It's Alright Kentucky Will Be Fine

Kentucky may be losing DeAndre Liggins, Scott Harrelson, Terrence Jones, and Brandon Knight but all is good in Lexington as 4 of the top recruits will be joinging Doron Lamb in the quest for a 2012 championship.

Kentucky is getting:
Anthony Davis a 6'9 PF
Michael Gilchrist a 6'6 SF
Marquis Teague a 6'1 PG
Kyle Wiltjer a 6'9 C

So there you have it, a replacement for everyone leaving. Also there is no guarantee that Liggins will stay in the draft.

I know this is wishful thinking with UNC being a powerhouse next year, and Duke getting Austin Rivers. But fuck it, calling it now, Kentucky is winning the championship.

College Football Recruiting Day

The Top recruiting classes go as follows:
1. FSU
2. Bama
3. Auburn
4. USC
5. Texas
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. Clemson
9. Notre Dame
10. LSU
11. Oklahoma
12. Florida
13. Tennessee
14. Oregon
15. North Carolina

Finally the right Florida team is on top of this board, Jimbo Fisher really recruited the shit out of this class as he got 12 people in the ESPN top 150 including playmaking NT Tim Jernigan and Karlos Williams and Keelin Smith two really good safeties. FSU will be a top 5 team this year led by EJ Manual now that the scumbag Christian Ponder is gone and the powerhouse will be back for years to come.

Florida State Loses 12 Wins

The official word has finally come down and Florida State has to give up 12 wins as part of an academic fraud scandal in 2006-07 involving 61 student-athletes. Those 12 wins are being taken from Bobby Bowden's record. There is part of me that thinks he had no idea about this, but when I look across the country these guys at some point have to get in trouble for their actions. How long can colleges go on with guys like Calipari bouncing from school to school to avoid having to pay for the cheating he did. It is honestly out of control, and you would think the NCAA at some point is going to go after these coaches instead of just the school. In my opinion they should both be in trouble.

USC Gets Commitment From 13-year-old QB

USC has received a verbal commitment for the Class of 2015, the problem? He is fucking 13 year old!!! Quarterback David Sills has been highly touted since beginning training with renowned QB coach Steve Clarkson in California. Sills currently is a seventh-grader at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Del. My reaction to this...

I got a huge problem with this. It goes back to what I was saying with the whole getting arrested for doodling thing. The pressure on kids is crazy. It is not right to have high school games on TV. It's not right to have a huge press conference with a kid choosing what hat he will be wearing for the next 4 years, and it's definitely not right to recruit a kid when he is fucking 13 years old. Shame on USC for even accepting this, and shame on this kids parents for letting this get out of control. Kid probably hasn't even touched a boob yet, and he is picking what college he is going to attend. What a fucking joke.

Saying that the kids going to be nasty...

College Football Recruiting Score

It runs down as:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Bama
4. Auburn
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida State
7. USC
8. LSU
9. Tennessee
10. UCLA

Two teams I'm shocked about are Florida State and USC. Jimbo Fisher and Lane Kiffin both did a lot to get their teams through all the offseason nonsense. I don't know if BMack and I are doing are yearly pick random recruits. But believe you me homie, my guy is going to USC.

Miami To Have Recruiting Problems?

Miami has always had a lot of NFL players coming through their school, but that could change, since one of the main high schools they get players from (Miami Northwestern) is none to happy about the treatment of one of their players.

Miami Northwestern coaching staff felt that DT Todd Chandler was wronged by the Hurricanes coaches. Chandler supposedly was Miami's first commitment in the class of 2010, and the 'Canes then seemingly lost interest with no explanation. Though we may never know the full story of what happened, what matters is that there are reports going around that Miami Northwestern is now pushing their players to attend different schools then the "U".

It doesn't seem like it would be a big deal to lose a connection to one school, but this is team that had 8 players from this school (including QB Jacory Harris, WR Aldarius Johnson and LB Sean Spence). Miami really needs to find a way to fix this relationship, as it seemed like they were heading in the right direction this year, and don't need something like this to set them back again.

Lane Kiffin Already In Trouble At USC?

Well this didn't take long. Apparently there are reports surfacing that as the a high school AD for incoming recruit CB Nickell Robey said...

