247 says Oregon and it seems it is the only place he has taken an official. My gut tells me we are out with this announcement but maybe this is a falling domino effect from yesterday's commitment.
King to announce tomorrow
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People commit without taking an official, but yes. It is probably 80% Oregon here. He has even liked some Oregon posts about him going and none from any other college. Stranger things have happened though.
It's been Oregon from the get-go, Props to Carsen for busting @$$ to get PU in the final 5. He deserves serious props in some way.
I've been around the program for a long time and I don't remember when we've had guys selling the program like Carsen and Nojel, and probably Tre, like is happening now.
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Yes, but I can't recall it and it may have been football? I need to check and see if Hairston never visited
If he's going to choose Oregon regardless, at least the announcement lets Coach Painter know where he stands so that he can move on.
I think Painter knew where he stood here regardless. No visit was scheduled. It's cool to make the top 5, but a visit would have made it feel more plausible.
I'm sure he saw that King was a long shot. Even I could see that.
On the other hand, if you get listed in the top 5 of a 5* prospect, you're probably going to devote some of your resources toward the recruitment, even if it is a long shot.
King is announcing right before RJ Barret (the #1 overall player in the class, and who plays the same position as King) takes his official visit to Oregon. Barret is scheduled to visit coming weekend on the 23rd.
I would guess Oregon's coaching staff did the same thing Painter and his staff did to ED before C.C. could visit this weekend, and told them look we want you, but if this other player comes and accepts this offer your offer is no longer on the table.
I would guess Oregon's coaching staff did the same thing Painter and his staff did to ED before C.C. could visit this weekend, and told them look we want you, but if this other player comes and accepts this offer your offer is no longer on the table.
I don't disagree on this being what pushed King to commit if he goes with Oregon but nobody is turning Barret down if he wants to commit.
Yeah that could put an interesting wrinkle in it. Thanks for sharing That info!
Barret is the best incoming player and to be honest( it isn't close. RJ is going wherever he wants no matter who else is committed.
It is unfortunate Purdue couldn't convince him to come down this weekend. I thought that if Ourdue could get a visit, their chances could move up to around 20%. But unfortunately it's for a test that is pass fail. Doesn't matter how well you do on the test if you don't get picked.
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yeah, but didn't he take an unofficial? There was a commit in the past that had never stepped foot on campus...I just can't find a link that shows that.
yeah, but didn't he take an unofficial? There was a commit in the past that had never stepped foot on campus...I just can't find a link that shows that.
Didn't we have a pretty good football player commit last year right after they fired Hazell?
maybe...I was thinking Jimmy Smith as a possibility, Roy Hairston as another and Todd Schoettelkotte as another possibility. My thoughts are going back a few years, but there could be others. Course my mind could be shot, but this was so unusual...to not visit at all that I expected it to fall down and that is why I think I recall it happening before...with someone. My first guess was Roy because I think he saw himself coming in and taking Big Dog's spot and filling that void...but hard to find that data so long ago...
I believe you are correct and it was WR Tyler Hamilton from South Carolina. He committed to Purdue on 11/22 without taking any official visits despite having received offers from numerous schools. he did attend a junior day / camp at Tennessee that wasn't considered as an official or unofficial visit. Hazell was fired 10/16.
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Not that it matters, but is that possible? ... how can a visit be neither an official or unofficial visit? By definition, isn't any visit not official an unofficial? Or am I taking too literal a view of this?
Day camps that are open to anyone are not "visits." The key being other kids are there doing the same things at the same time.
You may or may not have heard about OSU football holding a "camp" in Florida over their spring break. It was a really big deal and the NCAA had no rules against it. Miami and FSU got their panties in a wad about it. I think the NCAA was going to do something about it, but not sure they ever did.
That's good diet logic...cut it in half, its half the calories so you can eat twice as much!
or DRINK twice as much .... get your priorities straight.
