As expected, Clowney picks USCe

Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Big John Copeland said on Crimson Cover yesterday that he has a very reliable souce that has never told him wrong that JC will have his girlfriend at his announcement and the girlfriend is going to USCe thus the Valentine's day announcement. He will be announcing he is going to USC with her. If true, maybe it's not so much mama but the girlfriend influencing him. I guess both. Anyway tifwiw.
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

The truth for Bama recruiting is that while Bama wanted JC in a bad way (who didn't) and JC certainly would be a great addition and make Bama's D better, The Tide needed Cyrus more than they needed Clowney. Cyrus is the one guy in this class Bama had to have. There are other DL difference makers in this class, but only one true OL difference maker. JC would be icing on the cake, but the class is top notch with or without him... speaks volumes about recruiting abilities of Saban and company. USC on the other hand has some solid DL recruits, but really need JC to solidify their class.

As for Rumph... I fully expect improvement in DL play under him, and continued success on the recruiting trail. I am hopeful that when EJ retires at USC that Rumph is pursued hard for DC (assuming he continues to improve & learn as a coach under Saban). He could not be under a better HC to prepare for a D1 DC position, which I suspect played a big role in his decision to come to Bama.

For those worried about facing JC if he signs with USC, like others said, unless he is a bust it is unlikely he plays 4 seasons anywhere. SECCG would be only place Bama & USC would see each other in next 3 years barring some odd bowl scenario (unlikely to put it mildly).
 

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For those worried about facing JC if he signs with USC, like others said, unless he is a bust it is unlikely he plays 4 seasons anywhere. SECCG would be only place Bama & USC would see each other in next 3 years barring some odd bowl scenario (unlikely to put it mildly).
I can't understand why a Bama fan would worry about playing against any one particular player but I know there are those that do. Clowney is a great talent and all but no matter where he goes they will not automatically become invincible. I am sure even the high school team he played for this past season lost some games. I personally hope we get to play USCe so he can experience the Crimson Tide! I wish Cam would have stayed for his senior season too! I feel that Bama is the best and I want to see Bama beat the best just like we did in '09.

I will be pulling for USCe in the East next year. I hope we get to play them!
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Not so according to his HS coach.

Coach says Clowney will qualify
By Phil Kornblut
Former South Pointe High School coach Bobby Carroll does not know where his star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will play his college football, but Carroll said Friday he does know one thing...Clowney will be academically eligible to play as a freshman. Carroll said Friday he had seen and been told about reports questioning Clowney's eligibility status. Carroll said there is absolutely no doubt in his mind Clowney will be on the field this fall. "There was never any question in my mind he will qualify," Carroll said. "I'll bet a million dollars he qualifies because he works so hard in the classroom." Clowney will announce his college decision Monday morning around 10:15 at his school. USC and Clemson were the top two with Clowney who said earlier this week he has made his decision. Clowney has a basketball game at home Friday night. He might go to one of the games tomorrow at Clemson or USC but has not decided on that.
 

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i would have loved to see this guy in crimson next year but no matter what we still had a great recruiting class this year.RTR
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Earlier on this thread I was told that "with all due respect" that I was wrong that JC would be bad for bama. I was told he was, let me paraphase " sincere, serious, level headed kid etc". Read below. This kid is a Lebron James wanabe. He does not strike me as a team player. No more apologies from me. Go to USCe Clowney because your theatrics are Clownish!
Jadeveon Clowney leading a circus show
By Travis Sawchik
tsawchik@postandcourier.com
Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Buzz


ROCK HILL -- It is Friday afternoon, T-minus 70 hours until the nation's No. 1 football prospect makes his choice between South Carolina, Clemson and Alabama, and Jadeveon Clowney's lunch is being interrupted again.



Tim Dominick/thestate.com

Jadeveon Clowney
Clowney is tired of making appearances at the South Pointe High attendance office. Division I coaches come courting at this particular office because it is located at an extreme wing of the school where coaches can swoop in and out the back door. Nick Saban does not like to make a scene.

