December 7th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
Los Angeles is the best large city in the United States. The weather, the food, the mountains, the ocean. Shit, you are only a two hour drive from some pretty decent sking. The homeless issue has gotten out of control but other than that it is great. Traffic? Ever been to Chicago, New York or Seattle?
December 7th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
Chip Kelly’s college track record of 46-7 speaks for itself. Thankfully his system is way different and he prefers light and quick offensive linemen. I don’t think we will be competing much with him for recruits the way we did when mora was there.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
Oh, shut up.
Southern California is beautiful, and you know it. The weather is nice year round if you're close enough to the water. There is a ton to do. San Diego is one of the most beautiful cities in the country. LA is great. You can go to the ocean and up to the mountains in the same day.
Suggesting that Southern California is awful is just... disengenuous at best. The earthquake thing does scare me though, probably the only reason I haven't relocated my family there. The San Andreas fault has been super quiet, which means it's building up for a massive release. I don't want to be there for the next big one...
December 7th, 2017 at 1:43 PM ^
but i never said socal was awful. having lived there for years though i can say its not all its cracked up to be, either. if i had to go back i would immediately immerse myself in all the fun stuff we used to do with friends when we lived there, no doubt. i took advantage of all that socal had to offer when i lived there.
that said, the serious part of the good-natured jousting i've had with st3 on this topic is that while there are some benefits to living in socal, there are great costs too. midwesterners who've never lived there and only see it during rose bowl week think 'gosh, its like heaven'. the eye-opener is that not every day is new year's day when traffic is light and michigan is playing in pasadena.
December 7th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
I went to the Rosebowl (I still can't believe the ball popped up so perfectly after hitting Braylon's ankle) and I actually left thinking, "what's the big deal about LA?" For as much hype as it gets, I expected to be in my bathing suit and surfing half the time, and in a convertible on Rodeo drive the rest of the time. Instead, it was cold enough I wore jeans the whole trip, everything was crowded/overpriced, and traffic sucked. I must be missing something, it seemed to me that the whole place was medium sized, indistinguishable buildings as far as the eye could see (and that I couldn't afford anything inside of said buildings even if I had wanted to).
Ps. Recruits, if you're reading this, it's the absolute truth, don't let any other posters convince you otherwise.
December 7th, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
The first time I ever went to LA was for the 2007 Rose Bowl. I gad heard about the traffic and the pollution and the sprawl and didn't expect to dig the place. But...it was awesome. I've returned many times since then and have been to many parts of LA and Orange County and every time I've been there I've loved it. COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WOULD DEFINITELY HATE IT THOUGH ICK SOCAL SUCKS FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES NO KIDDING BRO.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
You must be better looking and/or much richer than I am. I'm not real sure about the significance of the ALL CAPS BRO section, but glad you had a nice trip.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
I attended both schools...loved them both.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:40 AM ^
Really? What?
December 7th, 2017 at 9:59 AM ^
I have Spartan friends who are hoping Enos would come back to State as OC.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:16 AM ^
It's hard to glean much from his track record as a coach. He's mostly been a position coach or a head coach at a MAC school (which, yeah) up until he was at Arkansas.
I do know he was liked by Spartans though when he was at MSU. And as much as I hate to admit it, but he was on Dantonio's staff at two different jobs and Mork has done a decent job of hiring assistants (except for Dave Warner of course.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
Thanks for posting it again. Good for a
December 7th, 2017 at 10:09 AM ^
#513 player overall and #39 rated OT with just an okay offer list.
So he's not a highly ranked guy, but we probably aren't in a position to turn away quality OT prospects.
December 7th, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^
That's according to the Composite. 247 has him as a 4-star with a 92 overall score. And as we all know, 247 is more reliable than the Composite, unless he chooses a different school, in which case 247 is crazy and doesn't know squat about football players.
December 7th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
But as a football non-expert, I find OL highlight tapes to be competely useless.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
really good news. Go Blue !
December 7th, 2017 at 9:42 AM ^
Enos was OC under Bert right? Is he good? Does this mean Pep and/or Drev are leaving?
December 7th, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
It means he needs a job.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:51 AM ^
Their offense was 45th in S&P, Rush Offense was 10th (one spot behind us), Pass Offense was 54th (22 spots ahead of us).
December 7th, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
He's not just the OC but the interior line coach. It does look like Enos would be redundant to Pep, who was also an OC before signing on here and is still paid like one. Can't see adding one more salary like that.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Well Drevno is from CA and has wanted to return for awhile. Our SpT coach laster one year and went back to USC.
December 7th, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^
but I wouldn't look upon Enos as his replacement.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
This week snowy Ann Arbor, next week California!!
Fuc%$n UCLA could be a thorn again.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
Fire in LA. Depends on what the kid wants to play in.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
Or something to ever be happy about but the fires could be an issue. I know for my wife the fires are a constant issue in her head on moving back to California. With how severe the current ones were it could give recruits a little pause.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
I don’t think they are going to be building houses there, even if they get a decent signing bonus.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
Just a short driive for his visit. I could imagine the fires affecting the parents of some other recruits. Honestly, I don't see the kids themselves worrying about it.
December 7th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
Ojai is pretty far west of LA. There is probably smoke and stuff but it's not as though the campus is about to burn down.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
Ojai is about 80 miles from Los Angeles. No issues with that fire by UCLA.
The Skirball fire is about three miles from UCLA and it is expected to get worse tomorrow.
December 7th, 2017 at 2:09 PM ^
Ah, did not know about the Skirball. I have friends and family in Ojai and they have been sending pictures and messages about the Ojai fire so I just assumed that was the one.
December 7th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
A friend of mine just sent a photo or fire in Belair. Several mansions there burnt down. The fires are spreading.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
Smoky in LA. We've had a year with wildfires here, miserable smoke stink for a week outside, I yearned to be back in the Great Lakes region.
December 7th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
All your Pattersons are belong to us!
December 7th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
don't jinx it
December 7th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
And people thought the end of this recruiting season was going to be a snoozer..
December 7th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
Name is Patterson DO WANT
December 7th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
Have we run this by Maizen?
December 7th, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
you mean: "what is his current identity?" Maizen lurks out there. Maybe, now, Maizen is a part of all of us.
December 7th, 2017 at 11:15 AM ^
when the first he's interested post was made.
... you know how it went since he's not a 6*
December 7th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
I am guessing that Coach Edwards hasn’t contacted him because he is waiting for the draft so he can pick his roster...
December 7th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
Patterson probably told Herm that he wants to play for the Devils, and Herm, as a Christian, told him he shouldn't do that.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:59 AM ^
I think dude needs to get a game in before next season so he can remember how to coach since it's been a decade.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^
Maybe Patterson just found out ASU's mascot is a devil too.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:14 AM ^
of Patterson's this weekend and I will be a very happy camper.
December 7th, 2017 at 10:18 AM ^
But he can also position coach any skill spot on offense (WR, TE, RB, QB). He's been quite consistent in producing players at RB and QB, and has history with WRs as well. There would be far worse hires than him.