Jordan Schakel, a 6-foot-5 guard/forward from Bishop Montgomery, committed to San Diego State on Wednesday night. His other choices were USC, Cal and Stanford. Normally, a recruit picking another school is not that newsworthy. Except . . . both of Schakel’s parents went to USC. Except . . . his mother is former USC All-American volleyball player Stefanie Bodison. Except . . . she is also a doctor at USC. Except . . . Schakel said he wanted to go to USC before this summer. Except . . . any time a star athlete from the South Bay doesn’t go to USC it is a surprise. This was a tailor-made recruit for Andy Enfield, who also lives in the South Bay. USC assistant coach Tony Bland, who came from San Diego State, cannot be too happy about this. C’mon Enfield!
Except… like many kids, maybe he wanted to go away to college, and get out of the South Bay.
….to ‘dago state?’
The neighborhood beats South Central or Westwood! Very good basketball program with great facilities.
What’s wrong with San Diego State? Our basketball program is FAR more successful than SC’s. #GOAZTECS!
Bully for that ……..
I like Mayans – they’re not as ‘thin skinned’ as those ‘Aztecs’
Nope. But Aztecs win more than Mayans, so eh.
Oh I don’t know….say there’s a chap called Cortes says he’d like to have chat with all of you…what say thee?
I would say I’m concerned about the diseases they bring, but that has nothing to do with Mayans being better than Aztecs, or basketball. You can spin and redirect conversation all you want. Fact is, Aztec Basketball is better than USC basketball, amd that’s why he chose SDSU over SC.
Now now calm down….that’s it – get a pair of Birkenstocks and slide…..
To your angst…..look don’t be ‘the little brother’ man up i.e. ‘dago is a nice dull place and considering the size of that burg why the heck have they never been able to field a decent football team?
I’m going to watch ‘The Donald’ in about an hour or less……(be still my heart!)
No angst on my part. We win more than SC. Only angst I see is from you getting a little “upset” at my reply to your original post. Keep it up though. You might say something vaguely relevant to the actual article at some point.
Well now sir I must admit I have tried and I shall now have to bid you a fond adieu …. you and your little team down yonder…in ‘dago…Del Mar,.Torrey Pines and La Jolla yes my it has its benefits but you see SDSU is what it is…….
You’ve lost two NBA franchises and if you’re not careful your opps I mean our Chargers may in fact be northbound. I doubt that shall happen but one never knows.
Now you toddle off to San Elijo off Manchester and take care your car doesn’t slip off the cliff.
BYe bye
SD State has a coach that has won a NC. Neither coach in LA has. So, there’s that.
Thank you for that, but SD State is South Dakota State. San Diego is SDSU.
Oh don’t correct him – he’s sensitive.
Yes. I look forward to another year of “my little team down yonder” winning yet another conference championship playing in front of sellout crowds every game, while SC fights to finish in the Top 8 of the Pac 12, playing in front of half-filled arenas.
So’s the bozo u women’s team.
Are we talking about the women’s team? Please stay on subject, and clean up your grammar.
Andyain’trecruiting whiffs again.
sails going flop again.
#Wa-wa-waaaaaaa
I understand the desire to ‘see’ something new but come on – San Diego St.?
Pretty sure this is basketball and not football, not a big surprise he would go with one of the top basketball programs in the country over usc. That being said usc has been killing it lately in the recruiting realm, we’ll see if that leads to wins on the court…
Really? I’d say it’s more “.I’m going to go to a school where I can be home every weekend”
Dumb move regardless of the Aztec’s mens program.
If he wants to, he can be. It’s San Diego not like he’s going to be in sf or Vegas etc… not far at all
Al, Have you been to San Diego? Best of both for the kid. Feels like he gone away to another city, but still a 2 hour drive home for him and for his folks to see his games.
I get that – man it’s dull down there but I do get it.
Dull? I don’t think so. San Diego rules.
San Diego State over Stanford? Not too bright.
Couldn’t agree more.
Except… maybe he couldn’t qualify.
“USC recruits itself” – The Blogger
Plus, according to SW, commits are worthless. So who cares. SW never knows the understory because he’s a cut-n-paste blogger.
Not in basketball. For some unknown reason SC has repelled most of the basketball talent in LA since 1954.
Except, Scottie knows zip, zero about basketball.
USC has three rides for next year. And they offer what, 30, 40 players a year. And with Thornton transferring in, and either/or Boatwright/Metu leaving next year, USC needs big guys who can run the floor, and maybe another PG, more than it needs another wing player, which it has plenty of.
Scottie is all over USC signing 5 WRs when it needs DLs, but is now all over Enfield for not aggressively pursuing yet another wing player, of which USC is good with for the next two years.
But then, I guess Scottie needed those clicks from Rents and Buckett. FDM needs those clicks!
