Shurburtt surfaces: SEC should be mindful of Harbaugh's recruiting success

Submitted by LSA Aught One on

JC Shurburtt separated from 24/7 a few months back.  It appears he is doing independent pieces and publishing through Saturdays Down South. 

 

As has been popular lately, he did a hottake on Harbaugh.  His, however, warns the SEC to pay attention to Harbaugh's successes in recruiting the South. 

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/will-jim-harbaugh-hurt-sec-recruiting/

 

The bottom line for the league as it relates to Michigan/Harbaugh being a recruiting threat is this: Keep an eye on it because it could eventually turn out that way in future classes.

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lilpenny1316

January 29th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^

Can you imagine USC, Texas, Oklahoma holding camps and scrimmages down South?  I think those are the schools that can hurt the SEC schools.  They have the name plus history of NCAA and NFL success to make an impact.  Bama and LSU will probably be okay, but I don't know if the same would be true for Auburn, South Carolina and any other SEC school that doesn't have the same exposure as those non-regional blue blood programs.  

There could be a domino effect also for the more regional brands like MSU, Washington and Oklahoma State.  This may allow them more access and ability to land regional 3*/4* kids that would normally end up at the bigger programs.

It will turn into a "rich getting richer" story.

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Truthbtold

January 29th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^

The SEC should be concerned. After OSU proved that the Big10 can indeed play football with the best of them. After the high profile losses of Michigan and Notre Dame to Alabama, I'm sure many recruits had doubts. But thanks to Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes now kids can see that the Big10 is as good a conference as any...at least in Columbus. With the 42-13 ass whippin UM took at home, at the hands of OSU and Meyer, at least all kids considering UM know that they will get to see what a top notch program looks like one game a year when the Buckeyes bring the wood.

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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

January 29th, 2016 at 1:08 PM ^

His "work" on the VT 24/7 site earned him the nickname "Shurburtthole" among UVA fans.  Wrote a lot of silly things designed to feed delusions.  Three-star prospects would be the second coming, until and unless VT cooled on them, in which case they would lose half a second from their 40 time.  Spent a lot of time pumping up Shane Beamer for the South Carolina job.  "Hearing there's a lot of interest there.  If they want a dynamic young coach with fresh ideas to take the program to the next level, the choice is obvious."  By "lot of interest" he of course meant Shane wanted the job.  He ended up as the TE coach at UGA, which is a long way from head coach.

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lilpenny1316

January 29th, 2016 at 12:44 PM ^

If we can start doing that at a better rate than Alabama and the other SEC schools, we should be in better shape against their 5 and 4 star athletes.  If 12 months from now, we're coming off a CFP performance, Graham Glasgow is a Day 2 NFL draft pick, Lewis (who will sufficiently be the right height for the NFL) and Butt are prospective first round draft picks*, I think Harbaugh will be able to sell everything he wants to any kid in America with results.

*I would include Peppers also, but my dream scenario is he decides to come back for at least one more year to prove the doubters wrong that he wants his degree before he goes to the NFL.

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The Mad Hatter

January 29th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^

I expected a bunch of butthurt and Harbaugh/Michigan bashing, but the author seems to have a healthy respect for both the school and the coach.

Not sure who his target audience with that piece is though.  Down south peckerwoods aren't typically known for navel gazing and introspection.

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Jordan09

January 29th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^

Made a cake for Gary's Mom! I would have rather him to have went to Bama. Dabo is a snake but comes across all down to earth and religious. Gotta give them some props, a jersey cake is smoothe.

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