A Little Experiment

I wonder how many people are googling for information on potential transfers from the Penn State Football Program.  This experiment will help me find out.

I have no real interesting news and no knowledge of anything that is going on.  That's the most important thing.

I can however, speak a little bit about college football recruiting and a story I heard.  This one is about Khairi Fortt, who went to my high school.  I heard some things through the grapevine about his recruitment. 

I know that at the time, Head Coach Randy Edsall visited my alma mater to watch Khairi.  I heard that Coach Edsall gave Khairi these big huge hugs as if they were long lost brothers.  Sounds like major ass-kissing was involved and I can't blame Coach Edsall for trying either.

I still don't quite get how recruits can deal with the major ass-kissing to the "you suck, go run five 120s." 

Anyway the other part of the story is just a simple thing that I heard early on from Khairi's father, who I just happened to be standing next to at a Thanksgiving game.  Very early on in the process, Mr. Fortt mentioned how impressed they were by UConn's facilities and the initial tour they were given.  It's good that UConn is at least impressing some big time recruits. 

This makes me wonder how awful the recruiting process really is for a family.  Here I am, a day before Thanksgiving talking to someone I don't know about someone I don't know and where they are thinking about going to college.  I can't imagine how old that would get to my family and I if I had two years of constant questions about where I am looking to go to college.

If I was the Fortt family now I'd disconnect the phones and buy a pay as you go cell phone. 

I also heard in a separate incidence about a separate player that UConn was too cautious recruiting and that it didn't have anyone on the inside either "breaking" or "flirting with" or "in the grey area" to get a good recruit.  So basically cheating still exists...and 1 plus 1 still equals 2