Sayin attended Carlsbad High School. Very affluent area known as the "golf equipment capitol of the world". Carlsbad has more golf courses than any other county in the USofA
None of this means Sayin is either dumb of brilliant. I'm just backing up the point that his HS is extremely well funded...
Saw it and laughed at Maiava's inclusion. The Heisman has become an award given to the top QB on a highly ranked team.
Maiava might be good but SC is looking at 3-4 losses. 3 losses instantly eliminates him from Heisman consideration regardless of stats.
Happens often. Most famously SEC schools wanting Marshall Faulk as a DB/Athlete. San Diego State said you can play RB here.
Literally 1 month into the season national writers were asking 'How did Marshall Faulk end up at SDSU/How did LSU miss this kid, after Faulk rushed for 387 yds & scored 7...
Which is funny because Tommy Rees was designing plays in the gameplan at ND when he was a player.
BK and coaches viewed him as a coach when he was a player at ND.
It's a measure of how much BK respected Rees football acumen that when BK's own job hung in the balance he entrusted his fate to...
I grew up in So Cal where there is a sizeable Samoan population (Oceanside, CA home of JR Seau).
Hitler never saw a Samoan because he instantly would have realized that they, not Nordic men, are the true Master Race.
Simply put they are the single biggest ethnic race on earth. I played HS ball...
Put me in the camp of 'it's nuts to lash yourself to a HS Sophomore QB prospect.
The physical growth alone between 15-17 makes evaluating 15yr olds highly risky.
I'm perfectly good with ND letting the HS season play out and then offering.
Tom Brady was the same way. If you didn't run the route correctly he'd just unload on you right there in the middle of practice.
Neither Peyton or Tom were mobile or could 'buy (pocket) time' so WRs running precise routes was essential in NOT exposing either to hellacious hits in the pocket.
You're not wrong but, as mentioned previously, some NG are late bloomers.
After his Jr season Mason Graham was a low 3 star kid who was a Boise State commit. He didn't blow up until the (HS) fall camp of his Sr year. Physically he made a huge jump that summer.
Not the vase here but food for...
Hetherman called a good game against ND but I could have called a good game as DC with a 1st time QB under center in his first game as a starter along with a rebuilt OL that included a couple of 1st time starters. Going in Hetherman knew that Denbrock would lean run and give his QB A/B options...
"Second Thoughts" aren't the issue. The issue is contractual repayment of money already paid.
Coming up with say $200k because you changed your mind is difficult to impossible for some of these guys.
And it's just not cars or jewelry that some of these kids spend their NIL money on. Some of...