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Football Recruiting: Heath Batchelor? (USC lean)

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jrw11475

January 24, 2006, 07:38:13 pm
Rivals says that Heath Batchelor, offensive tackle from Alabama who visited our campus this past weekend has made a decision between us and south Carolina.  I do not have a subscription.  Does anyone know if he is a Razorback?

brooks74

January 24, 2006, 07:38:52 pm #1
I don't know either, but if he committed here, I think we would have heard by now
 

sickboy1138

January 24, 2006, 07:41:38 pm #2
He's a solid verbal to SC on rivals.

hogbalz

January 24, 2006, 07:58:35 pm #3
Said he enjoyed the visit but needed to sleep on it ?
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Shocktheman

January 24, 2006, 08:08:29 pm #4 Last Edit: January 24, 2006, 08:20:13 pm by ET Hog Fan
This kid would be a great pickup. . . at 6-7 and 280 he is a monster!!  Apparently has decent agility for his size.  Hopefully he will become a HOG instead of a gamecock!!

hogbalz

January 24, 2006, 08:09:45 pm #5
We did not get him. I hate it but we lost this one.
In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard.
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--Lou Holtz

jrw11475

January 24, 2006, 08:23:52 pm #6
I was hoping to steal that guy.  He would have been a big pickup.

forrest city joe

January 24, 2006, 08:39:57 pm #7
from what i hear he.s going to SC.

Oklahawg

January 24, 2006, 08:49:35 pm #8
I'd rather go back and offer Kit Coleman (at C), Rudy Harrell (at DT), or Drew Hilton (at OG) than get Bachelor.

I also think HDN is overextending himself on skill players and needs to save a slot for the possibilities.

While we all want a full class of contributors we also need to remember that as many as 8 players on the team now must lose their ride to fit anyone else on board. That hurts with the new NCAA thingy on attrition and keeping players on your campus and eligible.
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hogfan064

January 25, 2006, 07:37:29 am #9
I hate to say it, but Phil Kornblut who's the biggest name in recruiting in SC has spoked to Batchelor and he's a Gamecock all the way.  Kornblut is rarely ever wrong on these things and only reports facts and not rumors.  He's been doing recruiting reports for 25 years now.  If he says Batchelor is a Gamecok I believe him.

Biggus Piggus

January 25, 2006, 08:40:59 am #10
So why can't we sign any offensive linemen?  Guess the crush will be on next recruiting season.
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JackJohnson

January 25, 2006, 09:00:22 am #11
Quote from: Biggus Piggus on January 25, 2006, 08:40:59 am
So why can't we sign any offensive linemen?  Guess the crush will be on next recruiting season.

Yep, next year we will sign 6 or 7 OL, 2 or 3 RB's, 1 WR and No QB's.

Why we don't sign a balanced class every year is beyond me. 

1 QB
1 RB
3 WR (or 2 WR and 1 TE)
5 OL
4 DL
3 LB
2 CB
2 S
4 of best player available, or K/P

pfrg999

January 25, 2006, 09:14:23 am #12
1 QB
1 RB
4 WR
2 OL
1 TE
2 DL
2 DE
2 S/CB

Is what we have now ...Not too bad .... need more OL... and DL and CB and....and ....
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pfrg999

January 25, 2006, 09:14:56 am #13
3 LB   soory forgot those up there
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brooks74

January 25, 2006, 11:29:14 am #14
Quote from: pfrg999 on January 25, 2006, 09:14:23 am
1 QB
1 RB
4 WR
2 OL
1 TE
2 DL
2 DE
2 S/CB

Is what we have now ...Not too bad .... need more OL... and DL and CB and....and ....

Just curious, what RB have we got a commitment from?

hog caller

January 25, 2006, 11:33:55 am #15
we got the Dallas CXarter  tackle commit today 6'6 280 4.5 not to shabby i don't think. one more like thqat will be plenty

with his agility he feels he can play guard because of his ability to pull.

