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Any new info out there on Brandon Martin and Chidi Valentine-Okeke?
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:46 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:46 am
Did/will they qualify? If not, when do we find out?
Brandon Martin 247
Chidi Valentine-Okeke
Brandon Martin 247
Chidi Valentine-Okeke
This post was edited on 2/19/15 at 9:49 am
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:48 am to Ironhead985
chidi yes ....martin idk
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:51 am to TigerStripes30
quote:Thanks, bro.
chidi yes ....martin idk
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Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:18 am to Ironhead985
Chidi is definitely going to qualify. Martin is probably going to attend JUCO next year, so I wouldn't get your hopes up on him.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:07 am to SHBlake79
I would bet on prep school with Martin, and bring him back after a year.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:10 am to SHBlake79
Where is all of this "Chidi will for sure qualify" talk coming from?
Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:30 am to LSUDbrous90
Yeah I'd like some linkage that proves that
Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:32 am to public_enemy
Since we don't need immediate help at either position, these guys can sit a year either way. I like the upside on both of them a lot, but I don't think we were expecting much from them in 2015 anyway.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:48 am to LSUDbrous90
There is still some work to do but his coach says he has a 3.1 gpa.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:26 pm to smash williams
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There is still some work to do but his coach says he has a 3.1 gpa.
So he's not yet qualified?
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Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:29 pm to Ironhead985
From what I've heard, there's no chance with Martin qualifying (for this year anyway). I have heard that Chidi has a 3.1 GPA per his coach, but his issue is the ACT score. So I guess we'll know more when those ACT scores start rolling in.
This post was edited on 2/19/15 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:49 pm to smash williams
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There is still some work to do but his coach says he has a 3.1 gpa.
The issue isn't always the GPA, it's the lack of passed classes and/or test scores.
From what Ive read/heard, there's no way Martin qualifies. Hell the school he went to lost its accreditation
Posted on 2/19/15 at 1:42 pm to Tigerpaul1969
Agree neither are needed this year but the conundrum would be that if they don't qualify then we'd have to recruit them again. In Chidis case in particular that could be troublesome. With a clean slate and no issues out there I'm not sure we land him. Wouldn't have this time. But we wait and see.
Until he is confirmed qualified and actually cleared through the clearinghouse, I'm not getting my hopes up with Chidi. All that smoke about his academics wasn't out there for nothing. Just my take on it. Feel free to be excited at your own pace
Until he is confirmed qualified and actually cleared through the clearinghouse, I'm not getting my hopes up with Chidi. All that smoke about his academics wasn't out there for nothing. Just my take on it. Feel free to be excited at your own pace
Posted on 2/19/15 at 5:55 pm to Ironhead985
Let's just send Martin for a semester at John Curtis and get him qualified to greyshirt.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:04 pm to Suntiger
Do that with both if it works.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:26 pm to The Pirate King
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The issue isn't always the GPA, it's the lack of passed classes and/or test scores.
Surely Birmingham would not cock-block another Valentine, in consecutive years, from eligibility at LSU? That's what worries me... some other SEC school that recruited him will whine to the SEC office about something-or-other.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 8:21 pm to bwallcubfan
shite if the ACT is the problem ill go sign up for it at his school and get him to swap test with me
Posted on 2/19/15 at 9:21 pm to Clockwatcher68
If it's on the fence, you can bet your arse someone will complain
Posted on 2/20/15 at 7:47 am to The Pirate King
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Hell the school he went to lost its accreditation
This kind of obscures the reality of the situation. The school lost its charter, not accreditation, because of book-keeping.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 8:49 am to Clockwatcher68
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Surely Birmingham would not cock-block another Valentine, in consecutive years, from eligibility at LSU? That's what worries me... some other SEC school that recruited him will whine to the SEC office about something-or-other.
As much as this sucked for Valentine as far as LSU is concerned this was probably the best case scenario. We were able to get in in school, practice and train with the team, and get qualified. If he would have went JUCO or Prep School he may have never made it back. I my opinion I would love for the same type deal happen with Chidi. We don't need him to play next year. It would just be a secure way of keeping him at LSU.
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