OrangeXtreme
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Not for nothing but that pic is a tad alarming as it looks like he's grabbing at his hammy
What?Not for nothing but that pic is a tad alarming as it looks like he's grabbing at his hammy
Not for nothing but that pic is a tad alarming as it looks like he's grabbing at his hammy
Uh ohMaybe a candidate for #44?
no.Maybe a candidate for #44?
Not for nothing but that pic is a tad alarming as it looks like he's grabbing at his hammy
that’s the FSU player’s arm. Howard’s arm is at a right angle in front of his body.
Let's get him over 1000 yards first.Maybe a candidate for #44?
For the non-recruiting followers on here...this is a kid who was offered by Mississippi, Mississippi State, and Tennessee.
I loved this Babers quote from the article: "He's just a really focused young man. ... He's really focused on what he wants to do. He knows why he left Mississippi. He knows why he came here. And he knows exactly what he wants to do while he's here."
For reference, and I know offers don't tell the full story, Pierre was a flip from Western Kentucky and didn't have SEC (or any P5) offers, Strickland was offered by Ga Tech, Rutgers, Temple, and UMASS while Mo Neal had several from both the ACC and SEC (yes, a Shafer recruit and 1 of the few retained by Babers; similar to Pugh and GROB; Marrone).
This is not meant to be a knock on any of these kids - more of a positive reflection on how Babers (and in this case, Justin Lustig) are recruiting more and more talented/coveted kids and selling them on the whole Syracuse experience rather than relying on "diamonds in the rough".
For reference, Howard was ranked as the 9th best prospect from Mississippi last year by 1 of the major services. This year's #9 on the same service from Mississippi is committed to Alabama.
I suppose my point is, lets go back to Mississippi, other parts of the deep south, and get more shiny diamonds; not only rough ones. ;-)
It's also why I am so happy we have Dino - and not Ash. I imagine Dino going into parents' living rooms in the Deep South (and everywhere frankly) is really going to pay dividends. The guy oozes competence and calmness.This is a great example of what SU can sell to a subset of kids. "He know why he left Mississippi", in a lot of cases it going to be family that wants him to get away from home.
For the non-recruiting followers on here...this is a kid who was offered by Mississippi, Mississippi State, and Tennessee.
I loved this Babers quote from the article: "He's just a really focused young man. ... He's really focused on what he wants to do. He knows why he left Mississippi. He knows why he came here. And he knows exactly what he wants to do while he's here."
For reference, and I know offers don't tell the full story, Pierre was a flip from Western Kentucky and didn't have SEC (or any P5) offers, Strickland was offered by Ga Tech, Rutgers, Temple, and UMASS while Mo Neal had several from both the ACC and SEC (yes, a Shafer recruit and 1 of the few retained by Babers; similar to Pugh and GROB; Marrone).
This is not meant to be a knock on any of these kids - more of a positive reflection on how Babers (and in this case, Justin Lustig) are recruiting more and more talented/coveted kids and selling them on the whole Syracuse experience rather than relying on "diamonds in the rough".
For reference, Howard was ranked as the 9th best prospect from Mississippi last year by 1 of the major services. This year's #9 on the same service from Mississippi is committed to Alabama.
I suppose my point is, lets go back to Mississippi, other parts of the deep south, and get more shiny diamonds; not only rough ones. ;-)
This is a great example of what SU can sell to a subset of kids. "He know why he left Mississippi", in a lot of cases it going to be family that wants him to get away from home.
that’s the FSU player’s arm. Howard’s arm is at a right angle in front of his body.
For the non-recruiting followers on here...this is a kid who was offered by Mississippi, Mississippi State, and Tennessee.
I loved this Babers quote from the article: "He's just a really focused young man. ... He's really focused on what he wants to do. He knows why he left Mississippi. He knows why he came here. And he knows exactly what he wants to do while he's here."
For reference, and I know offers don't tell the full story, Pierre was a flip from Western Kentucky and didn't have SEC (or any P5) offers, Strickland was offered by Ga Tech, Rutgers, Temple, and UMASS while Mo Neal had several from both the ACC and SEC (yes, a Shafer recruit and 1 of the few retained by Babers; similar to Pugh and GROB; Marrone).
This is not meant to be a knock on any of these kids - more of a positive reflection on how Babers (and in this case, Justin Lustig) are recruiting more and more talented/coveted kids and selling them on the whole Syracuse experience rather than relying on "diamonds in the rough".
For reference, Howard was ranked as the 9th best prospect from Mississippi last year by 1 of the major services. This year's #9 on the same service from Mississippi is committed to Alabama.
I suppose my point is, lets go back to Mississippi, other parts of the deep south, and get more shiny diamonds; not only rough ones. ;-)
not that it means a thing, but strick was also offered by Indiana, wake forest, west virginia and virginia.
Most of Stricklands offers were to play safety.
he was a darn good safety too but most were as a rb. I think wvu may have been as a safety. I think he was also invited to that army game as a rb. but who cares, im glad we have him.