Rashan Gary's Mom Loves USC
http://www.scout.com/college/football/recruiting/story/1633284-usc-game…
"Oh my gosh," said Jennifer Conley, Rashan's mother. "L.A. is absolutely beautiful."
Gary already made official visits to Mississippi, Auburn and Michigan, and he is contemplating a visit to either LSU, Alabama or Clemson. Ohio State is also trying to get involved with a Monday in-home visit.
"He could definitely go to USC," Conley said. "The visit was a game-changer."
"I learned that USC is a great school academically," Conley said. "They showed me their plan for success for Rashan, how they will implement his classes to his schedule, individualized tutoring. Most campuses that we have been to have the same thing, but I know Michigan and USC are two of the better academic colleges, where their degrees hold weight. "They encourage their football players to get internships. It's very comparable to what I felt at Michigan, but the weather was good."
January 17th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
Not in the hunt for a NC? Doesn't Ole Miss make it to the SEC title game if not for the crazy 4th down play vs Arkansas? And Auburn just won one. I'm going to stop clicking on the recruiting threads until signing day.
January 17th, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
I don't think Michigan's what-if is even close to Ole Miss'.
Muffed punt or no mufed punt, we still got ran off the field by OSU, whereas Ole Miss was a wacky 4th and 20 conversion from playing in the SEC championship game
January 17th, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
She won't love USC nearly as much once she finds out the real reason they're called "Trojans."
January 17th, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^
Not so fast there Ghostbuster! You're mixing up some valid points with some blatant misinformation -
NSD (Feb. 3 this year) is simply the first day a non-EE can send in a LOI - it's not a deadline.Gary or any other kid can take all 5 officials allowed and then as many unofficials as they can afford, and they still don't have to commit to any school. They usually all do, but that's their choice.
So if the anxiety the other poster is feeling about Gary's timeline causes him to make rash statements - like he's tired of him and his mother too - well..it's understandable. If you deal much with the youth of today you'd know helicopter parents have made it very difficult for them to handle delayed gratification or not get their way. Bear with him.
By the same token, Ms. Coney is seemingly more involved, and certainly makes more public statements, than we see with most recruits. So to the youth of today it feels like she's saying "you're definitely getting this Xbox - unless I decide to give it to your cousin instead. I'm going to go visit him and I'll let you know... No, you didn't do anything wrong sweetie, but the weather was certainly nice out there."
As for the misinformation - it does indicate some sort of character flaw when players we want choose to go somewhere else. Their motives are to be questioned, the tactics employed by the other schools scrutinized. Who wouldn't go to Michigan if offered the chance to play for our football team - under JIM HARBAUGH?!?!
Chris Clark? The Bosas? Certain players that go on TV and repeatedly say "I'm the #1 (fill in position here) in the country - stay tuned to see where I choose to play my football!"
Characters flawed in them all...
January 17th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 7:52 PM ^
You'd be far better off taking this advice than giving it. Calling recruits names isn't a sign of maturity.
January 17th, 2016 at 8:26 PM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 8:22 PM ^
You also have to consider what if Ole Miss doesn't get that fluke touchdown against Alabama, a game they won by 6.
January 17th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
Does a USC visit include a tour of the Reggie Bush condo?
January 17th, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^
Someone needs to tell her about the giant gas leak/ecological disaster that is happening there right now and that it could have totally fouled LA by September.
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/24/460959686/massive-methane-gas-leak-displa…
January 17th, 2016 at 2:58 PM ^
Oh I think you can totally get realeased from a LOI if the campus is unsuitable for habitation or indeed simply gets blown up by a toxic fireball. Not to worry...
January 17th, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^
That gas leak is rather far away from USC
January 17th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
Yeah, USC is not going to play in New Brunswick or nearby College Park MD every single year.
Every. Single. Year.
Still, I wish they had not had their first visit to sunny LA in January.
January 17th, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
point
January 17th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
Got on the plane in Detroit on December 30th. It was -8 degrees. Got off in L.A. and it was 75 and sunny. Immediately applied to USC. Still a Michigan fan to the core, but the SoCal weather can fuck with you.
January 17th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
No thanks, I was just there and I'll pass. I can't stand the west coast.
January 17th, 2016 at 12:58 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
LA is not the same thing as SoCal.
January 17th, 2016 at 7:05 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
and last time I checked, it was SoCal. My advice if you have to travel there is try to fly into Juan Wayne* Airport instead of LAX.
Now I'd be really worried about Rashan Gary and weather if he'd made an official to SDSU...
*obscure reference to a Frank Black song, "Calistan"
January 17th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
Or smog, traffic, etc., and Los Angelinos made me appreciate Ann Arborites more, but seeing the sun in February was nice, and I didn't sit in traffic while at SC because everyone lives on or right next to campus.
January 17th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
January 17th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
Plenty of that fresh stuff here in Mich!
January 17th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^
You don't live in Flint then Drunk?
January 17th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
Agreed. Went to visit my friend in Florida a week ago and literally the entire week to the day before I got there is was clear sunny skies and mid 80s, while it was ~20 here.
I've since made plans to move.
January 17th, 2016 at 10:41 PM ^
I once visted for a weekend and decided to stay for good with only my clothes I packed and about 1500 bucks. The weather there reminds me of that one girl in high school that leads you on and ends up putting you in the friend zone.
January 19th, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^
great analogy.
January 17th, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
Song Girls
January 17th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
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January 17th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
Maybe no one asked for your opinion, but it seems cogent, well thought out and spot on right to me killerseafood3.
January 17th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
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