How is all the talk about Florida State and the Big 12 affecting ACC recruiting? It’s a dominating topic in world of college football, but are any recruits listening just yet? And if something was to happen with FSU, how would that affect Georgia Tech?
Here’s my opinion. What’s yours? Please post below.
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Alabama got some good recruiting news on Wednesday.
And it’s likely good news for UGA, too.
Alabama’s serious flirtations with UGA’s prized QB recruit, Brice Ramsey – highlighted by last week’s 90-minute Skye conversation between Nick Saban and Ramsey – are likely over after the Crimson Tide landed one of the nation’s top quarterbacks on Wednesday.
Good news for Alabama on Wednesday likely means good news for UGA's Mark Richt. After Alabama landed another QB, it's serious flirtations with Brice Ramsey are likely over (Photo taken by Ramsey family. Photo was not owned, submitted, authorized or arranged by UGA)
Utah QB Cooper Bateman, who is ranked as the nation’s No. 61 overall prospect by ESPN, committed to Alabama on Wednesday. Ramsey is ranked at No. 110.
It is very rare for two high-profile QB prospects in the same class to attend the same college.
“Maybe that will be the case,” Camden County High School coach Jeff Herron told the AJC on Wednesday …
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Will Alabama sign the top two college prospects from the state of Georgia?
One of them is already committed to Alabama, while the other is rumored to have the Crimson Tide as his leader.
These guys are good. Well, they’re grrreat.
My prediction is that Alabama will get …
Loading …Robert Nkemdiche, the defensive end from Grayson High School, is ranked as the consensus No. 1 prospect in the nation. He’s the first-ever prospect from Georgia to ascend to the top spot.
Reuben Foster is the linebacker who is ranked No. 2 in the nation by Scout, Rivals and 247Sports. He recently transferred from Troup High School to Auburn (Ala.) High School after his coach was fired but we’re still counting him as a Georgia player.
That’s quite a 1-2 punch of prospects.
What about Nkemdiche? He doesn’t claim a favorite but Alabama and …
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The tech-savvy coach is trying his best to court UGA's QB of the future (AP)
Nick Saban hasn’t given up on flipping UGA’s QB of the future.
The Alabama coach and Brice Ramsey spent 90 minutes talking over Skype on Wednesday, a family member confirmed.
Ramsey, the rising senior quarterback at Camden County High School, committed to UGA last summer over Florida, Florida State and Clemson, among others.
Alabama, Ohio State, Florida and other schools have continued to recruit Ramsey in hopes of changing his mind.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Ramsey could not be reached for comment on Wednesday by the AJC but has repeatedly told reporters that he remains committed to UGA.
UPDATE: Rivals analyst Keith Niebuhr tweeted this on Thursday:
Sounds like #Alabama is the only real threat to #UGA for QB commit Brice Ramsey, who told me, “If’s it’s not Georgia, it’ll be Alabama.”
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I’ve had a few recruiting discussions with UGA basketball coach Mark Fox over the last couple of years. But none was as spirited as this week’s talk.
UGA's Mark Fox: "Coaches can’t move around freely. Coaches are bound by buyout agreements …" (AJC)
The topic was restrictions on transfer players, which has suddenly transformed into a hotly-debated topic in college athletics.
For the record, Fox is what transfer players consider “one of the good guys.” He has an “open release” policy, allowing his players to go anywhere they want, even an SEC foe or archrival Georgia Tech.
That’s where we will pick up the conversation.
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Tony Parker's 57-minute commitment ceremony stirred up a lot of national buzz (AJC)
The kid who was UGA’s “Plan B” to Tony Parker kept checking on his cell phone for updates on Monday.
And checking.
And checking again.
And checking a few more times.
Finally at the conclusion of Parker’s infamous 57-minute commitment ceremony in which he ripped off his jacket to reveal a UCLA t-shirt, the “Plan B” could go into effect. Houston Kessler, whose father and late uncle played basketball for UGA, signed with Bulldogs on Tuesday night and faxed in the paperwork on Wednesday.
