PhillipFulmersPants

June 11th, 2010 at 12:02 PM ^

mode. He's got to be at this point. I'd love to listen in on those conversations with recruits right now. I doubt he's getting the enthusiatic reactions he's claming he's getting. 

I don't think there's any way around it: 30 scholarships over 3 years will hurt, even if 'SC sign quality guys like they typically do. Too little margin for error. SC may not be down for long (Alabama came back pretty quickly) but I don't see how the won't be a significant drop off in 2012, 2013, 2014 when the impact will be felt and when these smaller classes will be leaned on.

mrider

June 11th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^

I'm just loving college sports world right now, karma is coming around to bite people in the ass. And come September it will be the opposite effect (all the BS we had to deal with) as we will be dishing out some beatings on the field.

Tater

June 11th, 2010 at 12:02 PM ^

I read somewhere that recruits who haven't already enrolled are free to go while those who enrolled early have to go through some kind of appeal process.  I am guessing that Tom VH knows who can do what here.

ish

June 11th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^

this article is unclear about that.  it says:

The rule does not apply to freshman who have signed national letters of intent, however.

if you haven't yet enrolled, are you a freshman?  anyone know?

BlockM

June 11th, 2010 at 12:20 PM ^

I believe that anyone who has signed a letter of intent, whether they've enrolled or not, would need to be released from said LOI before being able to transfer without losing a year of eligibility.

AKMuskie

June 11th, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^

"I don't think it's going to affect recruiting. USC is still USC".

I'll believe it when I see it, but any time a university loses 30 schollies over a 4 year period, a BCS national championship and Heisman Trophy potentially taken away, and a 2 year postseason ban it doesn't seem possible to do anything BUT negatively impact recruiting.

BlockM

June 11th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^

I have no idea. If you're kicked off the team, would that release you from your LOI? For instance, if player X told the coaches, "I'm not going to play for you because I don't want to be here now that all this shit has gone down " but didn't actually quit, just half-assed it to the was booted, would he still need to be released?

Number 7

June 11th, 2010 at 12:49 PM ^

Sadly, our own little investigation/penalty situation may be just enough of a cloud that a guy leaving one place because of sanctions would be less likely to consider another place facing the prospect of sanctions -- at least until we can be sure that the NCAA doesn't add significantly to the self-imposed sanctions (and by then it might be too late).

blueblueblue

June 11th, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^

This is likely going to be the case. Other programs will benefit from an exodus, but not Michigan. I can imagine it might be difficult to sell the logic of coming to MIchigan at this time: 

Player: I'm leaving USC because of the sanctions

Interlocutor: Probably a good idea. Where are you thinking of going?

Player: Michigan

Interlocutor: Um...isn't Michigan also facing sanctions? 

Player: Yes, but, I live in Michigan.

Interlocutor: But that didn't keep you in Michigan before. 

Player: Yeah, but, um, yeah. I think I just want to get closer to home

Interlocutor: Then why not Michigan State? Penn State? Notre Dame? OSU? Wouldn't it make more sense to go to a program that is not also facing sanctions?

Player: Yeah. 

Michigan will not benefit from USC sanctions in terms of current players. 

Koyote

June 11th, 2010 at 12:53 PM ^

CB T.J. Bryant would  be pretty cool in my book. He is a sizable CB from Florida so maybe Rich Rod went after him back in the day.

No idea if he has any actual interest in joining us.

TheLastHarbaugh

June 11th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^

I am going to remain pessimistic with regards to transfers from USC, because it would soooo USC to retain all of their players and reel in a handful of 5 stars even with a post season ban.

Laveranues

June 11th, 2010 at 1:22 PM ^

Per the article:

"But schools with an interest in a USC junior or senior ARE allowed to initiate contact with the player, Osburn said."

I was suprised to the point of wondering whether that was a typo.  Ordinarily, encouraging a player already at another school to transfer is about the worst violation you can commit.