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Not sure why or who else might be involved.

You're the only one with that rumor. EerSports.com has him still firmly committed...

It's certainly not just me. It's been running rampant around town for some time now. I could really care less. Actually, I heard it weeks ago, but chose not to post anything about it because you hear stuff like that all the time. However, it's getting louder and more folks are saying it now. That's why I'm posting something now.

Simply trying to pass on some information. I thought that's what these things are supposed to be for. I'm certainly not pulling for the kid to decommit. I hope he honors his word. However, some of the SEC coaches that lurk around Memphis are very sneaky and persistent.

Nov 1st

(11-23-2009 09:42 AM)UofL07 Wrote: [ -> ]Nov 1st

You must have me confused with somebody else. Either that or you can't read.

(11-23-2009 09:44 AM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]You must have me confused with somebody else.

I know you didn't start the whole Sammygate scenario over on MT.org. I just wanted to poke some fun at rumors coming out of Memphis in general

(11-23-2009 09:48 AM)UofL07 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 09:44 AM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]You must have me confused with somebody else.

I know you didn't start the whole Sammygate scenario over on MT.org. I just wanted to poke some fun at rumors coming out of Memphis in general

There is a difference between rumors coming out of Memphis and rumors coming out of an idiot.

I'd be willing to bet it's Tennessee fans who are certain a good QB won't leave the state for another school. He has to pick the Vols, is their opinion. I've been hearing that around Knoxville all season...

Well Eugene Smith does look like he is going to be the quarterback for the next few years, right?

(11-23-2009 11:24 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 09:48 AM)UofL07 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 09:44 AM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]You must have me confused with somebody else.

I know you didn't start the whole Sammygate scenario over on MT.org. I just wanted to poke some fun at rumors coming out of Memphis in general

There is a difference between rumors coming out of Memphis and rumors coming out of an idiot.

Bingo ............ who has Monkeys flying out of his Ass. And Yes the rumor started with TennStud



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(11-23-2009 12:14 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]Well Eugene Smith does look like he is going to be the quarterback for the next few years, right?

Which will allow Brunetti time for a redshirt year to fully learn the offense, and another year backing up Geno. If Geno is as good as all Mountaineer fans hope, he may leave after 3 seasons for the NFL. Brunetti would then take the reigns as a sophomore, and have 3 years to prove his stuff. That's not an unreasonable wait. Any other school he'd choose would probably do the same thing...

Although, he could also come in and beat out Geno for the job, or beat out Coley White for the basckup job. As a backup QB, he's only one play away from the starting slot, and you never know when an injury forces a change. Just ask Pat White. Really good QBs relish competition...

(11-23-2009 12:29 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 11:24 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 09:48 AM)UofL07 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 09:44 AM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ]You must have me confused with somebody else.

I know you didn't start the whole Sammygate scenario over on MT.org. I just wanted to poke some fun at rumors coming out of Memphis in general

There is a difference between rumors coming out of Memphis and rumors coming out of an idiot.

Bingo ............ who has Monkeys flying out of his Ass. And Yes the rumor started with TennStud



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No. The rumor has been around for weeks now. However, Roy Adams recently posted the same thing on gridscape. Like hime or not, he usually gets pretty good football info. I can't stand the guy, but he's a well connected uber-jockniffer.

If I am a WVU fan, I won't worry about this too much. The kid could very well be a player or he is not. It is not like it is written in stone. Those recruiting rankings are a joke. I won't put too much stock in them. Remember how you guys found Pat White. Cody Endres from UCONN isn't too bad either and he was a 2 star recruit.

Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

(11-23-2009 02:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: [ -> ]Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

Like I said, you don't know how good they are until they show up on campus. Zach Fraser was a former US Army 5 star recruit. Between Endres and Fraser, I would say Endres is better and he is younger.

Take this past weekend for example. ND's DL has four 4 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's OL has 4 2 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's 3 star kid ( Eric K) was hurt and they brought in another 2 star who more than held his own. You don't have to be a genius to see which unit was the more dominating in the end. Also, UCONN's unit is much younger. Like I said, recruiting stars don't mean squat on the field.

Look at the GIF below, our 2 star DL did fairly well against ND's 5 star OL at the goal line stand.

