- Ryan Timmons unofficially visits Kentucky
- Lawrence Marshall unofficially visits Michigan State for a bowl practice
- Parrker Westphal unofficially visits Northwestern
- John Calipari from Kentucky watches Andrew Wiggins
- Arizona State offers Clifton Garrett & Denzel Ward
- Jalan McClendon unofficially visits North Carolina
- @Miles11W: Florida picks up another LB commit in Jarrad Davis. Trey Johnson to Ohio State is becoming more and more likely. (Flipped from Auburn)
- Alabama offers Lorenzo Carter
Gainesville’s champion QB: A golden arm with a team-first attitude
There was never any doubt that Deshaun Watson would be ready for the occasion. Playing on the state’s biggest stage made him an even better leader as he guided the Red Elephants to the Class AAAAA state championship on Friday in Atlanta.
It takes more than one player to win it all. Never has a quarterback solely won anything on his own.
But Watson has a poise and presence that lends itself to championships. He’s cool under pressure, throws a pass with almost flawless precision and will take off with the ball when the need arises.
As far as high school players go, he’s the total package. Now, as the first state championship quarterback in school history, he is also the pride of an entire community.
“Deshaun’s probably the best high school player in the state, maybe the entire nation,” Gainesville linebacker Devan Stringer said.
His final outing of the season saw Watson complete 27 of 35 passes for 304 yards.
The Red Elephants’ junior quarterback gave one of the best performances of his high school career against a Gator team that earned its trip to Atlanta with a gutsy defense. It was just no match against Watson’s golden arm.
Watson set the new state career passing record, breaking a record that Zack Stanford of Metter owned for eight years, with a 10-yard pass to Tray Harrison in the first quarter.
But he wasn’t done with checking off an individual goal. He threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more as Gainesville became Hall County’s first state champion in the Georgia High School Association.
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FOOTBALL: Colleges look to sway Centennial’s Cameron Hunt
Corona Centennial senior offensive lineman Cameron Hunt thought the recruiting process was complete back in July when he accepted a scholarship offer from Cal.
Things have changed in the weeks following Cal’s decision to fire coach Jeff Tedford.
Last week, Hunt said he was waiting to see if Jim Michalczik, Cal’s offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, would be retained by Cal’s newly-named coach, Sonny Dykes.
“If he (Michalczik) stays, I’ll probably stay with call,” Hunt said last week. “But if he goes, I’m probably going to have to think things over a little bit and look at other offers.”
on Wednesday, Dec. 12, Cal confirmed Michalczik would not be returning next season.
Centennial’s practices have been flooded with college coaches who have come to take a look at Hunt, a four-star recruits who is among the top linemen in the 2013 class.
Michigan has sent two assistants in recent weeks, offensive coordinator and QBs coach Al Borges and receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Jeff Hecklinski. Nebraska assistant offensive line coach John Garrison was at a practice on Wednesday.
Washington and Arizona are among the other schools who have appeared at practices.
However, the biggest name to show at a practice is Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, who visited Centennial on Thursday night, the team’s final full practice of the season.
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Notes: Gonzaga D.C. Classic
The Gonzaga D.C. Classic took place over the past weekend (Dec. 7-9), with Mount St. Joseph emerging as champions of the three-day, eight-team tournament.
Sidwell Friends made a strong statement by defeating host Gonzaga in the semifinals, and narrowly dropping a 59-55 decision to Mount St. Joe’s in the championship round.
MDHoops.net’s Josh Stirn was on hand for all of the Friday night action at this year’s tournament, and broke down some of the night’s best performances, along with generating scouting notes on the event’s most promising young prospects.
Top Performers
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Kam Williams, G, Mount St. Joseph, 2013: Williams lived up to the billing as the best pure shooter in attendance, knocking down jumpers from all over the court. Williams just didn’t settle for 3-point attempts however – he used a variety of ball fakes and hesitation moves to get into the midrange area and show off soft touch from 15-18 feet. He’s going to be able to contribute to Ohio State right away with his ability to knock down shots.
Has anyone heard how Lewis has been doing at the Shrine Bowl?
I saw a Rivals analyst saying he forced a fumble early.
It should also be pointed out that he's playing OLB in all Shrine Bowl practices and the game itself, closer to the role that Ohio State will have him in.
thanks guys! ^^^
Need to see if the visit is off at Ohio State for Dawson and if so, will Meadows or Peterson receive an offer or will they bank the scholarship or possibly use it for another prospect in this class?
Am I the only one that said meh about Dawson?
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
Nice little clip from Bosa, said he is looking forward to hanging with John Simon during his official to OSU. Atta boy, Joey. Congratulations to him and his teammates on their FL hs championship.
Although Dawson had some decent camps and film, this move just goes to show he isn't the high character guy that Urban is looking for. If he was, he wouldn't have said 2 days ago 'Chill out Buckeye Nation, you're in a good spot' (I'm paraphrasing). I can't wait to see him experience the pain that will be Meatchicken's mediocrity during the Urban Era, and I hope in ten years he says in an interview 'I would've been further ahead going to Ohio State.'
First of all, guys can be won over by a visit. Second of all, don't stoop to their level by showing the same amount of spite and butthurt toward a 17 year old kid that they did when he decommitted. Maybe he'll work out, maybe he won't, but you should spend less time being spiteful towards a melodramatic child. Also no one ever looks back on their college career and expresses their regrets in the program that they chose, let's be realistic.
I'm not being spiteful towards David Dawson himself (I understand and sympathize for the difficult time he's gone through with the passing of his father), but I hope every player that commits to Michigan is beaten badly (and hopefully embarrassed) by Ohio State on the football field during their career there. I also find the use of the term 'butthurt' to be quite sophomoric. And to believe that 'no one ever' would express regrets in their college choice and thinking someone might is unrealistic: Ask the kids that fail out of college because they went to the wrong place for them. It happens. One of my best friends failed miserably at our university, yet went home to a local university (Pitt) and got an engineering degree.
I was generalizing, but find me the player on monday night football that says "my name is _____ and I went to ______ but I wish I hadn't"
These comments aren't made on MNF, their in SI or to a local sports reporter. But there are guys that will regret their college choice (imagine if 'Bama wins their third title in 4 yrs, do you think there's seniors that could've committed to them not regretting missing out on 3 NCs?)
Maybe they will, but what you're saying is that they're* going to make any regrets public. That doesn't tend to happen very often.
Can we "trip" now? LOL!
Nothing else today, maybe we will hear from Vonn Bell tomorrow on what is going on.
Something that's getting lost in this news is that Cameron Hunt will likely be decomitting soon, and OSU is in a good spot to swoop in.
^^true, he was another OL target of ttun, but i would think that dawson's recommitment all but closes the door to another OL. hunt is a quality prospect, good for us
on the contrary, it appears that UM wants a 6th. They offered another kid (Knievel from Canada) today, and appear to still be in the "Hunt" for Cameron.
Excuse the pun, it's my birthday.
Happy B-day
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You're B-day deserves and upvote, for sure.
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
Have a good and happy b-day Buck-I.8.
Joey Bosa, on what he saw from Ohio State this season:
Then Joey says he can't wait to get to OSU and work with John Simon. I wonder if Big Bad John will ask him about the previous statement, when he gets there?
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
I don't think Bosa meant OSU doesn't have any good players but talking about the depth. I hope Simon and Boren can pass on their work ethic to the new guys before leaving.