Augustus Edwards commits to Syracuse!

[ImperialOrange]

very accurate. That's exactly what I see. Gus will be a RB. He's not going to break 70 or 80 yarders, but he he will find his way through some tight lanes and get those 10 to 20 yarders that you think he couldnt get. He will occasionally bust a 50 yarder. His style fits the current scheme at SU. Plus he is big enough to be a great pass protector.

So a taller DC3 by your description which I'm sure we'd all sign up for any day.

 

[All4SU]

Reminds me a bit of a bigger David Walker.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Sweet, on the front page two hours, at most.

Guess it's not important as a Uconn womens basketball commit.

Good job! Good effort!

From a news perspective, a local kid playing at a non-local college winning national player of the year is more important than a non-local kid giving a non-binding agreement to play at a local college a year from now any and every day.

 

[retro44]

the hit he put on the kid at the 2:40 mark...wow

how big was jim brown?

 

[ImperialOrange]

the hit he put on the kid at the 2:40 mark...wow

how big was jim brown?

6'2 212 in College
http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2005/11/8/jimbrown44bio.aspx

6'2 232 in the NFL
http://www.nfl.com/player/jimbrown/2510380/profile

 

[WickedOrange]

Great get! This really softens the blow of our Smash Williams (Dillon, TX) miss.

Welcome aboard Mr. A. Edwards!

 

[HOFCeluck]

From a news perspective, a local kid playing at a non-local college winning national player of the year is more important than a non-local kid giving a non-binding agreement to play at a local college a year from now any and every day.

Fuc=k that.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Fuc=k that.

Nice talking to you too.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Nice talking to you too.

Syracuse football is bringin in one of the better recruiting classes I can remember and the PS chooses to with...that. No one outside he immediate family gives a crap about Breanna Stewart. And if I'm wrong, well, that's a sad indictment of the football program and Syracuse itself.

 

[shandeezy7]

Syracuse football is bringin in one of the better recruiting classes I can remember and the PS chooses to with...that. No one outside he immediate family gives a crap about Breanna Stewart. And if I'm wrong, well, that's a sad indictment of the football program and Syracuse itself.

Lol, I think Gus Edwards is a huge get for SU, but is getting a verbal commitment for the football team (which happens about 25-30 times a year, for every school in the country) really more significant than a local high school athlete winning a national athlete of the year award? I agree that it really wouldn't have been that hard to leave the story on the front page for more than a few hours, but I don't think that story is any more interesting to the overall city of Syracuse than the Breanna Stewart story.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Agreed. Hopefully the PS keeps me abreast of other Uconn commits as well.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Agreed. Hopefully the PS keeps me abreast of other Uconn commits as well.

Okay, so Stewart has been making headlines and getting huge coverage for the last four years. She's been an incredible player. That's why she's getting the attention. Greg Paulus was treated the same way. It doesn't matter where they're headed- It matters where they are and what's happening today. So who cares if they're going to a rival school? The point is local coverage. And a player winning a national player of the year award is a once in a, well, seven year thing.

Edwards is a novelty to people who follow the football team closely. He's an unknown factor, a player who could be great or who could barely make an impact. He's one of what- 17, 18 commits SU will have in 2013. Syracuse football gets commits every year. It's important, but not as big a deal as a once-in-a-generation award.

If this is still offensive to you that Edwards didn't grab a bigger headline, I don't know what else to tell you.

 

[shandeezy7]

Okay, so Stewart has been making headlines and getting huge coverage for the last four years. She's been an incredible player. That's why she's getting the attention. Greg Paulus was treated the same way. It doesn't matter where they're headed- It matters where they are and what's happening today. So who cares if they're going to a rival school? The point is local coverage. And a player winning a national player of the year award is a once in a, well, seven year thing.

Edwards is a novelty to people who follow the football team closely. He's an unknown factor, a player who could be great or who could barely make an impact. He's one of what- 17, 18 commits SU will have in 2013. Syracuse football gets commits every year. It's important, but not as big a deal as a once-in-a-generation award.

If this is still offensive to you that Edwards didn't grab a bigger headline, I don't know what else to tell you.

Exactly. The Post-Standard isn't the newspaper of Syracuse University. It's the newspaper of Central New York. I think they could probably do a little better job of covering SU recruiting, but I'm not a newspaper guy and I have no idea what goes into their decisions on where to spend their resources.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Whatever. I for one, welcome our NYC overlords.

 

[SUinNYC]

Whatever. I for one, welcome our NYC overlords.

Thank you.