Answer Monday!
And now, the post-signing date questions.
Q: USC '91 said:
At the end of Coach Kiffin's signing day press conference you stood up (here: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8931/scottwolffootstomp.jpg) and stomped your foot.
What prompted the foot stomp?
A: The easy answer would be to say my foot asleep during a boring press conference. But the truth is, I pretended to step on the foot of a particularly annoying reporter who was sitting behind me.
Q: Cheatthesystem said:
What are the odds we keep Seantrel?
I have a feeling that you know more about what's coming down from the NCAA, so if you can give an honest answer without giving up any info about the NCAA, I'm sure we'd all appreciate it.
A: I think it's currently 60-40 that he will attend USC. I don't say sign because there is really no need for him to ever sign a letter. For that matter, no recruit really needs to ever sign. The letter only benefits the universities, not the athletes.
But back to Henderson. Unless the penalties are extremely draconian, I think USC's coaches will convince him to honor his commitment.
Q: spedjones said:
Will all of SC's commits make it to campus (not including Seantrel - I'm talking academic issues, not sanctions)?
A: No. I've heard from several people that fullback Soma Vainuku has an very difficult road ahead to qualify.
Q: bsingleton said:
Many people have often discussed how players from Long Beach Poly who went to USC have underachieved, embarrassed the university with their off-field actions, got in trouble with the law, never really panned out, etc. But what about Orange Lutheran? Consider:
Troy Van Blarcom - expelled from USC.
Blake Ayles - Gained nationwide attention for his "actions" in a photograph at Notre Dame.
Aaron Corp - transferred from USC to another university.
Is Orange Lutheran the new Long Beach Poly?
A: I think it's a fair point. Especially surprising is the academic difficulties some players experienced, since the school has a decent reputation.
Spedjones, you should spend more time worrying about getting your Bruin Maggots to win more than 50% of its games in a given year than asking inflammatory questions... You can beg, plead, whine, cry, and insist on sanctions against USC, truth of the matter is no matter what happens, you'll still be an inferior state school who discriminates against black people who aren't athletes. So why don't you do us all a favor and go f*** yourself.
Count_Blah,
Kudos to you Sir.
"But back to Henderson. Unless the penalties are extremely draconian, I think USC's coaches will convince him to honor his commitment."
A) It's pretty common knowledge at this point that we won't know what the penalties are for quite awhile- Seantrel and Sean both implied early Monday morning that they MIGHT not be willing to wait that long. Seantrel's already said he's going back to talk with the other coaches he was considering. His dad seems like quite the attention wh*re so it could all be to prolong the "look at me" benefits he's getting from his son's recruitment process, but given the things they've said, 60-40 sounds a bit generous given the timetable til the NCAA turns around a decision.
B) Isn't a more urgent issue his academic eligibility- how long til he gets his ACT score? I'm pretty sure he retook it on Saturday.