irishunclebill
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Well, in May of 2008, apparently it is when you are 110 of 111 (yes, that is not a typo) High School Juniors who currently hold a scholarship offer from the University of Florida. In what is increasingly becoming a mockery of the CFB recruiting process, the Meyer crowd has now made 111 scholarship offers, and accepted only 1 verbal commit in return. The 111 number is actually higher because it does not include offers to recruits who have expressed no interest at all in Florida, but since 111 is ridiculous enough, I’ll use that number for the purpose of this post.
Consider the following facts. Just 4 months ago, one school, Florida, has just won a National Championship with a blow out victory over the #1 team in the country before an enormous national TV audience. A week earlier, another school, Notre Dame, has just suffered a blow out loss which included one of the most demoralizing second half performances in a BCS bowl game in recent history, also before an enormous national TV audience. Now fast forward to the second week in May, and let's look at the respective school's recruiting progress for the Class of 2008. The national champion has made 111 scholarship offers, but only 1 recruit has been wise enough to commit. The Sugar Bowl losers have made only 62 offers, yet 12 of those 62 recruits have made verbal commits to the Irish.
You do not have to have an advanced degree in statistical analysis to realize that given these 2 separate scenarios, and all other things being equal, the odds of only 1 out of 111 Gator offers being accepted while 12 out of 62 Irish offers are being accepted, are astronomical, in the billions at the least. Of course, all things are not equal in this case, as Charlie Weis, as an ethical coach and man, has honored his commitment to these high school juniors, while Urban Meyer, whose lack of ethics can no longer be questioned, uses scholarship offers like they were pieces of candy being thrown to kids at a parade.
It continues to amaze me that no one in the national sports media, or at the very least, the national CFB recruiting media, has not called the Cockwad out for making a sham of the recruiting process. There is a certain very strong smell (stench) beginning to emanate from the Swamp, and it's not just coming from one of those famous bar-b-q's anymore.
A little post-script- At least 35 of the 62 recruits that ND has offered have also received offers from Florida. Expect that number to grow as Meyer will eventually no doubt specifically target who he considers to be the best recruits who have verbally committed to other schools. As it is, that number is most likely higher because quite a few of the ND verbal commits are reported to have received a Florida offer already, but only Lane Clelland among the Irish 12 is specifically listed as having a Florida offer. Existing verbal commits notwithstanding, I would guess that 8 of the current 12 Irish commits will end up with, or already have a Florida offer.
Consider the following facts. Just 4 months ago, one school, Florida, has just won a National Championship with a blow out victory over the #1 team in the country before an enormous national TV audience. A week earlier, another school, Notre Dame, has just suffered a blow out loss which included one of the most demoralizing second half performances in a BCS bowl game in recent history, also before an enormous national TV audience. Now fast forward to the second week in May, and let's look at the respective school's recruiting progress for the Class of 2008. The national champion has made 111 scholarship offers, but only 1 recruit has been wise enough to commit. The Sugar Bowl losers have made only 62 offers, yet 12 of those 62 recruits have made verbal commits to the Irish.
You do not have to have an advanced degree in statistical analysis to realize that given these 2 separate scenarios, and all other things being equal, the odds of only 1 out of 111 Gator offers being accepted while 12 out of 62 Irish offers are being accepted, are astronomical, in the billions at the least. Of course, all things are not equal in this case, as Charlie Weis, as an ethical coach and man, has honored his commitment to these high school juniors, while Urban Meyer, whose lack of ethics can no longer be questioned, uses scholarship offers like they were pieces of candy being thrown to kids at a parade.
It continues to amaze me that no one in the national sports media, or at the very least, the national CFB recruiting media, has not called the Cockwad out for making a sham of the recruiting process. There is a certain very strong smell (stench) beginning to emanate from the Swamp, and it's not just coming from one of those famous bar-b-q's anymore.
A little post-script- At least 35 of the 62 recruits that ND has offered have also received offers from Florida. Expect that number to grow as Meyer will eventually no doubt specifically target who he considers to be the best recruits who have verbally committed to other schools. As it is, that number is most likely higher because quite a few of the ND verbal commits are reported to have received a Florida offer already, but only Lane Clelland among the Irish 12 is specifically listed as having a Florida offer. Existing verbal commits notwithstanding, I would guess that 8 of the current 12 Irish commits will end up with, or already have a Florida offer.
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