Starting to notice a theme here with some of the players USC has offered in the portal or have been linked to so far.
Will Howard KSU QB - '21-'22 first team academic All Big 12 / offers from Harvard/Yale out of HS
Kamari Ramsey UCLA DB - Athletic Director's Honor Roll fall 2022, spring 2023. Was a Stanford commit before committing to FUCLA
Nate Clifton Vanderbilt DE - SEC fall academic honor roll + he's at Vanderbilt in the first place
Joey Slackman Penn DE - Ivy leaguer
-per Trojan Blade
Should have pursued Thor Griffin from Harvard ( ex hockey player and wrestler) 6'2" 320 DT...much higher rated...picks Louisville..
Sounds like they are closing the gate after the horses left the corral. It smells like grinch's d was too complex and guys continually made wrong choices. And usc concluded guys were too stupid to make the right choices in real time. Not sure about Caleb. I don't think he's dumb. I just think he's stubborn or reverts back to what he knows and is comfy with when things get tough.
If they really want to increase their intellect level among some key players and positions they'll have to recruit more white kids. Didnt slow down UW though. Blackest team you've ever seen
When did you turn into a rah rah. Is it the water in Austin? No one wouldn't prefer smarter players. sc
Have nothing against this approach. In fact, this is preferable in my book.
Reggie had an offer from Stanford; Sanchez from Yale. USC has won with smart players. Hell, turn-coat Haden was a Rhodes Scholar, tho in this case that wasn't a good thing.
Without a coherent NIL program, they're forced to lean on academics. If they were smart, they would target Hamas and Trans sympathizers too. And, chinese football players.