Sam Webb "All-American Gut Feeling" on Sean Parker

I wouldn't count on USC giving up without a fight for Parker. He's too good of a prospect, especially an instate kid, for USC just to let slip by.

I have a gut feeling that either way hes playing football in america

It's a step above the typical gut feeling, yet not as high as the "super-cosmic interplanetary gut feeling".

Woolfolk is a strong safety, and Parker would be a strong safety. That's why they wouldn't be on the field at the same time.

If you ask about Baxter on every recruiting thread, you will be negged on every recruiting thread (and not just by me). People don't withhold information. If there's news, you will hear it.

Yes.

They started Kovacs over Emilien and Williams last year. I don't see why they wouldn't continue to do that if Kovacs is a better option. Regardless, neither Parker or Woolfolk is a free safety in this defense. Free safety will be played by Kovacs, Emilien, Williams, or Marvin Robinson.

Yes, I think we will continue to pursue Parker. Not only can he play both positions, but we need depth at strong safety, which would be his most likely destination. I think that's especially true because other guys seem to be going off the board (Grimes, Murphy, Taylor, Wilson, Beachum, Hankins, etc.) that we thought we had a good shot at. That being said, I don't have a good feeling about Knight anymore. I think he'll go elsewhere, whether we continue to pursue him or not.

If sam keeps getting these feelings in his gut and they don't come true, we may need to send him for a colonoscopy

I am equally excited about the chances of having two highly ranked safety prospects (Parker, Robinson) in this class. But I'm even more excited about having FOUR safety prospects in one class (Vinopal and Johnson included). In my opinion, recruiting success is as much based on quality as quantity. If you recruit two guys to play two positions and one of them falls short of expectations for any number of reasons (injury, grades, homesick, etc.) you're left scrambling. That's been the problem with our secondary the past three years more than anything. Having four guys competing for two spots means that you could be successful even if something doesn't pan out. For all we know, Carvin Johnson could be the best of the bunch and underrated for other reasons. Or maybe Robinson will bulk up to play LB and we'll need to shuffle things around. Depth is as exciting as talent - especially when you play multiple players at that position throughout a game.

That you should just recruit the best football players. Position skill is important at the college level, but Ill take 4 guys who are ball hawk destroyers over 2 cb, 1 fs, 1 s.

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I think Woolfolk will be a safety next year. Our defense played better this year when he was at safety. It's better to have experienced guys in the deep secondary rather than experienced guys at the corners. That's one reason that you see veteran NFL cornerbacks often move to free safety - they can diagnose players quicker and don't get fooled by play action (the other reason being that they lose a step). The guys that I think will come in ready to contribute are Marvin Robinson, Cullen Christian, Drew Dileo, Austin White, and Ken Wilkins. (EDIT: You could add Parker and Baxter if they come, although the latter probably won't.) Miller and Jackson will probably play, but I don't think they'll contribute much. The vast majority of this class is going to redshirt, IMO.