The 2010 National Signing Day Preview

Are we seriously fighting Southeastern LA for Harris?

I just passed through that school yesterday.
No brainer kid, if Berkeley offers, you accept.

For kleph –

What is the reason that Allen is reconsidering his decision to come to Alabama? In my opinion, it’s because Alabama has four other 4+ star recruits committed to the Crimson Tide for next season; John Fulton, DeMarcus Milliner, Jarrick Williams, and most recently, Dequan Menzie. Menzie is the most recent commit to Alabama as the word was let out via his Facebook message to another Tide commit, TE Brian Vogler.

Whatever makes you happy buddy. We’ll be happy to have Keenan Allen sign above the dotted line come tomorrow.

(5, 5, 51, 33) Keenan Allen, S: Allen will choose from Alabama, Cal and Clemson. The general consensus among Rivals recruiting experts is that he’ll sign with Cal, although Max Preps and ESPNU have him marked as a ’Bama commit. BamaOnline, however, seems to agree with the Rivals panel of experts. “After leading big for most of the recruiitng [sic] process, it looks like Alabama had [sic] now become the longshot in a group of schools that include [sic] Cal and Clemson.”

(30, NR, 45, NR) Gabe King, DE: King is considered by many as a lock to sign with Cal on Wednesday. Oregon remains confident that they can still reel in the Eugene product, however. On a Jan. 27 article predicting where the nation’s top recruits will eventually sign, SportingNews’ Brian McLaughlin points out that one of King’s “former high school teammates from his days in North Carolina is already committed to Oregon-four-star prospect Chris McCain.” King moved to Oregon for his senior season. He will have a plethora of options on Wednesday, including North Carolina and $C.

(31, NR, 26, 136) J.R. ‘Ego’ Ferguson, DE: Miami seems to be the consensus here, with FSU still in the mix. Ego has taken a vow of silence after his Miami visit last weekend, but his dad, Ego, reports that the visit went well. “Miami most definitely could be (J.R.’s) choice,” the elder Ego said. Of course, who the hell really knows?

Xtra Point Football

After leading big for most of the recruiitng [sic] process, it looks like Alabama had [sic] now become the longshot in a group of schools that include [sic] Cal and Clemson."

I am the only one incredibly surprised/pleased that we are battling Alabama for recruits. I mean Alabama! I feel like this is the band nerd taking on the prom king. And yet we seem to be holding our own at the very least. We’ll find out tomorrow, but even being in the discussion is an encouraging sign.

Which Pac-10 team is having a better than usual or expected recruiting season?

TL: I would not call it unexpected, but what Stanford has been able to do on a national level has been extraordinary, and they have really upgraded in terms of speed and athleticism. To steal away QB Brett Nottingham from UCLA this late and DE Blake Leuders from Notre Dame was key. Going back to the spring, they were a team that seemed to be everywhere in terms of where good players were.

I suggest Luginbill check out the the fine analysis by ttgiang15 (HT) yesterday.

Ted Miller, ESPN

Anyone know if Calbears.com is going to post updates to their sites as the signed letters come in tomorrow?

There are multiple reports out there that Allen will now choose between California, Clemson and Penn State. The snag with Alabama is his half-brother, Zach Maynard, who recently left Buffalo. They want to play together, and the Crimson Tide don’t have room. Also, Alabama coach Nick Saban isn’t big on package deals unless he thinks both players are great players.

Chris Low, ESPN

The connection is Keenan Allen’s dad -

Two other surprise visitors were the Greensboro, N.C., Northen Guilford tandem of Chris McCain and Keenan Allen. McCain is a 6-6, 210 senior defensive end. Allen (6-2, 200), whose father is from State College, might be one of the top athlete prospects in the junior class and is already being pursued by a host of programs across the country, including Alabama.

Altoona News

A day rarely passes that Dave Wilkerson doesn’t remind Brett Nottingham who has won the Big Game the last two seasons. Nottingham simply promises that the Axe is coming back to Stanford next season.

That’s when the current Monte Vista-Danville seniors will be on opposite sides for the first time since the third grade – Nottingham, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, first-team All-Metro quarterback, at Stanford, and Wilkerson, a 6-3, 240-pound, first-team All-Metro linebacker, at Cal.

Wilkerson is part of the best-recruited core of linebackers in the country, according to scout.com. Cal’s prized, five-star recruit is 6-3, 240-pound Chris Martin, a former Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland student who in the spring transferred to a prep school in Aurora, Colo.

“It’s going to be exciting to grow together as a group,” Wilkerson said.

