Texas DB commits to Utes

Greg Allen out of Houston, Texas has committed to Utah.

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Utes have also picked up a Texas WR, Brian Allen (no relation)...

Tweet about the pickup.

by JazzyUte on Jan 16, 2012 3:48 PM MST reply actions

Welcome Aboard

A couple of nice pick ups out of Texas. Should be an interesting couple of weeks until signing day.

by UteinBrooklyn on Jan 16, 2012 4:58 PM MST reply actions

Also saw...

Arguably the best recruiter in the PAC12 if not the country, Tosh Lupoi, just left Cal and joined the Washington staff.

I’m a bit surprised by this as Lupoi was a Cal grad and largely responsible for their strong classes the last couple of years. We’ll see if this year’s top 10 class falls apart. That would suck losing your best recruiter to an inter-division rival. OUCH

Will that play into Utah’s favor in any way? Wonder if it pushes guys like Beaver and Marsh to play for the Huskies. Long term we shall see. Utah has to pony up staff salaries to compete.

by UteinBrooklyn on Jan 16, 2012 5:06 PM MST reply actions

Money talks, I guess...

It could change things with Beaver & Marsh.

Washington probably just bought a few new recruits with this hire.

by JazzyUte on Jan 16, 2012 5:09 PM MST up reply actions

That may be true about buying a few new recruits for UW

But Marsh & Beaver are not going to UW. Beaver is visiting OU soon and likely will end up there, if not, we have a decent shot it seems from the Twitterverse.

by Thlete on Jan 17, 2012 10:44 AM MST up reply actions

Apparently there's an issue with the DB Coach

Apparently he treated a player who went to the same school as Beaver pretty poorly, and therefore UW isn’t an option for Beaver because of that.

by UnHoly Ram on Jan 17, 2012 12:09 PM MST up reply actions

Washington's Scout site reported Beaver is going to Washington...

He denied it on Twitter, but he could be a silent commit. Either way, no one knows – but they feel like they’ve got him.

by JazzyUte on Jan 18, 2012 5:10 AM MST up reply actions

He's heavily denying it.

Like you said, he could just be a silent commit, but Last night when he supposedly committed to UW, he was having an in home visit by Rich Rod, and he’s visiting OU this weekend.

by UnHoly Ram on Jan 18, 2012 8:16 AM MST up reply actions

Perhaps Tosh got sick of wasting his effort.

He’s brought in a number a star recruits, but the coaching staff there as a whole has done very little with them.

I kid, but only just.

If anyone found my snowboarding gloves after storming the field following the 2004 TDS game, I want them back!

by RedJaron on Jan 17, 2012 11:14 AM MST up reply actions

Especially

With all of those Cal commits over the last few weeks. I wonder if those guys will start looking around now that he’s gone. A few of them tweeted when he left, according to T. Miller.

by Joseph Silverzweig on Jan 16, 2012 8:44 PM MST up reply actions

Cost them a 5* DT already

Ellis McCarthy has switched from Cal to UCLA, according to Jon Wilner.

by Thlete on Jan 17, 2012 10:45 AM MST up reply actions

Shaq Thompson and Darius Powe were both Utah targets who (according to Twitter) are looking around a little now that Lupoi is gone.

Sucks for Cal. Lose a top assistant, and your best recruiter (a “star recruiter” according to many sources), to an in-division rival, about two weeks before signing day.

Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.

by displacedute on Jan 17, 2012 12:03 PM MST up reply actions

definitely

The golden bears site is on fire like it’s a game day.

And even if they don’t end up at Washington, could some escape to UCLA, Oregon, etc. I think USC is pretty limited with their restrictions, but they could benefit a lot from this too.

by UteinBrooklyn on Jan 16, 2012 5:20 PM MST reply actions

This was tweeted by a sports reporter from the Sac Bee...

Hearing from several parents of Cal verbal commits & one writes “Losing Tosh changes it for our son & may cost Tedford his job long term.”

Yikes.

by JazzyUte on Jan 16, 2012 5:25 PM MST up reply actions

Tough to be Tedford

But thats life in the California Higher Ed System. No money to keep your good guys.

What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Especially BYU. - Conan the Barbarian (ok, maybe he didn't say the BYU part)

by U of Uman on Jan 17, 2012 6:51 PM MST up reply actions

Recruits are nice but...

The SLTrib blogs had some really cool stuff:

• Value of Pac-12 TV deal. Nice numbers for the school.
• Number of recruits that chose Utah over the pathetic TDS.
• Former TDS Coach Crowton wanting to be OC at Utah.

Fun stuff.

Go Cuse. Go Utes. Go Kings (hockey version). Go Panthers (hockey version). Go Marlins. Go Dodgers. I despise the NFL and NBA, so don't bore me.

by LeftCoastMan on Jan 17, 2012 10:53 PM MST reply actions