Four-star Matthews commits to Southern Cal

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1668953421125152771

 

[crfcom]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1668953421125152771

Been a USC lean all along, so when Mom didn't show for the UF visit you knew.....

 

[JayM]

It's curious to me that UGA didn't even offer him. They have two TEs committed but one them is very low ranked kid from Florida.

Maybe he told them not to bother? Maybe Kirby didn't want him for some reason?

 

[crfcom]

It's curious to me that UGA didn't even offer him. They have two TEs committed but one them is very low ranked kid from Florida.

Maybe he told them not to bother? Maybe Kirby didn't want him for some reason?

Honestly, if I had to recruit kids in this age range for a living, I'd probably have my first heart attack at about 35. They haven't learned how to manage themselves yet, and their emotions and egos just run away with them. Very few even try to be analytical about choosing a program, then there's this commitment thing they have no understanding of or interest in. This kid has been USC all along and likely Kirby just felt an OV would just be wasted money and time. Napier is rebuilding and has to take chances and accept less effort efficiency to catch up. Smart and Napier are both analytical managers, just in very different circumstances.

 

[BD489]

That’s a bummer. USC obviously has some allure, but does Riley use tight ends a lot?

 

[Mark Wheeler]

That’s a bummer. USC obviously has some allure, but does Riley use tight ends a lot?

When it was a Florida-USC battle, that is one of the things I thought may hurt Florida.

However, I then looked it up and USC's top tight end only had 10 catches.