[socalstanfan1]

Stannyboy,


Anything you can share that makes you believe we lead for Jordan Fuller? According to both 24/7 Sports and Rivals we haven't even offered him yet. And Imthought Long made a statement a while back that he was being recruited as a WR at Stanford' though that can obviously change.

[socalstanfan1]

Stannyboy,


Anything you can share that makes you believe we lead for Jordan Fuller? According to both 24/7 Sports and Rivals we haven't even offered him yet. And Imthought Long made a statement a while back that he was being recruited as a WR at Stanford' though that can obviously change.

[StannyBoy]

Stannyboy,


Anything you can share that makes you believe we lead for Jordan Fuller? According to both 24/7 Sports and Rivals we haven't even offered him yet. And Imthought Long made a statement a while back that he was being recruited as a WR at Stanford' though that can obviously change.

Fuller is always quick to mention Stanford in interviews, is well spoken, camped with us, and he even took a jab at UCLA in one of his interviews a few months back. He definitely has an offer.


With Long it always seemed we were recruiting him as a WR because we struggle to recruit top WRs. Top DBs grow on trees in Akina's backyard. I think we're the only school recruiting him as a WR so I've been expecting this to flare up and it already has. Regardless of position, Long seems smart enough to know the coaches will put him where he fits best and will take his preference into consideration.

[StannyBoy]

Stannyboy,


Anything you can share that makes you believe we lead for Jordan Fuller? According to both 24/7 Sports and Rivals we haven't even offered him yet. And Imthought Long made a statement a while back that he was being recruited as a WR at Stanford' though that can obviously change.

Fuller is always quick to mention Stanford in interviews, is well spoken, camped with us, and he even took a jab at UCLA in one of his interviews a few months back. He definitely has an offer.


With Long it always seemed we were recruiting him as a WR because we struggle to recruit top WRs. Top DBs grow on trees in Akina's backyard. I think we're the only school recruiting him as a WR so I've been expecting this to flare up and it already has. Regardless of position, Long seems smart enough to know the coaches will put him where he fits best and will take his preference into consideration.

[washingtonismoney]

I think we're the only school recruiting him as a WR ...

LSU is also recruiting him as WR.

[washingtonismoney]

I think we're the only school recruiting him as a WR ...

LSU is also recruiting him as WR.

[TrumpCard]

Dominos are starting to fall.  Stanford offered 4 guys from its camp and already has 2 commitments.  Stanford's historical yield on camp offers is astronomical, so it's a good bet that the other 2 will commit soon.  Unsurprisingly, some of the guys who camped at Stanford, but didn't land offers, have committed elsewhere.  Presumably time is running out for Stanford to offer Kemp and/or Eboh.  Of course, Hamilton, Ulloa and Whaley are off the board as well.  Winston is deciding in just over a week.  At this rate, everything except academics will be sorted out by September 1, though there will be plenty of intrigue until we know whether Robertson is coming. 

My two questions of the day are:
(1) Will another WR get an offer soon?  (The front page on CSR has something to say about this, but I expect there are other possibilities out there.) 
(2) Will McCulloch, R. Robinson, Okeke, and Schaffer end up visiting Stanford before they make their college decision?

As always, input appreciated. 

[TrumpCard]

Dominos are starting to fall.  Stanford offered 4 guys from its camp and already has 2 commitments.  Stanford's historical yield on camp offers is astronomical, so it's a good bet that the other 2 will commit soon.  Unsurprisingly, some of the guys who camped at Stanford, but didn't land offers, have committed elsewhere.  Presumably time is running out for Stanford to offer Kemp and/or Eboh.  Of course, Hamilton, Ulloa and Whaley are off the board as well.  Winston is deciding in just over a week.  At this rate, everything except academics will be sorted out by September 1, though there will be plenty of intrigue until we know whether Robertson is coming. 