I love our new group of linebackers.

Read more: SF Chronicle

I strongly encourage folks to rec this piece, as solarise has been the person responsible for excellent recruiting info.

Is Cal in a position to flip Allen?

Go Lupoi Go!!!!

Allen No Longer Considering Alabama

dupadee (BI Reader) – my guess is that allen/maynard already made their decision and told the coaches involved in their recruiting and the news leaked.

doesn’t really make sense for clemson and bama guys (especially bama mods) to just openly say they are out of the race without some solid info.

penn state appears to be just a “decoy” in order to keep the suspense going for the general public….

MoragaBear – That’s my thought re. PSU

Meanwhile, the recruitment of Greensboro’s Keenan Allen has taken a hard left turn into the weird.

Allen, who will be a star on whichever side of the ball he decides to play, had been a longtime fan of coach Nick Saban and Alabama, and he committed to the Tide in November.

But two weeks ago his half-brother, Zach Maynard, last season’s starting quarterback at Buffalo, announced he was leaving the program. A family spokesman, Otis Yelverton, said Maynard felt disrespected by the staff hired to replace Turner Gill, who left for Kansas.

The Allen/Maynard family, with the help of Yelverton, the boys’ former high school coach, apparently began looking for a package deal so their sons could play together. Clemson offered it. It’s unclear if Alabama matched it. Penn State also got involved. Late last week, the family stopped taking calls from either Alabama or Clemson.

Now it appears Allen and Maynard are headed to Cal, which had never appeared to be a serious contender for Allen but coincidentally is now the likely destination of Gabe King, the brothers’ former teammate in Greensboro.

Yelverton, by the way, lost his coaching job last year in Guilford County in the wake of a high school residency/recruiting scandal at one of the high schools. He’s now athletics director at Oak Hill Military Academy. As part of Guilford investigation, King, the state’s top recruit going into his senior season, was declared ineligible.

At Yelverton’s suggestion, according to newspaper reports, King moved to Eugene, Ore., and was expected to sign with the Oregon Ducks. But for unknown reasons, Oregon pulled its offer, and King’s gaze magically wafted south along the Pacific Coast to Berkeley, where Allen and Maynard are now expected to join him. Home, after all, is where your homies are.

“Strange days, indeed,” John Lennon, who could have been talking about recruiting, once wrote.

To which the fans of Alabama and Clemson might add: “Most peculiar, mama!”

SEC Expats / Charlotte Observer

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The coach of two big-time college prospects in the last two years, Cathedral Catholic’s Sean Doyle has gained valuable insight into the roller-coaster ride that is football recruiting. He said senior offensive tackle Alex Crosthwaite was comfortable enough with his early pledge to Cal that he would have signed with the Bears in December. Not even a campus visit last month by a $C assistant, saying new coach Lane Kiffin wanted him to be a Trojan, was enough to sway Crosthwaite.

I love you Alex Crosthwaite. GO BEARS!

North County Times

I appreciate that you put photos on all of the prospects with your initial article. It helps to understand who they are, keep them in my mind’s eye when later people are typing about them.
Thank you.

Wilner writes, but says nothing:

Action: Cal reportedly snares DE recruit Gabe King out from under Oregon’s nose (he’s from Eugene).
Reaction: The next 30 hours will be very interesting for Stanford and Cal, but not in the same way. The Cardinal could take a hit or two (adios, Jordan Zumwalt?), while the Bears just might snare enough last-minute commitments/signatures to make this a truly elite class.

Wilner tells all fans to CTFO
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2010/02/02/the-hotline-presents-your-guide-to-a-relaxing-letter-of-intent-day/

Let me just encompass this whole post with a big (SIC)

Kennan Allen
This comes down to a Kid that thinks he’s bigger than any "ONE" college program. Good luck KA at Cal’ you’re be bagging groceries TWO years from now watching the little TV on the store as Alabama play in yet another BCSCG’ You "JERK" Bama will sucres without you let’s see you Suceed without Bama.
theodis young jr
by runningman322 on Feb 2, 2010 10:43 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

From the looks of things, awesome academic choice, Allen!
Sucres? I didn`t know there was much French in Tuscaloosa…
You live, you learn.

Early indications last night had Cal with the early edge on retaining the services of the duo [Allen & Maynard], but Clemson coaches will be in contact with the brothers at some point on Tuesday.

TigerNet.com

Will Tedford be jerkin’ with the 6-6, 300+ giant tomorrow?

Solarise prolly wishes he had that sentence back.

Oregon homer perchance?

http://www.facebook.com/otisyt