re: 17 on board, 8 to go

To speak to the West recruits:

Vanderdoes: (5%) Heavy Oregon lean who just might end up going to MLB route first. Left-handed pitcher with 92-94 mph fastball.

Willis: (20%) Is interested, but is "playing the game". Expect him to stay on the WC, but potentially not at USC (my opinion).

Pagano: (????) This kid is all over the board, and was manhandled at Rising Stars a couple of weeks ago. Definitely a great self-promoter. A sure fire project, and there are better players closer to BR out there for sure.

I realize Tunsil and Nkemdiche may be no more than 10% likely to sign with LSU. But both of themare among the 4 or 5 most desirable players still left on our board (particularly Tunsil, who I think is the #1 most-desirable player our coaches are still pursuing).

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I tell you what Torjan Ace....There's a lot of people on this board (including me) who said you called it correct about Pagano and what he's about. It seems as if everything was spot-on!

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Thanks jayboy504. Since LSU is more active on the WC this year, I figured it would be beneficial to try and keep Tiger fans in the loop.

It seems a pretty safe bet at this point. I think he just wanted to pull rank and get what he wanted and the Texas staff sufficed.

To the OP, good post. Don't agree with all the percentages but your opinion is as good and possible as anyone else's, so good job .

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DT Scott Pagano

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We have a poster on my home site from Hawaii that talks with some of the Hawaiian recruits off the record and gets some good info from them. Unfortunately this is what he had to say about Pagano... "Spoke with him today. He's going to Florida unless something weird happens, then LSU would be his No. 2".

From what I've heard though, he's a 3 year project with the potential to be good as an upper classman. So he wouldn't be able to jump in right away and help out.

Pagano can take his overrated talents to UF and continue to get pancaked by Boutte. Dude has no heart imo after the shite he pulled at the 5 star challenge.

I was talking about Beckwith

I have no idea where he is leaning, but I think this guy has more integrity than T Davis from Shreveport who 2 weeks before signing day said he wasn't interested in talking with Texas, canceled a meeting, and then signed with them. I think it is pretty obvious as you and I stated that Texas is out of this. Funny, he is making the mid July camp at LSU, so apparently he can get off work then.

If someone put a gun to my head and make a prediction, I say he goes to LSU. I have 0 evidence by the way but the "peer pressure" deal is vastly overrated IMO. Unless it is a girlfriend or something, I discount almost everything else related to "in his ear" or "are friend", etc, etc, etc.

Agree and Walker committing yesterday may be the final push needed for TAM.

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Vanderdoes: (5%) Heavy Oregon lean who just might end up going to MLB route first. Left-handed pitcher with 92-94 mph fastball.

Willis: (20%) Is interested, but is "playing the game". Expect him to stay on the WC, but potentially not at USC (my opinion).

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I agree about Vandedoes but disagree about Willis. I say it is closer to 40% and I have seen recruits play games/feign interest. Willis has been talking LSU for months, not days or weeks. That is not the modus operandi of a guy "playing the game". He has talked up LSU for months, says he loves the defense LSU plays, and already has an official visit planned with his friend Goodman. I'm not betting the ranch he will sign with LSU if LSU has room for him but I would bet the ranch he isn't "playing a game". Nobody keeps that up for months....too boring for the recruit himself.