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James Wilder will commit to FSU
The Noles did a job on him but he can't sign till Feb-of-2011, even if he is an early enrollee his commitment could change as late as Christmas. A lot of crap can be sold to an eighteen year old young man who's feeling on top of the world.
It angers me when I keep reading this complete crap about how Wilder is better suited to be a linebacker. I look at him and see a young man who could become a bigger more powerful Mark Ingram. He is a very special running back guys that size are very rare, 6-2 linebackers who run 4.5 are just about a dime a dozen. A 6-2 running back with 4.5 speed, tremendous power, balance and incredible natural instincts are extremely rare.
I am sorry but this is what made me want to write about sports in the first place. There are times journalists or bloggers or the recruiting guys don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. Far too often they just can't think for themselves.
But the bull will hit the road this fall.
1 - Where will Wilder get the biggest platform to display his talents?
- a - FSU will not win more than 9 games this season if that many! FSU is a LONG ways from being at the level of a Texas, Florida, Alabama or Ohio State. They simply have not recruited well at all positions, their team is undersized at several positions, they are in for another rough season, there are no quick fixes for what they are facing.
This will become apparent this fall, there is much hope for Jimbo Fisher but he just doesn't have the horses. Last year the Seminoles were 94th in the country in scoring defense allowing 30 points per game. They were 104th in rush defense allowing 204.6 yards per game.
- b - Florida should have a great season, that could cause Wilder rethink his decision. Florida has recruited exceptionally well on the offensive line, they look to be very strong there for years to come, they are a running team. Urban Meyer has never had a big back before.
2. Negative Recruiting - For some insane reason this is used against Meyer others say Wilder won't get the carries at Florida or they will make a fullback position for him.
(Note - how stupid do some people think you are, you think if Florida wanted Wilder that they would tell him we're going to design a fullback position just for you when the kid wants to be a tailback, My God how do these people write this crap and the worst part about it is a lot of people will actually believe it.)
3. If Wilder wants to play three years and go to the NFL he can go to FSU. If he wants to play three years and try and win a National Championship then he better go to Florida.
FSU will play Oklahoma, BYU, Miami, Boston College, North Carolina, Clemson and Florida. They can easily lose six games this season. If that happens it will be hard to hold onto guys like Wilder because they'll see the hand writing on the wall.
Guys like Wilder want to be the man, but they darn sure don't want to be the ONLY MAN.
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Urban Meyer has come a LONG WAY!
The amazing rise of Urban Meyer. He's going into just his tenth season as a head coach in college football yet Meyer, Nick Saban, Jim Tressel, Mack Brown and Bob Stoops were in on a conference call last week with NFL commisioner Roger Goodall along with others to discuss what to do about the agent problem in college football.
Seven years ago he was headed into his first season at Utah.
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Why did Georgia Tech Leave the SEC?
From Wikipedia -
Bobby Dodd's tenure included Georgia Tech's withdrawal from the Southeastern Conference. The initial spark for Dodd's withdrawal was a historic feud with Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Bear Bryant. The feud began when Tech was visiting the Tide at Denny Stadium in 1961. After a Tech punt, Alabama fair-caught the ball. Chick Granning of Tech was playing coverage and relaxed after the signal for the fair catch. Darwin Holt of Alabama continued play and smashed his elbow into Granning's face causing severe fracturing in his face, a broken nose, and blood-filled sinuses. Granning was knocked unconscious and suffered a severe concussion, the result of which left him unable to play football ever again. Dodd sent Bryant a letter asking Bryant to suspend Holt after game film indicated Holt had intentionally injured Granning. Bryant never suspended Holt. The lack of discipline infuriated Dodd and sparked Dodd's interest in withdrawing from the SEC.
Another issue of concern for Dodd was Alabama's and other SEC schools' over-recruitment of players. Universities would recruit more players than they had roster space for. During the summer practice sessions, the teams in question would cut the players well after signing day thus preventing the cut players from finding new colleges to play for. Dodd appealed the SEC administration to punish the "tryout camps" of his fellow SEC members but the SEC did not. Finally, Dodd withdrew Georgia Tech from the SEC in 1963. Tech would remain an independent like Notre Dame and Penn State (at the time) during the final four years of Dodd's coaching tenure. In 1967, Dodd passed the head coach position to his favorite coordinator, Bud Carson. Dodd simply retained his athletic director position, which he had acquired in 1950. He would not retire from athletic directing until 1976.
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Not sure when the NCAA got any teeth, does anyone know where you can see a complete list of NCAA sanctions? Saw one link but it didn't work.
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Rumor Alert
Why would a coach show up at 11:10 for a 11:30 meeting with the press, leave at 11:18? Maybe the press wasn't getting there on time? The late comers missed the boat that day...
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