"[Robey's] planning to visit Southern Cal next week. Monte Kiffin has been very persistent. He's probably been in here more than is legal. Of course they don't pay attention to the rules (ESPN)."

Ok, this could be nothing, but Kiffin has had a history of not giving a fuck when it comes to the rules of recruiting. The NCAA is already all over USC, and this is not going to help anything. My prediction is that Kiffin is at USC for 3 years, fired, and then is never heard from again.

And with that I have to put this video up again...

Hilarious.

Scot Pollard Assisting in Recruiting Violations?

Remember that little tussle between the Kansas Jayhawks football and basketball teams? You know, the one where KU guard Tyshawn Taylor wound up in the hospital before taking the fight to Twitter. That was fun.

Well, it hasn't been a great couple of months for Taylor. In Mid-September, a car allegedly belonging to Taylor was invovlved in a fendor bender while being driven by teammate Markieffe Morris. Morris reported the car as Taylor's but the police found it actually belonged to former Jayhawk (and Celtic) STUD Scot Pollard. Soooo what gives here?

Pollard claims he sold the car to Taylor but the sale hadn't been finalized due to an inability to find a fair price. Confident a deal would work itself out, Pollard allowed Taylor to continue driving the vehicle. Both Pollard and the KU Athletic Department claim the sale was approved but the situation remains sketchy.

This would not be the first case of an allumni providing prospects or current players with cash, money or other gifts and this isn't to say that is what's even going on here. It's just another negative story involving the KU hoops team (and Taylor) before the season even starts. Don't forget, this is your preseason number 1 team in the country. Bill Self needs to get control fast. The fight, the DUI's, the lack of discipline...sets the stage for a very disappointing 2009/2010 campaign.

Curry a Devil Now

Former NBA Great Dell Curry confirmed that his youngest son has made up his mind on where he will play next. Any guesses on where? It was stated from the beginning he wanted to play in the ACC and he also wanted to stay in North Carolina. Seth Davis, Chad Ford, Andy Katz, Doug Gottlieb all said anywhere but Duke.

Well the joke is on them as Seth Curry will be the next point guard to lead Duke to the promise land. He will have to sit out next season due to NCAA rules regarding transfers but he'll be good to go right when Scheyer and Henderson are graduating.

While I am not sold on how good he'll be in ACC against superior talent, this is a huge recruiting tool Coach K and the staff can take on the road next year. This will help them land their first viable big man since Elton Brand.

Remember Willie Williams

Remeber Willie Williams the top LB class of 04, but had a tough time getting into school because of legal woes. Well he kept a journal while being recruited from all these schools and here they are:
Florida State: I ordered a steak and a lobster tail. The lobster tail was like $49.99. I couldn't believe something so little could cost so much. The steak didn't even have a price. The menu said something about market value. I was kind of embarrassed so I didn't order a lot. 'But then I saw what the other guys were ordering, I was like, `Forget this.' I called the waiter back and told him to bring me four lobster tails, two steaks and a Shrimp Scampi. It was good. I took two boxes back with me to the hotel.''

They had jerseys with our names on it. They even had my No. 17. I told them `Isn't that number retired for [Heisman winner] Charlie Ward? Coach [Bobby] Bowden was like, `For you Willie, we'll bring it back.''

Miami: Coach Larry Coker picked him up at his Carol City home in a white Cadillac Escalade, then put Williams up at the Mayfair House Hotel in Coconut Grove. Williams' room featured a jacuzzi on his balcony.

Following the campus visit, the recruits boarded a bus with the coaching staff and headed for the Orange Bowl ... ''We'd get to a red light and I would hold on because the bus driver would just take it,'' he said. 'I was thinking the bus driver was crazy. Coach Coker was like, `Willie, we've got police escorts.'"

Auburn: ''The girls at the party were much better than the farmer girls we'd see all day around campus,'' Williams said. ``I was kind of worried all Auburn had to offer was those farmer girls that talked funny. But the girls at the party weren't farmer girls at all. I thought they must have bused them in from Miami.''

Florida: ''I ate so many meatballs, the people there started looking like meatballs ... 'The first night I was OK with eating at the stadium. But when they told me we're going to eat there again, I was a little disappointed. I was like, `Take us to Red Lobster or something.' That's when I pretty much made up my mind. I can't live in a place that don't have any restaurants. What am I going to do — fly home to eat shrimp?''