Alabama quarterback Jackson transferring to Georgia State
Quarterback Star Jackson is leaving Alabama for Georgia State.
It might be overstating things to say Georgia State just acquired the key weapon to defeat Alabama this season. But the fledgling football program probably just took a significant step forward.
Star Jackson, the Crimson Tide quarterback who had been considering transferring to the first-year Panthers, apparently has finalized plans to do just that. The Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register reported that Jackson was in Atlanta this weekend looking for an apartment and will enroll at Georgia State.
“He got his release [from Alabama] and everything,” Errick Lowe, Jackson’s former Lake Worth, Fla., high school, said.
Georgia State will start playing football this season. But because the school is not yet an official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision team, Jackson is not required to sit out a season and can play immediately.
Easily the Panthers’ highest profile game next season will be in Tuscaloosa Nov. 20 against the defending BCS champion Crimson Tide. Georgia State’s coach, Bill Curry, is a former Alabama coach. One of his assistants, defensive backs coach Anthony Midget, was on the Lake Worth staff when Jackson played there.
Jackson, who played five games last season as a redshirt freshman, is leaving Alabama because of a lack of playing time. He was No. 3 on Alabama’s depth chart after spring football, behind Greg McElroy and A.J. McCarron. But No. 3 at Alabama could easily be No. 1 at Georgia State. The 6-3, 209-pound Jackson threw for 3,500 yards and 32 touchdowns in high school and was rated as the nation’s No. 11 quarterback, according to Scout.com.
Team-wise, he goes from the nation’s No. 1 team to one that has yet to play a game.
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Dayman
May 31st, 2010
11:31 pm
Good pick up for G State.
Reid Adair
May 31st, 2010
11:34 pm
That is a nice signing for Georgia State. It will be interesting to see the reaction Star Jackson gets when the Panthers go to Bryant-Denny Stadium in November.
the real GSU
May 31st, 2010
11:38 pm
Star will look good playing in the Georgia Dome.
……….Go Panthers……….
Coach Smith
May 31st, 2010
11:39 pm
As a Tide Fan I’m glad to see Star get a chance to play for whatever reason he was not going to play at Alabama So I hope he makes the best of his opportunity at G-State Good luck to him and Coach Pugh this year
bornloser
May 31st, 2010
11:42 pm
who cares
bornloser
May 31st, 2010
11:42 pm
oh, 3rd
Beano Cook
May 31st, 2010
11:42 pm
Now that Georgia State has a player who has run Alabama’s offense on their side, look for the undefeated Panthers to roll, pun intended, into Bryant-Denny Stadium and firmly interject themselves into the BSC picture.
English
May 31st, 2010
11:49 pm
This is the beginning of something beautiful. Let’s see what happens on the grid iron but we’ve all seen the Panthers are gathering (Moon, Matthews, Wynn) a very nice arsenal of weapons to succeed.
Go State!
realist
May 31st, 2010
11:59 pm
Come on!! Mr. Jackson, you are smart. Alabama and its fans do not like nor want a black quarterback. Star, You made a good decision to get out of that RACIST place. Not Saban, just Alabama.
realist
June 1st, 2010
12:00 am
Coach Smith…you know why he didn’t play at Alabama. “For Whatever reason.” Right.
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Jon
June 1st, 2010
12:02 am
Welcome to Georgia State Mr. Jackson!! He had a great spring game at Bama this year and was basically a victim of a ridiculously talented pipeline of QBs brought in by Saban. He is a great kid by all accounts and he should be able to grab the starting job pretty easily.
Bob Davie
June 1st, 2010
12:03 am
I’m gonna tell you right now; that Star Jackson is a footbawl player. That young man can really throw the footbawl and he can run around too. Georgia State just got them a heck of a footbawl player. That kid is a footbawl player. He can really throw that footbawl.
English
June 1st, 2010
12:07 am
Does it take you longer to write “footbawl” down incorrectly than to write it the right way? Just saying, but I can guess you’re just trying to stress the inflection.
