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Dwinstitles said:
swagsick said:
IndayArtHauz said:
I’m going to go outside of this year. I wasn’t on this board at the time, actually this board didn’t even exist IIRC, or at least Pete was giving updates on CI.

But getting Deon Bush and Tracy Howard was electrifying. The build up was incredible and for the vast majority of the year the thinking was we MIGHT get Deon if we were lucky. Howard was a white whale, getting him was mythical.

Obviously they ended up being one offs and not indicative of Golden’s future success. But at the time it was an incredible moment.
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I was there the day he committed at Family Day! Earl Moore and a tight end also committed that day. I remember talking crap to Duke Johnson about racing him and Herb Waters. I thought Amari Cooper would commit that day too but dude didn't even want to talk to other people.
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I remember watching coopers film and knowing instantly he was the best player in that class. Saw two routes and shut the tape off and said hes the best player in sfla
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Yeah dude was awesome...
 
In recent years, the buzz around Stacy Coley and Tracy Howard was huge. Everyone remembers the infamous Willie Williams Herald journal. If I go back a ways, when recruiting coverage wasn't nearly what it is now, I remember Jammi German being the biggest thing since sliced bread.
 
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when KP wore gold fangs to announce ... that is still classic to me
 
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Tracy Howard. I remember watching in my dorm room silently celebrating while my roommate slept. Seeing Deon and Mccord announce at the army game was exciting. Also 2008 the first year I followed recruiting Ramon Buchanan flipping back to us from UF.
 
Coley live on ESPN. Seemed headed to FSU then the orange and green swag hat comes out...he was pretty emotional too, was a great moment.
 
Allen Bailey was HUGE. Shannon beat out Richt somehow lol.



Another wtf, crazy moment, When Shady McCoy committed to Miami randomly
 
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Ray Ray and Dye at the Under Armour game was awesome. Right after they had beat Northwestern for states.
 
ericane said:
AUcane said:
Coley was a big one especially because of his ESPN announcement.

I have to admit, I was thrilled getting Lingard's committment. No way we get a kid like that in the past - 5 star kid from central-ish florida? Huge pickup for a variety of reasons.

I also remember DJW's committment back on grassy. That was HUUGE.
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DJ Williams and it's not even close. He was the biggest recruit in the nation with John Madden procliaming (incorrectly) the he could go straight from high school to the NFL if he wanted to. In fact, I seem to recall that he waited until after NSD, which garnered even more anticipation. The fact that Miami was able to pull the #1 recruit in the country from the west coast was indicative of the fact that we were on top of the college football world at that time.

Thinking back to those days, if CIS had existed at that time, multiple members would have died of heart attacks over DJ's recruitment. The myth of DJ's dog still lives on to this day in Grassy/CIS lore. Hopefully we get to experience similar successes here in the near future.
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I agree on D.J. Jesse Armsted was another surprise. Unfortunately the joy of that sterling class was followed by Jimmy leaving for Dallas.
 
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When we got Dajleon Farr, man I was excited. I knew he would amount to great things... like catching a game-winning TD vs FSU.
 
Willie Williams committing was by far the craziest in modern history. The chatroom on Grassy was out of control. For me personally the two most emotional committments were Frank Gore crying as he signed his NLOI to his dream school, and James Bryant crying as he broke his moms heart by choosing UM over Pitt.

There's some dust in the air in my office as I'm reminiscing about those two events.
 
CANE1775 said:
Willie Williams committing was by far the craziest in modern history. The chatroom on Grassy was out of control. For me personally the two most emotional committments were Frank Gore crying as he signed his NLOI to his dream school, and James Bryant crying as he broke his moms heart by choosing UM over Pitt.

There's some dust in the air in my office as I'm reminiscing about those two events.
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Agree with most of that.

The Bryant class, what was that, 2003 or thereabouts was an awesome close. Andrew Johnson unexpectantly with Washington, Jones, and the LA running back. That was a win on paper.
 
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