everything we take is serious for football and grades. They know I'll be mature enough. At first it could take a minute, but they know I can handle what they can give to me. I'm glad that they offered me a scholarship because that was a team I grew up watching."

Kill me now.

Get ya money tho' Jacobbi

Originally Posted by Fear The Ibis

Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

2002 FSU VS miami

The screen.

Friday, December 13 McGahee makes big plays seem routine By Wayne Drehs ESPN.com The play was designed to get a first down. To build some momentum and keep the chains moving. Yet Miami running back Willis McGahee took the screen pass 68 yards that October afternoon against Florida State, setting up the go-ahead touchdown in a game the Hurricanes appeared destined to loose. [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]McGahee's Heisman ballot[/font] [font=Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif]ESPN.com asked each of the Heisman finalists for their vote (excluding themselves). Here's Willis McGahee's take. 1. Ken Dorsey, QB, Miami "He's the defending champion. He's built this program into what it is." 2. Seneca Wallace, QB, Iowa State "All season long, he showed the ability to make plays every time he touched the ball. In the Florida State game, I was shocked, he just found a way to make things happen." 3. Byron Leftwich, QB, Marshall "His second season in a row with over 4,000 yards passing. I don't care who you're playing, when you're doing that, you should have a chance." [/font] It was almost too successful. The Hurricanes scored on the next play, giving Florida State the ball back, down by one, with 5:17 to go. Not until Xavier Beitia's 43-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left did Miami win. But when they did, the top-ranked Hurricanes survived their closest scare of the season and suddenly found themselves with two Heisman candidates on their hands. "When you run scared you run your best," McGahee said. "Early on in that game, I was too relaxed. But by the fourth quarter, the fear was back. I didn't want to lose. And that was the difference." The scoring drive took all of two plays and 19 seconds. It would have been even shorter had McGahee not been caught from behind on his sprint to the endzone. But it was hot. It was humid. And it was late in the fourth quarter. Few players had much of anything left. "At that point in the game, the absolute last thing I wanted to hear was screen pass," said center Brett Romberg. "It was like 105 heat index, I was beat, everybody was beat and then they come in with this physically exhausting play. But somehow, Willis and everybody else dug deep down in our toes or something to get that one done." The play was called with purpose. Throughout the game, McGahee said, Florida State's linebackers were cheating to the strong side of the field. And the Hurricanes had yet to call a screen pass in a game all season. But it made sense. With the Seminoles crowding the line of scrimmage, the argument went, let's get our best runner in the open field and see what he can do. "As soon as the play came in, I told (receiver) Andre (Johnson), 'just block the will linebacker and I'll bust one,'" McGahee said. "Then I get the ball, Romberg pulls and we're off to the races." Were they ever. Romberg was a third of the way down the field, assuming the play was over, when he finally realized what happened and leveled somebody. "I didn't see anybody, so I thought for sure he was tackled back at the line of scrimmage," Romberg said. "Then I hear the crowd start roaring and I can just sense Willis coming up behind me. So I started digging and digging to find somebody to block, some helpless little defensive back. When I did, it was gravy." The block should have sprang McGahee for the score. But that early in the season, he says, he didn't quite have his legs. Regardless, saving the day for Miami would become commonplace for the first-year starter. Maybe not in situations as desperate as the one against Florida State, but equally important. In games against Florida, Boston College, West Virginia and Virginia Tech, a McGahee run sealed the opponents fate. And more times than not, he landed in the endzone. "Whenever we needed a spark, he gave us that spark," quarterback Ken Dorsey said. "But I still can't believe he got caught on that screen. I mean, I thought I'd get a touchdown pass out of that."

 

[runshouse23]

^^ ahhh i love that play...

 

[juicy j 32]

I need to step my game up, I haven't been following our recruiting for the 2010 class. However, we did get a big commitment this evening.

