Chip hitting the road this week.

[mrpd21]

Maybe while he's there he can say "hello" to Savon Huggins?

[Boom]

Apparently Chip & Azz visited with

Delvon Simmons
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-foot ... on-simmons
&
Branden Jackson
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-foot ... en-jackson

[JTinKC]

I'm surprised by those visits. How many LB do we already have? What does it say about the DT we already know about?

[yeahboyd]

Those are both DL guys

[uostudent]

I'm surprised by those visits. How many LB do we already have? What does it say about the DT we already know about?

Michigan is recruiting him as a LB, Oregon as a DE. He plays LB in high school.

"Jackson reports a 2.4 GPA and a 720 on the 2-part SAT."
There's no way this kid is going to qualify anywhere except at an SEC school as a Prop 48 player, unless he shows massive improvement on his re-take. You pretty much get a 700 for writing your name. Chip may be recruiting Jackson to get Delvon Simmons in a package deal. If this is the case, I wouldn't be surprised if we overbook this class, knowing full well that Jackson won't qualify.

[Handsome Dan]

The default score (filling out the information sheet, writing the statement of integrity, signing your name, laughing at the rest of the kids who are stressing, and then taking a four hour nap) is between 450 and 470.

[greenyellow]

With Jackson's poor grades, it looks to be a package deal with them taking Jackson after he possibly goes the JC route and gets his grades up.

[uostudent]

With Jackson's poor grades, it looks to be a package deal with them taking Jackson after he possibly goes the JC route and gets his grades up.

Maybe that's it, though Jackson states the following:

“My grades are not a concern for the schools that have offered me. All the classes I’ve taken have been NCAA clearing house classes, and I should finish out my senior year with a 2.8 or a 3.0.”

I have a hard time believing that. He would need to get mostly A's with a few B's to make that kind of jump. I'd love to have Jackson, but I'd be shocked if he qualifies. And even if he qualifies, who's to say that he won't pull a Diante Jackson when he gets here? Jackson needs to go the JC route and focus on his academics.

[Boom]

With Jackson's poor grades, it looks to be a package deal with them taking Jackson after he possibly goes the JC route and gets his grades up.

Maybe that's it, though Jackson states the following:

“My grades are not a concern for the schools that have offered me. All the classes I’ve taken have been NCAA clearing house classes, and I should finish out my senior year with a 2.8 or a 3.0.”

I have a hard time believing that. He would need to get mostly A's with a few B's to make that kind of jump. I'd love to have Jackson, but I'd be shocked if he qualifies. And even if he qualifies, who's to say that he won't pull a Diante Jackson when he gets here? Jackson needs to go the JC route and focus on his academics.

What was Cliff's GPA coming out of high school?

You don't turn away talented kids to JC if he can qualify.... someone else will take him.

And if he gets an offer then I think the coaches have an expectation that he would qualify.

[uostudent]

With Jackson's poor grades, it looks to be a package deal with them taking Jackson after he possibly goes the JC route and gets his grades up.

Maybe that's it, though Jackson states the following:

“My grades are not a concern for the schools that have offered me. All the classes I’ve taken have been NCAA clearing house classes, and I should finish out my senior year with a 2.8 or a 3.0.”

I have a hard time believing that. He would need to get mostly A's with a few B's to make that kind of jump. I'd love to have Jackson, but I'd be shocked if he qualifies. And even if he qualifies, who's to say that he won't pull a Diante Jackson when he gets here? Jackson needs to go the JC route and focus on his academics.

What was Cliff's GPA coming out of high school?

You don't turn away talented kids to JC if he can qualify.... someone else will take him.

And if he gets an offer then I think the coaches have an expectation that he would qualify.

Cliff definitely isn't the brightest guy around, but he had a 2.8 GPA in high school. I'd be shocked if he didn't score at least 800 on the SAT. USC offered him and definitely wanted him.

The big issue with Cliff was the that he was arrested for participating in a fight in high school.

[Boom]

^ Cliff was also delayed enrollment due to clearinghouse issues with his grades

[vagusnerve]

^ Cliff was also delayed enrollment due to clearinghouse issues with his grades

Yeah, but "issues with grades" doesn't mean that his grades were bad.

It's more likely that his HS had courses that may or may not have been applicable toward university admittance.

[canaduck]

^ Cliff was also delayed enrollment due to clearinghouse issues with his grades

Yeah, but "issues with grades" doesn't mean that his grades were bad.

It's more likely that his HS had courses that may or may not have been applicable toward university admittance.

There was a grade fixing scandal at Edison HS in Fresno if I recall correctly, I think it was Ronaldo Jefferson, a WR that couldn't qualify academically from there.

[ljginger]

I hope we can either get Rolando or Diante from JC...I can dream right?

[briarduck]

I hope we can either get Rolando or Diante from JC...I can dream right?

Ya Rolando was a top-flight recruit either would be good gets if we don't get others we are after....the real question we the hell is he and has he been playing FB?