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USC coach Pete Carroll visited Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., where he saw wide receiver Orson Charles. Charles is scheduled to make an official visit in early February and lists USC as one of his five finalists.
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USC coach Pete Carroll visited Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., where he saw wide receiver Orson Charles. Charles is scheduled to make an official visit in early February and lists USC as one of his five finalists.
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Pete calling Orson. Come in, Orson.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Scott, tell me you saw this already:
Orson Charles, a rising senior tight end from Tampa's Plant High, admitted to the Tampa Tribune that his action caused Florida's 2006 national championship trophy to shatter during a recruiting visit last weekend.
Charles told the paper that the bump-heard-round-Gator-Nation happened on the eve of the spring game, when he leaned down to get a picture with Tim Tebow's 2007 Heisman Trophy. He said the bump was obviously inadvertent, but the sound of the crystal ball hitting the ground was shocking.
"If you were outside the stadium, it was so loud, I think you would have heard it shatter," he told the Tribune.
A frightened Charles thought he was in big trouble but felt relieved when assistant coach John Hevesy and head coach Urban Meyer joked about it (Hevesy said now he had to commit to UF, Meyer asked him how it felt to be a Gator). The trophy was insured, Charles would later learn, and Florida has ordered a replacement trophy. The school will receive it in the next few months.
UF officials ordered two trophies after the 2006 championship. The second trophy, usually set in a trophy case, was used during Saturday's Orange and Blue game, when fans were allowed to pose for pictures with it.
Plant High, great high school, by the way, in South Tampa...wasn't Mike Williams from Plant High?