Recruitocosm

If a kid named “Torrodney Prevot” isn’t an LSU lock, the apocalypse is surely upon us.

And heck, how did I forget to mention: WildFozz. I have a hunch that, given the success that formation had this year, it’ll be a mainstay as long as we can find someone to run it. J Grey might be good enough for 2013 but ideally you’d like a passing threat in charge.

Davey – agreed on all your points, except two. First, I can think of one instance of QB rotation that was pretty successful: Leak and Tebow. And a guy like Swoopes might be talented enough as a running threat to merit the same type of exception as Tebow. Second, while the Ash packages didn’t work [...]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think the coaches want Swoopes primarily because they don’t see him as Brewer’s successor, but as his complement? Perhaps they’re not thinking about 2016 as much as 2014; they want a guy who can spend his first couple years learning his own package to throw as a [...]

Kyle Hicks? Are we also recruiting Michael Hewey?

And besides, bigdukesix has stepped up in a major way. The ‘Cosm is still on my daily reading list due to him. Nice work BD6, keep it up.

Wow, Insano. WTF are you doing accusing sports bloggers of “selling out”?

“Man, it’s just selling out, man. You gotta do it FOR THE ART, man. You don’t cut off your dreadlocks and you don’t SELL OUT to the MAN, man. OCCUPY THE ‘COSM!” (freebase rip)

Stop being an unappreciative twat.

prehist – I see the Boyette take as a dice roll on a kid with an excellent frame. The upside is Kheeston Randall-ish, the downside is DeAires Cotton. The relevant question is whether the staff should have rolled the dice on a kid who ended up being the fourth DT in this class, or whether [...]

Apologies to Tony Clifton, he’s right. And apparently human. Though Tony, for future reference if you’re going to link to an outside retail web store, establishing your humanity is a necessity these days. It helps if your compliments are less generic. By “generic” I don’t mean bland – “hi-freaking-larious” isn’t bland, exactly – but it’s [...]

Ad-bots beep you’re hi-freaking-larious bleep bloorp. It’s silly to project, but I could see MBII as an ideal goal line fullback as an upperclassman, if he’s willing to put in some side reps eventually. The low base, the acceleration, the purposeful hands, the willful violence is all there. Sapp damn near murdered people when he [...]

Gaddammit Newy, if you can’t read how can you write? Ahhhh just kidding…but maybe I should make the distinction clearer. There are two kinds of commitment switches: vacillators who get cold feet and upgraders who weren’t counting on an offer coming from their favorite school. The difference is so profound it’s archetypical. Don Draper is [...]

MrBlondde – TJ decommits and within a day was repeatedly rumored to be hitting up recruits on behalf of Oregon. And then he goes to Aggieland. Not a horrible thing really. Many 18-year-olds will be flighty. But some 18-year-olds will make the biggest decision of their lives in a considered and considerate manner, and all [...]

Vash & co – yeah, I have some memories of overindulgent championship fantasies when the Big 3 signed. So I guess I should qualify it: passing downs on defense will be fun next year. I figure the run D should be OK, especially with more speed at safety. But we’ll be counting on newer guys [...]

Thanks sedonajim – great interview and highly recommended. Tipsy’s interviews are always a joy to read. My favorite bit:

EN: How have they talked about using you? TD: You name it. Standing up, hand in the ground, up and down the line. Coach Diaz says they’re going to line me up differently and the offense isn’t [...]

jmoore – thanks for the learned insight, man. I take some comfort for the fact that Jordan got a lot of touchbacks in actual game conditions this year, plus this:

made 65 yd FG in 55 degree temps with 0-5 mph tailwind at UC Challenge in the finals of FG competition

But the points you make [...]

And concerning where Maulerson will end up, if we presume he can mash on both sides of the line at an elite level then here’s hoping depth chart should decide it. If both Estelle and Hughes pan out but Ridgeway and Cottrell don’t, then play him at defensive end. If the reverse is true, make [...]

Newy – I’ll step out on the limb with ‘em: if Aggy wins ten games next year under a new coach and with a new QB in their first year in the SEC West, they’ll get a huge recruiting bump.

On a related note, if Oprah Winfrey accepts my marriage proposal I’ll be riiiiich, beeotch.

“fried sushi” = tempura = good eats. Take just about anything, dip it in a light batter, fry it briefly in sesame oil. Boom, it tastes better. Works in Japan the same way it does at the Texas State Fair, and everywhere else on Earth.

A few random thoughts on the overall class: Good thing we got Moore now that Howell’s out, eh? And now maybe we’ll get something out of Greg Daniels, if he isn’t transferring. Or, maybe he isn’t now. Perhaps the most impressive part of this class is that the middle of the bunch is very intriguing. [...]

Just a hunch, but I don’t think SMPD cops are generally as likely to pass up an arrest of a gigantic black out-of-towner than a white TSU psych major. Two ounces is indeed a lot of pot but I’d bet it wasn’t nearly that much. It was a possession arrest in a retail strip in [...]