Clowney picks Gamecocks

• Tiger2003

  

  http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/19990/jadeveon-clowney-picks-gamecocks
• mucalum49

  

  No shock here IMO. He wanted to stay close to home and play with former teammates. I thought Clemson's class and pedigree with Da'Quan Bowers could potentially sway him. Clemson is close by too.
  
  Now that he is at USCe that gives them 31 players in this class. Thoughts go out to those 6 upperclassman that will suffer a "serious injury" and be released from their athletic scholarships.
• ohiotiger33

  

  Dude has been a Gamecock for a long time. We at Clemson never thought we would get him, and I am pretty sure he just wanted to jerk our fans along. We have some solid DEs anyway and signed some killer LBs, so whatever.
• centralbucksfan

  mucalum49;677848 wrote:Now that he is at USCe that gives them 31 players in this class. Thoughts go out to those 6 upperclassman that will suffer a "serious injury" and be released from their athletic scholarships.

  
  Seriously, this is a sad situation. People really don't realize just how big of an advantage it is to be able to oversign like this. As someone said, the SEC already had a huge advantage with locations and weather. Add in this oversigning...and we see why the SEC has been so dominant. The NCAA really needs to step in and do something about this unfair advantage.
  
  BTW, here is an article in the Dispatch, which quotes Gerry DiNardo who coached in both the SEC and Big 10.
  
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/02/13/rules-on-oversigning-put-big-ten-at-a-disadvantage.html
• karen lotz

  

  
  
  Its not illegal, other conferences choose not to do it.
• OneBuckeye

  

  He is good but I think he got out played in his all star game by some white kid that is going to FSU that was on his team. Also the kids in the AA all star game were more impressive. Good pickup, but way too much hype especially since everyone knew he was going to USC a long time ago.
• ohiotiger33

  

  ^^ Bingo. I am much more pumped about Tony Steward, our 5 star LB. We have had shitty LBs for so long.
• Pick6

  

  well rather have him go to an underachieving program than bama or another strong sec school i suppose
• centralbucksfan

  karen lotz;677917 wrote:
  
  Its not illegal, other conferences choose not to do it.

  
  Wow, did I say it was illegal? No, i didn't. But its an unfair advantage, period. Thats a FACT. And it needs to be fixed. Is that hard for you to understand or are you going to twist that as well?
• karen lotz

  

  There are other unfair advantages in college football too. It is what it is.
• cats gone wild

  centralbucksfan;677908 wrote:Seriously, this is a sad situation. People really don't realize just how big of an advantage it is to be able to oversign like this. As someone said, the SEC already had a huge advantage with locations and weather. Add in this oversigning...and we see why the SEC has been so dominant. The NCAA really needs to step in and do something about this unfair advantage.
  
  BTW, here is an article in the Dispatch, which quotes Gerry DiNardo who coached in both the SEC and Big 10.
  
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/02/13/rules-on-oversigning-put-big-ten-at-a-disadvantage.html

  
  Cry me a river! It wouldnt matter if the B10 got more players, it will still be the 2nd-4th best conference. Nobody wants to play in the boring north when all the competition,titles, best coaches, best weather is down south. Having top classes with 5*'s and 4*s with good coaching makes you a champion. Thats why the SEC has MULTIPLE teams with titles instead of one school with one title like the Big 10.
• cats gone wild

  And also I might add, OSU has more of an advantage then most teams in the country. They dont have many good teams up north to compete with in recruiting while the SEC has most of its teams in the top 25 in recruiting/they have to recruit vs. Miami, FSU, Clemson, Texas, Okla....etc. So, I think OSU is in a great position for recruiting. How many schools in the Big 10 are powerful recruiting schools?
• mucalum49

  

  cats gone wild;678206 wrote:And also I might add, OSU has more of an advantage then most teams in the country. They dont have many good teams up north to compete with in recruiting while the SEC has most of its teams in the top 25 in recruiting/they have to recruit vs. Miami, FSU, Clemson, Texas, Okla....etc. So, I think OSU is in a great position for recruiting. How many schools in the Big 10 are powerful recruiting schools?

  That's under the assumption that quality of player, amounts of players are equal. The south has more talent so it can support the larger amount of top 25 schools. Plus one article I read discussed the migration of people leaving Ohio may impact the quality of sports. Lower amounts of kids in Ohio means less homegrown talent for the Bucks. Look at the migration map below and click around Ohio. If this keeps up, tell me they'll have an advantage.
  
  http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html
• sleeper

  

  He'd probably have to sit for a couple years at a real school like OSU, Texas, or USC(pre-hammer). He'll fit right in a S.Car, easiest division in college football, and consistently underachieving.
• sleeper

  

  cats gone wild;678175 wrote:Cry me a river! It wouldnt matter if the B10 got more players, it will still be the 2nd-4th best conference. Nobody wants to play in the boring north when all the competition,titles, best coaches, best weather is down south. Having top classes with 5*'s and 4*s with good coaching makes you a champion. Thats why the SEC has MULTIPLE teams with titles instead of one school with one title like the Big 10.

  
  The Big Ten has more titles, best coaches/weather/competition is all subjective.
• cats gone wild

  Take some melatonin and go to sleep sleeper
• ytownfootball

  

  Take the SEC knob out of your mouth and be realistic cgw
• cats gone wild

  ytown, go hang out with Art Schlichter and take peoples money. Oh wait, you are from Youngstown where another OSU thug came from.
• vball10set

  ytownfootball;678310 wrote:Take the SEC knob out of your mouth and be realistic cgw

  
  damn that cgw's a dsq, isn't he? what a frickin' idiot
• sleeper

  

  cats gone wild;678308 wrote:Take some melatonin and go to sleep sleeper

  
  It's February 14th, has Florida learned how to snap the ball yet? LOL
• cats gone wild

  wouldnt know, since i dont like florida
• cats gone wild

  sleeper;678347 wrote:It's February 14th, has Florida learned how to snap the ball yet? LOL

  
  wouldnt know, since i dont like florida
• ytownfootball

  

  You can't separate the SEC nutsack from your chin so what's the difference.
• lhslep134

  

  ytownfootball;678449 wrote:You can't separate the SEC nutsack from your chin so what's the difference.

  
  Haaaaaaa that was good for a laugh at work.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  cats gone wild;678206 wrote:And also I might add, OSU has more of an advantage then most teams in the country. They dont have many good teams up north to compete with in recruiting while the SEC has most of its teams in the top 25 in recruiting/they have to recruit vs. Miami, FSU, Clemson, Texas, Okla....etc. So, I think OSU is in a great position for recruiting. How many schools in the Big 10 are powerful recruiting schools?

  
  SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC!