re: Tevin Lawson to accept greyshirt?

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That is not accurate. There have been several players who have taken this class and was accepted by NCAA clearinghouse. This has been said several times by myself and choupique early in the thread. The bottom line is LSU found someone they wanted more at this time. While it is "business" the timing was ultimately crappy. Choupique knows what he's talking about and has more accurate information. You might be surprised how much people on here know about the situation from both the LSU side and the Lawson side.

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Lawson still has a full ride on the table to play at one of the premier programs in CFB if he just sits out one semester. He doesn't even have to start school and pay tuition for the fall, just get a job like a normal kid. It's hard to feel that bad about such an "injustice."

Does it suck that LSU couldn't get him in for the Fall? Sure. Is it something that is easily remedied? frick yeah it is.

Honestly if Choupique or anyone else close to Lawson is being all "rabble rabble frick Les Miles, don't go to LSU" you are doing the kid a great disservice. Lawson still has a great opportunity in front of him at LSU if he chooses to take it.

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yurintroubl

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holy shnikees, you follow recruiting too?

Please show me where Choupique said anything about wanting Lawson to go elsewhere. Could it be a possibility that Choupique loves LSU AND wants to see Lawson suit up there??

I like Les Miles. But he shite the bed on this one w/ a guy that grew up 15 min from Tiger Stadium, committed about as early as he could, shut his recruiting down, busted his tail on his class work & then is told 10 days b/f signing day that he can't report for fall camp w/ the other recruits he's come to know & bond w/? I'd be a little pissed off & I think if any of you would be too. Lawson got bumped for Bower. That's my story & I'm sticking to it.

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Well that would make sense if not for the fact that Lawson has offers from Ole Miss, Tennessee, Ms State, and UGA is also trying to get him to visit.

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Not saying this is the case, but I'll offer this:

Just because they are under the same conference rule, doesn't mean they have the same risk tolerance. LSU filled up with guys who they feel offer little risk or, like Robinson and Leslie, are on the right side of the risk/reward debate.

Did Tennessee fill up? Did Georgia? If these schools are sitting with open schollies and they take a risk and it doesn't pan out, it won't hurt them as much except for the possible use of that schollie to back count somebody.

So it's not necessarily apples-to-apples.

That said, I'm still not 100 percent convinced that Lawson is a grade risk. If he is, then folks in Livingston Parish haven't a clue on what the clearinghouse wants from these kids because they are absolutely convinced that he is 100 percent a qualifier.

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Lawson got bumped for Bower.



Combination of him and Riley at the last second.

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Bower still had other visits to take at the time Lawson was gray-shirted. He was gray-shirted in place of Riley if anyone.

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Lawson still has a full ride on the table to play at one of the premier programs in CFB if he just sits out one semester. He doesn't even have to start school and pay tuition for the fall, just get a job like a normal kid. It's hard to feel that bad about such an "injustice."

Does it suck that LSU couldn't get him in for the Fall? Sure. Is it something that is easily remedied? frick yeah it is.

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This. Had to be repeated. Sure he got screwed a little bit, but a grayshirt is still a great offer. I would have taken a gray shirt to Harvard in a heart beat.

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doesn't mean they have the same risk tolerance.

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To expand on this, I think LSU might be a little bit more sensitive about this. While they would never cop to it, I believe they signed Peterson and Fanaika last year under the mistaken belief that if they didn't qualify they could reuse the spots as EEs this year. In other words, they applied the rules as they read them and not as the SEC is imposing them. Signing them actually cost 2 potential initial counters that could have been used this year or the next. So if there was doubt, it is understandable they may be more sensitive to it than other teams.

WRT Lawson, yeah, it would have been better to notify him earlier, but nobody here knows why they waited. It could have been a cold business decision, or maybe new information came to light. As I said nobody knows and frankly it's irrelevant.

Lawson has to make a decision. He's got a chance to look around, and if he objectively finds a place thats better for him overall, I wish him all the best. But if this is a very human ego driven decision, it will be a big mistake. Objectively, the grey shirt is not a bad deal at all. Hopefully the adults around him are adult enough to push the ego aside and help him make a truly objective decision.

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Hopefully the adults around him are adult enough to push the ego aside and help him make a truly objective decision.

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Unfortunately, I think if you listen to those who have talked to the adults around them, you can tell that emotion is still very much in play.

I hope the kid does whatever is in his best interest. Like you, I just hope that he makes a knowledgeable decision...instead of one based on emotion.

I can assure you the people I know close to Lawson are die hard LSU fans. The gripes have come from the way the situation was handled. No one I know is going f*** Miles and LSU. The timing just really sucked. Selfishly I hope the kid goes to LSU. Close to home, top notch program, etc. But I do look past what I'm hoping for and hope he chooses the best situation for him. While to me there are no other schools than LSU, that probably isn't the same for everyone. To be honest I could care less if he ever stepped on the field, more important to me would be him getting a college education. While I am sure there are some bruised egos in all of this I am sure coaches, parents and friends of the family will help guide him to the best situation for him.

I think this matter should be looked at a little different of an angle that I don't believe has been addressed, especially from the Lawson 'camp' if you will. That is, being offered a gray shirt with it taking a slot away from the upcoming 2014 class does indeed show the sincerity of LSU. Look at it objectively, the 2014 is arguably the deepest and most talented class to come along in a long time and for LSU to give one of those slots to Tevin is showing that they do in fact really want him to be a tiger. Those 2014 slots are gonna be golden since it appears that unless attrition really hits hard they may not be able to take a full load that year.

With all that said I can't see how anyone would think that LSU would purposely do this to Tevin in favor of another recruit. This is just another angle and how I looked at this situation. Have a great day guys.