Tbatchelor1977 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:22 am
Scipio wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:07 am
In the interest of transparency, yesterday the NCAA declared JT Daniels (QB transfer from USC) eligible to play the 2020 season for Georgia. I didn't think he would be cleared for immediate eligibility, so that muddies the waters on my decision. This (App St vs Georgia) may be a down to the wire decision for me. I have to admit I am beginning to feel at home on this board thanks to all that you Mountaineers have posted. The decision just got harder.
This is short term thinking. Take a long-term perspective. However, if we need to..we can roll out high profile lineage within the App St program. Joe Gibbs relations are on our squad. With that, you get NASCAR and former Super Bowl Championship pedigree. We also have Heath Shuler's kid on the team. Great college QB and was a politician (second fact on Shuler could sway someone one way or the other given current climate)..add this to the high quality beer we drink (bong). I do believe it should be a done deal..
I don't mean this to sound like the need for high blue blood football linage. It's not. It's just JT got a raw deal at SC, and I want to see how he does with good coaching (at SC his QB coach was a 29 yr old former analyst from the football administration), an OL that specialized in "look out" blocks, a center who miss snapped the ball almost 20 times, one causing a loss, a team (2018) that many Trojan fans believe is the worst in recent USC history, and the most incompetent coach to ever coach at any D1 school. Oh yeah JT skipped his high school senior year, the year he started at USC he was really a high school senior and he needed to be coached accordingly. I think JT will be great with the right coaching and supporting cast. I want to see that. As a matter of fact, I have become jaded to spoiled prima donna four star and five start athletes, and that is one of the things that particularly draws me to App St. To me, JT's status is huge in my decision. Since posting here, I have pretty much stopped scouting Georgia for my transfer. Frankly, I am more interested in JT than Georgia.