By the way, did you see the column by ESPN’s Grantland.com which had a humorous reflection and recap of Parker’s ceremony? Click here to read.
Back to Kessler: After losing some sleep over the last week while pondering his future, he could finally celebrate when Parker picked up the UGA baseball cap and quickly put it back down during Monday’s “The Decision II.”
“I was anxious, and probably …
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The AJC's Mr. Basketball is UCLA bound (AJC photo/Curtis Compton)
UCLA’s decision to hire a longtime Atlanta AAU coach has paid huge and immediate dividends with recruiting.
Tony Parker, the basketball star from Miller Grove High School who is ranked as one of the nation’s top 25 overall prospects, picked UCLA over UGA and Ohio State among his finalists, which also included Duke, Kansas and Memphis. Last summer, UCLA hired one of Parker’s former AAU coaches as an assistant.
At the end of Monday’s 57-minute commitment ceremony, Parker briefly toyed around with baseball caps from Georgia and Ohio State before revealing a t-shirt with the UCLA logo on it.
“I just wanted to go to a place with a winning tradition,” Parker said.
At UCLA, Parker will also be going to place with a familiar face. Last June, the Bruins hired Korey McCray, the former CEO of the Atlantic Celtics AAU team. While Parker has played primarily for the Georgia Stars AAU team over the years, he …
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UGA could pick up its third 2013 commitment from Camden County High School with OL JP Vonahsek (AJC)
UGA already has two commits from Camden County High School, and it could add a third. J.P. Vonashek, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound offensive lineman, was offered a football scholarship by the Bulldogs on Monday and briefly considered accepted it. He still may do so, as early as Tuesday. “I feel good about it, and I’m really feeling Georgia,” Vonashek told the AJC. “I’m thinking about committing to them. I told Coach [Mark Richt] that I just want to go home and talk it over with my parents, and then go talk to [UGA offensive line coach Will Friend] tomorrow night about it.” Perhaps that only thing that could make it interesting with Vonashek is if Alabama offers. UGA and Alabama are his two favorite schools, but the Crimson Tide has not offered. Vonashek holds early offers from UGA, Miami and North Carolina. Camden County WR-DB JJ Green committed to UGA on Monday, while …
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Florida-bound OL Joshua Outlaw of ML King (AJC/Bob Andres)
Posted at 4:22 p.m. Saturday
One of Georgia’s top offensive linemen committed to Florida on Saturday.
Joshua Outlaw, a 6-foot-4, 280-pounder from M.L. King High School, picked Florida over Clemson, while also heavily considering UGA, Tennessee and Miami.
“I felt comfortable at Florida, and it was home away from home,” Outlaw told the AJC. “It’s not too far and it’s not too long of a drive, I felt comfortable with the coaching staff, and I like my chances of early playing time.”
Outlaw told Florida coach Will Muschamp the news during his visit with the Gators on Saturday. “Coach Muschamp said it made his day. I am his first out-of-state commitment for this year, and he said he’s really excited about me playing there.”
Although UGA waited later than many other schools to offer Outlaw, there were rumors that Outlaw had considered committing to the Bulldogs. What about UGA? “I definitely felt more …
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UGA picked up a football commitment from one of their biggest positions of need on Friday.
Kyrin Priester, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound wide receiver, picked UGA over scholarship offers from Vanderbilt and TCU. Priester is a Florida native who moved from the Orlando area to Brookwood High School last month.
He is commitment No. 10 for UGA’s 2013 recruiting class.
“I told Coach [Mark Richt] that I wanted to be a Bulldog; he was happy and he gave me a big hug,” Priester told the AJC.
Even though Priester is from Florida, he has always been a big fan of UGA because of AJ Green. He also said the Bulldogs appealed to him because of Christian beliefs of Richt.
“I committed to Georgia because I like Coach Richt being a great Christian because I’m a believer, too,” Priester said. “Also, it was because Georgia needs receivers, I’m a good fit for them and they like me.”
Last year as a junior, Priester missed the first five games with a fractured fibula but returned to catch …
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