re: Papa Randle: "I just told him {Miles} how it was going to be

well tell your buddy that he doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. If there families are sooo close, then why did RR not even know that DB was qualified until right before signing day. It's b/c they were trying to keep that on the DL so that they could sign both of them. I'm pretty sure if you talk to anybody from Bastrop, they will tell you that their families are not close. Listen to Emmitt Randle talk, all he cares about is his son, they don't care about DB.

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well tell your buddy that he doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. If there families are sooo close, then why did RR not even know that DB was qualified until right before signing day. It's b/c they were trying to keep that on the DL so that they could sign both of them. I'm pretty sure if you talk to anybody from Bastrop, they will tell you that their families are not close. Listen to Emmitt Randle talk, all he cares about is his son, they don't care about DB

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Your certainly entitled to your opinion..thanks for sharing

Wow, this fable was silly to begin with but now it is just becoming the Titantic.

No, Benton's "family" and the Randles are not close. Benton has stated that he and RR themselves are not even really close. They don't speak on the phone or text each other, etc.

Please, just make up something that has some tiny piece of logic in it. Enough with this Emmitt was trying to help Benton by getting his schollie pulled. Benton didn't need any help getting out of his "pledge" to LSU.

One party that was not happy is Bradshaw, You can believe that.

One person has the answers and thats Benton...problem...benton hasnt said anything.

Its amazing all the outpouring of support for Deangelo after the fact. This place would have been in meltdown mode had Rueben gotten away.

Thank you sir, thats SHOULD do it BUT....

After listening to Mr. Randall and reading ALL the post on this....I am struck by one thing. Mr. Randall never once mentioned anything about what school can best EDUCATION him for his chosen profession in all of this. And isn't that what scholarships are for? An education. Not playing time so my son can be seen and get drafted by an NFL team an make millions of dollars so I can retire. Mr. Randall says he wants what's best for his son but never once mentioned education....only PLAYING TIME !!!!!!which leads me to believe the NFL is the chosen profession. But how many college athletes actually make it in pro sports? Not many! Maybe he will and maybe he won't don't know .....can't predict the future. But it seems to me this is all about playing time, and being exposed to the NFL more than anything.

For the many weeks leading up to signing day the attention given to Randle was increasing day by day until the night before signing day the frenzy had become out of control.

I suggested at the time that the Randles were using the "I don't know where I'm going to school" stance to give more media play of Randle and it worked. They, in my opinion, got what they wanted. Lots of folks in the media were speaking his name. The sports shows were into it and added to the frenzy and they were basking in the attention.

They had positioned themselves to be in a bidding war between LSU, Bama and OK with the most aggressive of the three winning the commitment of the guy.

But that plan is really a two edged sword. You don't play the 'everybody look at me' game and when it's over expect to suddenly be exempt from the attention you've demanded for so long. You're then up for analysis. When questions arise, legitimately, such as the demands and threats of the parent of Randle, those are going to be examined because of the attention frenzy cultivated in the many weeks prior to that. You've asked for it. You've caused it. It's your fault.

This will die down in the off season, but will again be in the forefront come football time. The two edged sword will again come into play. Randle's dropped passes, wrong routes and errors that are part of the game will be greatly magnified because of the sword cutting the other way. Great that it was used during the recruiting process but you're going to have to live with the attention now.

LSU had many quality recruits this year, probably the best year we've ever had. Good guys. Committed guys. Quality character. All of them analyzed which school was going to offer them the best opportunity for an education and playing time and they made their decision. No grandstanding. No coercion by the parents. They decided and committed. That speaks WELL of their character and commitment to the team. Team players.

And those are the players who will determine the success or failure of the team, along with the coaches.....not one media hound such as Randle will do it.