Go Panthers
June 1st, 2010
12:10 am
The great thing is that ga state has two transfers from ga tech that will be on the offensive line. Gilbert was a starter and might get drafted. Clyde yandell was the other transfer and he did see the field including in the acc championship. State just had a transfer tight end from auburn also and their running back is a stud. He was a three star high school player but he was definitely over looked. State will lose to jacksonville state and alabama…but that is it..
Go panthers!
Bob Davie
June 1st, 2010
12:13 am
English…
Have you ever heard me do analyst work on a footbawl game?
Dawg
June 1st, 2010
12:15 am
This the 2nd QB to leave Alabama. The 1st kid, Thomas Darrah, left and went to Jacksonville State. No playing time was seen from a far, and these guys got smart and left to play. I’d have done the same.
English
June 1st, 2010
12:16 am
Let the erosion continue.
Go State!
GIVE ME A BREAK
June 1st, 2010
12:19 am
ALABAMA is scared to play GEORGIA TECH but they will play GEORGIA STATE. I hope STATE cleans their clock. GO JACKETS!!!!
Scott
June 1st, 2010
12:19 am
@realist – You’re a troll Part of the reason that Jackson is leaving is because there is another black QB, Phillip Sims, that will be competing for the starting job next year when McElroy leaves who showed he was better than Jackson during Spring practice despite being a freshman. The 2012 QB job will be between AJ McCarron and Sims.
I wish Jackson nothing but the best of luck at Georgia State.
gcs
June 1st, 2010
12:22 am
Good luck to Star. He is a good guy.
Star Jones
June 1st, 2010
12:26 am
Great get for GSU, in my view.
Hammer22
June 1st, 2010
12:28 am
Welcome Jackson. Glad to have you in Panther Blue.
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Dawg Fan 1981
June 1st, 2010
12:43 am
I’m sorry, but am I the only one who thinks GSU is getting players a first-year program should have no business getting? First the two Tech offensive linemen, then Bailey Woods (who was actually a 4-star prospect out of high school) and now Jackson?! Hell Jackson would compete for the starting job at most SEC schools, let alone GSU. Good job by the Panthers so far. Curry sure doesn’t seem to be messing around.
Scooter
June 1st, 2010
12:49 am
Star had a great second half in the spring game. He has a lot of physical talent, but was passed on the depth chart last season by a true frosh, A.J. McCarron. This spring, Phillip Sims, a high school graduate from Virginia, enrolled early and did well. And yes, he is black too, as if that matters. Bama has had as many black QB’s as anyone else around the south (Walter Lewis, Vince Sutton, Andrew Zow, Danny Woodson are the first 4 that jump to mind). Also, Bama has had 3 QB defections in the past few years (Fanuzi to Rice, Darah to JSU, and Star to GSU – All concerned playing time. Two were white) Anyway, it looked as if it might be hard for Jackson to ever get much playing time at Bama. I wish him and State well. I am a Bama fan who still likes Bill Curry. I hope they do well in all of them except at Bryant-Denny. As far as the reception Star will get, it will be fine. I am afraid the same cannot be said for Coach Curry. That is unfortunate. Flame away, but all schools have fans who boo when they should not…that will likely be the case in November.
focused
June 1st, 2010
1:12 am
Georgia State….man up and play Georgia Southern…then we will talk….
Guru
June 1st, 2010
1:21 am
focused,
Hey man, you do realize GA State’s start up program probably has more talent right now than Southern. They have already assembled a ton of D1 transfers and some decently recruited guys out of high school. Ga State will soon take over as the 3rd best program in the state. If I’m Southern I’m worried, they have nearly every recruiting advantage over you.
GSU Panther Fan
June 1st, 2010
1:23 am
LOL @focused! Buddy, any time, any place. Come get some. I understand that watching GSU get all these SEC and ACC players must hurt, especially considering the only time Southern makes any news is when one of their players gets arrested. How many arrested this year so far? Two? Three?!
Brooke Adams
June 1st, 2010
1:38 am
Georgia Southern hasn’t been relevant since Adrian Peterson left. LOL
wxwax
June 1st, 2010
1:49 am
New word: Saban-ethics.
