'09 VA CB/RB Damien Thigpen

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I see what you mean. Took me a minute. If he has made up his mind after the ucla trip and is announcing before a trip to ND, then probably not gonna happen- his ND trip or a commit to us. Crap.
 

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Or he could have committed to us and just not visited yet...Its happend before...Okay so I'm a glass half full kind of guy....ha.
 

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I would be really excited if we got this guy. I think he would be able to make a huge contribution early on special teams. He would bring the kind of speed we need on this team. I've heard Darren Sproles mentioned. I think that is an excellent comparison and hopefully an accurate one.
 

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If he choses Irish he should be used as a CB and not a RB. Cierre Wood will hopefully surprise us all at RB.
 

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Note on Irish Illustrated may say he is no longer going to visit ND. Possibly bad news.
 

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Note on Irish Illustrated may say he is no longer going to visit ND. Possibly bad news.

WTF? I did NOT see him going to UCLA, for this reason (per the L.A. Times):

Defensive back Recruits

Alex Mascarenas, Mission Viejo, UCLA

Brandon Sermons, Pomona Diamond Ranch, UCLA

Stanjarivus McKay, Long Beach Poly, UCLA

Marlon Pollard, San Bernardino Cajon, UCLA

Sheldon Price, La Puente Bishop Amat, UCLA

That's 5 defensive backs, and those are the ones from the Southern CA area; I haven't even looked up if they have some from any other area like Norcal. So why would he join that defensive logjam? Obviously, they must be promising for him to be a RB (UCLA RB's were god-awful last year), unless he loves the competition. Damn, I though we had a good shot at this kid.

This is the buzz around the recruiting sites:

Moore - CU
Te'o - USC (I still don't but it, but I'm in the minority)
Starling - FL or Georgia
Thigpen - UCLA

Not the finish we're hoping for, to say the least. And the boo birds will be out in full force. But as been said already, this is one of those filler classes. Yes, we'd like to have more studs, but it's NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. We have 2 previous excellent classes and next year's class is going to be loaded and we are in good position with many recruits already, including a commit from one 5 star. I truly believe we are loading up for that class. And let's not forget the studs we have from this class, studs that we've already seem to have forgotten about because they committed so long ago. Imagine how jacked up we'd be if we were in the running for both Cierre Wood AND Shaq Evans? How about Watt AND Calabrese? Those guys' recruit pages would be 50 pages long and running. We'' be alright, and hopefully we can get ONE of these guys on Wed...
 

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Not the finish we're hoping for, to say the least. And the boo birds will be out in full force. But as been said already, this is one of those filler classes. Yes, we'd like to have more studs, but it's NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. We have 2 previous excellent classes and next year's class is going to be loaded and we are in good position with many recruits already, including a commit from one 5 star. I truly believe we are loading up for that class. And let's not forget the studs we have from this class, studs that we've already seem to have forgotten about because they committed so long ago. Imagine how jacked up we'd be if we were in the running for both Cierre Wood AND Shaq Evans? How about Watt AND Calabrese? Those guys' recruit pages would be 50 pages long and running. We'' be alright, and hopefully we can get ONE of these guys on Wed...

yeah, your dead on NDinLA, but you know people love drama. Especially because there are some very big names still on the board, though i agree most are probably not coming, but what the hell do i know. it does bug me that notre dames committed players arent recognized as much as they should be, but its probably the same on every teams blog sites. Im pumped that we have some big time players, i guess myself and others dont say how much we appreciate the ones who have been here a long time.
 

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yeah, your dead on NDinLA, but you know people love drama. Especially because there are some very big names still on the board, though i agree most are probably not coming, but what the hell do i know. it does bug me that notre dames committed players arent recognized as much as they should be, but its probably the same on every teams blog sites. Im pumped that we have some big time players, i guess myself and others dont say how much we appreciate the ones who have been here a long time.

And less we forget the three kids that are already on campus. Banks, Motta, and Stockton have already signed their LOI, for all intent and purpose. They are on campus and attending classes right now, so, good call LA, and IA, way to keep some perspective on this class.
 

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I've been trying to find something,heck anything on the ucla sites about his visit and i couldn't find anything.In fact no metion of his name at all! Am I not looking in the right places or what the heck is goin on?
 

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Last possible guy we can get. Hopefully he doesn't sign today so he can take a visit to ND.
 
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Do not forget about Teo's friend Toma...he has not signed his LOI yet with UCLA. The rest of the Hawian kids already sent their LOI...hmmmmmmm.
 

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Word is the press conference is delayed because they are waiting on two LOI Teo and Toma. Toma is a small WR and just a 3 start but he won the best hands contest at the Under Amour All American game.
 

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Thanks Irish... I needed to clarify. I hope he doesn't sign today so he takes his visit to ND.
 

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Thanks Irish... I needed to clarify. I hope he doesn't sign today so he takes his visit to ND.

okay thats what i figured you meant....bad news for this guy though, rivals has him committed to UCLA. dont know about the loi, but he is a solid committment per rivals.
 

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okay thats what i figured you meant....bad news for this guy though, rivals has him committed to UCLA. dont know about the loi, but he is a solid committment per rivals.

Until it says "Signed LOI" next to his name on Rivals, he is still game.
 
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