The Latest On Sebastian LaRue

Fight On Larue.

Altho at times my man does sound like he is interested in other schools, more than he is USC (e.g. T. AM). That is why the FB recruiting system is BS. It should be like basketball where there is an early signing period so slots / players can have their positions confirmed. And those who are not sure, they can sign in Feb, with the chance that the school they want to go to, is all filled up. The flipside being if a school does not know for sure if they want a guy, that school could lose out bc the kid early signs with another school.

The FB stuff is bullshit, and it is not fair to kids. Many kids know where they want to go but cant do anything but say "commit" which dont hold water. A kid could really ant to come to USC, get bumped for whatever reason, and has to scramble for another school. Basketball has it right with respect to this issue.

Pretty impressive statements and hope we have a spot for him at the end of the day. Sounds like he realizes it's a business though and how the sanctions have impacted us so greatly.

He just went from being someone who people weren't terribly upset at losing because of his prior comments to being someone everyone wants to stick around with one simple, humble, statement:

"I'm happy with my decision to commit to USC, but I think USC is going to have some tough decisions to make at the end of the day," LaRue said. "We'll see how that all plays out, but at this point I'm solid for USC and happy with my decision."

Fight On!

ummm, no. dude has waffled since the beginning and we need dbs, not mid-level wrs.

This is why I was unhappy with the way Lane was cavalierly giving out scholarships offers a few months ago.

I think you are exaggerating the scholarship offer. Lane can't run the numbers neat, he has to offer more players than he has room for. The thing that probably surprised Lane was how quick he committed. I'm not saying he can just go out and offer the world a schollie offer and have his pick of the litter, but cavalier is a bit strong.

is LaRue truly coming in as an athlete? My guess is that he is immediately put at corner. Does he want that? I wish we had 25 scholarships in that we wouldn't be chatting about LaRue. As most fans, I think we have a surplus at wideout. We have Rogers, Farmer, Angolor, Blackwell and Flournoy on the bench. With superstar Mitchell coming in. LaRue could become a stud corner for us, yet we have Ramsey and Hawkins coming in who are taller.

If we had 25, we would be gushing over him. Now, we wonder whether we could get another defensive lineman, linebacker or offensive lineman in that we have holes in other spots on the team.

I hope that the staff tells LaRue that he is coming in as a corner. Then LaRue can make the decision based upon his position. Its all due to the 25 man roster and his comments in looking around. Texas A&M was after him hard. Many schools would...he is 4 stars and would most likely be one of their top recruits.

I remember wanting guys like Bumpus and Polk to decommit. Then they went to WSU and UW and starred. Thats the risk you take.

He knew that he only had limited spots, and gave one to LaRue after that impressive camp where he also offered Mitchell. He had previously offered Massington.

Wide Receiver seemed like a spot where Lane could have been slower to give schollies.

Obviously, Lane is NOT cavalier as a whole in giving out offers. But right around that camp, he gave a few and I remember cringing just slightly that it seemed to early to give 5 offers in a week, when there were only ~15 to give for the whole year. Before and after that camp, Lane, like Pete, has been very cautious in offering scholarships. Clearly Pete and Lane have made USC the cream of the crop for nearly a decade in being conservative and not pulling offers. And last year, Lane gave Mickens and others plenty of warning on his pulling rides.

But I would have preferred he never made the offer so early, when it seemed then and even moreso now, that he'll have to pull the offer. It's bad publicity we can't afford, and I hate when these guys (like possibly Massington) go to our rivals and play with a chip on their shoulder and beat us (see Oregon State a few years ago during the Booty years). My two cents.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion.

For my part, I have no issue with our staff offering whoever they want, whenever they want and for what ever their reasons may be ... including playing keep-away.

Recruiting is 100% on them and they have infinately more insight, experience, information and skin in the recruiting game than any of us have or ever will.

Fight On.