OT: Craziest offers to recruits --ESPN video

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:32 PM
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OT: Craziest offers to recruits --ESPN video

Plucked up the courage enough to take a stab at my first post.

ESPN shot a quick video of the craziest offers coaches and fans have made to potential recruits.  From Ty Isaac being offered a car, to a child asking a Florida recruit to commit, and not surprisingly a recruit being accompanied by identical twins all night.  
 

Here is the link:   http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8867174

UPDATE:http://mvads.cdn.espn.com/now/stitched/mp4/4d993388-8b49-4f34-9e48-87906e690281/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/3a41c6e4-93a3-4108-8995-64ffca7b9106/d31cc741-18c3-424b-9d5d-03d97e1715f2/0/0/169/1935520725/content.mp4

Interesting to note the schools & conferences many of these kids are into as they heard these offers. 

 

I will try to embed in the comments, but I am assuming I will need help.

 

Thanks for reading.  Hope my first post wasn't a bore!  Open to suggestions.  

EDIT:  Well, mods, feel free to take this down.  Looks like ESPN has since removed the video.  So much for a first impression on my part. 

EDIT EDIT: Whirlwind of a first post, but turns out MgoUser TRUBLUMICH has saved the day!  I'll upvote him all day. 

I love Greg Mattison

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:36 PM | and yet the NCAA could care (Score:4 Funny)
pessiMICHtic
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and yet the NCAA could care less...

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:38 PM | So they could care less and (Score:5 Normal)
NFG
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So they could care less and they choose not too?

January 22nd, 2013 at 12:38 PM | Not to be that guy... (Score:5 Normal)
Jskohl88
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But they couldn't care less. If they could care less they'd probably be doing some investigations right now

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get into a land war with Asia. But only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:49 PM | Gonna also add this up here (Score:5 Normal)
TruBluMich
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Gonna also add this up here for those of you who clicked the link and didn't see it.  Had to do a little work but it is still working, if its deleted, I already saved a copy of the MP4.  To watch in your browser your going to need Quicktime or Right Click on the link and select Save Link as then view it in Windows Media Player.

http://mvads.cdn.espn.com/now/stitched/mp4/4d993388-8b49-4f34-9e48-87906e690281/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/3a41c6e4-93a3-4108-8995-64ffca7b9106/d31cc741-18c3-424b-9d5d-03d97e1715f2/0/0/169/1935520725/content.mp4

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:54 PM | Upvoted and added (Score:5 Normal)
Gobgoblue
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Upvoted again and added to the post.  Many thanks again!

I love Greg Mattison

January 22nd, 2013 at 4:35 PM | TruBluMich, Wow (Score:2)
tjyoung
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How were you able to do this?  And how were you able to download the video?  I have tried researching how to do this (find specific link for video and/or download the video) from many sites, but to no avail.  Any input, info, or advice would be great!  Thanks.

January 22nd, 2013 at 6:30 PM | Well since this one was (Score:5 Normal)
TruBluMich
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Well since this one was removed and giving a 404 redirect, I had to go to Google cache and search for a cached version of the URL, after that I Viewed Source, on ESPN theres a Twitter Meta Tag

meta name="twitter:player" content= 
for some reason they had the actual MP4 linked for twitters video player

There are litteraly 100's of ways to do it and depending on the site and the skill level of the programmer, its never really that easy to get them though.  Id look around for Chrome or Mozilla plugins that will automatically find them.  DownThemAll!!! is a pretty good one for Firefox.

January 22nd, 2013 at 12:40 PM | Sorry guys (Score:3 Normal)
Gobgoblue
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not sure why the word "schools" got linked, but its a worthless click.  

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:42 PM | Noob (Score:4 Normal)
Gobgoblue
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It's not linked anymore, noob. 

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:51 PM | no wonder ty issac went to (Score:1 Normal)
Tyang
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no wonder ty issac went to usc!

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:46 PM | But what about Ty Isaac? (Score:4 Normal)
Magnus
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But what about Ty Isaac?

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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:27 PM | but what about him? (Score:5 Normal)
Tyang
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but what about him?

