Jbob04 said:

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I thought Georgia was back in on him? I saw a few reports saying he was back in play there.

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That was fake news started by some twitter idiot

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technoviking said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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technoviking said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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Agsuffering@bulaw said:

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The bigger Question:

We have RB Depth questions, WHY is he blueshirting? Anybody think of that?

He will miss summer workouts and much of fall ball. Unless he is a football genius, he will not learn the offense reading the playbook and watching tape. I dont know what Kilgore ran, but I doubt their protection schemes are as complex as Jimbo's. He will probably not understand the offense until halfway through the season, or later.

So WHY? (not sure the order)

1. B/c he is probably expected to be the "in case of emergency break glass" guy
2. The first game we wont be 2 TD favorites is Oct 3 starkville, the first game we will be dogs is Oct 17 Auburn
3. Jimbo wants high impact players badly, willing to risk running out of game-ready RBs early

Keep in mind that Jimbo puts a premium on RBs knowing the offense, even if they lack talent. Kibodi looked like a boy amongst men in the Auburn game. But, he knew who to block.

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Just a note that the bolded part above is not accurate. Crownover was a full qualifier out of high school so he can leave JUCO immediately. Per his commitment interview, the A&M staff is trying to enroll him by the end of the today (Jan. 21) so that he can participate in the spring workouts and practices. If for some reason that doesn't happen due to the late time frame, then Crownover said he would be enrolling at A&M in first Summer session at the latest.

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If jimbo needs him to, he'll enroll in the fall.

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There is no reason that Jimbo would want to delay Crownover enrolling until the Fall. Even if he is blue shirting with the scholarship counting towards 2021, he can practice with the team immediately. They are trying to enroll him now and if that doesn't happen because of how late the commitment happened, then he'll be enrolling first summer session.

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It has nothing to do with the commitment date and everything to do with Zach Evans.

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Re Evans, an OM podcast recorded and aired last night and based on "a number of sources", said LSU leaning towards passing. Georgia also leaning that way, but an in-home was mentioned without any date specified. Also said that, based on same sources, OM and A&M the most likely to land Evans.

Meanwhile, Tennessee visiting with Evans today: https://www.rockytoptalk.com/2020/1/21/21075137/tennessee-vols-football-recruiting-zachary-evans-five-star-running-back-visit

And, new rivals prediction has Evans landing at Georgia.

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Also saw a screenshot on SEC rant from a post supposedly made by his brother that says "All I know is Zach want out of Texas and A&M has no chance "

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That seems very consistent with what I've been thinking/dreading...he just wants to go out-of-state. Goes a long way to explaining how an Ole Miss and a Tennessee would be of equal/greater interest than A&M.

The sliver of hope I still had is finally dead.

technoviking said:

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Jbob04 said:

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jsmc71 said:

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technoviking said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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technoviking said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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Agsuffering@bulaw said:

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The bigger Question:

We have RB Depth questions, WHY is he blueshirting? Anybody think of that?

He will miss summer workouts and much of fall ball. Unless he is a football genius, he will not learn the offense reading the playbook and watching tape. I dont know what Kilgore ran, but I doubt their protection schemes are as complex as Jimbo's. He will probably not understand the offense until halfway through the season, or later.

So WHY? (not sure the order)

1. B/c he is probably expected to be the "in case of emergency break glass" guy
2. The first game we wont be 2 TD favorites is Oct 3 starkville, the first game we will be dogs is Oct 17 Auburn
3. Jimbo wants high impact players badly, willing to risk running out of game-ready RBs early

Keep in mind that Jimbo puts a premium on RBs knowing the offense, even if they lack talent. Kibodi looked like a boy amongst men in the Auburn game. But, he knew who to block.

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Just a note that the bolded part above is not accurate. Crownover was a full qualifier out of high school so he can leave JUCO immediately. Per his commitment interview, the A&M staff is trying to enroll him by the end of the today (Jan. 21) so that he can participate in the spring workouts and practices. If for some reason that doesn't happen due to the late time frame, then Crownover said he would be enrolling at A&M in first Summer session at the latest.

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If jimbo needs him to, he'll enroll in the fall.

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There is no reason that Jimbo would want to delay Crownover enrolling until the Fall. Even if he is blue shirting with the scholarship counting towards 2021, he can practice with the team immediately. They are trying to enroll him now and if that doesn't happen because of how late the commitment happened, then he'll be enrolling first summer session.

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It has nothing to do with the commitment date and everything to do with Zach Evans.

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Re Evans, an OM podcast recorded and aired last night and based on "a number of sources", said LSU leaning towards passing. Georgia also leaning that way, but an in-home was mentioned without any date specified. Also said that, based on same sources, OM and A&M the most likely to land Evans.