Huge Commitment
		By Don Callahan Inside Carolina Posted Apr 22, 2009 North Carolina's first commitment for the 2010 class is a big one. Offensive tackle James Hurst is now a Tar Heel. InsideCarolina.com spoke with the 6-foot-6, 284-pound five-star prospect from Plainfield (Ind.) High School about his decision ...
"I called Coach [Sam] Pittman and talked to him for a while and told him [that I was committing]," Hurst said. "He was really excited about it. I'm going to talk to Coach [Butch] Davis really soon - he was in a meeting when I talked to Coach Pittman. "When I told him, he actually pulled his wife into the room and told me he was jumping up and down. He was excited - he was really excited." Hurst didn't think Pittman was surprised by his commitment. "I think he kind of felt it from me that it was the right place to be," Hurst said. "He might not have known when, but I think he knew it was coming." Originally, Hurst had planned to narrow his list of choices to ten schools by the end of April and wait until August to make a verbal commitment. "I went on a bunch of visits, but the big three for me were North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia," Hurst said. "I went to those three schools and we let it settle I guess for a couple weeks. It was easy for me to see where I fit in the best and where I wanted to be. "I said I wanted to wait until August, but this was the best for me to have it out of the way and everything." Over 20 schools have extended Hurst a scholarship offer, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State. "[What separated UNC] was really the combination of everything," Hurst said. "For me it was perfect. And the people and the coaches on campus, they're like me; they're the type of people that I'm going to be comfortable with for four or five years." In early March, Hurst spent a day and a half in Chapel Hill. "It was really exciting for me - I was really surprised when I went there how great everything was," Hurst said. "I heard things about it, but I really didn't have the exact idea until that trip. I left and I was just really excited about it. I was just pumped that I got an offer from a place like that and I got a chance to play there." In addition to Florida, Georgia and UNC, Hurst has visited Duke, Indiana, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Tennessee. Hurst plans to graduate from Plainfield High School in December and enroll in UNC for the Spring 2010 semester. "[Pittman] wants to get me rolling," Hurst said. "They lose Kyle Jolly, who I talk to every other week or so, and he's a great player. So they're going to need people to step in and play. And he and I think I can do it." Hurst's commitment is firm as he doesn't plan to visit any other school from here on out. "I'm done," Hurst said. "I don't want to play those games. This is it for me."

Go Heels!

 

[gtownballer23]

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

I need to step my game up, I haven't been following our recruiting for the 2010 class. However, we did get a big commitment this evening.

Huge Commitment
		By Don Callahan Inside Carolina Posted Apr 22, 2009 North Carolina's first commitment for the 2010 class is a big one. Offensive tackle James Hurst is now a Tar Heel. InsideCarolina.com spoke with the 6-foot-6, 284-pound five-star prospect from Plainfield (Ind.) High School about his decision ...
"I called Coach [Sam] Pittman and talked to him for a while and told him [that I was committing]," Hurst said. "He was really excited about it. I'm going to talk to Coach [Butch] Davis really soon - he was in a meeting when I talked to Coach Pittman. "When I told him, he actually pulled his wife into the room and told me he was jumping up and down. He was excited - he was really excited." Hurst didn't think Pittman was surprised by his commitment. "I think he kind of felt it from me that it was the right place to be," Hurst said. "He might not have known when, but I think he knew it was coming." Originally, Hurst had planned to narrow his list of choices to ten schools by the end of April and wait until August to make a verbal commitment. "I went on a bunch of visits, but the big three for me were North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia," Hurst said. "I went to those three schools and we let it settle I guess for a couple weeks. It was easy for me to see where I fit in the best and where I wanted to be. "I said I wanted to wait until August, but this was the best for me to have it out of the way and everything." Over 20 schools have extended Hurst a scholarship offer, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State. "[What separated UNC] was really the combination of everything," Hurst said. "For me it was perfect. And the people and the coaches on campus, they're like me; they're the type of people that I'm going to be comfortable with for four or five years." In early March, Hurst spent a day and a half in Chapel Hill. "It was really exciting for me - I was really surprised when I went there how great everything was," Hurst said. "I heard things about it, but I really didn't have the exact idea until that trip. I left and I was just really excited about it. I was just pumped that I got an offer from a place like that and I got a chance to play there." In addition to Florida, Georgia and UNC, Hurst has visited Duke, Indiana, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Tennessee. Hurst plans to graduate from Plainfield High School in December and enroll in UNC for the Spring 2010 semester. "[Pittman] wants to get me rolling," Hurst said. "They lose Kyle Jolly, who I talk to every other week or so, and he's a great player. So they're going to need people to step in and play. And he and I think I can do it." Hurst's commitment is firm as he doesn't plan to visit any other school from here on out. "I'm done," Hurst said. "I don't want to play those games. This is it for me."

Go Heels!

WOW!!!!!! I really thought the Gators were going to get him. Nice catch thoughdude will be a stud.