Of course, we all remember Jason Gwaltney. He had all the talent the recruiting services said, and could have been special. But they forgot to measure between his ears...

(11-23-2009 02:27 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: [ -> ]Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

Like I said, you don't know how good they are until they show up on campus. Zach Fraser was a former US Army 5 star recruit. Between Endres and Fraser, I would say Endres is better and he is younger.

Take this past weekend for example. ND's DL has four 4 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's OL has 4 2 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's 3 star kid ( Eric K) was hurt and they brought in another 2 star who more than held his own. You don't have to be a genius to see which unit was the more dominating in the end. Also, UCONN's unit is much younger. Like I said, recruiting stars don't mean squat on the field.

Look at the GIF below, our 2 star DL did fairly well against ND's 5 star OL at the goal line stand.

I'll say that's true to an extent. 2 star guys can definitely become stars and we have seen that at UC with guys like Mickins, Byrd, Goodman etc. but more often than not give me the higher rated guys. Give me the guys with the big time offers, more often than not they can get on the field and contribute earlier. Kelly's best recruits so far (Pead, DJ Woods) are significant contributors as true sophomores and our best freshman recruit from this year is our nickel corner.

(11-23-2009 02:39 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:27 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: [ -> ]Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

Like I said, you don't know how good they are until they show up on campus. Zach Fraser was a former US Army 5 star recruit. Between Endres and Fraser, I would say Endres is better and he is younger.

Take this past weekend for example. ND's DL has four 4 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's OL has 4 2 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's 3 star kid ( Eric K) was hurt and they brought in another 2 star who more than held his own. You don't have to be a genius to see which unit was the more dominating in the end. Also, UCONN's unit is much younger. Like I said, recruiting stars don't mean squat on the field.

Look at the GIF below, our 2 star DL did fairly well against ND's 5 star OL at the goal line stand.

I'll say that's true to an extent. 2 star guys can definitely become stars and we have seen that at UC with guys like Mickins, Byrd, Goodman etc. but more often than not give me the higher rated guys. Give me the guys with the big time offers, more often than not they can get on the field and contribute earlier. Kelly's best recruits so far (Pead, DJ Woods) are significant contributors as true sophomores and our best freshman recruit from this year is our nickel corner.

Sure, it would be nice to get 5 star recruits but don't discount the 2 stars. UCONN coaches know what they were doing with those 2 stars. They were talented kid who never got rated for one reason or another. We lost some players, but young kids step in. Our 2 freshmen CBs did pretty decent against 2 of the better WRs in the college game in Floyd and Tate. Darius Butler was a 2 star and he is starting for the Pats. Tyrone Branch was a 1 star recruit and he might be going to the pro bowl starting for the Raiders. Look it up, the guy is leading the NFL safety or near the top in tackles. Frankly, I will take those kids over any of the 5 stars out there.

ND got a 5 star LB playing against UCONN. I will take any of our 2 star LBs (Lutrus, Wilson and Llody) over that kid any day of the week. The ND LB was getting mauled by our OL.

(11-23-2009 02:45 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:39 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:27 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: [ -> ]Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

Like I said, you don't know how good they are until they show up on campus. Zach Fraser was a former US Army 5 star recruit. Between Endres and Fraser, I would say Endres is better and he is younger.

Take this past weekend for example. ND's DL has four 4 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's OL has 4 2 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's 3 star kid ( Eric K) was hurt and they brought in another 2 star who more than held his own. You don't have to be a genius to see which unit was the more dominating in the end. Also, UCONN's unit is much younger. Like I said, recruiting stars don't mean squat on the field.

Look at the GIF below, our 2 star DL did fairly well against ND's 5 star OL at the goal line stand.

I'll say that's true to an extent. 2 star guys can definitely become stars and we have seen that at UC with guys like Mickins, Byrd, Goodman etc. but more often than not give me the higher rated guys. Give me the guys with the big time offers, more often than not they can get on the field and contribute earlier. Kelly's best recruits so far (Pead, DJ Woods) are significant contributors as true sophomores and our best freshman recruit from this year is our nickel corner.