My two questions of the day are:
(1) Will another WR get an offer soon?  (The front page on CSR has something to say about this, but I expect there are other possibilities out there.) 
(2) Will McCulloch, R. Robinson, Okeke, and Schaffer end up visiting Stanford before they make their college decision?

As always, input appreciated. 

[socalstanfan1]

It looks like Lamar Winston will announce in a couple of weeks. 247 Sports predicts Oregon. When I look in my personal Crystal Ball, I see Trees, not Ducks.



http://stanford.247sports.com/Bolt/LaMar...g-37976665

[socalstanfan1]

It looks like Lamar Winston will announce in a couple of weeks. 247 Sports predicts Oregon. When I look in my personal Crystal Ball, I see Trees, not Ducks.



http://stanford.247sports.com/Bolt/LaMar...g-37976665

[yvonne]

Brandon Huffman, Scout director of recruiting, today tweeted that Ulloa has a top five — not three — and that he's open to other schools, as well. Stanford is in the top five.

https://twitter.com/BrandonHuffman/statu...1865778176

http://www.scout.com/college/football/re...anyone-out (free)

[yvonne]

Brandon Huffman, Scout director of recruiting, today tweeted that Ulloa has a top five — not three — and that he's open to other schools, as well. Stanford is in the top five.

https://twitter.com/BrandonHuffman/statu...1865778176

http://www.scout.com/college/football/re...anyone-out (free)

[yvonne]

https://twitter.com/adamgorney/status/61...2667729920

[yvonne]

https://twitter.com/adamgorney/status/61...2667729920

[TrumpCard]

Brandon Huffman, Scout director of recruiting, today tweeted that Ulloa has a top five — not three — and that he's open to other schools, as well. Stanford is in the top five.

That's good news.  Stanford lost a DE recruit though:
[tweet]615914347714510849[/tweet]

[TrumpCard]

Brandon Huffman, Scout director of recruiting, today tweeted that Ulloa has a top five — not three — and that he's open to other schools, as well. Stanford is in the top five.

That's good news.  Stanford lost a DE recruit though:
[tweet]615914347714510849[/tweet]

[TrumpCard]

Missed the top 10 for another longshot DL:


[tweet]611994365737603072[/tweet]

[TrumpCard]

Missed the top 10 for another longshot DL:


[tweet]611994365737603072[/tweet]

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

That's good news.  Stanford lost a DE recruit though:
[tweet]615914347714510849[/tweet]

I'm trying to understand the emojis here

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

That's good news.  Stanford lost a DE recruit though:
[tweet]615914347714510849[/tweet]

I'm trying to understand the emojis here

[TrumpCard]

Interesting interview of Matt Farniok, available to non-subscribers on Rivals:  https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/co...&PT=4&PR=2

One fact that's interesting but not in this interview:  His two brothers who played college football majored in criminology and kinesiology.  It makes me wonder whether the younger brother really knows that he wants to study those subjects or whether he's just saying those subjects because he knows those are possible college majors.  I don't know how cosmopolitan Sioux Falls is, but he may just not have exposure to that many people who pursued white collar careers.  If he were to attend Stanford, I would bet he'd be exposed to some cool, but completely different, subject in a freshman or sophomore seminar and decide to pursue it as a major.  Kids like Farniok sometimes get more than prep school kids do out of attending Stanford.

The mere fact that Farniok flew 2,000 miles to visit Stanford and kal shows that he's interested in expanding his horizons.

[TrumpCard]

Interesting interview of Matt Farniok, available to non-subscribers on Rivals:  https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/co...&PT=4&PR=2

One fact that's interesting but not in this interview:  His two brothers who played college football majored in criminology and kinesiology.  It makes me wonder whether the younger brother really knows that he wants to study those subjects or whether he's just saying those subjects because he knows those are possible college majors.  I don't know how cosmopolitan Sioux Falls is, but he may just not have exposure to that many people who pursued white collar careers.  If he were to attend Stanford, I would bet he'd be exposed to some cool, but completely different, subject in a freshman or sophomore seminar and decide to pursue it as a major.  Kids like Farniok sometimes get more than prep school kids do out of attending Stanford.

