Georgia lost out on DE/OLB Xzavier Dickson, who was said to be a UGA lock, to Alabama... and RB/WR Quan Bray to Auburn. Rough start to the Dream Team campaign. This during/after tonights UA High School All-American All-Star Game on ESPN. Moreover, after rumors he may declare for Georgia, Jay Rome did not make an announcement tonight. Tough night. And we all know YOUNG HIGH SCHOOLERS' COMMITMENTS AND THEIR WORD MEANS EVERYTHING! LIFE OR DEATH IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL!
FWIW, UGA recruits and in-state high schoolers Isaiah Crowell and Malcolm Mitchell, who will probably both end up at Alabama, both looked good tonight. As did UGA prospect and in-state recruit Gabe Wright, who will be going to Auburn. (NOTE: Colleague told me that UGA commit Amario Herrera put on Facebook: "I told yall Dickson was going to Bama... so is Crowell.")
Stay tuned...
PS - I will say, Xzavier Dickson didn't appear to be the brightest bulb in the box, FWIW. I know that sounds very sore-loserish, but I thought it before he even put on the hat. It's like he had a teleprompter with colored logos reminding him which one to chose. In the spirit of those comments, I expect if you go to the AJC and other UGA messageboards, you'll see commenters posting things like: "HE'S NOT GOOD ANYWAY!! ... HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO RED N BLACK!! ... HE'S NOT A DAMNDED GOOD DAWG, ANYWAY!! ... WE REALLY DIDN'T NEED HIM AND HE'S LAZY AND FAT!! ... HE'S A TROUBLE MAKER WITH 5 KIDS!! ... HE DOES CRACK!" Gotta love college football.
Also, we withdrew an offer from WR commit Zach Witchett. To be honest, I'm not sure why we offered him to begin with. He's a 6-foot, 170 lb 3-star WR who is pretty far down the list as far as top in-state prospects go. He didn't really fit. He also got kicked off his HS team this season. I'm guessing we dropped his offer to give it to the 2-star, unranked WR from Lee County for which we all of a sudden have a huge boner and are having to fight off the likes of South Alabama, Marshall, and LA Tech to secure. Apparently he is the hidden gem that is the next AJ Green, but I can't get any info about him. Anyway, we withdrew an offer to Witchett, who was probably toward the bottom of our list. Guess we'll see how it shakes out.
I know it is early, but not a good start to the "Dream Team" campaign or the recruiting blitz.
Pretty big let down after hearing all about the "Dream Team" the past month. It is not going to look too good when UGA's dream team is ranked 20th in the Nation in recruiting.
ReplyDeleteWhile, I have no boner, I have no problem with us signing unranked guys. I don't put a 100 percent trust in the ESPNU and Rivials rankings. There are plenty of hidden talents all across america who do not have the moeny to go to exposure camps. So maybe the kid is pretty good. Certainly not the next AJ Green, but he has to be better than our 3 star recruit, Micheal Bennett, we got last year.