Comments on: A RECRUITING WARNING ILLUSTRATED: XAVIER LEE

By: tbone

tbone — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:40:38 +0000

#34…

will the future turn into whatever Clausen thought it might be when he was a dreamy-eyed 24 yr old HS senior?…..well, one would doubt it, but who the hell knows. suffice it to say, just by being the starter, it seems like he has already cleared the very low Xavier Lee hurdle.

By: BDoc

BDoc — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:13:24 +0000

I was able to see Lee play in high school, and he was damn talented at that level. Unfortunately, he was never able to achieve that type of success in college. Though, I’ve heard from more than one person that it’s because he never learned the playbook. And that’s after being there for four years so interpret it however you want to.

By: NativeSon

NativeSon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:13:23 +0000

#33
He wanted the limelight of ND, and he got it. Do you think he does much better next season @ 200 lbs and given 0.7 seconds? If he survives his first 3 seasons under First Down Jesus, I hope his senior campaign ends up just short of respectable. And then he can climb back into that stretch Hummer and enjoy the ride to obscurity.

By: tbone

tbone — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:26:56 +0000

Clausen may end up being a failure. But, seriously, have you seen the FSU guys play QB? These guys are in their 4th year…surrounded by other highly recruited upperclassman teammates…and they look like Casey Dick throwing left-handed on weed.

From what I saw of Clausen this year, he just looked like a 190 lb kid who was given 0.5 secs to throw the ball before the four DL jailbreak kicked his teeth in. Now that, like Bowden tutelage, may scar your psyche to the point of implosion, but for now the jury is still out.

By: Herb

Herb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:11:05 +0000

#31, I’m beginning to believe A.J. Smith sold his soul to the devil for his evaluation skills. Or maybe he gets a football team of gold and to keep his soul if the Chargers beat the devils handmade team the Patriots this weekend (a la the fiddle competition in Devil Went Down to Georgia).

By: Gurney Halleck

Gurney Halleck — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:41:38 +0000

Antonio Cromartie blew out his knee and had to sit out his entire junior year and decided to go pro instead of coming back for his senior year. The amazing thing is that the Chargers had enough foresight to draft him in the 1st round.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:55:01 +0000

You realize, of course, that he would be returning for his fifth year. So he’s probably just a mere 60 hours or so short of graduating.

He’ll probably go to the combine, run a 4.35, have a 42 inch vertical, thus further scrambling the brains of NFL personnel guys who are still trying to figure out why All-Pro CB Antonio Cromartie wasn’t even issued a jock strap during his tour of Tallahassee.

By: Yinka Double Dare

Yinka Double Dare — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:09:28 +0000

19: He’s a football player at FSU. I’m guessing chances are he’d need more than another year to graduate unless he can fill up a schedule with online classes with a good tutor.

By: beckett929

beckett929 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:01:38 +0000

If Lee was this much of a disappointment, we’re going to have to create a new adjective to describe the epic failure that will be Jimmy Clausen

By: The Freewheelin' Charles Woodson

The Freewheelin' Charles Woodson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:57:55 +0000

Mallet to Arkansas
http://arkansas.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?sid=&script=content.asp&cid=761558&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid=

By: JeffAU

JeffAU — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:36:06 +0000

#24

And thus, JPW steps into the void left by the eligibility expiration of Brandon SV Cox (minus the wins, of course).

By: Clemson327

Clemson327 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:59:25 +0000

Paco, I would say E.J. Manuel has a better chance of becoming the next Xavier Lee.

By: Mr Pelican Pants

Mr Pelican Pants — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:57:42 +0000

#23
Yeh but since he shared the same field as JPW, the transitive effect took over and he was doomed…..trust me, we cant kill JPW, he wont die…only performs enought to survive, only as good as his last let down….the only glimmer of hope is that yall let BOOM Motherfocker get away….

By: JeffAU

JeffAU — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:21:45 +0000

If the X-Man gave the world nothing else, he turned in a damn fine performance against ally-bammer in Jacksonville in ‘07.

Xavier Lee, we Aubs salute you.

By: jakldawg

jakldawg — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:40:05 +0000

Since we’re marginally on the topic: I knew Florida high school football was intense… but DAMN!
http://thebiglead.com/?p=4177
(p.s. turn your speakers down, unless Martin Scorsece is your boss)