UCLA Football Thread

[nate]

To recap.  #1 QB, #1 RB, #1 OLB, #1 C, #1 MLB, and #1 TE in this class...  wow.

 

Up next:

 

Cordell Broadus, 11:35 ESPN

Tyrone Wheatley 12:15 not televised
Nathan Meadors, 1:00 p.m. FSN West/Prime Ticket
Joseph Wicker, 1:10 p.m. ESPN

 

UCLA has a good shot at all of them.  Lots of hype last night that Wheatley is coming to UCLA.

[nando714]

Good gets. All out of staters

[Lou]

a pretty good 3.5 hours

[eaterfan]

Good gets. All out of staters

The QB and OLB are from California. As are Wicker and Meadors. Broadas was from CA until this year.

[nate]

SECSPN is funny.  It is obvious they don't pay attention to the P12.  First when Soso committed they acted like the Bruins had no RBs...  Paul Perkins lead the P12 in rushing this year.  Then they were saying that the Rose Bowl is a disadvantage...

[Tank]

To recap.  #1 QB, #1 RB, #1 OLB, #1 C, #1 MLB, and #1 TE in this class...  wow.

 

Up next:

 

Cordell Broadus, 11:35 ESPN

Tyrone Wheatley 12:15 not televised

Nathan Meadors, 1:00 p.m. FSN West/Prime Ticket

Joseph Wicker, 1:10 p.m. ESPN

 

UCLA has a good shot at all of them.  Lots of hype last night that Wheatley is coming to UCLA.

 

ha, espn was saying that alabama has the #1 recruiting class so far. ucla was listed as #13 on their list. if the bruins are pulling in the #1 prospect in each of those categories, shouldn't it stand to reason they'd be higher on the list? college recruiting isn't my thing, but this seems like more blindness from the numbnuts in bristol.

[HeavenlyHalos]

He was inconsistent and there were definite good classes but a lot of really mediocre ones.  Mora has had them in the top 10 every year with tons of athleticism.

 

I just looked and they have been very similar, the difference is one was a terrible coach and the other is pretty good. This will be Mora's second top 10 class (per Rivals), Neuheisel had one.

[HeavenlyHalos]

ha, espn was saying that alabama has the #1 recruiting class so far. ucla was listed as #13 on their list. if the bruins are pulling in the #1 prospect in each of those categories, shouldn't it stand to reason they'd be higher on the list? college recruiting isn't my thing, but this seems like more blindness from the numbnuts in bristol.

 

I'm not sure about ESPN, but most recruiting rankings are based on total points, which gives more weight towards bigger classes. If you want to get a different indication, just sort by average ranking on scout or rivals. But, I've never really looked at or followed ESPN's rakings.

[nate]

ESPN is terrible when it comes to recruiting.  Scout is the best IMO but Rivals is also good.  ESPN doesn't even have a west coast recruiting coordinator so teams out east always rank way higher.

[HeavenlyHalos]

SECSPN is funny.  It is obvious they don't pay attention to the P12.  First when Soso committed they acted like the Bruins had no RBs...  Paul Perkins lead the P12 in rushing this year.  Then they were saying that the Rose Bowl is a disadvantage...

 

Haha, that's hilarious. It may have helped improve the conference's reputation had my school actually won a championship this season. But that didn't happen, and I'm now convinced it will never happen.

[eaterfan]

ESPN rankings are a joke. They don't have a west coast scout. Their rankings are really far off from the rest of the services: scout, rivals, 24/7.

[Tank]

funny thing is, espn had usc at #5.

 

i just had it on this morning while i was getting dressed for work. i'm going to leave the more accurate evaluation for those of you who know more about it.

[halobob]

To recap.  #1 QB, #1 RB, #1 OLB, #1 C, #1 MLB, and #1 TE in this class...  wow.

 

Up next:

 

Cordell Broadus, 11:35 ESPN

Tyrone Wheatley 12:15 not televised

Nathan Meadors, 1:00 p.m. FSN West/Prime Ticket

Joseph Wicker, 1:10 p.m. ESPN

 

UCLA has a good shot at all of them.  Lots of hype last night that Wheatley is coming to UCLA.

PST or EST Nate?

[nate]

Meadors might be announcing later but his NLI is already in to UCLA.

[nate]

PST or EST Nate?

 

PST

[Schildog]

tyrone wheatley is coming back to college after 20 years?

[nate]

Jr.

 

Wheatley Sr is the LB coach at Michigan.

[nate]

Peat to Michigan State.  Strange recruitment.  Wonder what it was that pushed him away from UCLA after being committed for so long.  There were reports he tried to flip to ASU a couple weeks ago.

[halobob]

ESPNU said Smith may still flip to Georgia, that would be a huge bummer.

[nando714]

ESPNU said Smith may still flip to Georgia, that would be a huge bummer.

Reading twitter it says him and his coach are gonna meet for an hour

Waiting for the funds to go through I guess ?

Edited February 4, 2015 by nando714

[nate]

His coach and teammates are pushing him to UGA.  No idea.

 

Of course the cynic in me says that they got a bundle of cash from a UGA booster.

[Schildog]

i find it lame that espn pressures these kids to go on tv to reveal their choice when they are not ready to choose. it makes the kid look bad if he chooses georgia over ucla only because it was televised.

[Tank]

i find it lame that espn pressures these kids to go on tv to reveal their choice when they are not ready to choose. it makes the kid look bad if he chooses georgia over ucla only because it was televised.

 

absolutely agree. this has become too big of a deal, and not everyone can handle it.

[nate]

Not one to defend ESPN but I am not sure it is about pressure or just wanting to be on TV.

 

Also, Fox Sports reporting that UCLA DC Jeff Ulbrich will be the new LB coach for the Falcons.  WTF is going on?

[nando714]

Not one to defend ESPN but I am not sure it is about pressure or just wanting to be on TV.

Also, Fox Sports reporting that UCLA DC Jeff Ulbrich will be the new LB coach for the Falcons. WTF is going on?

Dude wtf? He's the DC not some position coach....the timing?