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re: What's the story behind Mathieu's recruitment to LSU?
Posted on 12/7/11 at 9:24 pm to didobrosco1
Posted on 12/7/11 at 9:24 pm to didobrosco1
all that stuff is blown out of proportion as far as i'm concerned. He went to the UTenn camp and beasted, then came to the LSU camp, got his offer and committed. He was a 4 star, and the top rated rivals cover guy that year. He didn't get those other offers because he was rock solid to LSU because of Wilson being on the staff. Anyone else would have been wasting their time. Look at Eric Reid's offer list:
LSU
NC State
Tulane
Stanford
Tennessee
Not quite like Mathieu's but similar. When you commit to LSU or anywhere else really early nobody is going to put the full court press on and waste their resources. TM7 is fantastic player who came in with high expectations. If anybody wants to run with an underdog story its Claiborne easily.
LSU
NC State
Tulane
Stanford
Tennessee
Not quite like Mathieu's but similar. When you commit to LSU or anywhere else really early nobody is going to put the full court press on and waste their resources. TM7 is fantastic player who came in with high expectations. If anybody wants to run with an underdog story its Claiborne easily.
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Posted on 12/7/11 at 9:30 pm to yungtigr
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When you commit to LSU or anywhere else really early nobody is going to put the full court press on and waste their resources.
giving a guy an offer isn't exactly wasting resources IMO if you think the player is good enough. i know there were other things involved, but janzen jackson was thought to be one of our stronger commits up until a few months before signing day and then went to tennessee, a team that had gone 5-7 the year before and hadn't even been recruited hard by them until kiffin got to knoxville. if a player is good enough, it's never a waste of resources no matter how strong you think their commitment is to another school
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 10:01 pm to yungtigr
quote:
If anybody wants to run with an underdog story its Claiborne easily.
yup. mathieu was obviously underrated but if he didn't have an offer from tennessee after his camp there I have a bad memory. I know nobody complained when he was offered a scholarship here. People were pissed when the "2 star out of fair park" got an offer.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 12/8/11 at 3:57 am to yungtigr
quote:
all that stuff is blown out of proportion as far as i'm concerned. He went to the UTenn camp and beasted, then came to the LSU camp, got his offer and committed. He was a 4 star, and the top rated rivals cover guy that year. He didn't get those other offers because he was rock solid to LSU because of Wilson being on the staff. Anyone else would have been wasting their time. Look at Eric Reid's offer list:
LSU
NC State
Tulane
Stanford
Tennessee
Not quite like Mathieu's but similar. When you commit to LSU or anywhere else really early nobody is going to put the full court press on and waste their resources. TM7 is fantastic player who came in with high expectations. If anybody wants to run with an underdog story its Claiborne easily.
Completely right. Reid was also a highly rated safety. But he was committed a full year before he even visited. Most other schools usually know they don't have much of a chance trying to take some players from LSU. It's better to prioritize their time on players they actually have a shot at getting.
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