OT-Interested to see if Kiffin gets his QB today...Jesse Scroggins.
Jesse Scroggins, the last top 10 Pro-Style QB on Rivals list....decides between 3 large schools today...USC, Florida, or Tennessee. From Vols sources it is between USC and Tennessee.
Scroggins is from California. With all of the crap going on with Kiffin, it would be interesting if he pulled a QB at this level. It almost would then beg the question, is it viable that your head coach can act like a dumbass...and it works?
Alot of Scroggin's family is in Memphis area, so there's some local ties there for him. Alot of articles I've read are pointing to USC landing Scroggin, but you just never know.
where they won't see time on the field until the JR and/or SR year? If any, I would pick Tennessee because the depth chart is more favorable(by a big margin) and if he has any aspiration of going to the NFL, I would try to go to a school where you can play for at least 3 years because experience matters for a QB more than any other positions.
Yes, USC is stacked to the gills with talent, but how many 3+ year starters not named Chad Henne can you name? For a QB, not seeing significant playing time until your Junior year is more often the rule, not the exception.
around the country. Matt Stafford, Josh Freeman started for 3 years. There are young QB who is most likely going to start for 3 years like TP, Robert Griffin III. Tate Forcier could be a 3 year starter if he doesn't get outplayed or have poor performance.
More and more QBs are playing as a freshman, if not as RS freshman.
Carson Palmer.
Elvis Grbac.
John Navarre.
Chuck Long.
Graham Harrell.
Curtis Painter.
Chase Daniel.
Brady Quinn.
Ron Powlus.
Kerry Collins.
(this year)
Adam Weber at Minnesota.
Colt McCoy.
Sam Bradford.
Tim Tebow.
Juice Williams (4-year)
Jake Locker.
Clausen (ND).
Todd Reesing.
Powlus four Heisman.
Matt Cassel?
the rule. He may be a one year wonder with the Patriots because everything fell into place for him that year with Brady being hurt, having Randy Moss and Wes Welker at WR and a smart coach who knows how to utilize Cassell.
Though ESPN has him as a JR... I think he is a SR... Plenty of starts under his belt and since Tate says they have similar styles, hopefully we have these stats to look forward to...
Stats Overview Passing
YEAR CMP ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD INT SACK RAT
2006 217 318 2570 68.2 8.08 72 29 7 14 161.82
2007 276 424 3303 65.1 7.79 62 22 18 24 139.16
2008 332 433 3859 76.7 8.91 91 34 8 24 173.75
have those stats to look forward to.
Because at USC a QB can be a backup for his entire career there, get drafted into the NFL, and end up with a six year, $63 million contract.
EDIT: Beat to the punch. Darn.
A QB would go to USC because their quarterbacks always seem to make it to the NFL, regardless if they started 1 year (Sanchez) or didn't start at all (Cassel).
hurt Mark Sanchez
Even if Scroggins goes to UT, I wouldn't say that Kiffin's idiocy has "worked." The man has already ostracized the entire coaching staff of the SEC, two highly-regarded quarterbacks who wanted to play for him, and, somehow, the entire town of Pahokee, Florida. He is a trainwreck thus far.
How do I know this, you ask? Because he's so goddamn annoying. The only way he could get more annoying would be to win big at Tennessee.
Just imagine him after he's won the BCS two out of three years. I don't think a gig on ESPN could come close to competing with that.
But I don't think pissing off the other league coaches matters much. Worked for Steve Spurrier.
As much as I'd like Kiffin to be an epic failure at UT, I have this suspicion things are going to work out, or at least I suspect he won't be the disaster people are hoping for / predicting. He put together a phenomenal staff. The university has given him a lot of leeway, and he seems to be recruiting okay.
No one knows if he can be a good head coach yet. I don't think the Raiders gig translates.
I hope he lasts. It's fun to have jerk coaches to root against.
If he "works out" at UT I suspect that it'll primarily be because his dad is that good of a DC. Although I don't know how good either Kiffin will be at actually teaching good fundamentals to young kids.
Because Monte Kiffin's 16 years as a college coach, including his stint as head coach at NC State, probably taught him nothing about teaching fundamentals.
Anything other than usc would be a surprise
I dearly hope that you're right just because I really want to see UT without a good QB for a while. I think that Kiffin would become even more "entertaining" if he has to continue to explain their QB situation.
It has been a guilty pleasure of mine to peruse the volnation message boards as they continue to miss out on prospects.
And it is beginning to be "leaked" that he has committed to usc
Haha, Irish, it seems we share the same guilty pleasure. Alot of fun reading Tennessee board meltdowns over missing out on QB prospects. Then again, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the board meltdowns on BGS's Haloscan threads during 2007 season. Damn there were some good stuff there.
Man its really turning bloody over there,
and the funniest part is that their the ones who set themselves up for such a big fall, both the coaches and the fans.
Is anyone as annoyed as I am that Lane Kiffen is married to this?
http://bitcast-a.v1.ord2.bitgravity.com/sportelligence/images/blog/dfde…
Seriously, for a guy who can barely eek out a sentence before he has to jam his foot into his mouth you've gotta kinda wonder how he managed to bag that minx.
I'll say this, I would give UT serious consideration if i thought dinners at the Kiffen's might be a semi-regular occurrence. Never know when an "older" lady might be looking to get motor-boated.
She neglected to wear orange at all for the event. FAIL!
Define motor-boated please, I'm intrigued.
Scroggins will probably not go to UT. I think Kiffin will put the full court press on Brunetti in Jan or something.
He's announcing today on CFB Live, and I've heard that he is choosing USC.
Feldman said in his blog post today that Tyler Bray will be Kiffin's new target:
"Tennessee, which just missed out on Jesse Scroggins, figures to make a move soon"
Sounds like he may have let that slip a little early before the CFB Live show today. whoops.
Tajh Boyd, right after Kiffin pulled his schollie, owned the AA game. lulz.
No kidding. I can't say I'm upset he didn't end up at OSU.