Meanwhile, Tennessee visiting with Evans today: https://www.rockytoptalk.com/2020/1/21/21075137/tennessee-vols-football-recruiting-zachary-evans-five-star-running-back-visit

And, new rivals prediction has Evans landing at Georgia.

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Also saw a screenshot on SEC rant from a post supposedly made by his brother that says "All I know is Zach want out of Texas and A&M has no chance "

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The brother might be right. But, I can tell you Georgia doesn't want him back, and wants in state Gibbs. Ole miss took the commitment of a different RB the same weekend Evans was there and they already have 4 other RBs and a RB commitment before their most recent one.

Florida and Tennessee are the most likely to get Evans last two official visits. He's going to take all of them to milk this recruitment as much as he can. Jimbo is keeping the door open for him the whole time.

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As a previous poster said, this tactic by Evans - extending a recruitment during the spring even though already graduated from high school - instead of picking a university and early enrolling to get a good start on preparing for the next level - that tactic on top of getting suspended/kicked off his high school team - are huge red flags. Talented yes, but will be very interesting to watch this kid and see if he ever amounts to anything. Kid has a high potential ceiling but absolutely also a significant 'Bust' floor.

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Interesting as some posters said yesterday that Jimbo drew a line in the sand for today based on tomorrow's in home with the kid from Az.

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When it comes to Evans, believe nothing anyone says. Just look at what the kid and the schools do

So what if Evans wants to take official visits to other schools before he makes his decision? Whether he does it to be informed about the schools or just to go have fun since it's a free trip, who cares?

You guys act like it's some sort of character flaw because he wants to take all his official visits.

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So what if Evans wants to take official visits to other schools before he makes his decision? Whether he does it to be informed about the schools or just to go have fun since it's a free trip, who cares?

You guys act like it's some sort of character flaw because he wants to take all his official visits.

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There's nothing wrong with taking visits. It's the way he's gone about this whole thing that has revealed some character flaws... like missing the first half of your state semi game because you wanted to enroll early but hadn't taken the test to do so until it was late in the process. Then right after you sign a letter of intent to the school you missed the first half of the state semi game to enroll in, you do do something that pisses the coach off and makes him research if he can get the spot you signed paperwork to take back. Something that made you feel the need to apologize on national television.

I wouldn't be surprised if Evans fed the internet idiot I posted above information about going back to Georgia. And the Georgia insiders say there is nothing going on between Evans and Georgia. More drummed up drama.

Let's also not forget the time he go into it with his coach at North Shore and was suspended three games. Or the time that he wouldn't comply with his coach over phone usage like the rest of his team had before the state title game and was kicked off the team as a result.

Those are the concerns, not taking visits.

That being said, he's so talented at a position we need really badly, he could pay off huge dividends if jimbo can get him.

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So what if Evans wants to take official visits to other schools before he makes his decision? Whether he does it to be informed about the schools or just to go have fun since it's a free trip, who cares?

You guys act like it's some sort of character flaw because he wants to take all his official visits.

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He has already graduated and could have early enrolled somewhere to get to work developing for the next level. This kid has already had several months to visit a number of different schools and gather data to make a informed decision. If the kid is taking the spring off to 'have fun taking free trips', as you theorize, instead of working hard to figure things out ASAP and get his butt into a school to participate in their spring practices, then count me as a poster who wonders if the kid is taking his athletic career very seriously. That's a red flag to me.

And this kid already had some other red flags, as the previous post walked through.

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RealTalk said:

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So what if Evans wants to take official visits to other schools before he makes his decision? Whether he does it to be informed about the schools or just to go have fun since it's a free trip, who cares?

You guys act like it's some sort of character flaw because he wants to take all his official visits.

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He has already graduated and could have early enrolled somewhere to get to work developing for the next level. This kid has already had several months to visit a number of different schools and gather data to make a informed decision. If the kid is taking the spring off to 'have fun taking free trips', as you theorize, instead of working hard to figure things out ASAP and get his butt into a school to participate in their spring practices, then count me as a poster who wonders if the kid is taking his athletic career very seriously. That's a red flag to me.

And this kid already had some other red flags, as the previous post walked through.

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Agree with this. Since he has already graduated and if he doesn't enroll early somewhere, he will be sitting around the next 5 months without any kind of structure in his life. I don't think that is a good idea considering his red flags already.

Forget Marcus Dupree, this is quickly crossing over into Hoza Scott territory.

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Kinda feels like it.

Right now, I'm only about 70% certain that this kid will actually ever play a down of college ball.

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Kinda feels like it.

Right now, I'm only about 70% certain that this kid will actually ever play a down of college ball.

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Just wait til you hear about how he hates football