Is Saban nice?

"He just kind of nodded," said student assistant Lanie Johnson of Saban's informal greeting.



Clowney's midday meal has been truncated countless times this year by Saban, Steve Spurrier and Dabo Swinney because they don't want to interrupt class time. His free-period card games with buddies in the cafeteria paused for several weeks by writers asking the same tiresome question: Where you going to college? He'll answer it on ESPN at 10:15 a.m. on Monday.

Today in the office they wonder if Clowney will show for one last request? Minutes pass. Doubt grows until the hallway fills with laughter, sounds of a crowd. Clowney enters the office. Today he's wearing a South Carolina windbreaker. A verdict? He smiles and says he'll be wearing a Clemson shirt later in the day.

Clowney says he just wants to fit it in, even though his 6-6 frame hovers above the crowds in the hallway, even though he's followed by a documentary film crew.

Clowney declines to sign a couple more ESPN The Magazine covers he graces for students. He said his hand is cramped. He's signed at least 300. Clowney said he's tired of the reporters. The most annoying question? Answered Clowney: "Where are you going to school?"

Clowney said if he could do it over, he would have announced on signing day. He said he was influenced by LeBron James' decision broadcast this summer. While Clowney brought this attention on himself, he also brought it unwillingly upon a rural school that has never seen anything like it and whose administrators seem ready for the spectacle to end.
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Earlier on this thread I was told that "with all due respect" that I was wrong that JC would be bad for bama. I was told he was, let me paraphase " sincere, serious, level headed kid etc". Read below. This kid is a Lebron James wanabe. He does not strike me as a team player. No more apologies from me. Go to USCe Clowney because your theatrics are Clownish!
Jadeveon Clowney leading a circus show
By Travis Sawchik
tsawchik@postandcourier.com
Saturday, February 12, 2011

2 Comment(s)
Buzz


ROCK HILL -- It is Friday afternoon, T-minus 70 hours until the nation's No. 1 football prospect makes his choice between South Carolina, Clemson and Alabama, and Jadeveon Clowney's lunch is being interrupted again.



Tim Dominick/thestate.com

Jadeveon Clowney
Clowney is tired of making appearances at the South Pointe High attendance office. Division I coaches come courting at this particular office because it is located at an extreme wing of the school where coaches can swoop in and out the back door. Nick Saban does not like to make a scene.

Is Saban nice?

"He just kind of nodded," said student assistant Lanie Johnson of Saban's informal greeting.



Clowney's midday meal has been truncated countless times this year by Saban, Steve Spurrier and Dabo Swinney because they don't want to interrupt class time. His free-period card games with buddies in the cafeteria paused for several weeks by writers asking the same tiresome question: Where you going to college? He'll answer it on ESPN at 10:15 a.m. on Monday.

Today in the office they wonder if Clowney will show for one last request? Minutes pass. Doubt grows until the hallway fills with laughter, sounds of a crowd. Clowney enters the office. Today he's wearing a South Carolina windbreaker. A verdict? He smiles and says he'll be wearing a Clemson shirt later in the day.

Clowney says he just wants to fit it in, even though his 6-6 frame hovers above the crowds in the hallway, even though he's followed by a documentary film crew.

Clowney declines to sign a couple more ESPN The Magazine covers he graces for students. He said his hand is cramped. He's signed at least 300. Clowney said he's tired of the reporters. The most annoying question? Answered Clowney: "Where are you going to school?"

Clowney said if he could do it over, he would have announced on signing day. He said he was influenced by LeBron James' decision broadcast this summer. While Clowney brought this attention on himself, he also brought it unwillingly upon a rural school that has never seen anything like it and whose administrators seem ready for the spectacle to end.
didnt take anything negative from that IMO..
 

