Have to agree with gman on this and also in a way with scott, this will be usc'c best team in there mini run after some down years IMO very best team so far, but they will also have a big target on their back everyone even chup teams will play better against them then any other team seen it many of times in all types of college sports. could not bet them and i don't like futures anyway but would not bet against them either.
As for ML he can say what he wants about coming back to win another nc but he was not going to be a top 10 pick and he already is insured was done a few weeks ago by his family. he has a good year he will go higher the next draft, there is just to many other players who are rated out in front of him, won't be like that next year, not qb's but players teams need at that poe right now and they are going to use top pick on ol, db rb what ever the need is for that team to fill the holes. but they are loaded that is for sure.
Scott Don't count your chickens to fast on JG the miles from home is waying heavy on him and his family his brother is with wvu I still think he goes to ohio.st from listening to him talk on fox ny and yes network and long island fish wrap, we will all find out feb 2nd. if it was me it would be a very hard choice at wvu system is made for him to maybe break ncaa records, but then you have usc back to back champs i count co-champs as a championship team and they have a shot at 3, but they also have a list of backs in the older days that is just unreal not that wvu has not had 1000 yard rushers almost every year since early 70's and many have gone on to have good pro year so the kid has on hell of a choice to make, yes wvu is still hitting him hard like you said and they new about him before anyone because one of the all time running backs from wvu amos z now with the raiders tiped rich off about him as well as his coach and rich are good friend so hard choice and Like I said as a coach I had lost many kids first year in fl I would bring in from pa and boston area due to being home sick and that is lot closer then going clear to the west coast, who ever gets him will be happy if he gets his sat's up and makes the grades very low sat score retake in spring.
As for pc he is a good coach but not the greatest college fb coach or the best out here and you never said that scott so don't take it that way , IMO Norm makes the sc team go lose him and you lose a ton just IMO . pc is in te tops so far of coaches but needs to show me 3-4 more years then you can call him a great ncaa coach, and every ncaa coach in a bowl game is calling their players and even non bowl teams because you have a black out time in all sports where no contact can be made by the coach of a sport a kid can call the school but the school can't call the player and fb jan 6th to feb 1st is a black zone or called dead time. baseball has 2 dead times fb has 2 and hoops has 1. so all coaches work the phones big that last week up till the dead time, and they all call top recruits from the bowl they are in before or after least the top 5 recurits to make them feel that much special. It is all a business once player is there you don't see the same special treatment and freshmen at times have a hard time figuring that out, they are made to feel like big man at the school but once there they are still a freshman till they prove other wise, might sound harsh but part of recruting.