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(01-28-2013 11:47 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Watson said it all the time, and he was right. Those were some hella football players.

If some of them had ever set foot on campus, we might have had something to brag about.

Right! In one of his last two years, he missed on 6 good JUCO signees 100%. Not one made it to UAB that fall.

(01-25-2013 09:46 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Kendall Moore, OL, WMich commit

This kid has offers from Kansas, Oklahoma, Syracuse, and yes...Western Kentucky! He is visiting Syracuse 2/1/13.

I hope he comes to Birmingham!

Julius McCall switched his commitment to Troy

Julius McCall now switching commitment from UAB to Troy.

There may be a strategy at play here for UAB, but it certainly gives the appearance that something is going on and also leads many to question how many decent replacements we can get this close to signing day.

(01-28-2013 12:23 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Julius McCall switched his commitment to Troy

According to who?

He is on the fence, but I don't see any official word. Did he tweet it?

Jeff Sentell ‏@JeffSentell_
What is up with #UAB? Chelsea's Julius McCall has decommitted from the Blazers and is now committed to Troy.

(01-28-2013 12:28 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:23 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Julius McCall switched his commitment to Troy

According to who?

He is on the fence, but I don't see any official word. Did he tweet it?

Drew Champlin (@DrewChamplin)
@JeffSentell_ says that Chelsea running back Julius McCall switched his commitment from UAB to Troy

(01-28-2013 12:31 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:28 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:23 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Julius McCall switched his commitment to Troy

According to who?

He is on the fence, but I don't see any official word. Did he tweet it?

Drew Champlin (@DrewChamplin)
@JeffSentell_ says that Chelsea running back Julius McCall switched his commitment from UAB to Troy

Yeah, I was afraid of that, but I don't understand it. I seriously question if they gave him a bag of cash (I'm not kidding). Julius was FIRM with UAB, and Troy came out hard after him, and Julius stayed firm. Then all of a sudden, he takes a visit and flips with no good explanation.

Does the phrase "keep it down home, cuz" ring a bell?

(01-28-2013 12:56 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:31 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:28 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 12:23 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Julius McCall switched his commitment to Troy

According to who?

He is on the fence, but I don't see any official word. Did he tweet it?

Drew Champlin (@DrewChamplin)
@JeffSentell_ says that Chelsea running back Julius McCall switched his commitment from UAB to Troy

Yeah, I was afraid of that, but I don't understand it. I seriously question if they gave him a bag of cash (I'm not kidding). Julius was FIRM with UAB, and Troy came out hard after him, and Julius stayed firm. Then all of a sudden, he takes a visit and flips with no good explanation.

Does the phrase "keep it down home, cuz" ring a bell?

Maybe he enjoys cow-tipping in his free time?

Regardless of the reasons behind their leaving, this looks bad. In this state, perception is reality. This are the same recruits that when they committed, we would hear messages from the staff like, "This is a great day for UAB Football" now that they are leaving like the house is on fire, you are telling me we are in great shape. Something smells... and denying it is not going to make it go away!

Well, we've got a week and a half until it all shakes out, so I'll wait to panic.

To reference Richard Marx for the second time in this thread,

"Don't mean nothin'
These words that they say.
Don't mean nothin'
These games that people play.
Don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime.
No, it don't mean nothin' til they sign it on the dotted line."

(01-28-2013 01:05 PM)ICB Wrote:  Regardless of the reasons behind their leaving, this looks bad. In this state, perception is reality. This are the same recruits that when they committed, we would hear messages from the staff like, "This is a great day for UAB Football" now that they are leaving like the house is on fire, you are telling me we are in great shape. Something smells... and denying it is not going to make it go away!

I believe there are some guys that we really backed off of, and those guys leaving doesn't hurt because we're in on some better players.

Julius was not one of those. He committed to UAB in July. Troy came hard after him last week, and he went on a visit just for the experience, and he came back torn by his decision, yet, he's committed to flip to Troy. That smells like a shady deal to me.

Or, he just liked Troy better.

As hard as that is to imagine.

Im hoping the reason we are losing these guys is because we have found better options. Maybe. Hey is trooper Taylor still looking for a job? Lol.

Maybe he thought he could play earlier there.

We have RB's and maybe the Gardendale commit made him think a little more.

(01-28-2013 01:13 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Or, he just liked Troy better.

As hard as that is to imagine.

He was a UAB fan, and I'll quote him when he was a freshman: "I'd love to play at UAB someday."

Oh well. We'll move on. I'm done posting about him unless something changes.

I still like a lot of our commitments, so if we can just hang on and pick up some OLs that visited this past weekend, we'll be fine!

As far as coming in and filling an immediate need, Julius was not needed. I hate to see a guy committed for so long all of a sudden flip, but this one doesn't hurt nearly as bad as some of the others. It's not like RB is an impossible position to find guys at, and if Reeves has another monster season next year, we may be more appealing to future recruits. It's weird losing all these guys, but I'd rather have guys getting poached from our class than have 25 guys that nobody else seems interested in.

I prefer to wait and see who actually signs on the dotted line. Some folks are acting like this recruiting thing is new.

See you at the SDS.

(01-28-2013 01:22 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I'd rather have guys getting poached from our class than have 25 guys that nobody else seems interested in.

+1

That is what we used to get under Callaway. This is much better.

Again, we apparently have gotten some commitments from this weekend, but we seem to be keeping it quiet.

We already have two RB's committed in this class with good RB's on the team so I don't think losing him is a big deal. Just sucks to see him committed for so long and flip to Troy.