Report: Roquan Smith Not Sure About UCLA; Hasn't Signed LOI
BREAKING: Despite announcing his commitment to #UCLA, 4* LB Roquan Smith tells me he has not reached final decision, has not signed LOI.
— Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) February 4, 2015
Not sure how reliable Reuse Recruting is but...
Video coming with Roquan Smith: "I'm not 100% confident in this...I'm going to see how I feel...I just knew I had to do something"
— Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) February 4, 2015February 4th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
I think we all know what is going on here, HARBAUGH (Durkin)
February 4th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
If he comes here, great. Otherwise, there's no need to hang on every whim.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
and have -119 points. My God you must have terrible opinions.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
Apparently someone took offense to me questioning his judgement of staying up all night searching cat gifs about recruits who didn't sign with us.
Haha, I guess you can't win them all....
February 4th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
Part of it was you, as a site newb, not recognizing the snark, and the rest of it was your octo-post.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
Interesting.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
Frankly, this site could probably use some fresh blood. It doesn't seem like there are many new users anymore, and I'd imagine this is mostly because the longtime users drive away anyone who offers a new or different opinion.
This site is a wealth of great information, and seems to be heading down the path of catering to the washed up regulars at its own expense.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
I feel for you, man, I really do. It wasn't one guy, but 20+ people who took offense to you questioning his judgement in a very douchey way...and you happened to quintuple post it, which let them express their displeasure multiple times.
You sure can't win them all, and it certainly doesn't help when you start the race by running backwards. Hopefully you can dig out of this hole fairly quickly.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
Negged.
BOOOOYAH only 9200 more to go.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
OH BOY!
February 4th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
Michigan University!
February 4th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
This roller coaster's killin' me
February 4th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
apparently his recruiter at UCLA is going to the falcons
February 4th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
Reports emerging that UCLA's DC (Jeff Ulbrich) is leaving. Pretty crappy to pull this on NSD right after players sign. In the case of Smith, he cited Ulbrich as the reason he chose UCLA
February 4th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
Dan Quinn was reported to be the HC 2 weeks before the SB. You think he just figured out who his DC would be? Shady shady shady
February 4th, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
Is this more of that sec math?
February 4th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
Well that sounds more promising than I had hoped.
Hopefully it's not just to create suspense . . . .
February 4th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
If he doesn't go to UCLA, the prevailing thought is he goes to Georgia, not here.
Also at this point I think Georgia is the best bet. The reason people think he hasn't sent in his LOI is because he want to stay close to home, and it's coming out now that UCLA DC and his lead recruiter is going to the NFL with the Falcons. So if I were a betting man, I'd say Georgia.
On that note, that's a really shitty move by UCLA and Mora if true. Wait for all these kids to sign their LOI's and trap them in their choice, and then later that day send their lead recruiter and DC off to the NFL, which they probably had no idea about.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
I have no idea, but if you're thinking of Jerry Montgomery, I don't think it's the same situation.
He left for Oklahoma about 3 weeks after signing day, meaning he probably didn't know he was leaving until after signing day. That happens, coaches taking new jobs.
UCLA's DC is leaving the afternoon of signing day, but only after all their recruits have signed their LOI. Meaning he knew he was leaving, but instead of informing kids and letting them change their minds if they wanted since a big part of why they were going to UCLA was no longer there, he and Mora waited until it was too late for the kids to change their minds. Which is just shitty.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^
caught in the act. They were calling asking Smith to hurry and send in his LOI. Then when Smith's coach asked the DC if he was leaving he got an honest answer. At least the part where he didn't want the news broken on social media was honest.
Did Ulbrich confirm that he had an offer from the Falcons? “Yes, he did confirm that with us that he did have an offer. He was very candid and honest. He just hated that it broke on social media before he had the chance to call.”
February 4th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
Given how most of the last decade has gone, I think tears is very appropriate...
February 4th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
well moras no doubt built in the meyer / carroll mold
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February 4th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
It's all up to the school. A school could grant the player ther release, like Ohio U did with Caris Levert after Groce left. Or they could say no.
At that point the player has three options. The first is stay at that school. The second is transfer out like any normal player would but then they'd have to sit out their freshman year.
The third is appeal to the NCAA, which is what Eddie Vanderdoes did. Vanderdoes was a 5 star DL recruit a few years backed who signed with ND, but then decided a few days later he wanted to be closer to his sick grandma in California so he wanted to go to UCLA. ND wouldn't grant him his release and he didn't want to sit his freshman year at UCLA, so he appealed the NCAA, and they approved it, so Vanderdoes was eligible to play as a freshman at UCLA.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
You'd think a move like that would come back to bite them next year. Seems like the kind of thing recruits would remember.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
If it's either UCLA or Georgia, I'd go to UCLA if I were him..........my reasons don't involve football however ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
February 4th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
You don't "know" anything. UGA has just as many national championships in the last 60 years as Michigan does, and 1 more national championship than UCLA.
And they've been significantly better in recent years than our own beloved Michigan. Since 2001, when Richt took over, they've won 10+ games 9 times and finished in the top 10 seven times, with 1 losing season. In that same span, Michigan has won 10+ games only 4 times and finished in the top 10 three times, with 3 losing seasons.
By all reports, even though Richt has never gotten over the hump, he has won with class and integrity.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
I know a preacher/psychologist in Georgia who's worked with some of the football players and he absolutely raves about Richt, says he's the best person he's ever met around an athletic department.
He's old enough to have worked with earlier coaches there and I'm sure he's had contact with players in other sports, but it's only Richt that he goes on about.
OK, that's also just one guy. My one guy and your one guy now make two.
February 4th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
Michigan's last win over an EOS top-20 team (in Massey) was January 1, 2008.
Since that day, Georgia has 11 top-20 wins to our zero. They've had nine in the last three years. The last time we had that many in a three-year span was 1997-1999.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
all those Asian women!!
February 4th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
Have you been on our campus?
February 4th, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
They don't call it the University of Caucasions Lost among Asians for nothin'!
Seriously though, most any elite school has its fair share of Asians these days. Tough to get minority-based scholarships, though, because so many of them target "under-represented" minorities (African-American, Native American, Hispanic, etc.). Asians are very well-represented (some would argue "over-represented") minorities in higher ed.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
i think he is getting second thoughts. i also think michigan is in the running. time will tell. he has probably talked to michigan. now time to do something. maybe it will take a few days.
February 4th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
Did you ever have to make up your mind?
Say yes to one and leave the other behind.
It's not always easy, it's not always kind.
Did you ever have to make up your mind?
Somebody should write a song about that.
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