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Greg Little (official thread)

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BuckTwenty;606684; said:
Anyone know which side of the ball we're recruiting Greg for?
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Offense, defense, special teams - it's all good. Think of him as "big speed", and let the coaches figure out where to play him.

Right now, I just want to get him in this class - anywhere.
 
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Local prospects soak in big-game atmospheres

By GUY LORANGER : The Herald-Sun
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Sep 20, 2006 : 12:16 am ET

DURHAM -- Hillside's Greg Little and Riverside's Weslye Saunders had front-row seats to two of the biggest games played last weekend on college football's "Separation Saturday."

And they also started a process of their own that will separate the contenders from the pretenders, checking off the criteria that will help them make a college decision in the coming months.

Making their first official visits of the fall, Little headed to Notre Dame, where he saw the then No.2 ranked Irish fall to previously No. 11-ranked Michigan, 47-21, and Saunders went to Louisville, where he witnessed the No. 8-ranked Cardinals' 31-7 rout of Miami.

"I didn't know what to expect," said Saunders who, like Little, plans to take at least two more official visits to schools this fall, "but now, I know what to look for."

Although both players are similar, all-purpose talents, their visits were contrasts.

The 6-3, 205-pound Little, who is being mostly recruited as a wide receiver, went to a game in one of college football's most famous stadiums, but the team he came to learn more about, Notre Dame, saw its national-title hopes sink with a loss.

Despite the defeat, Little said he came away with a good impression of the Irish.

"It was a pretty good experience to get up there and see the fans and see the stadium atmosphere, and the following day, to get a good talk about academics and some fields I might study," said Little, who also got the chance to hang out with Jerome Bettis during his two-day stay.

"The fans were really welcoming, and they must be big Internet fans, because they knew exactly who I was and were asking for autographs. They were really into the game -- right to the end."

Saunders, a 6-5, 270-pound tight end prospect, went to a school that has come to symbolize college football's new guard, where he watched Louisville's title hopes soar in recently built Papa John's Stadium.

"The fans are crazy up there, because there's no NBA or NFL teams to compete with them, so it's all over football," Saunders said. "They're actually building 20,000 more seats."

Before the game, Saunders said he spoke with Louisville's coaches and got an idea of how he could be used in the Cardinals' offense. He looked for the tight end during the game and liked what he saw.

"They got the ball to the tight end, and he was wide open," he said. "It was a balanced offense. I liked it."

Afterwards, Saunders, like Little, checked out the school's athletic and academic facilities, perhaps forming a standard for what comes next.

Little plans to visit top-ranked Ohio State this weekend for the Buckeyes' game against No. 24 Penn State. He said he also will see Southern Cal on Oct. 7 when the No. 3-ranked Trojans face Washington.

Saunders said he plans to go to Penn State's home game against Michigan on Oct. 14, and he might take an official visit to South Carolina later in the fall.
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http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/18-771354.html
 
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UnderTheRadar;612608; said:
Isn't it agaist the rules of alumni to speak directly with recruits? I thought it is analagous to a "booster" making improper contact with a recruit?
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if they "happen to be there" I believe it is acceptable to talk to alumni. Bettis was there as a tv analyst.
 
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IrishEnvy;612773; said:
That's a pretty broad and untrue generalization. It would be like me saying I thought all Buckeye fans were morons, when it's not the case.
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He was referring to the Insiders on the Irish sites who have shown more than the usual amount of slanted homerism...

Nothing against the fanbase...that bashing is in the other thread.

Now back to Greg, thank you...
 
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Not saying that at all Irish. There have just been several Irish insiders who feel they are going to get every recruit that visits there. I can promise you that several of the Mods at this site will agree with me on that.

EDI: 21 backed up the exact thing I was saying.
 
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HotMic;612782; said:
Not saying that at all Irish. There have just been several Irish insiders who feel they are going to get every recruit that visits there. I can promise you that several of the Mods at this site will agree with me on that.

EDI: 21 backed up the exact thing I was saying.
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Yeah, like any fanbase, we have a lot of homers and idiots. That said, a couple Rivals mods for both the ND site and the National board have said they believe Little is going to Notre Dame.

Back to Little, I'm just not sold on the kid. While there is no doubt he is an amazing athlete (combine king), he has frying pans for hands. Combine that with the fact that he has said numerous times that he will not play defense and you wonder if he has any sort of team mentality.
 
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