March 16, 2009 at 11:06 PM in Bryce Brown, Football, Football Recruiting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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From ESPN.com:
Since Miami begins spring practice today, let's start in Coral Gables. In regards to this story about the possibility of Bryce Brown not visiting Miami, let's get something clear: Miami is no longer interested in Brown. It's over, done. A source at Miami has confirmed this for me, which is why it's no surprise LSU is suddenly in the picture for that last visit.
Welcome to the club. The Canes reportedly exited the race over concern of the inevitable media backlash that will follow Bryce and also the fact that he has kept the U in his backpocket for some time now without any firm commitments.
February 24, 2009 at 10:40 PM in Bryce Brown, Football, Football Recruiting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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"I will be going to LSU on an unofficial visit and my final official visit will be to the University of Miami."
His Miami visit announcement comes at a strange time as today a UM source claimed Miami will no longer renew Bryce's LOI which expired today:
A UM source said Tuesday night that the Hurricanes will not reissue a scholarship offer to Brown, a running back from Wichita, Kan., ranked as the nation's No. 1 prospect by Rivals.com. The national letter of intent UM faxed to Brown on Feb. 4 expires today. UM can send Brown another letter of intent, but will not.
Brian Butler, an advisor to Brown, disputed that the Hurricanes were no longer interested. Butler said Brown talked by phone with UM coach Randy Shannon on Tuesday afternoon to discuss an official visit the player plans on making to the UM campus starting March 3.
"Whoever is telling you that about Bryce, they might want them to check with coach Shannon," Butler said.
Hard to say whether the source or Butler is right in this situation, but I would find it hard to believe that Bryce would take an official visit to Miami knowing he wouldn't have a LOI to sign at the end of the day, unless he decided to use the trip to visit his brother.
The exclusion of SC in the visit list and the fact that there has been little to no word about SC going after Bryce pretty much tells me that we're no longer in the running for BB. This follows the rumors that SC pulled out of the race, which isn't far-fetched considering it was initially Bryce who called showing his interest in coming out to LA. With all the baggage in this situation, it would be no surprise to hear that Pete took a pass in this race especially with the heat we've received in recent years.
February 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM in Bryce Brown, Football, Football Recruiting | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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February 15, 2009 at 11:00 PM in Bryce Brown, Football, Football Recruiting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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"We basically talked Xs and Os," Brown said. "It's kind of hard for me to say what the offense is going to be like. Some of the stuff he was talking about – putting me out in space, and allowing me to get matched up with linebackers and cornerbacks one-on-one – sounds good, but inside something just tells me that his philosophy or the way he does things isn't what I really like.
"Oregon is just a place I see myself at," Brown said. "At night when I go to sleep, I try to imagine myself at each school. When I think about Oregon, I go to sleep and I feel like that's the place for me. But I know I'm not in tune with my spirit, and my spirit is heavily involved in this. I'm praying, and I have people praying for me.
"I really like Coach Kelly, and he wants the best for me. It's not even really about football anymore. If I don't choose to go to Oregon, Coach Kelly and I are still going to have the relationship. Anything I need, any questions I have, I know that I can call him. He truly and genuinely wants the best for me."
February 11, 2009 at 11:52 PM in Bryce Brown, Football, Football Recruiting | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
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A handful of updates since my last post:
Other Recruiting News
With Starling, Fangupo, and Vehikite signing, Chris Metcalf is the only commit left from the '09 class unsigned. I was surprised that Chris didn't pull a Michael Bumpus from '04 and jump ship after seeing us pull in our DB class.
He has academic issues which is the current hold-up, but I won't be surprised if Chris has a change of heart about coming to SC. With Moore, Hall, McDonald, and Starling coming in, Chris will have a hard time getting any PT.
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With 3 scholarships remaining, SC is still on the radar for Bryce Brown and Orson Charles. Bryce (top-rated RB from Kansas) was by far and away the best player at the Army All-American practices/game. (I'm still perplexed as to how Tajh Boyd earned co-MVP honors with Bryce). Miami is still the favorite in this race with his brother Arthur currently enrolled there, although there have been rumors of Arthur looking to transfer, but SC is still definitely in the running.
Bryce has gone on record saying he wants to be used like Reggie Bush, so it's no surprise that he'll take an official visit to Tennessee next week and then likely SC afterwards. I've seen a lot of Bryce and he reminds me of a cross between Reggie and Jonathan Stewart; he's compact and physically imposing like Jonathan but has great explosion out of his cuts like Reggie. After the Army AA game, he was without question the #1 player in the nation in my mind; if he came to SC, he would overtake Matty B. as the gem of the class IMO.
As for Orson Charles, TE hasn't been a big priority in this class with Blake Ayles looking like a future 1st round pick. Orson showed nice catching ability at the Army All-American practices/game, but with SC being the early favorite for Christian Thomas next year, and again TE being a non-priority, I'm a little ambivalent in this situation.
February 07, 2009 at 08:14 PM in Bryce Brown, Chris Metcalf, Christian Thomas, Football, Football Recruiting, Hebron Fangupo, Jawanza Starling, Josh Pinkard, Orson Charles, Simione Vehikite | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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