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RB Maurice Wells (Official Thread)

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them being the first one that leaps to mind says a little something.

Again, it was a USC site. If I'm a kid being interviewed on a school's site, and I'm considering them, then of course I'm going to mention them first if they ask who I'm considering, unless I'm all but a lock for one school.
 
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I talked with Wells and his Mom on Monday evening. Again, working on getting him at OSU Camp. I know his Mom & realitives want him to go to OSU. He likes the "idea" of USC. I think as we get on with the season and it gets crazy, his family will win out.

Reminds me of how Mike Doss wanted to go to Michigan, but his Uncle hit him upside of the head on numerous times, and told him he will be going to Ohio State...... I just need to find out who is going to hit Wells upside the head...
 
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Found this picture of Wells on Rivals. Man, I'm jealous of the 'Do :biggrin:

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a few tidbits from Rivals on Mo

- he won Atlanta camp MVP honors

- he is looking for a school where he feels he is going to get the "best amount of playing time on the better team"

- he says he will not make a decision soon (sounds like it could come down to signing day)

- he will make his visits with Marvin Sapp (his teammate-see thread on him)- both Wells and Sapp seem very interested in G-tech.

- he says he is not favoring any one school right now and hopes to narrow down his list after the summer- he currently has 10 written offers

- he will go to GTech camp, FSU camp and might go to Florida, USC or tOSU camp
 
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thought you guys would enjoy this

Sandalwood's Maurice Wells highly recruited
He's entering his senior year and is on everyone's most wanted list. Last year Sandalwood running back Maurice Wells ran for more than 3000 yards. Already Ohio State's Jim Tressel has been in to visit, FSU left on Tuesday, UF's Ron Zook comes calling Friday and USC is sending the lear jet for Maurice Wells to fly to Los Angeles. Wells says he will enjoy the process and won't commit until signing day next February.
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Petey is starting early- I thought the jet was just used to close? :biggrin:
 
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Most of you know I live in Jacksonville. Mo Wells was on the local news here a few days ago. An on-field interview of some sort it looked like. Anyway, they talked at length about what was important to him, and he went on about the quality of the program, coaches, history, etc. Also was very specific about wanting to get his degree, so the academic side of things, including coach focus on that front was of importance to him. Very articulate kid, looks all the part of a college RB now to me.

After the interview, they mentioned that JT had just been in town to see him, that Zook was coming this Friday, and that Pete C. was indeed flying in on the Lear to see him. The local sports guys really played that angle up (the Lear) which I found sort of disturbing -- thought the whole recent focus of adjusting recruiting was about reducing flash and suggestive messages. The flip side of that is I guess that if you have your own jet to use, why fly commercial? So my knock is more on the media making it a big deal than anything else.

Anyway, solid looking kid, sounds like he's got a good head on his shoulders.
 
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In almost every update I see on Wells he mentions USC first when discussing his favorites and talks about how impressed he is with the way they are recruiting him. In the latest Rivals update he talked about how they called him at 12:01AM on May 1st. It appears Wells has been doing his homework studying the depth charts and what recruits the schools he is interested in have signed recently. Ohio State was not mentioned as a possible camp destination.
 
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Buckskin am I wrong, or isn't there some rule going into effect that will stop the use of planes?

Hubbard- you are correct. The NCAA has formed a "task force" to reform recruiting practices. The ban on the use of planes is one of the potential reforms. Here is an article that discusses it a little more.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1082203297139280.xml

On Jan. 9, a sleek Citation V jet eased into the sky from a suburban Chicago airport.

On board were two pilots, three high school football players, portable DVD players, a stack of movies and a lot of food.

After a refueling stop in South Dakota, the pilots pointed the jet toward Eugene, where Oregon was about to stage the biggest football recruiting weekend of coach Mike Bellotti's nine-season tenure.

Twenty-five high school standouts would stay at a Hilton hotel, dine on made-to-order omelets, chat with professors, tour the campus, dine on steak, bear witness to all of the bells and whistles of Oregon's high-tech athletic machine, dine on more steak and lobster, play paint ball and get a glance at Phil Knight's Autzen Stadium toilet.

The total cost of the Jan. 9-11 recruiting weekend, obtained by The Oregonian under state public records law: $140,875.99.

The bill was high for a single weekend, but the $5,635 spent per recruit was typical of what the Ducks do with a $600,000 recruiting budget, more than four times what Oregon State spends.

"We can afford it," Oregon athletic director Bill Moos said. And because his department is self-sufficient, he doesn't apologize for spending the money it has generated.

The Ducks have nearly doubled their recruiting budget in the past three years, yielding high-profile players and recruits from Texas, Illinois and Florida. The latest class might be the best in school history.

It is such spending, however, that the NCAA appears ready to curb with proposals such as banning the use of private jets, lavish meals and other touches schools use to woo highly talented high school seniors.

If those proposals, working their way through the NCAA, pass, Oregon's Biggest Weekend Ever might have turned out to be one of the last of its kind. Six recruits in Eugene that weekend, as well as others involved, described the polished sales pitch thrown by the Ducks.

"Oregon kind of pampers their guys," said Cameron Colvin, a highly regarded receiver from powerhouse De La Salle High School in the Bay Area. He made the trip that weekend with two of his teammates.
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At the end of the previous post, Cameron Colvin says:

"Oregon kind of pampers their guys".

On signing day, Colvin committed to Oregon. I guess he liked being pampered.
 
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