re: Appleton to Illinois

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Appleton was the second best WR on our board IMO. Sad that we wouldn't offer him.

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I beg to differ.

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doesn't mean he is not good.

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He never said he wasn't good. Learn how to read. He said he doesn't think he is elite.

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"I am going to give my verbal to [Illinois] because that's the only school I visited, I will still take my official visits," Appleton explained.

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That is horrible reasoning....

His commitment kind of sounds like Trent Richardson's...may have wanted to save himself a spot.

He will still be taking an official visit to LSU.

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Dan, we agree to disagree. The kid is rated 14 on ESPN, 12 on Scout, and 10 on Rivals. He is consistently in the top 100, if not the top 50, and has been ranked as the 5th best athlete at his position. Just because there are potentially better WRs (not that many, IMO) out there doesn't mean he is not good. Maybe all the recruiting services are wrong.

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That's fine, I could certainly see why you would be excited. I was just doing my own evaluations for another site, and I had heard A LOT of good things about Appleton, watched the film, and he didn't jump out at me like players like Debose, Randle, Brown (even though his comp. sucks) and a couple others.

Good player for sure. I probably understated earlier.

I am sure someone will jump on e for even insinuating that, but recruiting is about applying some logic to the information that is given.

Why would a top flight recruit commit to a school when he has only been to that ONE. Also, within the past few weeks he had listed LSU his leader.

He had also listed OSU high on his board in the past and Texas Tech as well.

I just don't buy this commitment being firm one bit.

got to disagree with you OBU....from what I've seen of Appleton the kid looks like a playmaker. Very good hands, runs solid routes, and rarely got tackled by the first man to touch him.

The kid has seemed pretty uninterested in the entire recruiting process though so if we start feeling bad about DeBose I'd imagine we can sway him with a visit down here.

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Wooten's announcement Aug. 29th should tell us a little more about how we stand with this WR class imo, depending on whether he picks LSU or Georgia

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i think that most here know the situation with wooten, especially if the thoughts are true and the staff waits to see appleton in person before offering.

and appleton to illinois didnt surprise me. he once told me they were out of his picture, though he had been going to their team camp for some time.

it was osu-lsu. i knew if appleton was as good as billed, zook wouldnt let that fly. i think when duron carter committed to osu appleton backed off a little. he then locked up his spot with zook, but is clearly still going to take his visits.

you cant turn that down, though.

you are talking about two top 20 players in the country at their position, with offers to both schools they committed to.

i see what youre saying, but no coaching staff turns them away. they should do like coach Miles and just say that once you commit you are not really allowed to take anymore visits.

I know you can't flat out say no, but if I'm altering my recruiting around a guy's commit I'd like a little more than "I'm committing to hold down a spot"