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'10 CA QB Nick Montana (Washington Signee; transfer to Tulane)

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southcampus;1480884; said:
Bummer. I felt really good about our chances until Washington didn't get Heaps. Oh well, I can't say I mind Sark and the Huskies building a semi-respectable program out there.
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Every QB realizes there is a 10 ton elephant in the room while OSU is recruiting QB's. His name is Braxton Miller. They saw what happened to Boeckman. I don't care what any QB says, they know in 1 year they will be going up against a player many consider one of the top HS QB's right now. Unless they are a super stud (Montana is not) they will back away from OSU. Sorry to say, but QB's last year and this year know the situation. As nice as it would be to have a stable like USC, that is an anomaly (just between us, Pete Carrol, Reggie Bush, Tim Floyd et al we all know why). In the mean time we will have to watch Pryor run the team backed up by 3* players.
 
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Quarterback Nick Montana commits to UW
Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) coach Bill Redell said Tuesday that quarterback Nick Montana, son of Hall of Famer Joe Montana, has committed to Washington.
By Bob Condotta
Seattle Times staff reporter

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-JULY 9, 2008: Nicholas Montana, 16, a junior, quarterback who transferred to Oaks Christian H.S. from De la Salle H.S. , throws a pass during a passing tournament at Oaks Christian H.S. in Westlake Village on July 9, 2008. Nicholas is the son of Hall of Famer Joe Montana. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times) Nick Montana
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A few days after missing out on one of the biggest-name quarterbacks in the state, the Washington Huskies rebounded by getting a commitment from the son of one of the biggest name quarterbacks in football history.

Nick Montana of Oaks Christian High in Westlake Village, Calif., and the son of Hall of Famer Joe Montana, said Tuesday night he has given a commitment to UW and will sign with the Huskies next February.

He is entering his senior year at Oaks Christian, which will play Sept. 18 at Skyline against the Spartans and Jake Heaps, who last week spurned the Huskies and committed to BYU.

Montana said the decision of Heaps to go elsewhere had nothing to do with his commitment.

"Not at all," he said. "I just wanted to see the place first-hand."

He was able to do that last weekend when he visited UW along with his parents, meeting with Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian and QB Jake Locker, among others. The Montana family and Sarkisian have known each other since the coach worked as an assistant at USC grooming the likes of Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Mark Sanchez.

"He's an awesome coach," Nick Montana said. "You just have to look at all the guys he's put into the pros."

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Montana is rated as the No. 13 QB in the nation by Scout.com and had offers from Notre Dame, his father's alma mater, as well as Louisiana State, Ohio State, Stanford, Alabama and Georgia.

Montana said he had originally planned to take much of the summer to make his decision but that his visit to UW last weekend "made everything a lot easier. It cleared everything up."

He also said he wasn't worried about the team's 0-12 record a year ago saying he feels there is a lot of young talent on the way.

"He [Sarkisian] is going to get the place turned around," Montana said.
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Huskies | Quarterback Nick Montana commits to UW | Seattle Times Newspaper
 
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Best of luck to Montana. I can certainly see a lot of reasons why he chose Washington.

1. Closer to home
2. Being Joe Montana's son, he will fly much lower under the radar than he would have at OSU, notre dame or even Stanford
3. Opportunity to compete for starting job in his 2nd year or even as a true freshman if Locker leaves early
4. Coach with a reputation as a good offensive mind
5. Everything I've ever heard about Washington is that it is a beautiful campus(stadium is certainly picturesque)

I'm more happy that he didn't choose notre dame than I am disappointed with the fact that he's not coming to OSU.
 
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SayNoToMichigan;1477765; said:
I know this has been said before, but I think our trouble convicing mom is the issuse. IIRC, she wants Nick closer to home. Also think I read she wants him at a place with a high academic rep.
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JCOSU86;1480940; said:
Montana staying home? It's over 1000 miles from Westlake Village to Seattle!

If you're getting on a plane, does it really matter if you fly 1000 or 3000?
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sparcboxbuck;1480943; said:
As one who travels quite a bit... the answer is yes. It does.
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Obviously Seattle is closer to SoCal than Columbus is (although Columbus is ~2300 miles away, rather than 3000), and that may have played a role (in addition to the fact that Washington plays games in SoCal and/or central Cal every year. Tucson and Tempe aren't that much farther). But as far as academic reputation goes, both UW and OSU are Tier 1 public universities, and according to the most recent U.S. News ranking (if you put any stock in that) UW is tied with 2 others at #41 and OSU is tied with one other at #56. Not a substantial difference on which to base an academic reputation distinction, in my view.
 
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