 

[gatorb807]

Good pickup by Butch for the Heels.

 

[bigmike23]

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

 

[gunna get it]

Damn, am I late, but Mike Belloti is the interim OC for Oregon now...

Chip Kelley was on College football live
He said Gruden turned down the OC job. so Belloti is gonna do it.
wow

 

[wildkycat]

i'm pretty sure i saw that Belloti was gonna do that awhile back.


Randall Cobb has been taking very few snaps at QB this spring, being used a lot more at wide out.

 

[gunna get it]

I knew belloti was gonna be the AD but OC ...

Cobb aint playin QB til hartline begins to play like ##+ and they are forced to play CObb at QB

 

[wildkycat]

sooooo.....Cobb will be playing QB beginning with the second drive of the first game.

 

[the wizard]

nah if they start off like ##@, do you think they may put Morgan Newton at QB and let him get the experience early on?

 

[bigmike23]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Damn, am I late, but Mike Belloti is the interim OC for Oregon now...

Chip Kelley was on College football live
He said Gruden turned down the OC job. so Belloti is gonna do it.
wow

wait WHAT?

why dont kelly just be the OC himself?

 

[lifelessons]

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

but on the canestime board these fools are trying to say lamar miller is slow because he runs a 10.7 (he's also 200+ lbs)

....i swear miami has some of the dumbest/most ignorant fans in sports but thathas nothing to with my love for the squad

 

[wildkycat]

let Morgan Newton get expierence when we're getting blowed (*) out.

 

[ericberry14]

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

What meet... we're in April right now, so he's probably running in his league championship... why would he bust out a time that like in ameaningless league meet...

unless it was a bigger event like Arcadia or Penn Relays

 

[vctry20]

Gunna I think you misheard, they said Belotti is interim QB coach

 

[ericberry14]

Originally Posted by LifeLessons

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

but on the canestime board these fools are trying to say lamar miller is slow because he runs a 10.7 (he's also 200+ lbs)

....i swear miami has some of the dumbest/most ignorant fans in sports but that has nothing to with my love for the squad

but Lamar Miller is slow.... When compared to Randall Carroll

 

[gunna get it]

ok vctry.
My Bad.

 

[vctry20]

I guess this would go in here right?

Greg Paulus 'likely' to Syracuse, not Michigan

 

[lifelessons]

Originally Posted by ericberry14

Originally Posted by LifeLessons

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

but on the canestime board these fools are trying to say lamar miller is slow because he runs a 10.7 (he's also 200+ lbs)

....i swear miami has some of the dumbest/most ignorant fans in sports but that has nothing to with my love for the squad

but Lamar Miller is slow.... When compared to Randall Carroll

but you can't base somebody's speed on the field from their 100 time....and especially a time thats a 10.7...

J-mee Samuels was the fastest prep track runner back in 05 but this dude was nowhere close to that on the field....he broke the AAU record by running a 10.06 ithink

 

[ericberry14]

Originally Posted by LifeLessons

Originally Posted by ericberry14

Originally Posted by LifeLessons

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Randall carroll ran in a race yesterday, and ran the 100m in 10.25, and ran the 200m in 21.3.

but on the canestime board these fools are trying to say lamar miller is slow because he runs a 10.7 (he's also 200+ lbs)

....i swear miami has some of the dumbest/most ignorant fans in sports but that has nothing to with my love for the squad

but Lamar Miller is slow.... When compared to Randall Carroll

but you can't base somebody's speed on the field from their 100 time....and especially a time thats a 10.7...

J-mee Samuels was the fastest prep track runner back in 05 but this dude was nowhere close to that on the field....he broke the AAU record by running a 10.06 i think

im assuming you saw the blacked-out text... but na i've seen Randall Carroll on the field, he plays damn near every bit as fast as that 10.25can translate with pads on...

Lamar Miller is nowhere near his class as a speedster... but Miller is fast in hsi own right...

damn i miss bein in cali goin to all the meets... got to watch Bryshon Nellum in person when he doubled up at the state meet in 07... saw the showdown wit him& javhid best...

the best race i've personally witnessed.

damn i gotta find a way to watch that

 

[lifelessons]

nah i didnt see it

but damn i just looked at j-mee's times at arkansas and this dude has gotten slower (running 10.4's)......guess the rumors about him juicing in HS weretrue...who knows

....