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West Virginia/JUCO/C.W. Post/Kean RB Jason Gwaltney (official thread)

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take this for what it is worth, but I thought this would be good to share, considering it is pretty speculative...from a poster on the BSB board:

apparently Coach Rod from WVU made some comments off the record to some reporters at his press conference yesterday that he was highly impressed with the way OSU went about recruiting Gwaltney. This was said in contrast to the way Petey Carroll went about things.

From what I'm told Rodriguez had high praise for Tressel and staff and their professionalism and their desire for Jason to make the choice that he felt was best for him and that he had their support as a young man either way. Also, OSU did not invoke negative recruiting tactics but instead focused on the positives of the OSU opportunity.

Petey, however, only wanted what was best for Jason as long as what it matched what was best for Petey.....and he went negative from the get go on WVU and OSU.....and in the end was less than gracious with Jason once he found out Jason was going to stick to his original commitment to WVU.
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For the record, WVU has six RB's in its 2005 class; by my count (and I was not a math major), that is twice as many as Ohio State has on its roster. Go figure....
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From the little I can gather about WVU recruiting they are going to need to convert at least three of these backs to OL.
 
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Hey guys, let's keep this positive. Praise JT all you want, but if you want to complaint about, or rip on Pete Carroll, do it in another forum. JG has made his decision, and any speculation or comments should probably be done in the open forum now.
 
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NevadaBuck said:
After Wednesday I will post a very funny story of how the conversation between JT and Gwaltney went.....


This, once again, shows you how tough it is to predict 18 year old young men's behavior---they mislead and sometimes outright lie to you--so you can never be sure...

perhaps we will bury the "Wstripes said it, so it must be 100% true" BS ---the reality is that no one is right all the time...
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Never did get to see this.....
Are you still gonna post it Nevada?
 
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Guys, nothing has been posted yet that crosses the line we are trying to keep around here, however, I feel a storm brewing.

This thread has run its course for all intents and purpose.

Nevada has a great story to share, but it will be better posted in the Open Discussion thread.

This baby is locked down for good.
 
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Dispatch article

Anyone see the blub in the sport page yester where Jason Gwaltney mentioned internet chat room?



Columbus Dispatch said:
It might come as a shock to some Ohio State football fans, but top running back prospect Jason Gwaltney said he chose West Virginia over OSU and Southern California in part because WVU fans showed more intense interest in Internet chat rooms.

Gwaltney told the Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail that he spent a lot of time on the Internet during the recruiting process. "The reason why I messed with the recruiting boards was one simple reason: I got to see how dedicated the fans were,'' Gwaltney said. "Like, for instance, 'SC. You go on at 11 and go on at 6 and there might be three posts. Ohio State, a little better. Go to West Virginia and you're talking every two minutes. 'Hey J, how you doing?' They are interested. They want the best players.''
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Guess he didn't find the planet.....
 
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I don't buy it at all...

The kid was all about attention. The guys on BN showed him plenty of attention...almost too much IMO at the time.

He made his decision...we picked up Chris Wells because of it.

WVU is happy, tOSU is happy, and USC is loaded for another run.
 
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