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Just remember this when it comes to scholarships and the CL article....

PBRME

PBRME

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Don't forget Mario Mathis was dropped because his injury wasn't progressing. Or, what really happened was they realized he wasn't as good as they thought, moved on to other targets, and used his injury as an excuse to drop him.
 
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Optimus Prime 4

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I think it should go both ways. IF the school says "don't take other visits or talk to other schools" then the scholarship should be guaranteed. If you can still look around, so can the school.

That said, this is another reason for an early signing period.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

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My main point is that cutting him now is a lot better than cutting a week or so before signing day.
 
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KurtRambis4

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That was

just a terrible article and shouldn't have been published. It was written by a known OM homer using a OM fan as his source. I'm not ever one to by into the CL conspiracies, but this was pretty obvious. It was meant for one reason and one reason only, to take a shot at MSU.
 
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maroonmania

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So I am honestly asking this question. When is the last time the CL wrote a negative story on OM football NOT related to a sporting event in the manner that we saw with this latest story on Liggins and his Oxford HS Coach or like the Pink Pony story that Veazey dragged up off of facebook a few years ago? Much of bias is simply WHICH news a paper decides to publish or NOT publish. I seem to see the CL print "off the field" negative stories on MSU football rather routinely but even though OM has dropped plenty of guys in their time, even recently with Freeze, and have had other questionable dealings like "processing" guys AFTER they served their purpose in getting their higher recruited buddy to sign on with OM these things never seem to quite rise to the level of actually being reported on at the good ole CL? So can someone point to an actual CL negative story about OM football that didn't HAVE to be reported on?
 
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patdog

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Definitely need an early signing period. I'd even go so far as to eliminate signing day. Let recruits sign whenever they want to. Only stipulation is once you sign, its binding on both the school and the player. Schools would be more careful who they offer when and you'd eliminate 90% of the recruiting ******** that goes on.
 
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johnson86-1

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Optimus Prime 4 said:
I think it should go both ways. IF the school says "don't take other visits or talk to other schools" then the scholarship should be guaranteed. If you can still look around, so can the school.

That said, this is another reason for an early signing period.
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^^^THIS^^^

It sucks to pull an offer, but that's the equilibrium set up by the system in place. Neither recruits nor coaches can give a binding commit to the other. 18 year old recruits are going to be wishy washy, so coaches are really putting themselves behind the eight ball if they treat offers a basically an option contract in favor of the recruit.
 
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121Josey

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Just want to throw out there that the Daily Journal also posted the story on its website. It wasn't as in depth as the CL article, but clearly was something newsworthy.
 
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