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Based on your response it sounds like you didn't bother reading what I wrote.

"And if we would have won the recruiting battle we wouldn't be making a fuss over this because FSU wouldn't have hired Edwards."

how exactly are you aware of this? was it a condition of employment? before anyone asks about the Daryll Scott comment, i had several well connected CU alumni brag to me and laugh about it. i was also told by some Texas people with good info, that the Texas staff knew what CU had done.

btw- for all of this fuss, on the %1 chance he doesn't end up at FSU, Oklahoma was likely next on the list. wouldn't that have been fun? they had Shipp recruiting him, we had Giles.

Obviously I'm doing some speculating, which I prefer not to do, but this topic is speculatory in nature, so mine is based on my feelings above. As someone who follows recruiting closely, this was a recruitment that I had real issues with.

On this particular topic I don't necessarily expect, or care if the majority agrees with me.

And Gerry happens to agree with me and this one statement...4.I don't think Mario Jr. would have ended up at FSU, if he had been offered a similar position at another school and FSU didn't do the same.

Dup

i see the likely reason for the angst here.

-we will lose Okafor after this season and probably Jeffcoat. both projected as first round picks.

-Hall decommitted. Prevot(who i don't want) is headed elsewhere. either way, he takes a few years before he's ready physically.

-Cedric Reed is promising and i like him. Reggie Wilson is still a bit of an unknown we're waiting on. we'll see.

-Blueitt is a true freshman and being mentioned as a TE.

-Ridgeway i like, but a true freshman, young player.

-rush DE/gate crasher is a prime position and the hardest to find difference makers at.

-DE may be about to be a position of concern and will probably be thin in terms of depth and experience. it's probably why we recruited Mike Mitchell for it(DE) and are shopping the JUCO market.

-Edwards would have filled a potential problem area, though due to his size as a JR was being recruited as a future DT.

now we're pointing fingers at dad and assumed that's(employment) the only reason he signed w/ FSU. really? his old school he starred at? asinine thought, but perhaps Mario SR wanted to climb the ladder from HS to college and took the opportunity? and possibly looking at bigger jobs down the road?

strange witchhunt we have here.

Well there you go. Proof positive. All we needed was speculation and ducks.

Ha..very good.
Got me to crack one. Yeah I agree, it is speculating because proof positive will not be had on this one unless both sides decide to "rat" on themselves. It just has a poor scent is all. This is one of those calls that FSU would have been better off to handle differently in order to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. You can do that you know.

I still think that the reason Edwards is at FSU is because Diaz basically told him that he would likely be a DT. That, coupled with the fact that his dad is a former Seminole and is still very high on them makes it a legit decision.

That said, this sort of thing (hiring parents to lure kids) happens all the time... and at every level. It even happens in high school golf. No big deal. If we want RSJ to sign on the dotted line, we may have to have Barnes offer him a spot on the basketball team. Oh well.

Still not sure why in the hell we didn't offer Nathan Hughes last year. That kid really wanted to be a Horn and we didn't offer him. Now he's a friggin Sooner. Makes no sense at all to me. Dumb decision IMO