bronxblue

July 25th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^

That is absolutely true - two notable recruits in the past 7-10 years decided to go to USC over a local school.  And no schools east of the Mississippi have ever recruited successfully in CA.

/s

All I was saying is that it is less common than a kid sticking around at home.  And both of the guys you mentioned noted that moving away was tough initially.

bamf16

July 25th, 2014 at 9:19 AM ^

Visited family in LA a couple years back with the wife.  We spent a day walking around UCLA and then over to USC.  Will never understand why anyone would pick USC over UCLA.  UCLA is a gorgeous school, down the hill from Bel Air better academically in most cases, and home games played in the Rose Bowl vs. a nice campus (but not UCLA), worse location, academics good but not great, and home games played in the Coliseum.

 

That said, give me that girl in the pic, I might be a Trojan!

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bsgriffin1

July 25th, 2014 at 11:47 AM ^

The acedemics at USC is actually one of the best you can get, it is also ranked ahead of University of Michigan, which i dont think anyone here would call just "good".

MGozer

July 25th, 2014 at 12:15 PM ^

Everybody's exaggerating how bad the area is.  Just don't go a mile south or east if poorer neighborhoods bother you.  There's a pretty tight bubble all around campus patrolled by security, and students have no problem walking around at night.

As for UCLA, Westwood is appealing for tourists, but it tends to lose its luster once you live in LA.  It's actually quite boring for a major university campus.

CAwolverine

July 25th, 2014 at 9:09 PM ^

No they are not, I have lived in LA my entire life.  Everyone that is a native knows to stay away from there after dark.  It is in the middle of blood/crip territory and they don't mess around.  Thre was a murder of a USC grad student yesterday in off-campus housing.  In 2012, two Chinese grad students were murdered during a robbery near campus. 

Mr. Yost

July 27th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^

Or how many people gets mudered in the neighborhoods of the KIDS that go to Cass Tech?

My point is, it's nothing new.

All of these message board posters want to go "OMG! HOW COULD YOU GO TO USC!? It's in the middle of the ghetto!." (sic - kinda)

But these kids that we're talking about are many times from the same environment.

We're not talking about some rich, private school kid from the suburbs. We're talking about kids who go to school through metal detectors.

There are Crips and Bloods and gang violence in their neighborhoods too...hell, some of them are very close to it.

If we were talking upper middle class/upper class backgrounds and neighborhoods, then some of the shock and awe may be warranted, but that's not the case.

Most of these kids (not all) that go to CT or any Detroit Public School are going to notice more of a difference in the weather, girls and trees of SoCal than the violence or rough areas.

And it's not like everyone who goes to USC is from the "hood," the pull their fair share of spoiled rich kids from SoCal, so they have to be doing something and have some level of security. I've never been, but I did spend much of my youth in Detroit...I can certainly see the appeal of USC, even over UCLA.

XM - Mt 1822

July 25th, 2014 at 6:32 AM ^

- not sarcastic.  my mgowife walks on water as far as i am concerned.  and while i don't post pics like mgrowold does (tastefully) we were watching our old wedding video last week for our anniversary with all the kids, and i couldn't help but repeatedly mention her beauty is/was phenomenol.   now couched with 'for our age', but still a blessing.   and of course as we get older we all realize character is far more important than beauty, but beauty is certainly a bonus. 

HAIL 2 VICTORS

July 25th, 2014 at 11:23 AM ^

I am with you there Quiverfull.  I am very fortunate to have been married 25 years and we have three beautiful Daughters.  My wife is from Calli Colombia (moved to USA age 3) and I am still amazed she chose me and she is still stunning.  Like yourself I look at the video now a CD of our marriage and am just like-damn.  

XM - Mt 1822

July 25th, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^

1.  have contemplated grape growing on some of the south facing slopes as we are in a reasonably good climate to give that a shot.   some mgovino would be very nice.

2.  beloved bride (and i) is quite busy with our children, their schooling, sports, the farm, etc. so i wouldn't want to add that to her plate.  if we grow grapes, i'll do the added labor. 

LSAClassOf2000

July 24th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^

As a minor note, there is actually a species - just one, if I rememeber correctly - of palm tree that is native to the Los Angeles area, although few of them actually grow in the city itself (you have to go out into the mountains to find them, usually near watershed areas). You're basically correct though as far as I know - virtually everything that lines streets and adorns yards in and around Los Angeles was not something you would have found there before development, if you will. It is, at heart and before a city was there, a semi-arid grassland with sage scrub and the odd tree grove. 

JTrain

July 24th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^

I feel like we have a 50/50 shot here. If we miss out we still have plenty of talent in the backfield.

Go out and win 10 games this year and we will no longer have these conversations.

Go out and lose six games again and this shit will continue to haunt us.

Let's be done with mediocrity.

I'm over it already.





Thank you. Have a nice night.

wolverinebutt

July 24th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^

I think he knows M is home, but he wanted to feel more love from the staff after Harris the RB from KY got all the love.  

I hope he ends this soon and commits. 

alum96

July 24th, 2014 at 9:49 PM ^

So if we goes to USC we essentially trade Mike for Isaac.  If he comes here we get both.  So feels like playing with house money.