OT: USC's Class Continuing to Implode

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:04 PM
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OT: USC's Class Continuing to Implode

A little off topic, but since we all love rejoicing in USC's troubles, it looks like their recruiting class is continuing to implode as signing day approaches. 

It sounds like Jalen Ramsey has decommitted from USC, and will sign with FSU.  It also sounds like Jason Hatcher has decommitted and will sign with Kentucky. There are also rumors that Torrodney Prevot may decommit as well. 

That would be three players lost today (bringing their total number of commits down to just 11). I know they have been holding out hope for Vanderdoes, but that's not happening.

The info is available in various places including here: http://usc.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1468661 and here http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/usc/forums/_/trojan-family ($)

Couldn't happen to a nicer coach. 

 

Edit: There are now some twitter rumors that Nico Falah might also decommit.  The hits just keep on coming. 

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:07 PM | Why don't I feel bad for (Score:5 Normal)
SheridanForHeisman
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Why don't I feel bad for them? Oh yeah...Lane Kiffin is a douchebag

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:09 PM | Before you start rejoicing (Score:-1 Normal)
February 5th, 2013 at 4:20 PM | none (Score:5 Normal)
oriental andrew
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the amount of sense your comment makes.  What does USC losing recruits have to do with Michigan recruits?  You think they'll all start heading for SoCal now that there are a few openings??

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:09 PM | As a life long Michigan man (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeNBlueTexan
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As a life long Michigan man that understands that troubles for a big program can set it back many many years...I really have just one thing to say to USC.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

February 5th, 2013 at 5:19 PM | One has to wonder if there (Score:-1 Overrated)
February 5th, 2013 at 6:30 PM | Yeah, because the recruits (Score:5 Normal)
cbuswolverine
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Yeah, because the recruits are always the first to find out, genius.

February 6th, 2013 at 1:57 AM | they are (Score:0 Trolling)
February 5th, 2013 at 4:10 PM | Kiffin and USC losing recruits to Kentucky? (Score:5 Normal)
ShruteBeetFarms
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That's an all time low.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:10 PM | Would rather Vanderdoes goto (Score:5 Normal)
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Would rather Vanderdoes goto USC than ND; he is a monster.

February 5th, 2013 at 4:26 PM | Hopefully he ends up at UCLA. (Score:5 Normal)
ken725
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Hopefully he ends up at UCLA.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:29 PM | Yeah (Score:2)
SMJenkins3
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for as little as I follow USC-UCLA recuriting (which is very, very little) it seems like he is a strong UCLA lean.

February 5th, 2013 at 4:32 PM | http://footballrecruiting.riv (Score:4 Interesting)
ken725
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http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1466495

Everyone other than Josh Helmholdt think he will be going to UCLA.  Interesting how the mid west analyst is the only one who thinks he will go to ND.

Greetings from Bolivia.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:47 PM | About time UCLA balanced out (Score:0 Overrated)
February 5th, 2013 at 4:56 PM | Yeah, it must be a real (Score:3 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Yeah, it must be a real downer to play your home games in the greatest stadium in the country.

I get what you're saying, but I don't think playing in the Rose Bowl is what's holding UCLA back.

February 5th, 2013 at 5:12 PM | I dunno (Score:5 Normal)
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As a UCLA grad student, I didn't go to any football games this year because Pasadena is far, man. And granted, my loyalties lie elsewhere and there's a big difference between graduate and undergraduate student perceptions, but I get the strong feeling that people on campus give much less of a shit about football here than they might elsewhere, and I have to think that the stadium's location is part of that.

February 5th, 2013 at 5:11 PM | Greatest stadium my ass.  Go (Score:5 Normal)
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Greatest stadium my ass.  Go back to the beach Left-Coast surfer boy, you've been smoking too much of that reefer.