Recruit them, offer them scholarships.
Then kick them out the door when they don’t make the cut.
SaintDK10
June 1st, 2010
2:13 am
GSU Panther fans, join us on GSU message boards at http://www.panthertalk.com
Ed Danforth
June 1st, 2010
3:16 am
GSU is getting some good talent, but Curry is the coach, which is a big problem. Great motivational speaker, lousy coach. A lot of 1-AA programs have refugees from 1-A, like Ryan Perriloux the last two seasons at JSU, who played alongside a couple of former Gators there. These guys get tired of sitting after thinking they were all-world in high school. Florida’s former starter at QB, Ingle Martin, saw the writing on the wall with Chris Leake and ended up playing some great ball for Furman. (And I don’t mean Bisher.)
George
June 1st, 2010
4:48 am
How bout them Panthers!! Should be an exciting year for all us alumni…See you at the Dome…
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bamaguy
June 1st, 2010
5:57 am
Star Jackson is good, but AJ McCarron is better. But he is too good to sit on the bench, that’s why he chose to go to a school where he could play immediately. Sometimes things just don’t work out. It was a similar situation that brought Colin Peek from Georgia Tech to Alabama when Paul Johnson put in an offense that didn’t include a role for a tight end. And he got a National Championship ring in the deal.
dawgma
June 1st, 2010
6:48 am
YAWN!
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
7:00 am
It’s all about oversigning. It’s not illegal but it’s unethical and most coaches don’t do it, at least to the extent that Saban does it.
In this case he wasn’t “kicked out” by any means, but it was made clear to him that he would never see the field and that it was in his best interest to transfer. Star made the right decision to leave since he wasn’t in the plans any longer at Bama.
While most schools are praying not to lose players over the summer Saban is trying to figure out who he should nudge out the door or label a medical hardship (even if the medically disabled player wants to play and has clearance from other doctors).
Then of course Bama also uses the Bryant Scholarships to boost their numbers even further. It’s a completely unfair advantage and the way it’s used essentially makes Bama’s real number around 87-90 every year.
Saban is a good coach, no doubt, but it’s a lot easier to be a good coach when you have a different set of rules to play by and you never end up with depth chart problems or 5-star busts who never panned out taking up a scholarship in place of someone else who might contribute.
Bammer 4 Life
June 1st, 2010
7:56 am
GIVE ME A BREAK – Tech was afraid to play Alabama you @sshat… get your facts straight.
tiger7_88
June 1st, 2010
7:58 am
Looks like Lil Nicky is finally getting around to his annual “they decided to transfer or violated a team rule” paring down of current scholarship players to make room for his next signing class since he oversigns every year.
SecIsFootball
June 1st, 2010
8:36 am
bill_in_atl….I love it when all people can do is turn this around on Coach Saban. First and foremost, a scholarship is a year by year thing that is no guaranteed. Everyone makes it out like big, mean Coach Saban is the only coach to do such a thing. I mean the oversigning must have been so bad that he ran off enough kids to where he could give 2 scholarships to 2 WALK-ON’s this year, huh?
Also, what is wrong with telling a kid he is not likely to see the field at BAMA and may want to consider transferring. After about 8 games last season, AJ McCarron (a true freshman) had passed him on the depth chart and if McElroy were to have gotten hurt, AJ’s redshirt would have been gone. In the spring, he was passed by an early enrollee freshman named Phillip Simms. Star didnt want to change positions and decided it was in his best interest to transfer.
It is strange how you point out that Star made the correct decision but you counter with what as a$$ Saban is for giving him that option. Just another person who finds a need to take a shot at Saban which in these blogs is not surprising.
BAMA1
June 1st, 2010
8:44 am
Hmmmm… that’s weird how State has a better Q.B. than the dawgs.
GStateBen
June 1st, 2010
9:02 am
Wow! Such hate against Nick Saban. Great coaches make tough decisions and play the best players at their position (regardless of class). If a player cannot overcome someone on the depth chart they should transfer to where they can play more.
