Speight visiting UCLA
According to his Instagram.
Not sure if it means more than just getting all options, or if it's any sort of indication regarding program confidence in Patterson's appeal, given coach Harbaugh's recent remarks regarding a potential return. Would be the third grad transfer this year to head west, with Moe Ways and Ian Bunting both headed to Cal, and would join Devin Asiasi (and would keep the seat warm for Dorian Thompson-Robinson).
Seems like a perfect fit for Chip Kelly's offense. Er, wait...
UCLA's recruiting has been geared toward pro-style under Mora, so maybe this is a way of bridging those recruits for a year or so unitl you have more of your own guys. Wilton could move a little bit (though he obviously wasn't Rudock) and Kelly was also the guy who traded for Sam Bradford, so he might not be averse to a purer-pocket type.
A transition guy, you say? Well, that worked out pretty well for Steven Threet! ;-)
Speight has one year, and his likely successor (should he go there) is already on the roster. Hell, he might just start the season, with DTR coming on later, similar to what SC did with Max Browne/San Darnold (they have Oklahoma in Norman on the schedule in week 2).
I must have been watching other games. Seems like UCLA would be one of the worst fits for Speight.
But there's a difference between moving around in the pocket (which he seemed to do pretty well in 2016) and running for yardage. Again, Kelly traded for Sam Bradford, so he's obviously got a version of his offense that can be utilized by less mobile QBs.
It's like comparing John Navare and Johnny Manziel.
Bradford is way more mobile? What are you talking about? Saying that comparing Speight and Bradford is like comparing Navarre and Manziel is the most absurd thing I've read since the last memo Engler released.
Don't get why he'd go for Speight when DTR is on campus.
Started for one season at Gorman, on an absurdly loaded team, and spent half the year playing Nevada schools who were just trying to not get hurt (the Gaels weren't scored on by a Nevada team until the playoffs). It's not crazy to think that you might want to give him time to adjust to the college game.
Ah makes sense.
And, until they adjusted the league structure after this season, Bishop Gorman, with multiple D-1 players and multi-million dollar facilities, has played teams that don't win a game all year, or trade off wins annually with other awful teams. I've heard administrators talk about playing Gorman in the press box as simply something to endure for a week.
Likely that hes not getting as much interest as he was hoping so why not choose UCLA for your grad year
Apparently they had another Grad transfer lined up from the SEC that fell through.
Better chance for Wilton than most if he is set on staying P5. Good Luck Sir!
I tried the Solid Verbal for a bit, but I couldn't stand it. Too much goofiness and not enough actual news/analysis for me.
would be like Threet under RichRod.
Concussion city!
Then he felt the earthquake today.
it was pretty mild. felt a little swaying and my blinds moved a little. i'm in the valley and the quake was off shore near catalina.
Felt it pretty good on the 20th floor.
Ugh. They get what they deserve, I guess.
I miss Jed and thinks he deserves better. Sad that he can't get a solid position anywhere
I hope they offer him a full ride and he enjoys riding the bench in sunny LA for a year....he's earned a vacation while getting an advanced degree.
Because you want him in Westwood, or because you don't want him in Ann Arbor?
Can't wait til he destroys us in the Rose Bowl. Borges > Harbaugh.
I'm not sure if that means he's visiting there. He's been working out/chilling in LA basically since he left Michigan. He could just be working out at the UCLA facilities.
But there's plenty of fields to practice on in Southern California where spring practice isn't going on.
We just had an earthquake, maybe it'll scare him back.
I wonder if he contacted San Diego St. They always have a great run game and pretty good OL. QB has been a weak area for them for a while now. Would love to see him compete here.
Stay or go. We're not your safe landing spot while you shop yourself around. Sorry if you're not as much in demand as you thought you would be when you bailed on us, but you don't get to jerk us around because of that.
Speight's not coming back to UM.
This is probably good news in regards to Shea Patterson's eligibility right?
This is probably good news in regards to Shea Patterson's eligibility right?