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February 5th, 2013 at 5:31 PM | I'm not sure which is funnier (Score:4 Normal)
inthebluelot
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your post or the thought of you travelling all the way to Pasadena for the 1901 Rose Bowl game and being disappointed that they made you leave the dinosaur you rode on in the parking lot.

It's funny cuz you're old.

February 5th, 2013 at 5:48 PM | HERM was hoping to see the (Score:4 Normal)
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ostrich races again, not this damn football

 

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February 5th, 2013 at 5:56 PM | Moderation Scores need to (Score:5 Normal)
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Moderation Scores need to have a special level for Herm... "(Score:6 Hermed)"

February 5th, 2013 at 8:02 PM | Hmmm (Score:2 Normal)
randyfloyd
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Rose Bowl (circa 1926)

Michigan Stadium (1927)

They were pretty similar back in your day...

It's tough being Blue in Columbus!!!

February 5th, 2013 at 6:33 PM | You don't think it makes a (Score:1)
gopoohgo
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You don't think it makes a difference in student attendance (who tend to be the most vocal, passionate fans) and gameday atmosphere when your stadium is ~20 miles, or 40 minutes, one-way, from campus?

It has to be great on those recruiting trips, when you go to UCLA, at the Rosebowl, against a ranked Oregon State team, with a stadium that is 60% to capacity.

I love west LA.  UCLA's campus is beautiful.  There is a lot to do within a 10 mile radius.  Unfortunately, the Rose Bowl isn't one of them.

February 5th, 2013 at 7:04 PM | It probably affects student (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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It probably affects student attendance somewhat, but when you have a stadium that holds 92k, students are never going to be the bulk of your attendees. Most of your alumni and fans are either in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, or outside of LA so Pasadena is far easier to get in and out of. The tailgating set up is incredible too. Keep in mind that UCLA is in the most expensive part of town, so most alumni, and certainly most all non-alumni fans, don't live there and when you don't live there, the westside is a nightmare to get in and out of.

I have a lot of UCLA pals out here, and they all love it.

February 5th, 2013 at 4:57 PM | This ad that ran in the LA (Score:2)
ken725
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This ad that ran in the LA Times still makes me laugh.
 

Greetings from Bolivia.

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February 5th, 2013 at 5:08 PM | Caused quite the stir in the (Score:3 Normal)
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Caused quite the stir in the Southland when it came out. After the season ended, radio guys suggested that the poster actually supplied the location that Rick was pointing to by including the object "there."

As in, "The Football Monopoly in Los Angeles is Officially Over There."

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February 5th, 2013 at 5:14 PM | Wasn't that Mason and (Score:2)
ken725
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Wasn't that Mason and Ireland?

Greetings from Bolivia.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:58 PM | Rick didn't plow the program (Score:3 Normal)
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Rick didn't plow the program into the ground; it was already there. He simply failed to pull it out. 

Even the NFL is having a hard time getting a stadium built in the LA area, anywhere. UCLA is just fortunate to not need to share space with USC anymore. Have you ever been to UCLA's campus?

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February 5th, 2013 at 6:41 PM | Yes.  My in-laws lived in (Score:1)
gopoohgo
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Yes.  My in-laws lived in Westwood for a year, then moved to the border of Santa Monica and Brentwood.  We visit at least once a year.

I know there is no land to build on unless you obliterate the West LA-VA grounds.  Or spend several billion to try to buyout some of the pricey golf courses.

I'm just saying that it really isn't a selling point having your stadium far off from your campus.

February 5th, 2013 at 7:49 PM | I don't think anyone is (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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I don't think anyone is saying that having it off campus is the selling point.  But lots of urban schools play football off campus, and if you're driving distance away, it might as well be at the Rose Bowl.  

You could be like SC - stadium is adjacent to campus, but it's a pile of shit and is also in the hood.  