Manute Bol son just put SC in his top 4. He’s a five star center.
bol bol can play…
At a 190 lbs, there’s not much bulk.
Long body, athletic and has inside game. You never know. Top 4 is a good spot.
Don’t know where you got your erroneous information, but Bol is a class of 18 recruit and according to a Scout BB article posted an hour ago, Bol favors 5 teams (4 in Big 12 conf.) and not one favorite is located west of Denver.
It’s on his Twitter Jerk off. Top 4
Twitter, what a joke source.
Sammy, Sammy, did I hit a nerve. I’m a J. off because it’s simple to point out what halfwit you are. Get a grip Sammy boy before your start foaming at the mouth.
Twitter is BS, it’s for bozo u twinkies – It’s on twitter so it must be true. As usual you’re FOS when it comes your bozo u RahRah we’re in the mix krap.
Hit a nerve? How could you a Bruin get on my nerves? You have nothing on USC. You never will. I laugh and laugh at you. USC’s been a nightmare to you since the day you were squat out.
#Helton&AndyWent4-0Vs.F UCLA
Feeling small Sammy boy? You predict Echols is a lock UCLA decommit, and then surprise, surprise, Bubba Bolton bolts from his bozo u commitment. I guess you missed that Bubba Bolton twitter – what’s the deal Sammy boy?
Block him – do it.
Done!
Atta boy!
“C’mon Enfield”…. classic troll ending.
I haven’t heard anything on this kid. I must have missed his recruitment. Or SW is making a big deal of this.
Right Sammy, Preston has 5 or 6 offers from perennial Top 10 CBB programs with multiple BB NC’s, and you think Preston will ignore those program in favor of Andyain’twinning’s bottom feeder BB program?
Cue Roy Orbison’s “in Dreams.”
Damn you sound nervous. 3 beat downs and still crying in July. LOL.
Sammy boy plays the Trump card and invents BS. UCLA is ready to go for 2016 – 17.
Andyain’twinning doesn’t have a full Scholarship team in place yet.
Yeah, I’m worried. I mean Andyain’trecruiting just lost a BB recruit, whose parents are both bozo u grads, to SDSU. Joka, joka, joka.
USC wins 40-21 in football.
USC wins 3X’s this season in basketball by a total of 57 points.
LMAO!
True, this year.
But, it’s also true that bozo u is OOOOOOOOO for forever, all time, in Men’s BB NC’s won.
Why not write Emperor Garrett and suggest he award bozo u a men’s BB NC.
But this, but that.
You got ya a** kicked!
Don’t stutter Sammy boy.
I couldn’t hear you with your teeth on the the floor.
I Donny Trump approve of Sammy boy making a fool of himself – he’s good at it.
Fact is, I could use Sammy boy on my campaign. I need all the FOS jerks I can recruit.
But you and sas are both Open Borders globalist Black Lies Matter Clinton interns.
We didn’t JUST WIN….
We kicked ya a**!
At the risk of being rational rather than just criticizing SC….maybe the kid isn’t good enough. He’s a 3 star.
San Diego State has the best basketball program in California today. The city and university are GREAT. It is now more difficult academically to enter SDSU than UC Davis (and more competitive) so I wouldn’t shrug it off. Stanford produces entrepreneurs like Phil Rush, but San Diego State produces players like Kawhi Leonard. Schakel is a basketball player. As a SDSU alum. I obtained a decent education and have achieved more success on the East Coast than friends from Notre Dame, Syracuse and Boston College. In addition, I I had a better time as a student. I have a lifetime of great memories, and my crew team always beat Stanford.
Average GPA & ACT score from kids accepted for the class of 2016 from my kid’s high school:
SDSU 3.61 & 27
Davis 3.81 & 30
SDSU has come a long way from my college days when they’d take anyone, but tougher to get in than Davis……come on now.
Your kid’s school? What?
Well as the old saw goes … it is not only how you work or what you bring but even more so it is who you know that is the biggest boon to nearly all careers
I doan’t think so. Bol has a top 4, hence there’s a 75% chance of bozo u/Andyain’trecruiting whiffing – LOL.
Somethings don’t change.
As butthurt as USC fans wanna be or act like….
As thin skinned as Sdsu fans are….
The kid is going to go to what appears to be the best program & MOST fun atmosphere to play at. The crowd & Atmosphere @ Usc & Stanford doesn’t compare to that of SDSU’s.
Yep! Just come on down to a game & you will see why! Bye Felicia!!
Kawaii Leonard didn’t even want to play at SDSU.
I don’t follow 17 year old adolescent twitter krap. That’s what bozo u halfwits do.
The chance that Bol Bol puts the ugly bozo u BB uniform and enters a Pac-12 game is a million to 1.
maybe he could not qualify, wanted to be part of something new or just wanted to get away from Wolfie…