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[ThaxbyChamblis]

72 hours inside Ed Orgeron’s LSU war room on the race to Signing Day

BATON ROUGE — It’s 6:19 a.m. on the last Monday in January — or more specifically, 47 hours and 41 minutes until the official start of National Signing Day — and the LSU Football Operations Center is already buzzing. Surrounded by a three-story floor-to-ceiling display of trophies and pictures, a giant video board plays LSU football highlights non-stop. The halls on the first floor used to be covered with pictures of former Tigers in the NFL, but as soon as Ed Orgeron was named the interim head coach after Les Miles was canned in late September, he replaced them with team photos of every LSU conference and national championship team in the school’s rich history. Some inside the LSU program believe that Miles didn’t want these old championship photos up because a few of them contained his predecessor, Nick Saban, who has since turned Alabama into the sport’s resident super power.

“Ed doesn’t worry about any of that B.S.,” says one of the staffers. “It’s all about having the right mindset.” As in “one team, one heartbeat” — Orgeron’s mantra.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...rgeron-signing-day-war-room-recruiting-021417

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Inside Willie Taggart's 1st Signing Day at Oregon, where everything sounds new

The new head coach brings an entirely different energy to the futuristic complex in Eugene, with his first month in charge including multiple staff-inflicted challenges.

4:04 a.m. PT. The first fax is from three-star wide receiver Daewood Davis of Deerfield Beach, Fla. Two minutes later, it’s Fort Myers, Fla. running back Darrian Felix.

“Threee OOOoooh fiiiive, to my city, we get it.”

Oregon head coach Willie Taggart is singing a Drake song that includes a reference to Miami’s area code while scrolling Twitter on his phone. His green-and-yellow Nikes lean on the edge of the conference room table.

“We need some music. Feels like an actual office in here. Can we get some music? Something with some juice, please.”

A Kodak Black track starts on Pandora. Thirty seconds later, phone calls and FaceTime sessions are muffled. There’s a dash to find the app’s “radio edit” setting.

“Clean version! Some clean music, please,” Taggart laughs.

4:20 a.m. Now it’s a “fax” from Cocoa, Fla. athlete Bruce Judson.

“BRUUUUUUUUUUCE,” the staff yells. Bruce isn’t on the phone, and the coaches aren’t being filmed. They’re just yelling.

The fax is a holiday custom, one coaches observe on this day. They aren’t actually faxes in 2017; they’re photos of signed National Letters of Intent that have been scanned and emailed, then sent to a clunky desktop printer set up the end of a sleek conference room table, all purely for the ritual. Every detail in Oregon’s Hatfield-Dowlin Complex is equal parts ruthless function and overstated luxury. The printer is neither. Holograms of committed athletes would better fit the surrounding aesthetic.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...t-oregon-recruiting-national-signing-day-2017

Didn't realize Bruce Judson ended up at Oregon

 

[meast]

American Heritage becoming a feeder school to Miami?

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Y'all landed Surtain Jr.?

 

[nako xl]

After they've stolen 3-4 coaches from us, I'm kinda hoping LSU fails this year.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Y'all landed Surtain Jr.?

[emoji]128514[/emoji] not happening
Campbell>Surtain anyway

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Of course he is.

And I see y'all landed Silvera. Nice pull. Kid seemed like a lock, just didn't have the offer.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

I'm being srs about Campbell

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Didn't think you were joking lol

 

[Bobby Layne]

 Matt Charboneau ‏@mattcharboneau  31m31 minutes ago
 Michigan State spokesman Jason Cody confirms Curtis Blackwell suspended with pay. No other details available

 

[dacomeup]

 

Y'all landed Surtain Jr.?

[emoji]128514[/emoji] not happening
Campbell>Surtain anyway

Might have a higher ceiling. Not certain that he's better than him today, though (regardless of reading that on CanesInsight for the past year).

 

[Bobby Layne]

The rumors surrounding the MSU situation are really ******* bad. 

 

[651akathepaul]

The rumors surrounding the MSU situation are really ******* bad. 

Fill me in.

 

[Bobby Layne]

 

The rumors surrounding the MSU situation are really ******* bad. 

Fill me in.

Supposedly there is video evidence of two of the players holding down the victim while the third raped her. 

It's assumed one of three told Blackwell about the incident and he failed to report it. 

 

[651akathepaul]

:x


Wow. Sickening.

 

[casper90403]

 

[Bobby Layne]

 Doug Samuels ‏@CoachSamz  13h13 hours ago
 Sources confirm to @FootballScoop that NDSU offensive coordinator Tim Polasek will coach the Iowa offensive line http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/ 

NDSU ran a lot of power concepts and Papa Ferentz is a ZBS zealot, so it will be intriguing to see what direction lil Ferentz takes the O. 

 

[witnesskb24]

Lidz has 30% off site wide and I believe it can be used on clearance stuff, lots of NCAA stuff in clearance

 

[Bobby Layne]

 Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
 Sources: UConn, Big East have had recent discussions about expansion. STORY @FanRagSports:

http://www.fanragsports.com/cbb/rothstein-uconn-big-east-recent-discussions-expansion/

Is the AAC TV deal that bad in comparison to the BE's?  I'm not sure how them moving their OLY sports to the BE, and operating as a FB Indy would be beneficial monetarily.  

Who replaces them in the AAC? UMass?

 

[dacomeup]

 

 Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
 Sources: UConn, Big East have had recent discussions about expansion. STORY @FanRagSports:

http://www.fanragsports.com/cbb/rothstein-uconn-big-east-recent-discussions-expansion/

Is the AAC TV deal that bad in comparison to the BE's?  I'm not sure how them moving their OLY sports to the BE, and operating as a FB Indy would be beneficial monetarily.  

Who replaces them in the AAC? UMass?

I don't know the full details but I know the AAC deal was pretty bad. UCONN's basketball recruiting is taking a hit too, and that probably reigns supreme there.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

These are the 15 highest-rated Signing Day classes of the recruiting rankings era
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...igning-day-classes-best-ever-ratings-rankings

Recap: Saban & Urban recruit better than your coach

 

[zs05wc]

Cheaters.

 

[nako xl]

Matt Corral to LB Poly?

 

[Bobby Layne]

 LSU Football ‏@LSUfootball  9m9 minutes ago
 .@Coach_EdOrgeron: Arden Key to take time away from football; remains on the #LSU team. http://lsul.su/2lixH2A 

 Nick Baumgardner ‏@nickbaumgardner  6h6 hours ago
 NCAA may push 10th assistant coach addition to 2018

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2017/02/ncaa_may_push_10th_assistant_c.html

 

[nako xl]

 
Matt Corral to LB Poly?

Looking like it.