It is what it is. Kid wanted to stay home.pezsez1 wrote:I understand this is a big decision for these kids to make, but come on! This isn’t like the Black Mamba, who committed to USC several months ago and has had lots of time to really think things over. Byers held a press conference just a few days ago and committed himself to Oregon… and then he changed his mind? I’m sorry, but I’ll never be OK with that.
I understand Clemson was his dream school. But if he really wanted to go to Clemson, why did he commit to Oregon at all? Why not just wait until signing day and then commit to a school, without making one school falsely plan on having him?
How much longer are we going to keep using the word “committed” when describing recruits before LOI day?
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Said as late as Yesturday that if Clemson came calling he was solid to Oregon.... apparently NOT !
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Close to home. And tbh, SC and NC are big time underachievers as well, I'd probably pick Clemson if I was from the Carolina area.UofO8 wrote:Hahaha i will never understand Clemson. Always mediocre, yet pulls top recruits.
This sucks though a lot, we always seem to whiff at D-linemen. Hemuli seems to be the only smart one!

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USC 2011 DT's and DE's: Wilson, Townsend Jr., Heyward, Woods and Temple. Add those to the 12 returning DE's and DT's; it's sure is hard for me to understand why a recruit would want to join that kind of a log jam.
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Really hurts since Oregon just lost 3 DL in one morning. Looks like French will be at DE now.

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For a pretty shitty team.stlDUCKfan wrote:Clemson's coming on strong. They have a pretty awesome class.

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Isn't that basically the ACC in a nutshell?UofO8 wrote:For a pretty shitty team.stlDUCKfan wrote:Clemson's coming on strong. They have a pretty awesome class.

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Haha pretty much. But Clemson always seems to pull a ton of good recruits.UOducksTK1 wrote:Isn't that basically the ACC in a nutshell?UofO8 wrote:For a pretty shitty team.stlDUCKfan wrote:Clemson's coming on strong. They have a pretty awesome class.

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like I said earlier clemson is the cal of the south
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Best of luck to Byers. I also thought that he was solid after he said that he wasn't interested in being Clemson's "backup" plan.
I think Byers is going to be a good one and I can understand why he would want to stay close to home. It just sucks that we lost a d-lineman.
I think Byers is going to be a good one and I can understand why he would want to stay close to home. It just sucks that we lost a d-lineman.
“If everybody in this room just want to be real with themselves, this game could have went either way,” he said. “We turned the ball over a lot. We beat ourself. Just be real with yourself right now. We beat ourself.”
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He deleted his Facebook profile...lol.
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Perhaps you just like the Sumo Unis.nehalem wrote:I'm starting to think we should recruit sumo wrestlers for the DT position. Leverage, excellent footwork, agility, strength are all there. I dont know how fast they'd be, but the rest of the skill set seems like it would lend itself to being a good DT or DE. And salt is cheap.

