A must read for people who follow football recruiting heavily.

It is a long article which critiques the 4 major recruiting services to see how well they predict future college All Conference and All American players.

It is from MGOBlog -> one of the best and longest run college football team blogs on the next (Michigan).

Here is the opening paragraph:

With the ESPN150 hot off of the presses yesterday, all four major sites now have an updated Top 150/247/250/300 list available for the 2013 class. I wanted to dive in and look at how each service has performed over the years. Would any site stand out as doing a better job of predicting success? Do allegations of regional bias play out for any specific services?

espn story.

Real question becomes does DL Darius Hamilton go to UF as a result?

link from ESPN via AP.

first paragraph of story is as follows:

The NCAA said it found no major violations committed by Auburn regarding Cam Newton or other pay-for-play allegations and has concluded multiple investigations of the program.

The following is the final paragraph of the story:

Johnson's transfer will also severely limit the impact that Randy Shannon's final recruiting class will have at UM. Of that much maligned class, three of the highest rated players (Johnson, Williams and Kevin Nelson) have chosen to leave the program, two others were nudged out by the new staff (Davis and Andrew Tallman) and one (Jeffery Brown) was kicked off of the team after being charged with rape. IN ASANTE JABARI-CLEVELAND WE TRUST.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops doesn't expect kickoff specialist Matt Moreland to be with the team this season due to academic issues.

Can only help us in the field position battle come Sept. 11.

touched on a lot of topics throughout the ACC - was conducted yesterday (Tuesday June 8th).

Got a lot of questions in, especially true about FSU. A lot about Tahj Boyd taking over for Parker as Clemson QB and ACC perceptions were among the more popular topics in the chat.

from ThaRinger

This was not a surprise as Clemson has been his leader for a while. Clemson's got a nice class going at running back.

FSU was not recruiting Bellamy. He chose CU because their OL coach (who is awful) grew up with his mom.

Giorgio Newberry is a big name, on the recruiting front. All you have to do is look at his list which he named Miami, Florida State,Florida,Tennessee,and Clemson. Newberry also noted that there were more schools in contention to land his signature. Any school trying to earn his commitment will not be getting it anytime soon as Newberry told us.

cgs to Louis.

29 players from FL made the list.

Several FSU leans and commits made the list.

2nd straight year that a DE is #1 on the list.

Some of our top targets (and/or players from FL/GA and/or some UF/UM targets) include (My editorials are in brackets after the name/star rating):

1) Jadeveon Clowney DE ***** (wanted to include the #1 player in this post)
6'6" 240 lbs.
South Pointe HS
Rock Hill, SC

2) Timmy Jernigan DT ***** (UF lean, but not as big w/o Strong)
6'2" 280 lbs.
Columbia HS
Lake City, FL

4) Mike Bellamy RB ***** (UF lean a/c to SWFL - who I believe went to the same HS)
5'10" 175 lbs.
Charlotte HS
Punta Gorda, FL

8) James Wilder LB ***** (Stud at LB/DE/RB also a UF lean, have read grades could be a concern)
6'2" 225 lbs.
Plant HS
Tampa, FL

12) Jay Rome TE ***** (Clemson legacy and huge lean to CU right now)
6'6" 225 lbs.
Valdosta HS
Valdosta, GA

14) Tyler Moore OL *****
6'6" 290 lbs.
Countryside HS
Clearwater, FL
Committed to Nebraska

21) James Vaughters LB ****
6'2" 220 lbs.
Tucker HS
Tucker, GA

25) Kelvin Benjamin WR **** (likely a UF/UM battle)
6'5" 205 lbs.
Glades Central HS
Bell Glade, FL

29) Hasean Clinton-Dix DB **** (was a story on him here at TN a week or 2 ago that said we are his early leader; same HS as current WR commit Kenny Shaw)
6'1" 180 lbs.
Dr. Phillips HS
Orlando, FL

30) Nick Waisome DB **** (if I remember correctly, he is a UF lean)
5'11" 170 lbs.
South Lake HS
Groveland, FL

