National Signing Day 2011 Oddities Thread
Created to compile all of the bizarre circumstances that came to be today for those who might have had to work, etc.
- RR interviewing Brady Hoke
- Isaiah Crowell uses puppy, papers to commit to Georgia
- Incredible year for the SEC: Michigan #21 National, #3/12 Big Ten - Arkansas #9/12 SEC, #24 National
- Army recruiting 5 quarterbacks, still ranking 48th for the position
- Cyrus Kouandjio committing to Auburn but not mailing in his LOI
- Floyd Raven's mom failing to commit her son to Ole Miss
- 'Linebacker U' ending up with only 1 LB, 9th in the Big Ten (Out of 12)
- Four teams in the Big Ten (12) not taking a projected RB in the class
Anything else? Post will be updated based upon suggestions as a placeholder of the 'day that was.'
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
Isaiah Crowell's commitment to Georgia featuring a live bulldog puppy.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
USC signing 30 recruits on NCAA restriction.
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:10 PM ^
What the hell do they do if they lose their appeal before the fall?
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
it goes into effect once their appeal is denied, etc.
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
Imagine the awesomeness/epicness/extreme chaos if Barnett would have brought out a live Wolverine during his commitment.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^
If Crowell chooses elsewhere that puppy still lives, right?
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:53 PM ^
Nick Saban maintaining a straight face while discussing over-signing on national TV.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
I missed that. What did he say? That oversigning is awesome, and probably good for the kids somehow?
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
whatever is going on w/ willingham.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:55 PM ^
Brent Calloway originally committed to Alabama, then de-committs and commits to Auburn during Army AA game, and then de-commits from Auburn and goes back to Bama on NSD.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:57 PM ^
i think one can read between the lines and see it as an effort on Calloway's part to 'stick it' to Auburn.
February 2nd, 2011 at 7:51 PM ^
or saban gave out a couple more blumpkins to come up with the money for a higher $igning bonus
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:56 PM ^
Mattison coming to a stop too quickly for Urban Meyer to pull his head up in time from the ass kissing and tearing up the DC's quad.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:56 PM ^
Willingham to UCF, aka Cecil Newton Special.
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:19 PM ^
So, you're saying Willinghams Dad has accepted money from UCF?
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
What I'm doing here is mainly a joke, but with a hint of seriousness.
Look, I won't ever fault a kid for choosing another program that is similar to ours. Cooper went to Iowa, Fisher went to Oregon, Frost went to Auburn, Hart to Bama, etc. etc. I didn't say a damn thing.
But when some kid with offers from Michigan, A&M, Oregon, Boise St., Washington, and 4 other BCS automatic qualifiers chooses UCF - there's something up.
I have some faint recollection of there being some connection to UCF - maybe it's a coach there, or the teammate he went with to visit. But that can't be the whole story.
Also - it can't be the weather. He is from Colorado and late January Florida is still cold. And outside of Disney World and cougars - Orlando sucks. Ann Arbor would be a better town to live in.
Maybe he picks us tomorrow, or maybe he picks Colorado and it stings a little less. But if he chose UCF - something happened during that visit. And trust me - it wasn't their shitty campus winning him over (USF in Tampa is equally shitty - I took summer classes there once). I don't know if money was exchanged, or if houses were bought. Perhaps it was simple as having a couple girls show him around, then fuck his brain out. I know he's just a kid and sometimes "you can't predict what kids are going to do" (which is a quote from Pony Excess if I'm not mistaken - when the kids were on the take and boosters were using that BS excuse). He's 18 - he knows what he wants to do. When I was 15, I wanted to go to FSU and bang hot chicks all day. By the time I was 18, I had only visited the best public schools in the country and FSU was no longer a choice of mine. But if they had come at me with a ton of money, and two chicks blew me in the bathroom at the same time - I might have committed 3 days later.
/tilt
[edit: For anyone offended, grow a sack. This is the equivalent of someone offering you a brand new 6-series BMW or a 2002 Hyundai Sonata. Are you going to choose the Sonata sight on scene? Fuck no, you'd drive away in that Beemer with a shit eating grin on your face. Now imagine if that Sonata had a trunk full of blow and there was a 95% chance you could sell it all and not get caught. That side deal makes it seem a little different, doesn't it? Same shit here with LW.]
February 2nd, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
being a cry baby because you didn't get a mediocre recruit to come to your school
February 2nd, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
i think you got negged for your unfounded Billy Madison-esque Penthouse letter that really had zero value.
February 2nd, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
DeAndre Brown? He was a 5 star who chose USM. This shit happens.
February 2nd, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
For downplaying the awesomeness of cougars and Disney World (which is also a great place to pick up cougars in addition to all those sweet rides and churros).
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^
Is that a cheerleader or some kind of extra-sexy NSD Vanna White?
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
TideTV certainly just got a little more entertaining.
February 2nd, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
That Toledo got the best class in the MAC after an 8-5 season and losing to FIU(!) in the bowl game, but with Al Golden gone (who is a TREMENDOUS coach and recruiter), I suppose Temple will be falling back to oblivion again.