The mere fact that Farniok flew 2,000 miles to visit Stanford and kal shows that he's interested in expanding his horizons.

[Rally]

Interesting interview of Matt Farniok, available to non-subscribers on Rivals:  https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/co...&PT=4&PR=2

One fact that's interesting but not in this interview:  His two brothers who played college football majored in criminology and kinesiology.  It makes me wonder whether the younger brother really knows that he wants to study those subjects or whether he's just saying those subjects because he knows those are possible college majors.  I don't know how cosmopolitan Sioux Falls is, but he may just not have exposure to that many people who pursued white collar careers.  If he were to attend Stanford, I would bet he'd be exposed to some cool, but completely different, subject in a freshman or sophomore seminar and decide to pursue it as a major.  Kids like Farniok sometimes get more than prep school kids do out of attending Stanford.

The mere fact that Farniok flew 2,000 miles to visit Stanford and kal shows that he's interested in expanding his horizons.

Is something somehow wrong with criminology and kinesiology?

[Rally]

Interesting interview of Matt Farniok, available to non-subscribers on Rivals:  https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/co...&PT=4&PR=2

One fact that's interesting but not in this interview:  His two brothers who played college football majored in criminology and kinesiology.  It makes me wonder whether the younger brother really knows that he wants to study those subjects or whether he's just saying those subjects because he knows those are possible college majors.  I don't know how cosmopolitan Sioux Falls is, but he may just not have exposure to that many people who pursued white collar careers.  If he were to attend Stanford, I would bet he'd be exposed to some cool, but completely different, subject in a freshman or sophomore seminar and decide to pursue it as a major.  Kids like Farniok sometimes get more than prep school kids do out of attending Stanford.

The mere fact that Farniok flew 2,000 miles to visit Stanford and kal shows that he's interested in expanding his horizons.

Is something somehow wrong with criminology and kinesiology?

[CornFed]

You admittedly offered the caveat that you don't know how cosmopolitan a place like Sioux Falls is, and admittedly it cannot easily be compared to San Francisco.  However, you are tiptoeing along the precipice of full on condescension to suggest that students in flyover country are less able to select interesting majors.  I'll bet over half of South Dakota has access to the internet, although probably only through telephone modems.

[CornFed]

You admittedly offered the caveat that you don't know how cosmopolitan a place like Sioux Falls is, and admittedly it cannot easily be compared to San Francisco.  However, you are tiptoeing along the precipice of full on condescension to suggest that students in flyover country are less able to select interesting majors.  I'll bet over half of South Dakota has access to the internet, although probably only through telephone modems.

[Rally]

You admittedly offered the caveat that you don't know how cosmopolitan a place like Sioux Falls is, and admittedly it cannot easily be compared to San Francisco.  However, you are tiptoeing along the precipice of full on condescension to suggest that students in flyover country are less able to select interesting majors.  I'll bet over half of South Dakota has access to the internet, although probably only through telephone modems.

It often strikes me how provincial Stanford grads in general and those who live in the Bay Area can be. 

[Rally]

You admittedly offered the caveat that you don't know how cosmopolitan a place like Sioux Falls is, and admittedly it cannot easily be compared to San Francisco.  However, you are tiptoeing along the precipice of full on condescension to suggest that students in flyover country are less able to select interesting majors.  I'll bet over half of South Dakota has access to the internet, although probably only through telephone modems.

It often strikes me how provincial Stanford grads in general and those who live in the Bay Area can be. 

[BostonCard]

I've never been to Sioux Falls either, but it is notable for being the return address of virtually every credit card statement I've received (back when I received them).  I would have challenged the poster to look at the address of their most recent statement, but many of us no longer get paper bills.

This is no accident, of course, and Sioux Falls rose to become the credit card capital of the country.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-econ...s-20130710

It is clear from that article that the days of viewing Sioux Falls as a farming and meat packing city is about 30 years out of date.  There are plenty of white collar jobs to be had in the city.

