Let this be a lesson to you: the recruiting sites don't know anything more than the rest of us.

[18IsTheMan]

Gamecock nation was all in a tizzy this morning because Wiltfong had dropped a CB for Harbor to Oregon. Per Gamecock fans, that was it. Too late. Done deal. A CB that late in the game MUST be based on solid information. Hey, Wiltfong has contacts on the Oregon coaching staff (per one poster here).

Then...wait for it...a half hour prior the announcement, Wiltfong amazingly drops another CB, this time for Harbor to USC. Either way, he could say something about there being a lot of moving parts late into the process...blah blah blah. Basically a weather man explaining why you only got 1" of snow instead of the 8" he predicted.

Dude was guessing just like the rest of us.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Pretty funny reading the articles. His parents didn't even know and he didn't even make up his mind until Wednesday morning...but Wiltfong knew!

 

[Gamecock Disciple]

A phone call to CSB at 2:57 (or whatever time it was) in the AM? I have no idea what truly happened but it sounded as if either heart/head matters and/or family dynamics ... either way, thankful he is in the roost ... now, we need results on the playing field ...

 

[18IsTheMan]

A phone call to CSB at 2:57 (or whatever time it was) in the AM? I have no idea what truly happened but it sounded as if either heart/head matters and/or family dynamics ... either way, thankful he is in the roost ... now, we need results on the playing field ...

Yeah, hard to say. I have to imagine he was weighing playing close to home (Maryland) vs playing at a school with Nike money (Oregon) vs playing at the place where he felt most at home (USC).

 

[DrMickeySC]

Yeah, hard to say. I have to imagine he was weighing playing close to home (Maryland) vs playing at a school with Nike money (Oregon) vs playing at the place where he felt most at home (USC).

This is exactly why recruiting is, shall we say, an inexact science. This kid would do well with any of those choices. Of course I’m glad he chose us.

And I’m so glad that when I was debating between going to Carolina or Furman or Clemson 35 years ago that there wasn’t national media talking about my meeting with the head of the math department

 

[athenscock3]

True. But they sure make a lot of money doing it and we don't.

 

[18IsTheMan]

True. But they sure make a lot of money doing it and we don't.

Don't know how much they make, but it's probably a pretty sweet gig to get paid to guess where high schoolers are going to college but it doesn't really matter if you're right or not.

I'd probably feel unfulfilled in that line of work.