Tiger Stadium 2013

Complicated answer but here is the skinny I believe. First, a guy declaring early for the draft helps only in the 85 total limit area, not in the number 25 yearly deal. Second, IF you signed 25 last year and they all made it into school and didn't backdate any, you can only sign 25 this year. If however, say you only signed 22 last year, you could sign 28 this year...25 for this class + 3 leftover from last class. HOWEVER, to sign those extra 3, they would have to be "early enrollees/EE". That means of course, they would have to start attending classes in January...the previous month to the NSD period in February. Hence, the word "backdating" which means those 3 count against the 25 limit of the previous class. :snoozer:

I plan on catching a couple of Robinson games in a few weeks when the HS schedule heats up. Of course when you are 7' in HS, I won't be watching too much about scoring, rebounding, etc, because I expect a lot of 2 foot layins or just reaching up and grabbing the ball, etc. But I want to see how he runs the court, how he moves his feet, how agile he is for a guy who weighs about 300, does he pass the ball, etc. I am more familiar with judging football prospects via clips and on site games but I will take a shot at a little basketball "scouting".

Have you listened to Garrett talk in interviews? The guy is intelligent in addition to being talent. Perhaps you forgot when Zach Lee showed up at LSU and Crowton gave him his encyclopedia of offensive plays/schemes, and Crowton "was amazed" at how quickly Lee picked up the majority of it. That was about a week I believe. Plus, show me in the NCAA rule book where a MLB HAS to make the audible calls. That is what happens most of the time but is not one of the 10 Commandments. Welter simply isn't MLB material. Did you not watch the games this season?

I would only worry about 2 RBs being brought in....Fournette and Palelei. Magee will definitely be back and there seems to be a dispute about Blue. LSU is set up for RBs in future classes with already a commit and will get more. When D Williams ran that 4.8 at the last LSU camp, doesn't look like RB is the position for him. That IMO is why LSU offered him as an athlete.

For the record, I am NOT saying that Paris is NOT a stud. But it is nonsense for someone to jump on a post of mine when I was stating documentable facts that anyone who isn't lazy can verify as the truth. LSU has 0 5* currently committed for 2014, 1 5* each for 2015, 2016, and clearly 2017 if rankings went that far out. I repeat what I said...who would have thought that LSU would have 0 5* committed at this time for 2014 yet 5*s for the next 3 years after this one. Shows what a strange year it is for recruiting.

No, I am NOT saying that LSU won't get a lot of commits during the games...what I am saying is I would be shocked if the LSU coaches had anything to do with the delay. Once again, 1) ESPN/NBC/recruiting services associated with the games 2) recruits wanting nationwide exposure

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Agree. The networks hold a lot of these kids hostage withthose announcements and put tons of pressure on kids to go through with them even if the kids have second thoughts. The families have to be getting compensated in some way or are just absent. No way I'd allow ESPN to pressure my child into doing something they aaren't sure about. There would be some furniture moving going on. However, the kids are as much to blame for this stuff as anyone. They agree to it and in many cases prefer to. I just don't like it but to each their own. Worse things going on than this

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A couple of points. I do get a laugh every time some kid announces at the game and within a week he has reneged. Perhaps, they should replay the selected school's fight sound backwards to signify this. Here's the kids I don't respect and do respect during that time. First, the ones I don't respect...having the hats up there on the table is one thing. But the guys who play with the deal by picking up one hat and then throwing it down...have some class...just show some class to the coaches you did NOT select and give them respect for treating you and being your host on an official visit. The kids I do respect are the ones who do it without the above switcheroo nonsense and the kids who tell AA game people that they have decided they aren't ready to commit yet. BTW, who was that...Shaq Washington...who committed during the AA game and within 2 weeks had decommitted twice more and then went with his 3rd school in 2 weeks. What a guy!! :lol:

You're full of crap!!! :spank: Might want to follow recruiting yourself. 4* on Scouts...4* on Rivals....4* composite on 24/7 which of course includes those 2 in the mix.

from 24/7 with that 0 below meaning number of 5* committed to LSU.

LSU 15 0 10 5 90.85 235.29 ?

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I'll say this. Mills looked damn good last year as a true Freshman. I don't like talking negative about our players but lets just say he was passed by two new true freshmen this year. In your mind, you think a player will always take a step forward from year to year.

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I have a different take on Mills. He has definitely had some bad moments but IMO he has been the recipient of some HORRIBLE safety "help" at times. It is clear on some of his giveups that he definitely expected deep help from the safety that never showed or came late. Loston was the offender a couple of times for sure. White has given up some long TDs also like the one against A&M. Anyway, I dub Jalen Mills this year's version of Danny McCray, the former safety at LSU. Sometimes the guy nearest the defensive bust gets the blame even though he was the one doing his job.

I have never agreed with "refs being consistent" in any sport being OK. Soooo, in baseball, the home plate umpire can call balls 1 foot outside the plate as strikes and that is OK....that is as long as they are consistent? :rotflmao:

I know all of this is on the wrong board, but I have to chip in a couple of things. IF a WRer does that (extending his arm straight out from his body time after time after time) as a HC, I would call the ref over to the sideline and say this game is about to get more physical than you have ever seen. Since you don't want to enforce OBVIOUS pass interference, then please don't enforce obvious late hits on Evans. Take control of the game or we will be more than happy to take care of it for you. Danielson and Lundquist said SEC teams have been complaining about Evans and his "technique" the entire year. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, REFS!! IT IS AGAINST THE RULES!

BTW, also congrats to the SEC refs/replay booth for that INCOMPETENT performance on the Jennings QB sneak. Funny, if anyone watched the end of the Vandy-UT game, the EXACT same thing occurred! The Vandy QB ruled short on a 4th down play on a QB sneak that would have lost the game...you couldn't see the ball either but his body position just like Jennings shows he made the 1st down. In that game, they reversed the call. Both Jennings and the Vandy QB made the first down by about 2 feet. They reversed the call in the other game!