Per Scout, Reuben Foster is scheduled to take an official to SDSU. HUH? I realize this kid is probably just enjoying the process, but could his recruitment get any more random?
http://sandiegostate.scout.com/2/1261605.html
probably
Free trip to San Diego? Sign me up.
Why not throw in an official to Hawaii too? Not a bad way to score a free trip to the islands.
Be the first place I set up
Be the first place I set up an official too, but you have to think that they screen recruits.
They do, I remember reading
They do, I remember reading one time that you have to show true interest in the school or something before they fly you out. I think they do interviews or something before they buy you the trip
Well, the coaches talk to the
Well, the coaches talk to the players before they invite them on official visits. I wouldn't call them "interviews" but they gauge a player's interest level. It's not like any random recruit can call up SDSU and say, "Hi. I know I've never talked to anyone at your school, but I'm calling to place my reservation for an official visit on Feb. 1."
Additionally, I believe I read that players have to show that they're on track or capable of graduating with their class before they can take an official visit. I believe they have to submit unofficial or official transcripts from their high school, or at least a statement from the school saying that they are on pace to graduate with the Class of 2013.
SDSU would be crazy to turn
SDSU would be crazy to turn down a visit from an elite player, if only for the buzz it's creating. When else would San Diego State football be mentioned on this blog in January otherwise?
Two years ago, when a guy by
Two years ago, when a guy by the name of Brady Hoke showed up in Ann Arbor to chew bubble gum and kick ass! And he was all out of bubble gum.
"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"
Touche.
Touche.
Also, remember that
Also, remember that recruiting visits are just for the weekend. If you take a visit to Hawaii, you'd be spending a lot of your trip just in the airplane.
Hawaii
Hawaii, at least on the academic side, has a pretty good nose for sniffing out people who are just angling for the free trip. My wife and I both shot for on campus visits, with no intention of ever taking job there, but they didn't bite.
Maybe he just wants to get
Maybe he just wants to get out of the SEC!
"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"
who could argue?
Beaches and girls.
Sounds like the followup
Sounds like the followup single to Boats and hoes!
"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"
How did this get leaked? It
How did this get leaked? It was supposed to be a surprise!
"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."
You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL
Go Blue!
I hope neither your boats or hoes
have leaks.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
SDSU
SDSU isn't exactly the beachiest place in the world. It's inland San Diego. Relative to the midwest, it's like a vacation spot, but if he's interest in being close to some cool beaches, he'd be better off visiting Miami, UCLA, and USC (once breaching the dangers of the surrounding neighborhood).
Miami? USC????
The Team, The Team, The Team
Wha chu talkin
Bout willis?
Sdsu isn't on the beach, but its much closer and easier to get to than the slum that USC resides in.
The SDSU kids are always going to the beach. Pacific Beach is the party area and there are many accessible beaches.USC is not so easily accessible as you're making out out to be.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
Pacific Beach is the kitties
Pacific Beach is the kitties titties.
"I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start."
Agree with the poster above -
Agree with the poster above - SDSU is at least as close to the beach as UCLA (probably closer, and certainly closer to fun beaches) and it's much closer than USC.
Now, if he could swing an official to UC San Diego, that would be the beachiest of them all, with University of San Diego being not too far behind.
UCSB
Even better.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
La Jolla is great!
La Jolla is great! Beaches of all types for miles right down to the San Diego city line, totally coastal and my favorite, clothing optional Blacks beach. Football sucks though, except for the football-sized chests in bikinis! /s
Northwestern is the only
Northwestern is the only school that I can think of off the top of my head thats on a beach.
You should check out
You should check out Pepperdine.
You know whats funny,
You know whats funny, Peperdine came to mind right as I was hitting enter, but I figured nobody would call me on it. I was implying FBS schools, because no 5 star recruit will end up at Peperdine. That and the school itself is up on the cliffs of Malibu, I'm not sure if it actually touches the ocean, and if there is even a beach there.
If true
that's great news for Rocky Long.
But yeah, it's probably just that he wants to see San Diego.
Full-on Decatur Clan. Whatever happens, GO BLUE!
Have you ever seen the women on the
SDSU campus? If so, you wouldn't have needed to ask this question.
"You owe it to every man, woman, and child in the State of Michigan to beat the Buckeyes and silence their fans! Now go out there and make it happen!"
- Bo Schembechler (Result: U-M 22 OSU 0)
San Diego
is a great town. I was stationed in Cali back in the day and spent a good amount of time in Deigo. Love the women down there.
Not "Diego"
Only dudes with thick gold chains, buttoned down shirts and hairy chests call it that.
Ick.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
We always called
it Sand Dog. But that was probably just a Navy thing. Everyone also shortened SanFrancisco to just Frisco and that seemed to really cheese off the locals.
But how else will people show
But how else will people show how comfortable they are with a geographic area?!?!? GAWL!
Hey
That's my cousin you're talking about.
Hey
Your cousin is hot.
The Team, The Team, The Team
It's not called STDSU
For no reason.
T
I live in SD and it is very cold here.
The mornings have been in the low 30s.
So if he wants boats and ho's, look further south.
Unless he wants to dress like the Sydney to Hobart racers....
Go Blue!!!!!!
I'm not quite sure this is
I'm not quite sure this is serious...
You're really going to complain about San Diego's weather... on a blog devoted to a school in Michigan?
~Herm
Stop the uniform changes! Contact Dave Brandon 734-764-9416.
No shit
We feel bad..I woke up to weather in the teens, 4 inches of snow and some ice.
Denard Robinson......They're not going to catch him!
I'm from Michigan, currently
I'm from Michigan, currently living in Baltimore and moving to San Diego in a few weeks. The level of complaining over a 55 degree day out there is absurd. I was out there a couple of weeks ago and people were whining incessantly about "the cold week" they were having.
"And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan."
Someone embed this for me.
I am not typically a fan of
I am not typically a fan of Jimmy Kimmel . . . but that was absolutely hilarious, IMO. Especially funny because it is so true. One could substitute Florida for California and it would also be perfect.
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.
And in addition to everything else to hate
They have way better looking newscasters too.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
And Jimmy Kimmel is way
And Jimmy Kimmel is way hotter than David Letterman.
I hear ya
I had to put on the thick running pants and sweatshirt this morning.
Brrrr.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
I know - I had to dig out my
I know - I had to dig out my fleece to wear to and from the gym in the morning. Thank God for seats warmers, right? That sub-50 degree leather is like ice on my bare legs!
Finally.
Someone who "gets it."
Except my kids complain they don't have seat warmers...like its practically child abuse.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
It's been in the seventies
Every day here for the last week. I'm really not sure what anyone is complaining about. Also, why did you have to drag Mexico into this?
T
But...
its cold in the morning.
obligatory ---> /s
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
You're not kidding
My wife and I flew out to San Diego, LA and Palm Desert this weekend to hang out. It was cold and rainy in all 3 places all weekend. She just got back into Grand Rapids and its going to be in the 50s this week. Cray Weather!
Why not?
Why not?
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
San Diego
Spanish for whale's vagina. Thanks for that translation Ron Burgandy. Stay classy!
Never forget our Vets!! Some gave all, all gave some!
probably hes just doing a background check on hoke before commiting to UM! :)