The Barkley effect
The commitment of Matt Barkley is a big reason USC did not sign a quarterback in the just-completed recruiting class. And it's the reason USC is about the only school in the country who has not offered this guy.
Aaron Murray of Plant High in Florida.
This is from the Tampa Tribune: ``Alabama, LSU, Miami, South Carolina, Notre Dame. Those colleges join a list that already includes Florida, Florida State, Georgia and Tennessee. One day last week, Murray chatted on the phone with Alabama coach Nick Saban, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier and Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis. As Panthers coach Robert Weiner said “that’s not a bad day.
``As of Monday morning, Murray has totaled 43 scholarship offers. By the time he makes his decision, that total could double. Murray is expected to narrow his choices this spring and will make a formal announcement this summer before the start of his senior season.
``Here’s a complete list of Murray’s offers: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Florida International, Florida State, Georgia, Harvard, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Ole Miss, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Purdue, South Carolina, Southern Methodist, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UCF, UCLA, USF, UNLV, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Wisconsin.''
Good to see they're not "stockpiling" players like at RB. I understand that doing so is probably a safe thing for the team to do but I always thought that was a bit unfair to the players.
Trojan RAB, what's unfair about it? The kids know coming in that they're going to have to compete. It's childish to think that it's "unfair".
I can see RAB's point. And, if it is not unfair, it seems just a little bit wasteful. Maybe we wouldn't be so thin at DB and LB in 2009 if we had spread the positional recruiting a little bit more broadly. And, the inevitable losing of a blue chip transfer or two to playing time (Moody) also seems like the waste of a valuable scholarship in the recruiting class.
I can see RAB's point. And, if it is not unfair, it seems just a little bit wasteful. Maybe we wouldn't be so thin at DB and LB in 2009 if we had spread the positional recruiting a little bit more broadly. And, the inevitable departure of a blue chip transfer or two to playing time (Moody) also seems like the waste of a valuable scholarship in the recruiting class.
How thin would they be at db and lb if guys like Perez and Tatum had not of transferred out when they were recruited "appropriately"?
Unfair to whom. Players who come to SC know they have to compete for playing time, That's the reason why D. Warren from Long Beach Poly committed to Michigan instead, because he wanted the position handed to him. So how is it unfair, players know the rules, so either go hard or go home
"childish"
...wow