[JohnR34231]

Rivals story on Okereke...

Got to give U.S.C. credit for honesty.  They are telling Okereke a Southern Low APR U degree is as valuable as a Stanford degree in SoCal.  While that is debatable, at least they aren't claiming a Southern Low APR U degree is as powerful globally as I believe they used to say in years past.

But I don't think it's purely the degree itself that puts Stanford academics over the top of Southern Low APR U's for undergrads.  It seems to me it's the environment and the priority placed on academic pursuits that sets Stanford apart. 

Anyway, it sucks losing to U.S.C. on the field, but it's almost worse losing to them in recruiting because there are so few guys Stanford can admit that U.S.C. will offer.  So hopefully if/when Okereke and Jordan Perez are admitted they tell U.S.C. they are solid to Stanford.  It would really suck to lose to U.S.C. more than once between November and February's signing day.  Maybe Stanford coaches can get Kyle Murphy, Josh Garnett, Aziz Shittu, Noor Davis, or Andrus Peat who chose Stanford over U.S.C., to talk some sense into these recruits choosing between those two schools.

If U$C is trying to poach our recruits I look at it as a favorable sign that they consider them good enough to poach.

[JohnR34231]

Rivals story on Okereke...

Got to give U.S.C. credit for honesty.  They are telling Okereke a Southern Low APR U degree is as valuable as a Stanford degree in SoCal.  While that is debatable, at least they aren't claiming a Southern Low APR U degree is as powerful globally as I believe they used to say in years past.

But I don't think it's purely the degree itself that puts Stanford academics over the top of Southern Low APR U's for undergrads.  It seems to me it's the environment and the priority placed on academic pursuits that sets Stanford apart. 

Anyway, it sucks losing to U.S.C. on the field, but it's almost worse losing to them in recruiting because there are so few guys Stanford can admit that U.S.C. will offer.  So hopefully if/when Okereke and Jordan Perez are admitted they tell U.S.C. they are solid to Stanford.  It would really suck to lose to U.S.C. more than once between November and February's signing day.  Maybe Stanford coaches can get Kyle Murphy, Josh Garnett, Aziz Shittu, Noor Davis, or Andrus Peat who chose Stanford over U.S.C., to talk some sense into these recruits choosing between those two schools.

If U$C is trying to poach our recruits I look at it as a favorable sign that they consider them good enough to poach.