John 14:6 - Jesus said " I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me."

January 22nd, 2013 at 12:53 PM | Did one of those guys just make fun of "slap the flag" ? (Score:4 Normal)
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Hopefully not the same as touch the banner on the way onto the field...

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:28 PM | If this staff is telling recruits that they can lead the (Score:1 Redundant)
LB
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team onto the field, we need to reassess a few things. Fortunately, I don't suspect we have to worry about that.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:57 PM | can't read the article (Score:4 Interesting)
TrppWlbrnID
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but Bill King was saying this morning that USC offered Eddie VanderDoes sister a basketball scholarship. she is in 9th grade.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:10 PM | I've always rooted against (Score:2 Normal)
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I've always rooted against USC, and for reasons like this I always will.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 6:34 PM | If she's the size of her (Score:3 Normal)
denardogasm
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If she's the size of her brother I would offer her too.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 12:59 PM | I've often wondered about (Score:5 Normal)
UMfan21
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I've often wondered about this in the past. If a school offers a recruit illegal benefits, and the recruit ultimately goes elsewhere, why doesn't he blow the whistle on the other school? I guess they don't want to be a snitch?

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:38 PM | I've wondered the same. (Score:5 Normal)
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I've wondered the same. That's a good possibility, but you'd have to think a few attention grabbers would love what comes out of blowing the top open. Maybe they don't have proof or feel powerless and are avoiding embarrassment? Look what OSU did with Clarett (not that he didn't do plenty to himself). I've always thought these were the types of kids who probably also received something wherever they ended up going anyway and didn't want to involve themselves in any investigation. But agreed, you'd think there would be at least a couple who don't fit those.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 3:13 PM | I'm guessing the school that (Score:3 Normal)
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I'm guessing the school that they ultimately chose also would discourage them from doing this as they wouldn't want their player embroiled in this and also people would get suspicious of them as well.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:03 PM | So ChristianHackenberg (Score:-1 Trolling)
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:17 PM | NSFMF (Score:5 Normal)
miCHIganman1
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You seem to be trying to draw a conclusion that he thought child abuse is funny because he laughed at other teams using that disgusting act and cover up to negatively recruit against the school. Seems like a leap in logic.

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:22 PM | Not sure if chuckling after (Score:0 Trolling)
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:19 PM | I dont think he's laughing at (Score:4 Normal)
cbs650
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I dont think he's laughing at the scandal. I think he's laughing at the tactic of the negative recruiting. Almost like thats the easy route (using the scandal) of recruiting against psu.

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:34 PM | I'm sure you're right, but (Score:4 Normal)
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I'm sure you're right, but how can anyone separate the two? 

The negative recruiting we often hear about is conjecture along the lines of, "So and so is old and probably will retire in a year, who knows what the new coach will think of you." 

In this case, the negative recruiting is just reading from the AP wire - the program has associated itself with a known pedophile and swept it under the rug for a decade, allowed its facilities to be used for illegal acts of child molestation, etc.  As a result, if you attend PSU, you won't be seeing a bowl game until 2016 at the earliest and you'll have to live with the knowledge you are going to a program not far removed from some of the ugliest behavior in the history of the sport."  I don't care how many times different recruiters recited this to me, it wouldn't get funny at any point. 

The swag is back. 

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:51 PM | You must be a real bore at (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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You must be a real bore at parties.

People laugh at off-color things all the time - jokes about Jews, jokes about gays, jokes about rape, etc.  Just because the kid "laughed" at comments about child abuse doesn't mean you can automatically jump to the conclusion that he thinks it's hilarious.

Some of you people look for any reason you can to criticize players who go to other schools (Manti Te'o, Christian Hackenberg, etc.).  But if the same things were said or done by Michigan players, you'd probably jump in line to defend them and explain the context of their words/actions.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:55 PM | Touche.  I am almost (Score:4 Normal)
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Touche.  I am almost assuredly a bore at parties when I don't laugh at racism or homophobia. 

Meanwhile, you're a bore at blog writing.  Touch the Ba....zzzzzzzz.

The swag is back. 