I love how Star gets compared to Perilloux. Other than the fact they transfered to an FCS school from an SEC there is little to compare. Ryan had multiple rules violations: using a fake ID to go gamble, involvement in an Baton Rouge bar fight and allegedly failing drug tests. All of these lead to his dismissal from the LSU program.
Welcome to State Star! We are very glad to have you. 93 days and counting…G-A S-T-A-T-E!!
woooooooooo!
June 1st, 2010
9:09 am
Getting excited!
Great news right after selecting season tickets last week.
Especially looking forward to starting an in-state rivalry with GA Southern.
BTW, what’s a reasonable number of fans to expect on game days for the first season? 3K? 5K?
Anyone have any guesses?
English
June 1st, 2010
9:16 am
Still excited!
Go State!
SecIsFootball
June 1st, 2010
9:22 am
GStateBen….There should be no comparison to Perrilloux. Unless there is something I have not yet heard, Star was a good kid and student while at UA. I don’t recall him ever getting into trouble at all. Perrilloux left because he had no choice. Million dollar arm with a 5 cent head. Star is leaving for the opportunity to play and I dont blame him at all. G State is getting a good kid!
larry bird
June 1st, 2010
9:29 am
God hates a coward son. You are certainly not a coward.
james
June 1st, 2010
9:46 am
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer Give em Hell Shorter University
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
10:05 am
The statements aren’t contradictory in the least. If you can’t understand that then your crimson glasses are probably on too tight.
Maybe this will help. Imagine your girlfriend telling you that you’re her true love and that she can see a wonderful and bright future together. Then after you date for a while you find out she’s been seeing other guys. In fact she has two other boyfriends who are spending more time with her than you. Then she tells you that’s how it’s gonna be, that she thanks you for trying to please her but that you’re just not man enough to satisfy her. She says you have the right to go find another girl to love if you don’t like this new situation. So you leave and find another girl to date.
She did nothing illegal in that scenario, but she’s still an a$$ (as you say). And you would have made the correct decision to leave that relationship, wouldn’t you agree?
Regarding the 1 year renewal, we all know it’s legal not to renew any player, but we all know most coaches promise 4-5 years to a kid when he commits unless the kid does something that causes the relationship to end.
Saban signs more players than he has spots. One way or another he HAS to find a way to get rid of the ones he doesn’t want around. It’s NOT COMPLICATED.
As to the walk-ons Saban gave scholarships to this year, who are they? I didn’t see any. And if you find any, were they on Bryant Scholarships before, where they got full rides and were allowed to practice with the team just like any other player? If so and if they were “recruited” then this would be the only way Saban could play them in a game, which is why St Nick would have to change the scholly as the player is now good enough to contribute on the field. Nice system you’ve got over there.
'Bama 1
June 1st, 2010
10:25 am
If they are smart they won’t play him. ‘Bama’s defense will kill him!
English
June 1st, 2010
10:28 am
Think about the story line. “Alabama releases Star and loses National Championship bid in a loss to start up Georgia State.”
Not likely but it’s a reporters dream story.
Go State!
WRS
June 1st, 2010
10:29 am
Yo Dawg,
Thomas Darrah was a walk-on. Big deal if he transferred.
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tGSU
June 1st, 2010
10:36 am
I have said since the announcement of the GSU football program that the Pantehrs will have a highly competative program within 5 years. This is yet another step in the right direction. Georgia State and Atlanta have a lot to offer and with the ever growing talent base in GA, recruiting should not be a problem.
woooooooooo!
June 1st, 2010
10:47 am
Also wondering how the possibility of the Falcons getting a new stadium would affect State.
Bishop
June 1st, 2010
10:51 am
Just another step toward our invite to Conference USA.
