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WR Thornton flips to Baylor
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caneallday21
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Lol wooooooow
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"4th and Jort" LMAO
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I saw something on the Gaytor board in the last couple of days where someone was saying that he could bolt because of Shannon being let go and the whole MNW connection with Shannon. Who knows. He didn't go to UCF though.
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Beacuase, if you believe multiple posters, every school buys (bags!) every recruit. You know, every school but us. Pretty amazing our team even exists, if you buy that constant whining.
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then theres the whole...he desnt attend MNW thing..so no wonder he bolted. They were lookin for him at the wrong school
This cuck thinks Bama gets all their recruits because of nick's sparkling personality.
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It was said on there. I didnt even think of that he's at BTW.
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Yep, that’s exactly what I said. Excellent reading comprehension.
I defer to your cuck expertise. You appear an expert on that lifestyle. Probably came with practice.
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We had better start cracking it and fast. Campbell is a top priority. Need to go full court press on Campbell and Surtain.
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Ice also isn't at BTW now, he took a job on the FAMU staff. So that has nothing to do with it.
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Friend of mine who was pretty plugged in told me in the '80's that we only paid Dade kids. I was never able to verify that. I did hear, long before it came out in the NCAA mess (the one surrounding the Pell grants) that our Golden Canes (or somebody else) were paying bounties. Back in about '89, I met a recent graduate who had been involved in a lot of stuff on campus, student govt. and so forth, told me that those guys in the "green sports jackets" (I think it was green) were paying players for big hits. I used to be active in the Hurricane Club, not a big contributor but used to organize events in the D.C. area, and I think the Golden Canes were the guys who were given the green sports jackets. The Golden Canes gave minimum $ 10K per year to the school (not to the players). That was a lot of money for late '80's. Almost thirty years ago. If they were paying bounties--and the NCAA investigation years later found that to be the case--they were much much smaller (not in the thousands per hit).
Other friends of mine who were active in recruiting in the early '80's--and back then boosters got involved in recruiting--they used to call and write kids, etc. told me they were never asked to provide money for recruits. The most I ever hear was that boosters were asked for help in finding summer jobs for kids. I think that has always been legal. I know of one good player from the 1990's who was fired from a job at a booster's company because he was not a reliable worker. I guess he thought he didn't really have to work, just get paid.
So, overall, I think we've been pretty honest, probably better than most.
To fast forward, i suspect we are one of the cleaner programs, if not among the very cleanest. We've been too scrutinized, too many hate us (we're like Trump is to the mainstream liberal media), and the predatory press will be all over us.
We just can't compete with the rot that is the SEC and similar schools, perhaps FSU and Clemson in the ACC. We also can't compete with the lower academic standards at some of the schools which can take non-qualifiers and have them turn out to be instant freshman starters and contributors.
Based on what I have heard from reliable sources, FSU might have been changing transcripts on some top recruits from the late '80's. I heard from another source that one of their premier DLs some years ago was advanced money by an agent before the FSU bowl game--a game that should have been forfeited. I remember the name of the player but I'd have to look up the year. My source was an accountant who had some knowledge of the loan, which was probably defaulted by the player.
Keep in mind, I don't know what goes on now. I rarely talk anymore to people who could give me such information. They were really plugged in, though, and there were some talkative guys on the coaching staff. Some of my friends, sadly, are gone.
Whether we pay now, I don't know. I doubt it. I always felt our compensation program paled in comparison to those with whom we competed--like the Bamas of the world.
Even Shapiro said he could not compete with the big money guys at the SEC schools. Nevin's operation was small potatoes and was easily exposed.
So, I'm not sure we're dropping bags around or, if we are, it's probably nothing like the SEC schools. Keep in mind that the Baga's of the world probably do so for kids around the country since they cannot recruit as many topflight recruits right around their home base.
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He’s elite to a school like Baylor . What they win, 1 game this year ?
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The word on the street months ago was that we were not recruiting Thornton.
I still defer to the coaches. Despite those who felt Jobe was overrated--and he seemed mediocre in some of those videos of drills--I have to put more weight in the evaluations of our staff and Saban. Both wanted him badly.
If the coaches want Ezzard, there must be a reason why. Maybe he gives them a physical quality at WR that some of the other prospects do not. There's something to be said for physicality. I soured on Tommy Streeter years ago when a Maryland DB took the ball right out of his hands right in front of me. Seemed so soft to me.
On the other hand, there was something about the way Langham was able to go up for the ball on that last play against FSU.
I still defer to the coaches. Despite those who felt Jobe was overrated--and he seemed mediocre in some of those videos of drills--I have to put more weight in the evaluations of our staff and Saban. Both wanted him badly.
If the coaches want Ezzard, there must be a reason why. Maybe he gives them a physical quality at WR that some of the other prospects do not. There's something to be said for physicality. I soured on Tommy Streeter years ago when a Maryland DB took the ball right out of his hands right in front of me. Seemed so soft to me.
On the other hand, there was something about the way Langham was able to go up for the ball on that last play against FSU.
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Matador,
Thanks for that post. I have no doubt that some players get bought. I also have no doubt that we are at a competitive disadvantage in the player buying world...as should be the case with schools like FSU as well. Just boils down to real big ticket donors/alumni/others who want to get involved. Some schools have them, some don't.
I'm simply sick of the morons on this site that claim or imply every other school buys every player we don't get. Some get bought, but some just go somewhere else. Get over it.
Thanks for that post. I have no doubt that some players get bought. I also have no doubt that we are at a competitive disadvantage in the player buying world...as should be the case with schools like FSU as well. Just boils down to real big ticket donors/alumni/others who want to get involved. Some schools have them, some don't.
I'm simply sick of the morons on this site that claim or imply every other school buys every player we don't get. Some get bought, but some just go somewhere else. Get over it.
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