August 7th, 2012 at 11:21 PM ^
August 7th, 2012 at 11:22 PM ^
Double post
August 7th, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^
REDD
August 7th, 2012 at 11:26 PM ^
August 7th, 2012 at 11:27 PM ^
Double post, double typo, double fail.
For your sake, I hope you're drunk.
August 7th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
Dang... Yeah I've had numerous drinks tonight but didn't even realized I spelt his name wrong.
I DIDN'T REALIZED!
He spelt that correctly. It's the past participle like burnt vs. burned.
August 7th, 2012 at 11:32 PM ^
That is how I see business.
2. Get better draft position
3. Get drafted by a team in need
4. Profit
August 7th, 2012 at 11:51 PM ^
As in, he thinks he has a better chance of winning a title, and probably at making it in the NFL. As in, it's not that he hates PSU or absolutely loves USC, it's just the best decision for him to make from a practical standpoint. Implying any money is involved (and that he would so outwardly imply it) is a bit of a stretch imo.
At USC, Redd will run behind an offensive line with 4 returning starters. At PSU he would have run behind a line with 1 returning starter.
At USC he will be handed the ball by the top returning passer in the entire country, a senior who was the number 1 QB recruit in his high school class, who last year threw 39 TDs and just 7 INTs while completing 69% of his passes. At PSU he would have received the ball from a former walk-on who last year threw 8 TDs and 5 INTs while completing 54% of his passes.
To help carry the offensive load at USC, Redd has the help of arguably the top two wide receivers in the country in Lee/Woods (not just the best pair of receivers, which clearly they are), who both accounted for over 1,000 yards and double digit TDs a season ago as just a freshman and a sophomore respectively. In addition to those two he has 5-star talent waiting in the wings in George Farmer and Nelson Agholor who might be able to add a little help if necessary (and if there are enough opportunities to go around. At PSU, the top three receivers from a season ago have all graduated, leaving Shawney Kersey and his 5 catches for 108 yards and ZERO TDs as the top returner.
If Redd gets tired at USC, there is another 1,000 yard rusher in Curtis McNeal who will happily help out while he gets a breather. When both are off the field, they get to hang out in Los Angeles, CA, not the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania.
Throw in a superior academic program, getting to play in a bowl game, etc., and this is as close to a no brainer as you can get.
True. But most athletes welcome that kind of challenge. Would a team WANT to draft a player that wasn't confident enough in his own abilities to make the jump?
I actually think McNeal is the better player, though you overstate the rest of the depth chart at SC. DJ Morgan (a 4-star sophomore who is clearly behind McNeal) and Javorious Allen (a 3-star freshman) are the only other guys on the roster.
Even if Redd doesn't win the job, he'll be playing for a glamour team and if he gets 12-15 carries a game he'll have a shot at a 1,000 yard season with a big YPC. At PSU he'll be slugging away for every yard, even if he gets a ton of carries and will take a beating to do it.
There is pretty much no chance that Redd doesn't end up in the rotation at SC and even if he splits carries with McNeal the ease with which he'll be able to rack up yards/TDs still make the move a no brainer. LenDale white was the #2 guy and still ended up a 2nd round pick after his junior year, despite basically doing nothing right as far as workouts and the combine go. That is higher than every PSU back since Larry Johnson, and Redd wasn't going to put up anything close to a Larry Johnson type year with this PSU team.
August 8th, 2012 at 12:02 AM ^
August 8th, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
Silas Redd made a business decision?
August 8th, 2012 at 12:31 AM ^
At least Redd was honest, even if he didn't realize what he was saying at the time. I'm still waiting for the new, "tough" NCAA to give a program whose corruption gives it a competitive advantage some real punishment.
It's a figure of speech. God, with morons like you and the other couple in this thread that are seriously treating this as an "AH-HAH!" NCAA moment, you can see the transmogfrication of this board into an MLIVEish place is nearing completion.
It was inevitable, I suppose. A mass audience (which Brian has built) is always going to lean toward the dimmer end of the spectrum.
You tempt the banhammer. Knock it off.
August 8th, 2012 at 12:07 PM ^
When he waw BRICE or BRYCE or whatever, or the second time when he was Athens-something else. How many chances does one guy get?
August 8th, 2012 at 12:32 PM ^
That's funny. I looked at the first couple pages of his history and thought, "Wow, this guy reminds me of BRCE" (one of my all-time least favorite posters). It sounds like it might actually be him.
But I couldn't place him, but yeah, it's gotta be BRCE.
Yeah, he's probably gonna have to go.
Lane Kiffin made him an offer he couldn't refuse ;)
After looking thru the "NBCSPORTS" article, and its link to "USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK", via the Daily News of Los Angelas, I found neither article included the direct question/answer from Redd that led to that 'Business decision" quote.
The "Daily News" link included "business decision" in its headline, with nothing infromative to follow regarding that oneliner.
Wondering what the context of the q/a actually was.
Well done journalists.
So very tired.
A chance to meet and greet and wine and dine Kim Kardashian doesn't hurt either!
to create a story (and a thread) out of absolutely nothing
='s better business
August 8th, 2012 at 10:23 AM ^
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