Jadeveon Clowney Chooses South Carolina
by Gamecock Man on Feb 14, 2011 10:58 AM EST
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PrintThe wait is over, Gamecocks fans: Jadeveon Clowney has chosen South Carolina over Clemson and Alabama. I can honestly say that I was fully confident that this would be the case all along. Clowney made it suspenseful by allowing Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney to court him, but much like Marcus Lattimore last year, this one from the beginning was likely as close as you can get to a foregone conclusion when you're dealing with such a highly rated prospect. As for why Clowney amped up the suspense over the past two weeks, all we can do is speculate. The generous side of me wants to believe that he did it to play to the feeling of rivalry between Carolina and Clemson. Clowney has undoubtedly made himself a villain with the Tigers faithful, which is cool with me.
And make no mistake, this is likely going to be remembered as a watershed moment in the rivalry as well as the larger history of USC's program. If Clowney ends up being as good as advertised, we're going to remember this day for a long time. It's great for the program's image. USC was on display and looking good for a national audience today. Clowney and USC are currently on the front page of ESPN.com and will be the day's most significant story in sports. The announcement ceremony was nationally televised. These kinds of moments used to be rarities for Carolina, but they've been more and more common over the past few months. When we beat Alabama and Florida and Lattimore and Alshon Jeffery were becoming household names, I said that the exposure we were receiving would bolster this program's profile and recruiting to our continued benefit. Clowney's signing is another one of those types of moments.
There's going to be a lot of news coming out today about Clowney, and I'll update the following link dump over the course of the day.
Top Recruit Jadeveon Clowney Chooses South Carolina - Team Speed Kills
Jadeveon Clowney To South Carolina: What Does It Mean For The Gamecocks? - SBNation.com
UPDATE: Video Footage of Clowney's Signing from Sportscenter
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I'm pretty excited that Clowney committed to USC.
I tend to not get very excited about recruiting, but this kid has the potential to be very special. As I posted on EDSBS, this is pretty much how I felt when he put on that SC baseball hat:
by Never Leave College on Feb 14, 2011 11:45 AM EST reply actions
Anyone else start shouting "NO, NO, NO!!!" when he took the cap off?
Then I realized he just couldn’t fit it over his dreads. Whew.
A merry Clowneymas to you all!
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by Gamecock'n'Balls on Feb 14, 2011 11:51 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I just hate he said he wanted to go to Alabama.
He made it seem like his mom was the only thing that kept him in-state. He said he liked the notion of playing with his friends at Carolina, but I’m not sure how much that had to do with it. He acted like he was really drooling over Alabama. I don’t understand why Alabama was in the conversation to begin with. Their defense doesn’t fit his skill set at all. It’s a total mystery to me, but he’s a Gamecock now, so that’s all that matters I suppose. Hopefully, if he and his mom have a fight, he won’t transfer.
stuff 'bout stuff.
He also had a lot of nice thing to say about Clemson, and it sounds like his mom wanted him to go there because she liked Dabo.
At the end of the day, though, he’s a Gamecock. That’s what matters.
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by Gamecock Man on Feb 14, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Congrats on getting the bear in the man costume.
I’m scared as hell for Dominique Davis on opening day against him.
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by RjTheMetalhead on Feb 14, 2011 10:11 PM EST reply actions
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