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Travis Sawchik is the Clemson beat writer for the Charleston Post and Courier. I am sure he has been feeling left out because of all the attention his fellow Post and Courier reporter, Travis Haney, is getting. I really haven't heard too much from Sawchik until this past week, at least anything I would read. Haney among another things, is the author of a book that tells of the journey of the South Carolina baseball team to it's national championship, and he's no homer(UT grad). He is just fair.


I didn't really take anything negative from the article either, though. BTW, I heard one day Clowney was wearing a Bama hat, a Carolina shirt, and Clemson pants, all at once.
 
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BamaGoose

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

If I was Clowney, I don't think I would appreciate the Hargrave's coach running his soup cooler about his grades. I've given up hope and it is time to move on. One player doesn't make a team except in the Boog's case. :)
 

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If I was Clowney, I don't think I would appreciate the Hargrave's coach running his soup cooler about his grades. I've given up hope and it is time to move on. One player doesn't make a team except in the Boog's case. :)
This. It was way out of line and pretty stupid for a coach who relies on high schools and colleges to send kids his way. Suffice to say, Hargrave won't be getting any referrals from USC for the time being.

Old Timer: You don't have to apologize if you don't want to. But I still think you're misreading this. JC is the pursued. He's not orchestrating the attention of Messrs. Spurrier and Saban. Everybody who's been around the kid likes him.
 

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Have got to throw my two cents in on this one. I would love to have the kid but if he does not come, it will certainly not wreck it either. The thing that I find funny is this. Reports are that he closing the press conference to the public and most news outlets. Only family and just a few select friends. Now keep in mind I am just throwing this out. Why if you were going to commit to one off the home schools why not open this up to the whole school along with the community. Maybe he does not want to hear the cat calls and such when he says "ROLL TIDE" and commits to us. Do I think this will happen, no. But it would sure make for a great press conference. RTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

TOMMORROW IS THE DAY FOR JC... He will choose the Clemson Tigers. and then wont play for a couple of years
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

TOMMORROW IS THE DAY FOR JC... He will choose the Clemson Tigers. and then wont play for a couple of years
JC's HS coach said, "I'll bet a million dollars he qualifies"

With your superior inside knowledge of the subject you should take him up on the bet, that's an easy million for you.

Seriously, all indications are that the kid will be eligible.
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Really not trying to be a troll here, but why is everyone still so interested in this kid when he's stated that Clemson and SC are his favorites. I don't know if he as directly quoted as saying that but all indications seem to substantiate that idea.
 

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Really not trying to be a troll here, but why is everyone still so interested in this kid when he's stated that Clemson and SC are his favorites. I don't know if he as directly quoted as saying that but all indications seem to substantiate that idea.
I think most of us are still hoping for the icing on the cake lol.
 

Dplymkr88

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Really not trying to be a troll here, but why is everyone still so interested in this kid when he's stated that Clemson and SC are his favorites. I don't know if he as directly quoted as saying that but all indications seem to substantiate that idea.
Cause kids change their mind all the time. Really silly to think you stop now. I don't think he comes to Bama but stranger things have happened ...and happened this year so you never know.



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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

Really not trying to be a troll here, but why is everyone still so interested in this kid when he's stated that Clemson and SC are his favorites. I don't know if he as directly quoted as saying that but all indications seem to substantiate that idea.
He also said following that report by McKenney, or whoever it was, that it was down to USCe, Clemson and UA. ESPN Insider put an update out yesterday morning that said he had reached his final decision on Tuesday. It went on to say that he and his mother were the only ones aware of the decision. That may or may not be significant because it kinda suggests that his fathers travel status was not major factor in the final decision. But the part of that update that I'm so optimistic about is that the decision had been made on Tuesday part. Reason being I have been told, by someone I consider reliable, that as of the first of the week he was Bama's to lose.:pDTW_1019:
 

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Re: DE Jadeveon Clowney Updates: He says that SC and Clemson are his top two favorite

I'm not overly optimistic about getting his LOI but the UA staff has put so much time in recruiting JC so why wouldn't we think that we still have some chance of getting him. It may be a slim to none chance but it's still a chance.
 

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