This is just crazy. You would think a certain amoint of guys down in that area are so dead set on playing for USC that they would go there no matter who was coaching.
All the other years with Helton on the hot seat didn’t matter a bit. They can’t bets out Cal, ASU, etc for at least some mid to high 3 star guys? They can’t steal some of the better recruits from Oregon State and Colorado?
Someone at USC told a couple days ago the Trojans had a recruit with zero offers on campus. It seemed a little hard to believe.
USC might have the worst recruiting class in the Pac-12 but it’s still signing mostly three-star players.
Then I found out the truth: USC actually had TWO players on campus last weekend who had zero offers.
Now for the explanation: The players were essentially being recruited as walk-ons. That’s fine. You need to have walk-ons for depth.
But when you’re bringing in multiple guys with zero offers right before Signing Day, it tells you just how problematic your recruiting class really is. Clay Helton talked in December about how he didn’t care about star rankings, he only cared about signing players who would help USC win games.
Per @GrundleStiltzkin’s request, the Fall of Troy is more than we could have ever imagined.
During their West of the Rest podcast, Huffman and Angulo mentioned that so far when talking to the 2021 recruits, there are consistently 3-4 schools who keep popping up.
Oregon and Washington dominate the conversation, but the 3rd and 4th teams always brought up are none other than the South division Blue Bloods we’ve all grown up with: Cal and ASU.
Wilcox and Herm have been gaining a lot of momentum on the trail.
USC and UCLA are an after thought in recruits minds it seems.
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All the other years with Helton on the hot seat didn’t matter a bit. They can’t bets out Cal, ASU, etc for at least some mid to high 3 star guys? They can’t steal some of the better recruits from Oregon State and Colorado?
USC might have the worst recruiting class in the Pac-12 but it’s still signing mostly three-star players.
Then I found out the truth: USC actually had TWO players on campus last weekend who had zero offers.
Now for the explanation: The players were essentially being recruited as walk-ons. That’s fine. You need to have walk-ons for depth.
But when you’re bringing in multiple guys with zero offers right before Signing Day, it tells you just how problematic your recruiting class really is. Clay Helton talked in December about how he didn’t care about star rankings, he only cared about signing players who would help USC win games.
Trump sad.
Just what I'm hearing
Poly and probably Utah/LDS connections.
During their West of the Rest podcast, Huffman and Angulo mentioned that so far when talking to the 2021 recruits, there are consistently 3-4 schools who keep popping up.
Oregon and Washington dominate the conversation, but the 3rd and 4th teams always brought up are none other than the South division Blue Bloods we’ve all grown up with: Cal and ASU.
Wilcox and Herm have been gaining a lot of momentum on the trail.
USC and UCLA are an after thought in recruits minds it seems.