31) Marquise Williams QB **** (Miami target and possible that they take both Marquise and Bridgewater and move the loser of the QB battle to another position - or even Teddy to WR right away)
6'4" 220 lbs.
Mallard Creek HS
Charlotte, NC

32) Damian Swann DB ****
6’1" 170 lbs.
Grady HS
Atlanta, GA

33) Teddy Bridgewater QB/ATH **** (Miami pipeline school and probably the #1 player on their board overall)
6'3" 180 lbs.
Miami Northwestern HS
Miami, FL

35) Isaiah Crowell RB ***** (have read that he is one of our top targets at RB; I believe this is same HS as WR Jarmon Fortson)
5'11" 195 lbs.
Carver HS
Columbus, GA

37) Christian LeMay QB **** (likely our #1 target at QB and likely our #1 target not in FL/GA if not overall)
6'2" 195 lbs.
Butler HS
Matthews, NC

42) A.C. Leonard ATH ****
6’2" 220 lbs.
Ribault HS
Jacksonville, FL
Committed to Florida

52) Nick O’Leary TE **** (some lists also have him as a DE, but I believe SWFL or FSUSOM have said in prior posts that we are looking at TE for Nick)
6’4" 215 lbs.
Dwyer HS
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

54) Ray Drew DE **** (one of our top targets at DE along with Derrick Mitchell; I believe SWFL and/or SOM have said he is a huge FSU lean in the past)
6'5" 230 lbs.
Thomas County Central HS
Thomasville, GA

55) Sammy Watkins WR ****
6'1" 180 lbs.
South Fort Myers HS
Fort Myers, FL

60) Marlin Lane RB ****
6'0" 195 lbs.
Mainland HS
Daytona Beach, FL
Committed to Clemson

63) Jeff Driskel QB ****
6’4" 225 lbs.
Hagerty HS
Oviedo, FL

71) Gabe Wright DT **** (same HS as WR Jarmon Fortson)
6'2" 265 lbs.
Carver HS
Columbus, GA

8) Stephon Tuitt DL ****
6’5" 252 lbs.
Monroe HS
Monroe, GA

79) Quan Bray RB ****
5'11" 180 lbs.
Callaway HS
Hogansville, GA

84) Curt Maggitt DE **** (same HS as UF EE Matt Elam)
6'3" 205 lbs.
William T. Dwyer HS
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

86) Nick Marshall QB/ATH ****
6’2" 186 lbs.
Wilcox County HS
Rochelle, GA

98) Pop Saunders ATH ****
5’11" 170 lbs.
Deland HS
Deland, FL
Committed to Florida

Click the link (title) for the complete list.

I apologize to SWFL/SOM if I attributed any comments to them erroneously.

The NCAA is probing Tennessee's football recruiting practices, according to several prep prospects, their family members and high school administrators.

Is from ESPN and includes a 3 min video clip featuring Pete Thamel who authored the NY Times piece that was linked here on TN earlier.

It is an overview story, but the only recruits mentioned by name are the Byrnes trio of Marcus Lattimore, Brandon Willis and Corey Miller.

Click the link (title) to watch the game if you don't have ESPNU

Byrnes up 7-0 after the first drive of the game.

2 trick plays. 1st was a fake punt that Lattimore converted (26 yard run) and the 2nd was a modified flea flicker that they ended up with ~ 50 yards out of.

NCAA says Florida St.'s claims not true

In an unusual move, the NCAA issued a statement saying that Wetherell's claim of having an agreement with the NCAA on keeping student-athletes out of 30 percent of the next year's games "not true."

I feel like I'm in a combination of "The Twilight Zone" and "Groundhog Day" with this story.

thread to ThaRinger's forum. This was reported/thread started by CDrake.

If this news turns out to be true it will be awesome news, as Luc is also an EE candidate, which means we'd get him in for the Spring and it would give other schools less time to try and turn him.

wants to take all 5 visits and then decide.

Says likes relationships with FSU and UF coaches.

Will attend SS.

ThaRinger's interview with Kendall Moore.

Will make decision on July 11th -> ThaRinger believes (in the discussion on their boards) that he will choose Notre Dame.