New addition to Arkansas signing class: DT Darius Philon, who was an Alabama commitment.
Hate to hear he turned down the greyshirt, but we knew this was a possibility earlier in the day. Either way, best of luck to him in Fayetteville.
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I think I'd have preferred to lose him to Auburn.
He might have a realistic chance of hurting us at Arkansas.
I agree
Arkansas wasn’t in as bad a need. I almost feel bad for Auburn. They had a great day today though. Better than expected.
"The first person I would like to thank is the good Lord, for giving me the ability to play the game of football. Because without the ability to play the game I would have been at Auburn." - Marty Lyons
by crimsonpride19 on Feb 1, 2012 4:59 PM CST up reply actions
They were...
…for this class. Only MSU, Ole Miss, and Kentucky had worse classes than Arky….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 1, 2012 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
I wish him success
except when Arky plays Bama.
Roll tide, A’ight!
Have a Crimson Tide Day!
Roll Tide, Saban Tsunami Roll!
Best of luck!
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
This is so bizarre...
…how we lose this guy and Kwon ‘cause we don’t have room, but we’re all like, “Yeah, we’ve got another (yawn) #1 class, though….”
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 1, 2012 5:11 PM CST reply actions
thank you 25 scholly limit!!!
Talent can only get you so far. Give me a player who has less talent, but the heart of a champion and the will to succeed.
by Bamapride on Feb 1, 2012 5:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
thank you 25 scholly limit!!!
Talent can only get you so far. Give me a player who has less talent, but the heart of a champion and the will to succeed.
by Bamapride on Feb 1, 2012 5:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Aight now, enough.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Feel bad for him
Feel bad for the kid, especially after watching the press conference at his school. He was Bama through and through.Hate missing out on a Bama boy. I realize he could have taken the greyshirt if he wanted it but he obviously didn’t feel that was in his best interest.
Same thing with Kwon.
Can't blame him
Good luck to him. On the upside we did sign a few good DT prospects.
"Tommy, completions are way more awesome when you force them through triple coverage." ----Brett Farve (look-a-like)
So we have a 25 scholly limit
but the big 12 does not? I had read that the big 12 is just as guilty as the SEC is of ’’oversigning"
"Tommy, completions are way more awesome when you force them through triple coverage." ----Brett Farve (look-a-like)
neither does the ACC
Talent can only get you so far. Give me a player who has less talent, but the heart of a champion and the will to succeed.
by Bamapride on Feb 1, 2012 5:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
But that will change next year.
The 25 rule goes national next year. Thank God.
God bless our Dark Lord.
I would be more thankful...
…if the 30 rule went national next year, but I get your point….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 2, 2012 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
^^This^^
"Auburn people are stinky"- my 3 yr.old daughter
by You can call me Al on Feb 2, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
Big news
to me is that apparently Auburn and Florida joined some Big Ten schools with granting 4 year scholarships.
If Auburn and Florida want to emulate
the Big Ten schools, I applaud their decisions.
Audemus jura nostra defendere
"What makes a second chance worth having comes from taking advantage of it, from correcting the mistakes you made and burning for redemption. Not wishing for it. Earning it." -Cecil Hurt, 10 JAN 2012
by animalcracker on Feb 1, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
and their inevitable litigation
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Feb 1, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
So now they are going to start losing to ALL the SEC schools they play?
Attempting to remove humor from posts since August 30, 2011
What happened to Philon stinks
No, he was not fully informed all along. Not from what I hear anyway. We dumped his ass late in the cycle because we wanted to add one more 4-star DL.
I have posted this elsewhere and it's probably not an excuse most will accept
but Philon is scheduled to have knee surgery for a torn meniscus. Recovery tends to take several months to completely rehabilitate a knee – especially for someone who is as heavy as he is.
He was probably going to redshirt 2012 at Bama anyway. I’d be surprised if he sees the field at Arkansas but best of luck to him.
Fourteen and counting
I don't blame the kid for being upset . . .
. . . but welcome to the real world of big-time, college football. And even though it’s a tough blow for a 17-year-old who really wanted to go to Bama, he could have enrolled at Bama in January of 2013 instead of August 2012. Six months seems like a relatively small trade off for a major knee injury.
All I care about
Were we honest to him? Was he surprised? Because the University is the world of sophisticated managers and professionals, and he’s a high-school kid. We need to make sure he’s not surprised, not leave it up to him to take care of himself.
If we were straight up with him, and he guessed wrong and got disappointed, that’s on him. I haven’t heard enough facts to really know what happened, but at this point that’s not the story I’m hearing.
Philon was aware
Darius knew in December that his offer was a grayshirt offer and he was actually happy about it. He knew where he stood in the pecking order and I now assume that he thought events would leave him with a current scholarship. Events did not unfold that way. But rather than wait 5 months, even though injured, he preferred to take the offer from Ark. I wish him the best.
Btw, his coach even acknowledges that “everyone knew”.
In general the AJC and the Alabama media waits like vultures for any pretext by which they might disparage Bama/Saban. UGA and AU are getting killed and they will nip at Bama’s heels anytime they can. They contort the truth in such ways that Bama fans often fall for their garbage rather than giving their coach the benefit of the doubt.
by red1 on Feb 2, 2012 4:52 AM CST reply actions 5 recs
It's not easy being green...
…so y’all rec this right here….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 2, 2012 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
proud to make green
Inanity @gothlaw
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Feb 2, 2012 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
The
media is butthurt over the fact that Alabama won’t release their scholly numbers. I think the backlash is building.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
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