You can debate the overall merits of credit-card companies and their often back-breaking interest rates and fees. But there's no question that the strong presence of Citibank in Sioux Falls has played a significant role in transforming a once sleepy agriculture-dependent town into a growing regional powerhouse with a number of thriving industries outside the financial sector and no signs of slowing down. Just this week, CNBC released its rankings of the top states in the U.S. for business. This year, there is a new winner: South Dakota.

BC

[BostonCard]

I've never been to Sioux Falls either, but it is notable for being the return address of virtually every credit card statement I've received (back when I received them).  I would have challenged the poster to look at the address of their most recent statement, but many of us no longer get paper bills.

This is no accident, of course, and Sioux Falls rose to become the credit card capital of the country.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-econ...s-20130710

It is clear from that article that the days of viewing Sioux Falls as a farming and meat packing city is about 30 years out of date.  There are plenty of white collar jobs to be had in the city.

You can debate the overall merits of credit-card companies and their often back-breaking interest rates and fees. But there's no question that the strong presence of Citibank in Sioux Falls has played a significant role in transforming a once sleepy agriculture-dependent town into a growing regional powerhouse with a number of thriving industries outside the financial sector and no signs of slowing down. Just this week, CNBC released its rankings of the top states in the U.S. for business. This year, there is a new winner: South Dakota.

BC

[Rally]

I've never been to Sioux Falls either, but it is notable for being the return address of virtually every credit card statement I've received (back when I received them).  I would have challenged the poster to look at the address of their most recent statement, but many of us no longer get paper bills.

This is no accident, of course, and Sioux Falls rose to become the credit card capital of the country.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-econ...s-20130710

It is clear from that article that the days of viewing Sioux Falls as a farming and meat packing city is about 30 years out of date.  There are plenty of white collar jobs to be had in the city.

You can debate the overall merits of credit-card companies and their often back-breaking interest rates and fees. But there's no question that the strong presence of Citibank in Sioux Falls has played a significant role in transforming a once sleepy agriculture-dependent town into a growing regional powerhouse with a number of thriving industries outside the financial sector and no signs of slowing down. Just this week, CNBC released its rankings of the top states in the U.S. for business. This year, there is a new winner: South Dakota.

BC

I'll bet they don't depend on dial-up modems either.

[Rally]

I've never been to Sioux Falls either, but it is notable for being the return address of virtually every credit card statement I've received (back when I received them).  I would have challenged the poster to look at the address of their most recent statement, but many of us no longer get paper bills.

This is no accident, of course, and Sioux Falls rose to become the credit card capital of the country.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-econ...s-20130710

It is clear from that article that the days of viewing Sioux Falls as a farming and meat packing city is about 30 years out of date.  There are plenty of white collar jobs to be had in the city.

You can debate the overall merits of credit-card companies and their often back-breaking interest rates and fees. But there's no question that the strong presence of Citibank in Sioux Falls has played a significant role in transforming a once sleepy agriculture-dependent town into a growing regional powerhouse with a number of thriving industries outside the financial sector and no signs of slowing down. Just this week, CNBC released its rankings of the top states in the U.S. for business. This year, there is a new winner: South Dakota.

BC

I'll bet they don't depend on dial-up modems either.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

It often strikes me how provincial Stanford grads in general and those who live in the Bay Area can be.

I don't know about Stanford grads per se but having grown up in the Bay Area, I have noticed this.  I'm a city boy through and through, but I do have an appreciation for parts of the country where folks live more rural lifestyles.  I often prickle when hearing how some of my friends speak about places that aren't large coastal cities, and how arrogantly they speak of California, the Bay Area in particular.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

It often strikes me how provincial Stanford grads in general and those who live in the Bay Area can be.

I don't know about Stanford grads per se but having grown up in the Bay Area, I have noticed this.  I'm a city boy through and through, but I do have an appreciation for parts of the country where folks live more rural lifestyles.  I often prickle when hearing how some of my friends speak about places that aren't large coastal cities, and how arrogantly they speak of California, the Bay Area in particular.

