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Visiting Florida this month and apparently USC offered him after the game. This guy is a must get recruit.

uostudent wrote:Visiting Florida this month and apparently USC offered him after the game. This guy is a must get recruit.

He is #1 on my board now.

He only has 1 "official" visit left so he has to choose between UF & USC. UF has been on him longer, but he may feel no sense of connection with their staff now that Meyer is gone, but he was going to trip them anyway, thus the reason why he chose to delay making his choice at yesterday's USAAB. If he looks closely at the 2 rosters, SC has the greater need for DTs over UF, so it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up tripping there.

Have to think, regardless of where or if he takes the last trip, that us & Texas Tech, since we've been on him way longer than the final 2 schools, that we're the favorites. Sure wish I knew what his choice was before he decided to delay since up until about a week prior to yesterday he was set to announce. TT folks seem pretty confident they're the team in the lead due to their coaching staff's relationship w/his HS coach. Speaking of his coach, that guy really wants him to go to Tech. Bottomline is Simmons may be this year's Easley for us.

The 2 years of probation for Texas Tech might also factor in. We can hope.

AugustDuck wrote:

uostudent wrote:Visiting Florida this month and apparently USC offered him after the game. This guy is a must get recruit.

He is #1 on my board now.

No doubt he looked great...

I cringe when I see a school like USC offering him after a good showing at the all star game. I cringe for a few reasons. One is that it is exactly what happened last year with Easley. We seemingly had him in the bag and then Florida decided that he was suddenly worth their time and he went for it. The second reason is that USC either THINKS that they still have the pull for this type of thing, swooping in at the last second and thinking that the power of a USC offer will outweigh ignoring them previously, or USC still does have that pull and that would just be depressing.

^That's what its like for some....the bastards!

May be one day will be able to do that!

I seriously doubt he picks USC since he only has 1 visit left and seems real interested in Florida right now.

SC has 23 commits, what are they doing? Are the going to pull a SEC move and tell some kids after LOI day they don't have room?

karlhungis wrote:I cringe when I see a school like USC offering him after a good showing at the all star game. I cringe for a few reasons. One is that it is exactly what happened last year with Easley. We seemingly had him in the bag and then Florida decided that he was suddenly worth their time and he went for it. The second reason is that USC either THINKS that they still have the pull for this type of thing, swooping in at the last second and thinking that the power of a USC offer will outweigh ignoring them previously, or USC still does have that pull and that would just be depressing.

USC will always have that pull. They would have to go sub .500 for multiple years to fall off the recruiting radar. There are too many natural advantages. Still, there's an 85 scholarship limit. It's not just who you get, but what you do with them once you get em.

Most rumors I've heard is TT is the team to beat, so not worried about either UF or USC. Any probation issues TT may be facing is very unlikely to be a factor.

One of the few recruits that nobody feels positive about getting. Should be interesting to see who he picks.

He's been a tough one to peg down since he really hasn't said anything since the Army AA game last weekend and what he said wasn't much to go on.

I figured he'd stick to UO or TTU, but everything I hear has him enjoying the late offers.