February 5th, 2013 at 4:10 PM | They might have the first (Score:2 Normal)
redwhiteandmaize
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They might have the first ever top 20 class with only 10 commits.Thats awesome.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:10 PM | still (Score:2)
superstringer
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Of their 11 commits, aren't like 4 of them 5-stars?  It's still unreal.

February 5th, 2013 at 4:15 PM | Just wait until those prized recruits become Kiffinized (Score:5 Normal)
ShruteBeetFarms
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Kiffin will have their talent whittled down to 3 star level in no time.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:17 PM | I can see Kiffin being a (Score:2 Funny)
MaizeNBlueTexan
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I can see Kiffin being a "players" coach kind of guy. He hypes you up and lets you ride your High School fame into college. Oh you were a 5 star? Its cool you don't have to practice today if you don't want to, you a baller son! The players probably love him and they get along great and then wonder why they go 6-7 and lose to Georgia Tech.

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February 5th, 2013 at 5:58 PM | It's going to be hard to live (Score:2)
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It's going to be hard to live up to 5-star talent without a supporting cast.

February 6th, 2013 at 1:24 AM | Small classes (Score:2)
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Penn State had a class like that in around 1999 or 2000.  They only signed ten players but all of them were 4- and 5-star types (I don't know if it was customary for sites to use star rankings back then).  Withn a couple seasons, they went from being a perennial national championship contender to being a sub-.500 team.  I'm not saying that will happen at USC, but when you only bring in 11 players you aren't giving yourself much margin for error.  You really need to role players and the depth in addition to the front-line stars.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:16 PM | Coming up next (Score:0 Overrated)
February 5th, 2013 at 4:18 PM | Please don't cut to a commercial break (Score:4 Normal)
ShruteBeetFarms
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I wanna see this.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:18 PM | Does anyone know (Score:2)
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what Isaac is going to do?

February 5th, 2013 at 4:19 PM | I can think of a few things he'll enjoy (Score:5 Underrated)
ShruteBeetFarms
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doing on their campus.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:25 PM | Amateur Ornathology (Score:4 Normal)
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Songbirds.

Put it on my tab.

February 5th, 2013 at 4:26 PM | (No subject) (Score:0 Overrated)
February 5th, 2013 at 4:20 PM | Issac is going to go play (Score:2 Normal)
redwhiteandmaize
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Issac is going to go play high school football in Texas for Gerg.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:21 PM | . (Score:-1 Normal)
February 5th, 2013 at 5:17 PM | Those two phrases (Score:5 Normal)
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Together is gross. And wrong. And at the very least out of order.

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February 5th, 2013 at 6:32 PM | Unclean! Unclean! (Score:3 Normal)
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Unclean! Unclean!

Abort, Retry, Fail?

February 5th, 2013 at 4:21 PM | Kyle Fitts to UCLA as well (Score:5 Normal)
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the SC boards are also chatting about Fitts (the kid who was screwed in the McQuay deal) isn't going re-commit and is headed to UCLA.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:27 PM | Motivation (Score:3 Normal)
SMJenkins3
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How pumped up is he going to be for those USC-UCLA games.  Getting screwed over by your dream school and then going to play for their in-town rival has to be a lot of motivation (to the extent that any player would need to get motivated to play USC).

February 5th, 2013 at 5:54 PM | The sanctions in general seem (Score:2 Normal)
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The sanctions in general seem to have worked out pretty well for UCLA. USC is basically forced to take 10 or so less players than they typically would and it's seems like UCLA has been the biggest beneficiary.

February 5th, 2013 at 5:33 PM | Good for him.  I hope he does (Score:3 Normal)
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Good for him.  I hope he does sign with UCLA.  That was a pretty shady dealing.

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February 5th, 2013 at 4:26 PM | this is how a loss of (Score:5 Normal)
ish
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this is how a loss of scholarships should hit a program.  not like what's going on at OSU.

February 5th, 2013 at 5:33 PM | They should sanction schools, (Score:4 Normal)
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by giving them arrogant, crappy coaches.

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