January 22nd, 2013 at 2:05 PM | Magnus (Score:5 Normal)
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Magnus has another enemy. This is always fun to watch.

January 22nd, 2013 at 2:12 PM | I'm not an enemy and won't be (Score:-1 Normal)
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:04 PM | you know, that sounds an (Score:4 Normal)
xxxxNateDaGreat
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you know, that sounds an awful lot like what my arch nemesis told me before he swore vengeance on me and my first born...

 

"Oh no, no, I'm not in the group yet. No, I'm afraid I just blue myself."

January 22nd, 2013 at 2:18 PM | Yet another thing you took (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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Yet another thing you took too seriously...

You can't honestly claim that you never laugh at anything that's off-color AND that you never laughed at anything off-color when you were 18 years old.  You do, and you have.  Everyone has.  It's just that right now you're choosing to be uptight, because it serves the purpose of degrading a kid who's headed to play for Penn State.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 4:06 PM | I think if he actually knew (Score:5 Normal)
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I think if he actually knew what is being said in the locker room, on the sidelines, and on the field itself... he would forever stop watching football...

January 22nd, 2013 at 4:20 PM | Slight distinction (Score:4 Normal)
Cope
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I might have a problem if he laughed at those recruiting against PSU and he weren't going there, almost like he were sniggering at their mess. Since he's committed, it appears he's laughing like they're so petty to negatively recruit that way. Which I'm cool with.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:58 PM | He said that he had heard some ridiculous things, (Score:3 Normal)
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and that he then laughed and chuckled. The PSU comment was the sentence before. You are not only mischaracterizing it, you are really stretching to get there.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:03 PM | Transcript: "You know (Score:0 Overrated)
January 22nd, 2013 at 2:13 PM | You heard a comma in a video? (Score:5 Normal)
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I bow to your superior skillz.

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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:15 PM | I heard zero pause and a (Score:0 Normal)
January 22nd, 2013 at 2:18 PM | No, you've gone out on a limb to badmouth (Score:5 Normal)
LB
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a recruit, by choice.

May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift

January 22nd, 2013 at 2:22 PM | Yeah, when he says that, he (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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Yeah, when he says that, he clearly means "Child molestation is hilarious!"

One time my friend backed into a trash can, and I laughed at him.  I guess that means I think all car accidents are funny...right?

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:06 PM | Video not found? Thats what (Score:2)
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Video not found? Thats what it says when I click the link

HEY! You there!

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:16 PM | Same here (Score:2 Normal)
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Probably because ESPN realized it showed their cash cows in USC and the SEC in a negative light, and thats of course bad business

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:22 PM | Not sure what happened (Score:2)
Gobgoblue
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Not sure what happened.  Searching for it.  

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:22 PM | Same (Score:0 Normal)
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:37 PM | Not sure how long this is (Score:5 Normal)
TruBluMich
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Not sure how long this is going to last, but as long as they don't delete it from thier server you should be able to see it.

FOUND IT:  http://mvads.cdn.espn.com/now/stitched/mp4/4d993388-8b49-4f34-9e48-87906e690281/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/3a41c6e4-93a3-4108-8995-64ffca7b9106/d31cc741-18c3-424b-9d5d-03d97e1715f2/0/0/169/1935520725/content.mp4
 
 
If it's pulled I saved the MP4 already.
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:41 PM | It appears to have not lasted (Score:2)
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It appears to have not lasted long...

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:48 PM | If you don't have Quicktime (Score:5 Normal)
TruBluMich
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If you don't have Quicktime installed, need to Right Click on the link and select Save as and the view it in Windows Media Player.

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:54 PM | Great tip, thanks. (Score:2)
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Great tip, thanks.

5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

January 22nd, 2013 at 1:45 PM | Wow! (Score:2)
Gobgoblue
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Great find and I cannot thank you enough!

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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:36 PM | Anyone (Score:1)
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know how to get around YouTube videos that were made private?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDc_CSV3HLQ&feature=youtu.be&a

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That ones Impossible, You Tube actually has programmers that know what they are doing.  ESPN's web site is a joke when it comes to security and file mangement.

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