OT - 2016 #2 Overall Recruit Gregory Little Decommits from A&M
...and with that the 0% crystal ball to Bama in May 2015 has turned to 57% (and climbing).
Insert bag men reference here. Oh and Ole Miss is also apparently involved.
He stopped by Ole Miss June 8 and Alabama the following day. For what it's worth, 14 recruiting reporters have since predicted he will change his commitment to Alabama on the 247Sports Crystal Ball.
Little was named the offensive line MVP at The Opening after holding his own against a number of top defensive lineman, including Rashan Gary, the nation's No. 1 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite. Little is currently No. 2 on the list.
"I think it was a pretty fun matchup," Little said. "We're both two top guys and everybody hyped it up... It was a lot of fun playing against Rashan. Much love. Me and him talked before this. I have his number and he has my number so we talk about once a week to see how everything's going. Me and him and much respect for each other."
http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/07/five-star-allen-ol-greg…
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/07/the_opening_2015_five-star_o…
At 6-foot-5, 305 pounds, Little is ranked as the No. 1 offensive tackle in the country, according to 247Sports Composite. He also is atop the Dallas Morning News’ list of the Top 100 recruits in the class of 2016. Little hopes to make a new decision on Nov. 4.
Gus crying in public?
Because A&M has been consistently putting OT's in the first round of the NFL draft? Because A&M is a lot closer to home than Alabama? Because his HS QB was a 5 star that is set to enroll at A&M in the fall?
If he had a good excuse, it would be semi-plausible, but the bottom line is that he decommitted from a program with no reputation of cheating to flirt with two programs that are famous for their prolific use of money and "hostess sandiwches."
It's time to just let players take money from boosters, endorsements and whereever else they can get it.
No reputation of cheating...
Seriously, where you come up with this stuff?
I'll go you one better—let's dispense with the educational pretense altogether. Make college football simply a professional sport attached to college campuses. College degrees are for no-talent losers anyhow, right?
of your seemingly unlimited talent for sarcasm. Well played sir.
Cardale Jones thinks so...
Also, does anyone else think he should go by Car-Dale' Jones? Like a Pitbull song with Dale'? When he walks on the field it's just Pitbull yelling Dale' over and over again through the stadium speakers?
What planet are you living on?
That's a generous use of the word "consistently."
An OT in the first round in each of the 3 past drafts is pretty consistent, especially when one considers how infrequently schools generate 1st round OTs
and he picks Michigan over Ohio State. You wouldn't be hollering "Michigan bagmen!".
These are 16-17 year old kids. Sometimes they just like another school better. You don't need to justify everything with bagmen
you have no idea how many MGoPoints they offered me. Changed my life
If I'm looking at it purely from the standpoint of developing pro-ready offensive tackles, TAMU is the choice. You might not win as much, but there's a very good chance you'll get picked high in the draft.
If you put me out there I promise I would've prevented Gary from getting to MY QB.
I'd be on the ground so quickly that he would trip over me.
0 to 60 faster than my Jeep Liberty
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I've watched this for about 10 minutes now and as much as I'm impressed by Gary sheer ferocity, I'm just realizing how difficult and skilled good tackles are. They're basically blocking a bulldozer from trucking over their QB all without holding or grabbing or anything. I mean, if I was in Little's place I would be running in the other direction as fast as I can.
Holy shit, for a 300 pounder, Rashan is awfully fast. I think I want him even more.
The impressive thing about Gary's reps there is that Little actually had pretty good technique. He's no chopped liver. On the first rep, he needed to sink a tiny bit lower, and he really didn't have a good punch - I think Gary surprised Little with how quick his first couple steps were. On the second one, just when Little starts to open up, Gary cuts back inside and Little was unable to cancel the inside rush. But that's really good technique for a high schooler, and Gary's just extremely fast and very strong. He's a beast.
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Texas A&M is no slouch for bagmen. There must be a hell of a fight behind the scenes going on.
Enough to finance Greece for 6 months.
It's Ole Miss. They're like the friggin IMF of college football. They give out wads of cash to anyone who asks.
I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of Eric Dickerson revving his Trans A&M.
Any chance Harbaugh swoops in and takes the best lineman in the country?
Implying A&M doesn't have bagmen. Probably the grandsons of the guy who funded Bo's offer.
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Damn Michigan dorms and their buffets!
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They sucked, then they got Saban, won 3 national titles, generally are top 5 perpetually, and have a ton of guys in the NFL.
But the #1 OT in the country decides to go there and everyone screams bagmen. If Michigan had that resume we'd be screaming bagmen if every 5* in the country DIDN'T come to Michigan.
Of course Ole Miss is cheating, but what evidence and what motive does Bama have to cheat? They're the dynasty of this decade
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I decided to end my Monday by eating Mushrooms.
Tha\t being said, I agree with everything you said. +1
I have zero proof, but I assume Alabama is clean. I have no idea why I think that, but I do (I mean, not squeaky, 100% clean, but essentially as clean as Michigan). I think it's mostly because I beleive that, in general, corruption comes from the boosters, not the coaches, and Alabama was thouroughly mediocre prior to Saban. I also assume that Auburn, Ole Miss, and Clemson are dirty.
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Ya know Ghost of Hoke, reading your post, I could hear Bo speaking those very words.\\
NOT
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