Gamecocks Pick Up Two Commitments
by Gamecock Man on Jul 24, 2010 11:26 AM EDT
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PrintUPDATE: USC picked up another commitment, this time from OT Mike Matulis. Matulis had offers from Florida State, Mississippi State, South Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and a number of mid-tier programs.
USC picked up two commitments this weekend: OT Kaleb Broome and DE Lorenzo Mauldin. Check out the stories at the following links:
Gamecocks pick up OL commitment | GoGamecocks
Georgia DE commits to USC | GoGamecocks
Mauldin (240 / 6'4) picked Carolina over Kentucky, Troy, Samford, Marshall, Middle Tennessee and South Alabama, while Broome chose us over East Carolina and also had interest from Clemson, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Washington State.
Both of these guys look like solid prospects, but some Carolina fans will probably be grumbling that we continue to fail to pick up commitments from the big-name recruits. I would advise a little patience here. We're on the leaders list for a number of nationally recognized recruits, and most of those guys are going to wait until late in the game to make their decisions. I think a lot of these guys--like Javedeon Clowney and Brandon Shell--are going to be Gamecocks, and when we get them on board, this class should shoot up into the top 20. It'll be a lot like 2008-09 in that sense, when we got big commitments in the end game that helped us to form one of the SEC's best classes.
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Finally, an offensive lineman well over 300 pounds.
Would they please get the rest of them to add some weight. Eat a steak once in a while.
stuff 'bout stuff.
agree with you guys
glad to see some big boys up front.
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Big Uglies will learn to eat and lift at Carolina,
but you can’t coach great height … Matulis (6’6"), Broome (6’6") … i love it. If Broome is an early qualifiier, we might see him in 2011 since he’s already over 300 now.
Unless you’ve got an address in Tuscaloosa or Gainesville, youve got to take a chance on diamonds in the rough .. who may in two years end up ‘better’ than the 5 star kid … ya really never know… bluntly, there are only so many 5 and 4 star OL out there, and everybody recruits them like a school of piranhas …but if you only go after the top OL, you’ll be cooked in 2-3 years when only 1 is a starter …
now that there seems to be relative recruiting stability, we need to be stacking young OL and DL like cordwood each year … year in and year out … a mix of all recruiting service grades, relying on our coaches to see which ones have the … frames, heart, balance, footwork, handwork, coachability … to mature from boys to men. I, too, hope Shell comes to Carolina. But whether he comes to Cola or enrolls at UGA, we still need to be signing guys like Matulis and Broome.
I agree. I think a lot of people are getting too worked up over the star system...
You’ve pointed out some good reasons why that’s not a good way to evaluate an OL class. I also think you’re right that Matulis and Broome are exactly the kinds of players that any school wants playing on the line. They’re close enough to four-star talent in my book.
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