Sure, it would be nice to get 5 star recruits but don't discount the 2 stars. UCONN coaches know what they were doing with those 2 stars. They were talented kid who never got rated for one reason or another. We lost some players, but young kids step in. Our 2 freshmen CBs did pretty decent against 2 of the better WRs in the college game in Floyd and Tate. Darius Butler was a 2 star and he is starting for the Pats. Tyrone Branch was a 1 star recruit and he might be going to the pro bowl starting for the Raiders. Look it up, the guy is leading the NFL safety or near the top in tackles. Frankly, I will take those kids over any of the 5 stars out there.

ND got a 5 star LB playing against UCONN. I will take any of our 2 star LBs (Lutrus, Wilson and Llody) over that kid any day of the week.

I'm not saying discount the 2 stars because the BE has clearly done well with that type of player. But to take the next step teams need to start recruiting better. Sure you can say in hindsight that you would take a given 2 star over a heralded player that didn't pan out but how many 2 stars don't even see the field? That number is much larger. I think it's fine to sprinkle your team with lighter recruited guys because a bunch of those guys will become all conference types guys and even draft picks but if the foundation of your team are the highly recruited guys, you just have so much more room for error.

(11-23-2009 02:53 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:45 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:39 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:27 PM)SF Husky Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-23-2009 02:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: [ -> ]Highly ranked recruit Tajh Boyd was supposedly committed to the Mountaineers. Then he was supposedly committed to the Vols. Then he committed to Clemson. He's not even on Clemson's 3 deep chart at QB, while enjoying a redshirt year. I doubt he supplant the current starter next year, and the current starter is a freshman...

Like I said, you don't know how good they are until they show up on campus. Zach Fraser was a former US Army 5 star recruit. Between Endres and Fraser, I would say Endres is better and he is younger.

Take this past weekend for example. ND's DL has four 4 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's OL has 4 2 star recruits and 1 3 star. UCONN's 3 star kid ( Eric K) was hurt and they brought in another 2 star who more than held his own. You don't have to be a genius to see which unit was the more dominating in the end. Also, UCONN's unit is much younger. Like I said, recruiting stars don't mean squat on the field.

Look at the GIF below, our 2 star DL did fairly well against ND's 5 star OL at the goal line stand.

I'll say that's true to an extent. 2 star guys can definitely become stars and we have seen that at UC with guys like Mickins, Byrd, Goodman etc. but more often than not give me the higher rated guys. Give me the guys with the big time offers, more often than not they can get on the field and contribute earlier. Kelly's best recruits so far (Pead, DJ Woods) are significant contributors as true sophomores and our best freshman recruit from this year is our nickel corner.

Sure, it would be nice to get 5 star recruits but don't discount the 2 stars. UCONN coaches know what they were doing with those 2 stars. They were talented kid who never got rated for one reason or another. We lost some players, but young kids step in. Our 2 freshmen CBs did pretty decent against 2 of the better WRs in the college game in Floyd and Tate. Darius Butler was a 2 star and he is starting for the Pats. Tyrone Branch was a 1 star recruit and he might be going to the pro bowl starting for the Raiders. Look it up, the guy is leading the NFL safety or near the top in tackles. Frankly, I will take those kids over any of the 5 stars out there.

ND got a 5 star LB playing against UCONN. I will take any of our 2 star LBs (Lutrus, Wilson and Llody) over that kid any day of the week.

I'm not saying discount the 2 stars because the BE has clearly done well with that type of player. But to take the next step teams need to start recruiting better. Sure you can say in hindsight that you would take a given 2 star over a heralded player that didn't pan out but how many 2 stars don't even see the field? That number is much larger. I think it's fine to sprinkle your team with lighter recruited guys because a bunch of those guys will become all conference types guys and even draft picks but if the foundation of your team are the highly recruited guys, you just have so much more room for error.

Foundation of the UCONN team are made up of 2 star guys. We are very young this year but things can only get better for this bunch. Our OL is very young as well as our secondary. Our DL is also very very young outside Whitten. I would say future is very bright for those kids. UCONN will lose only 6 starters and 11 seniors next year.

Our best WR this year is Marcus Easley who was a former walk on. Our 4 star WR is not contributing much this year. The kid who made the great catch is our young WR Moore who was a former 2 or 3 star recruit. I don't need to tell you how well our 2 star RBs (Todman, Dixon) doing against bunch of 4 or 5 stars. The way Todman took off against ND in the kick off return is just pure speed.

Seriously, stars mean squat when you got good coaches.