SecIsFootball
June 1st, 2010
11:32 am
bill_in_atl….just another chance for someone to slander coach Saban. We have attrition just like every school. I guess you think we should keep players on athletic scholarship who can no longer contribute due to medical reasons huh? Oh…let me guess…they are fake injuries so he can get them off scholarship? I am pretty confident that will be your response. Those who take a medical hardship still get to continue their education for free. Those who can still play but wont play at BAMA are told they can transfer to where they can play if they would like. Seems pretty fair to me. Those who break team rules (see Robbie Green) are not tossed off the team unless it is a bad offense (see Jimmy Johns). I assume Saban is a jerk for letting them know up front that they are burried on the depth chart and should consider their options. Star Jackson was given a chance to change positions several times but chose to stay at QB. He is now given the opportunity to transfer where he will probably start immediately. A lot of SEC schools are oversigning but it is easy to pick on Saban since his practice has not put Alabama back on top.
TommyJack
June 1st, 2010
11:39 am
Pulling for GA ST to have a nice program…doubtful in 5 years…..Bama ought to be ashamed of this one. We all schedule cream puffs, but this one is over the top.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
11:56 am
A lot of SEC schools oversign. This is true. However, UGA is not one of them. Therefore as a fan of UGA I sort of have the right to criticize the practice, wouldn’t you say?
For what it’s worth as much as I can’t stand UF they don’t seem to oversign and force players out the door like Bama does. (As expected, Vandy is another who does not oversign.)
Not sure how you can call my comments slanderous considering they are all true and I’ve made it clear he isn’t doing anything illegal. You might want to open a dictionary once in a while.
I can see you don’t like to hear me enlighten others about these true facts. Why is that? And I’m still waiting on the names of all those walk-ons who got awarded scholarships this year.
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June 1st, 2010
1:07 pm
Go State! Couldn’t be more excited!!!
BAMA1
June 1st, 2010
1:32 pm
Yeah Bill in Atl.: The dawgs are just sooooooooo good in everything they do. Recruiting, I just give up man…………..if you are that damn dumb.
BAMA1
June 1st, 2010
1:34 pm
I guess the fact is Bill…………… more people just want to go to Bama, not UGA…therefore they are getting whatever they can. You know good and well you would like the talent level at Georgia to be as it IS IN ALABAMA. GOOF
Bammer 4 Life
June 1st, 2010
1:40 pm
tiger7_88 –
he was 3rd string you moron. He wants to play, cant blame him. Get a life you pathetic loser barner.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
1:47 pm
Since Mr. SecIsFootball failed to answer that last simple question I’ll answer it for him.
Wes Neighbors just got awarded a football scholarship two years after he signed with Bama out of high school. This kid had offers from LSU, Vandy and Tech, but he decided to sign with the Tide. That’s great, but then why are we talking about him? Maybe it’s because he got put on a “Bryant Scholarship” instead of a football scholarship so that he didn’t count against the limit of 85. Now that he’s practiced for 2 years with the team and he’s ready to contribute as a RS-Soph they are forced to move him from a Bryant to a football scholarship.
This is common practice at Bama. Does this sound like an unfair advantage to you? It should because it is. The NCAA needs to put an end to this kind of practice or they need to let everyone do it. Currently they don’t allow it anywhere else as far as I know.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the idea of the Bryant Scholarship in terms of allowing a lot of kids attend Bama who may otherwise not have the chance, but it shouldn’t be manipulated by Saban (or any other football coach) for the purpose of gaining a competitive advantage, which is precisely what is taking place.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
1:50 pm
BAMA1, I’d like to thank you for illustrating what we’re dealing with. Well said.
Jeff
June 1st, 2010
1:52 pm
Realist you are a dumbass!!
woooooooooo!
June 1st, 2010
2:01 pm
‘Bama doesn’t have more talent than Georgia.
They’re just doing more with what they have.
Everyone knows that Saban inherited a bare cupboard.
Yes, the last two classes have been good, but there’s still half a roster of players who are being coached up beyond expectations.
You give Saban the Georgia roster and it would be obscene what he could do.
Scooter
June 1st, 2010
2:33 pm
bill_in_atl,
Perhaps your Dawgs should focus on doing a better job of recruiting their 25. They sure have done a crappy job of recruiting defensive players. They could have signed 50 a year, but if they were as bad as the ones they have, it would not have mattered. The unfair advantage comes when there are 10 other schools in the SEC that have coaches that are better at evaluating talent than UGA seems to be. If I cheered for them every Saturday, I would be as bitter as you seem to be. I feel for you. Better luck in the future!
