College Signing Day Recap 2012: All Your Five-Star Recruits Belong to Stanford
Missouri landed the Nation’s No. 1 recruit, Dorial Green-Beckham. Alabama brought in the consensus No. 1 class. This happened. Here’s a rundown of some of the other notable signing day stories.
Up on the Farm: The Cardinal landed five-star offensive line targets Kyle Murphy and Andrus Peat to pair with No. 33 overall four-star Joshua Garnett and three other four-star offensive linemen. They also added five-star defensive tackle Aziz Shittu and Barry Sanders Jr. skyrocketing their class into the top ten. The scary thing for the Pac 12 is, they may not be finished.
Florida State’s five-star quarterback commit Jameis Winston was heavily recruited by Stanford. He has delayed signing his letter of intent. He claims he is “still a Nole,” though with that quality of beef coming in (and the way FSU’s O-Line played last year) you have to wonder if he takes a second look.
Surprising flip: Wide receiver Deontay Greenberry, Rivals’ No. 49 overall recruit, flipped from Notre Dame to Houston. It was presumed he made his official visit there as a favor to Houston assistant Jamie Christian, who previously recruited him at Arizona State. Beano Cook certainly won’t understand this. Not sure I do either.
Rich Getting Richer: Florida State was already returning perhaps the best and deepest front seven in college football. Today they added two defensive tackles, Mario Edwards and Eddie Goldman, the No. 3 and No. 7 recruits in the country respectively. Recruits love the tuft.
Family Affair: Church-going five-star linebacker recruit Josh Harvey-Clemons picked out the Georgia hat this morning. Though, he has not sent in his letter of intent. Reportedly, he needs a guardian to co-sign it and said guardian was not quite convinced he made the right decision.
Fourth Time’s a Charm: The No. 93 overall receiver from California initially committed to USC, committed to Cal at the U.S. All America Game, then switched to Washington before, finally, settling for UCLA. He joins an impressive Bruins’ class that includes five-star DT Ellis McCarthy and New Jersey recruit Devin Fuller. UCLA has 68 players on scholarship and has received 23 signed letters of intent so far. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.
Golden Touch: Al Golden fought through an NCAA cloud and a barrage of negative recruiting to land what, on paper, looks like a monster NCAA class. He received some major “juice” hometown kid and five-star kid Tracy Howard, the No. 13 overall recruit. If all goes well and the sanctions aren’t too onerous, Golden could have the Canes back quickly.
Major Coup: The Washington Huskies scored a major coup, luring No. 4 overall defensive back Shaq Thompson. Excited for the new era, the Huskies already had Thompson’s virtual highlight reel ready to go when the announcement became official.
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February 1st, 2012 at 7:10 PM
That grampa in the UGA story needs to beaten with a bag full of padlocks, then dumped off at a low-rated nursing home with bitter and racist RNs.
/know your role
February 1st, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Husky Shaq Thompson…sounds like he should be in a blues quartet.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:15 PM
I’m still convulsing and not yet over the fact that the Bama cam girl is a triple bagger. One over mine and two over hers…in case her first one and mine fall off.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:16 PM
And Maryland understandably got pwned by everybody. God, we suck.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Surprising flip: Wide receiver Deontay Greenberry, Rivals’ No. 49 overall recruit, flipped from Notre Dame to Houston. It was presumed he made his official visit there as a favor to Houston assistant Jamie Christian, who previously recruited him at Arizona State. Beano Cook certainly won’t understand this. Not sure I do either.
It’s quite simple really: participate in an offense where you can put up video game like numbers or go to one where the coach might throw you under the bus if you drop a pass on 3rd and 5.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Surprising flip: Wide receiver Deontay Greenberry, Rivals’ No. 49 overall recruit, flipped from Notre Dame to Houston.
Also, it’s possible he set foot in Indiana during the recruitment process.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:19 PM
And Maryland understandably got pwned by everybody. God, we suck.