WPS

RAZORBART

January 25, 2006, 11:46:00 am #16
after our lose to Michigan in HDN's first bowl game he said that we needed to get to the point where we could just say next in the offensive line like Michigan does. Here we are 8 or so years later and we are still working on it (not). We recruit athletes and then move them around to every postion on the field. Desmond Sims for one has played about every postition on defense except nose tackle.Why ?

GorillaJMonsoon

January 25, 2006, 12:33:25 pm #17
Quote from: Biggus Piggus on January 25, 2006, 08:40:59 am
So why can't we sign any offensive linemen?
Nutt needs that as his excuse for next year.

gibby

January 25, 2006, 12:59:34 pm #18
Quote from: JackJohnson on January 25, 2006, 09:00:22 am
Quote from: Biggus Piggus on January 25, 2006, 08:40:59 am
So why can't we sign any offensive linemen?  Guess the crush will be on next recruiting season.

Yep, next year we will sign 6 or 7 OL, 2 or 3 RB's, 1 WR and No QB's.

Why we don't sign a balanced class every year is beyond me.

1 QB
1 RB
3 WR (or 2 WR and 1 TE)
5 OL
4 DL
3 LB
2 CB
2 S
4 of best player available, or K/P


I am by no means a HDN defender, but you sign the guys you can sign, based on need and availability.  In a perfect world, every recruiting class would be balanced.  But nowhere in the world is any given group of graduating seniors populated evenly in talent.  For example, if you can take the #10 RB or the #57 OT, which would you take?  You might need an OL as much as RB, but you take the best player available at the time based on the pool of available/interested players and the players already on your roster.

pbjones81

January 25, 2006, 01:27:28 pm #19
Quote from: hog caller on January 25, 2006, 11:33:55 am
we got the Dallas CXarter tackle commit today 6'6 280 4.5 not to shabby i don't think. one more like thqat will be plenty

with his agility he feels he can play guard because of his ability to pull.

Are you talking about Demarcus Love?  Because rivals has him as 6'5"  260  5.3  And that he committed Tuesday night.  Did we get another tackle commit today (Wednesday)??

hog caller

January 25, 2006, 02:06:27 pm #20
no, i was incorrect on love's status 65 290 4.5 isnt bad for a guy who wants to play guard. sorry for giving the wrong impression

JackJohnson

January 25, 2006, 02:26:11 pm #21 Last Edit: January 25, 2006, 03:23:21 pm by JackJohnson
Quote from: hog caller on January 25, 2006, 02:06:27 pm
no, i was incorrect on love's status 65 290 4.5 isnt bad for a guy who wants to play guard. sorry for giving the wrong impression

not to nitpick, but love went to a scouting combine in Waco this summer and his results were as follows

6-3.5 281 5.47 FORTY 4.89 SHUTTLE (this is where the 4.9 FORTY that most are getting confused about) 28.5 verticle 8.59 3 cone 8-0 broad jump.

Nevertheless, he is an outstanding prospect, and one of the better OL recruits we have signed in a few years.

A shame our OL class could have been outstanding with him at guard, and webb and hart our TRUE bookend pass blocking tackles of the future...

i have a feeling HDN and company are underestimating how important it is to get true pass blockers across the line, esp with our hack of an OL coach.  I am afraid our success on O will be a lot like Nebraska the last couple of years with Callahan and the west coast.  Don't matter how good of run blockers those guys are, pass blocking requires technique our OL coach doesn't know how to teach and athletic ability our current OL don't have...

excoach

January 25, 2006, 02:35:25 pm #22
what ever happend to the LB fromTulsa Union? I can't remeber his name.

HogPsych

January 25, 2006, 03:19:54 pm #23
Zach Snider?  At 2 nd team DE now.
 

WILL CLINTON

January 25, 2006, 03:23:50 pm #24
Quote from: RAZORBART on January 25, 2006, 11:46:00 am
after our lose to Michigan in HDN's first bowl game he said that we needed to get to the point where we could just say next in the offensive line like Michigan does. Here we are 8 or so years later and we are still working on it (not). We recruit athletes and then move them around to every postion on the field. Desmond Sims for one has played about every postition on defense except nose tackle.Why ?

Duh, cuz he's special...
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