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
2:44 pm
And now Scooter arrives and dances around the subject. Well played Scooter!
Only problem is that your grasp of the facts seem to be slightly askew. CMR has a better track record than most in the SEC, so that game’s not working. Then regarding the comment about signing 50, that would be a violation of NCAA policy so that can’t happen. Finally regarding the poor evaluation of talent at UGA all I can say is that UGA has 31 NFL defensive players listed on rosters at the moment. That’s 10 more than Bama does and overall it’s 48-24 UGA.
The good news? You can always take another shot Scooter. It’s free! Have at it.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
2:44 pm
Meant to type 48-34 UGA fwiw.
Scooter
June 1st, 2010
2:56 pm
Well, Bill, I guess I would begin by pointing out UGA had trouble stopping every offense it faced the past two seasons. They then fired their defensive staff, except for the primary recruiter (good move!). I would then add that all SEC schools face a new policy reguarding over-signing. After that, I would look at the NFL numbers and single that out as a questionable argument, considering the fact that the one you are attacking (Coach Saban) has only been at Bama for 3 years. His players would not be in the NFL yet. I know that one was tough for you…More acomplished in 3 years than CMR has done in a decade. Now, you can take your shot. It is still free, and you can pull out more useless stats to defend your school and attack Coach Saban and his 2 BCS Championships.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
Now we arrive to contradictions. You say UGA is no good at recruiting talent, but you praise UGA for keeping the guy that in charge of recruiting talent.
As to the SEC rule regarding oversigning, it limits to 28 in any one year but it does nothing to stop coaches like Saban from ending up with 95 players either returning on scholarship or signed where he MUST then find a way to get rid of 10 before August. Isn’t that true Scooter? (And that rule was due to the embarrassment of Nutt signing 37 at Ole Miss knowing that half couldn’t qualify and again had nothing to do with the real problem in question.)
And just wondering, are you a Saban fan or a Bama fan Scooter? Hard to tell considering your last comment. For the record CMR was 32-8 his first 3 years at UGA with 1 SECC, Saban was 33-8 (if you include several vacated wins that the NCAA stripped for cheating) with 1 SECC as well. Of course I give credit to Bama for also winning the MNC.
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
Oh.. and scooter… 28 x 4 = 112. And 112-85 = 27. (Thought I’d save you some time, although I may be making a mistake to assume you understand what those numbers mean.)
Scooter
June 1st, 2010
3:25 pm
Well, Billy the Kid, the comment about Rodney Garner was this thing called sarcasm. Obviously, it was way over your head…sorry about that…I’ll aim lower. I’ve been a Bama fan my whole life. I admired Coach Saban at Michigan State and LSU. I am a huge fan of his now. The vacated wins came as a result of a textbook system (and a poor one at that)that was in place long before Coach Saban arrived on campus. I dearly hope that Coach Saban’s best days are not behind us, and they appear to be for CMR. As for the math, I assume you arrived at 27 because you were figuring your IQ. I could be wrong. Perhaps it is the number of UGA players that would make the rosters of other SEC schools. Finally, might UGA consider having at least 86 or 87 on scholarship at the end of spring practice each season so, as they face attrition, they could enter a season with someone to snap the ball to? Another lesson to the rest of college football about great recruiting by UGA.
English
June 1st, 2010
3:31 pm
Go Georgia State! What’s up with the UGA talk here? This is between Alabama and GSU.
Go Panthers!
Yep
June 1st, 2010
3:35 pm
Isn’t Star Jackson that chick on “The View?”
bill_in_atl
June 1st, 2010
3:37 pm
Since you didn’t get it, 27 is the number that the SEC now allows its members to oversign in a 4-year period.
I notice still no response on the Bryant Scholarship situation. And no mention of all these actual walk-ons who won scholarships from Saban this year.
dawgfan
June 1st, 2010
4:06 pm
Early prediction:
Alabama 88 Georgia State 3
At the beginning of the 4th quarter, Bama takes volunteers from its student section to play the rest of the game, hence the late field goal by State.