[CowboyIndian]

I find it more amusing than irritating when urbanites put down small town and rural life. What DOES get me fired up, though, is to have those same folks move in for a few weeks of the year to take advantage of the outdoor and other opportunities the countryside has to offer and then tell those that live there full-time how things ought to be done.

[CowboyIndian]

I find it more amusing than irritating when urbanites put down small town and rural life. What DOES get me fired up, though, is to have those same folks move in for a few weeks of the year to take advantage of the outdoor and other opportunities the countryside has to offer and then tell those that live there full-time how things ought to be done.

[Rally]

I find it more amusing than irritating when urbanites put down small town and rural life. What DOES get me fired up, though, is to have those same folks move in for a few weeks of the year to take advantage of the outdoor and other opportunities the countryside has to offer and then tell those that live there full-time how things ought to be done.

We raised our family in Fallbrook, a rural town in northern San Diego county.  Our neighbor was Camp Pendleton and, Marines being Marines, occasionally they fired off mortars and suc, and if conditions were right (or wrong) strong reverberations would roll across town.  Every year someone would retire from Orange County and immediately write to the local paper demanding that the camp be shut down. Of course the same people then wrote complaining that the county needed to do something about the coyotes, possums, raccoons, weasels, skunks, rabbits, snakes, Wildcats, and if, as happened every other year or so, a mountain lion was spotted on Sleeping Indian Road a cry would go up for someone to "do something about it!"  When they discovered that children from the Pauma Band of Indians attended the local schools that would send some running.  Fortunately, the good ones stayed and we had a lovely town.

[Rally]

I find it more amusing than irritating when urbanites put down small town and rural life. What DOES get me fired up, though, is to have those same folks move in for a few weeks of the year to take advantage of the outdoor and other opportunities the countryside has to offer and then tell those that live there full-time how things ought to be done.

We raised our family in Fallbrook, a rural town in northern San Diego county.  Our neighbor was Camp Pendleton and, Marines being Marines, occasionally they fired off mortars and suc, and if conditions were right (or wrong) strong reverberations would roll across town.  Every year someone would retire from Orange County and immediately write to the local paper demanding that the camp be shut down. Of course the same people then wrote complaining that the county needed to do something about the coyotes, possums, raccoons, weasels, skunks, rabbits, snakes, Wildcats, and if, as happened every other year or so, a mountain lion was spotted on Sleeping Indian Road a cry would go up for someone to "do something about it!"  When they discovered that children from the Pauma Band of Indians attended the local schools that would send some running.  Fortunately, the good ones stayed and we had a lovely town.

[TrumpCard]

I think you all missed my point entirely. Criminology and kinesiology are majors that Stanford doesn't offer. They also are majors that lead to non-white-collar careers. There are majors at Stanford that might start with similar material but go deeper or approach from a different angle, and position students for white collar careers with higher paychecks. Humbio might be a good alternative to criminology and could lead to a career as a forensic science examiner instead of a career as a detective. Not for everyone, but it's certainly a less dangerous and higher paying job in the criminal justice field. The comment about Sioux Falls was just to make the point that this particular kid may not have considered all the majors out there and that being from the credit card capital of the world doesn't necessarily change that.

[TrumpCard]

I think you all missed my point entirely. Criminology and kinesiology are majors that Stanford doesn't offer. They also are majors that lead to non-white-collar careers. There are majors at Stanford that might start with similar material but go deeper or approach from a different angle, and position students for white collar careers with higher paychecks. Humbio might be a good alternative to criminology and could lead to a career as a forensic science examiner instead of a career as a detective. Not for everyone, but it's certainly a less dangerous and higher paying job in the criminal justice field. The comment about Sioux Falls was just to make the point that this particular kid may not have considered all the majors out there and that being from the credit card capital of the world doesn't necessarily change that.