The Monday Dawg - First Edition

Steve i like the new look of Dawgs.com.

DWS the point you made about "discipline" in your last post is something that bears watching. Whether "scooters" or whatever.

Example. New group of talent in Athens. If they are committed to the "G" they will look around and see the remaining players "still on campus". There is a reason for that my friend . . . . those are the players that actually respect the "G" . . . . and those around them. Term for that "team".

DWS you said . . . . Maybe just maybe commit to the G is getting through.

recruiting.blog.ajc.com/2015/02/09/new-r...ew-school-per-coach/

This kid thinks he is the greatest to ever play the game. Maybe he IS. But nobody - not even Herschel Walker, the greatest player in college football history - can win games all by themselves.

Roquan Smith - one Georgia Bulldogs fan hopes you go to UCLA, and hopes we see you in the playoffs (that is . . . IF you ever play a snap.) I'd love to see what Nick Chubb does to you.

Read that article also, I think he has some nerve expecting all collages to hold him a spot until he decides to grace them with his presence. What's to say after he declares the winner of his personal lottery that the day before classes start if some school sweetens the deal he want change his mind again. I hope that UGA pulls there offer. I thinks he has a big me attitude and we all know how that works out when your trying to play team ball.

OK, I'll bite!....I can certainly understand the compelling interests of any particular institutions fanbase. Setting that aside, what about the compelling interests of the athlete? Recruits commit and de-commit, that's a fact. Some institutions use unscrupulous tactics to win over recruits,...that is also a fact. The RS story is one of a few just this season. The difference being RS didn't sign the LOI.....I say, .....Good for him! What that left coast school was doing was down right under handed...

As far as waiting until Summer School.....Smart move! If we (UGA) wanted him a year, six months, two weeks ago...we'll still want him in June. If RS decides to go elsewhere, I wish him well....Won't be the first, nor the last recruit that didn't make it to the Classic City. The only reason THIS is news, is because no recruit ever dared to do it to college football....its rather commonplace in other collegiate sports.

Personally, I get a kick out of seeing the "little guy" turn the status quo on its ear! But that's just me....

NC_Dawg,

I agree, and would probably not sign a LOI, nor would I encourage my son to sign one either. However, I would also not flirt, nor would I allow my kid to flirt with schools. The LOI protects schools from having several committed scholarships that wind up not getting used.

Right now the system allows schools to "gray shirt" - something that should not be allowed either, and that can hurt the kids.

Ideally, schools would have a given number of scholarships they can provide, and the kids would have to either sign the LOI or risk not getting a scholarship. Over signing should simply not happen. <simply>

My point (which was made too "emotionally") is a very simple one. If the kid is this close to graduation and still has no idea where he wants to go, then I (and I speak ONLY for myself) hope he winds up somewhere else, and takes this kind of drama with him. That's all I meant.