Those 1 & 2 star guys will still rock those loud uniforms with pride. So you got that going for you, which is nice.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:20 PM
Also, it’s possible he set foot in Indiana during the recruitment process.
I’ve never been to Indiana, but I’m from Houston and I can tell you that the area of town that UH is in probably isn’t any more scenic than South Bend. Although when I went to a game at Robertson Stadium in November, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of talent that UH has on campus.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:27 PM
Damn right they will.
I have the awesomeness that is Mark Turgeon to console me.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Ha! Next we gonna perform our hit “Certified Plummer, gonna lay all the pipe I can”
February 1st, 2012 at 7:49 PM
MS – From prior post.
KC, if you like full bodied beers, then you might like a chocolate ale or stout. The night of my 21st birthday, a friend kept getting me Young’s Double Chocolate Stout at the bar. It was enjoyable while drinking it, but it was less enjoyable the next day. MS
I think this is different than a Hershey’s bar type of stout. it isn’t a dark beer. It has been crazy in KC for the past couple days. It is like moms in line for Tickle-Me-Elmos before Christmas not knowing if one is available or not.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/ct-food-0201-beer-o-month-20120201,0,3254844.story
http://www.boulevard.com/chocolate-ale-update/
February 1st, 2012 at 7:49 PM
what do you call a white woman with a yeast infection?
a cracker and cheese.
what do you call a bench full of white guys?
the NBA.
/tip your waitresses
//some really funny shit in there
February 1st, 2012 at 7:53 PM
hahaha
February 1st, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Deontay Greenberry is beyond wise.
/No
February 1st, 2012 at 8:35 PM
TBL’s favorite Indiana Hoosiers fall to below .500 in the Big 10 with another thumping, this time at the hands of Michigan.
Next stop? at Purdue. 5-7 will be IU’s record by the end of the weekend.
The Hoosiers have hit the wall, ladies and gents.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM
Baron Davis comes back in a week!!!
February 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM
#ThingsBlackFolksArgueAbout was hilarious.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:38 PM
This thread is full scrappy commenters.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:40 PM
Pfft. Scrappy. Just wait til Rondoman shows up. Went postal earlier.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:48 PM
He might be on a banhammer* vacation.
*if the banhammer was still a thing
February 1st, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Which post?
February 1st, 2012 at 8:50 PM
Which post?
February 1st, 2012 at 8:51 PM
I saw this and couldnt help to laugh.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Awards Post.
My 9-year anniversary tonight. And I am sitting here due to my sister in law going to ER. AFU.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:09 PM
I think this is different than a Hershey’s bar type of stout. it isn’t a dark beer. It has been crazy in KC for the past couple days. It is like moms in line for Tickle-Me-Elmos before Christmas not knowing if one is available or not.
Thanks KC. I’ve had several Boulevard offerings before, but I don’t think I’ve had that one. If it’s a medium bodied ale, then I think you’ll find it enjoyable.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:13 PM
For the Big Ten basketball fans, Gophers scored 5 points in the first 10 minutes…now just down 1 point, 5 minutes later.
Neither Iowa or Minnesota on pace to get to 50.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Iowa will give up at least 40 in the 2nd half.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:58 PM
These recruiting rankings are such garbage.
February 1st, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Agreed. Just because you have a few good classes doesn’t mean you’re going to win the BCS championship.
February 1st, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Pelini can’t recruit, that is all.
/overreaction
//but still
February 1st, 2012 at 10:24 PM
gonna finish the night with one of these. be strong bruthas
February 1st, 2012 at 10:38 PM
what post was rondoman vicious in?
his thelonius is deeeelicious. and 9% abv
February 1st, 2012 at 10:39 PM
this
February 1st, 2012 at 10:55 PM
count olaf should go if rondoman goes
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:15 AM
Did U. of Washington also prepare a virtual highlight reel of Shaq Thompson playing in four straight Las Vegas Bowls?