Dawg
June 1st, 2010
6:36 pm
Yo WRS,
The big deal is that another school now gets him, and yes he was scouted and offered by other SEC schools as well as a few other smaller schools. He wanted to be at Alabama so bad that he decided to go and walk-on, and only after Alabama told him that he’d have a shot to play did he actually turn other offers down.
You make it seem that the kid sucked and just decided to play college football at Alabama. Again, the big deal is for a smaller school, JSU, to now get someone who worked in Saban’s system and can bring his experience there.
Clyde
June 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
I don’t think white Alabama fans wanted another Andrew Zow
The real GSU has 6 championships
June 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
She looks great since she had that lipo………..
Crash001
June 2nd, 2010
3:35 pm
Keep it real – it is racist why Star left. Scooter, I am a BAMA fan and played four years in the early 80’s and witness what Walter Lewis went through? He did not start until his senior season. Example – Walter would lead us down the field but when we got inside the ten yard line, he was always taken out of the game. What is that other than racist? Unless you want to tell me that Don Jacobs was better, than I would know you are clueless to Alabama football. All the African American QB’s you mention were better than who started in front of them. The school has only had four or five at best that played at UA. I can tell you four or five that were Mr. Alabama in football coming out high school, which played QB but was recruited to play some other position, “Jarmacus Russell, Chris Nickson, Larry Smith, Pat White and the kid at the Navy Academy”. Two of them are playing in the NFL at the position of QB. With the talent at Alabama at age 46, I can play QB but does that make me better?
All the facts
June 2nd, 2010
9:15 pm
Bill in ATL- I have enjoyed reading your comments about the Bryant Scholarships and their use at Bama. Just for fun, lets not argue that they exist and whether or not you are correct on thier use, but lets set the record straight that they are available only to the sons and daughters of those who played for Coach Bryant. That is a limited number of current college students. You conveniently did not mention the situation that UGA (and all Georgia schools) works with on the HOPE scholarship. Every sport on the UGA campus has the ability to recruit any athlete with a “B” average to a tuition paid scholarship that is not available to any other SEC school. This is a great advantage for the Georgia schools, much more so than the Bryant scholarship has ever been used at Bama. How convenient that you only provide the info that seems to support your point of view. You may consider checking your book of facts to see how many current UGA athletes are on the HOPE scholarship that allowed them to be in Athens. As a high school principal in Georgia and a lifelong Bama fan, I have experienced both. Good try and good luck to your Dawgs.
EagleDawg87
June 4th, 2010
5:10 pm
OK so Star Jackson is going to be a Panther. big deal, anybody heard anything out of Ryan Perrilloux at Jacksonville State ???What about Antonio Henton’s transfer to Ga Southern from Ohio State ? Last thing I heard he left Spring camp last year. Now Star may be one under the teflon dome , and bring some excitement to the new Panthers. Now a lot of good folks have come out of the wilderness west of the Georgia-Alabama Border. Two that come to mind immediately being Vince Dooley, and the great Erskine Russell (GATA !). So we’l see how this works out; anyway Go Eagles and Go Dawgs !
bill_in_atl
June 8th, 2010
4:14 pm
All the Facts, There is only one example I can think of where a kid “committed” to UGA and went on a Hope Scholarship. That’s Reuben Faloughi. He didn’t actually get offers from any other schools. He was a ZERO star guy on Scout and unlisted on Rivals.
He’s worked his tail off and is up to 2nd team now and guess what? He’s been awarded a football scholarship. You want to know why that’s possible? Because CMR doesn’t have 5 more kids he has to kick to the curb before August just to be in compliance.
You FAIL.
panama
July 6th, 2010
10:00 pm
It’s and exciting time to be a Panther. 58 Days away and countung folks.
http://www.panthertalk.com/forums/forum.php
panama
July 6th, 2010
10:00 pm
It’s and exciting time to be a Panther. 58 Days away and counting folks.
http://www.panthertalk.com/forums/forum.php