TrojanWire - Brian Baucham

Recruiting Rankings Wrapup

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:14:53 -0800

Recruiting rankings can be subjective, but here's one way to evaluate. Who else recruited each player? Nick Perry chose USC over Michigan. T.J. Bryant chose USC over Florida State, Florida, Miami, Alabama and LSU. Brice Butler chose USC over Georgia. Blake Ayles could have gone to Ohio State.
Now it cuts both ways. Malik Jackson was headed to Fresno State and Brian Baucham was on his way to Washington State. But that's the point when looking at the class overall.

Rankings Fodder

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:05:39 -0800

Scout.com changed its rankings from last night and now ranks USC ninth and UCLA 10th. The Trojans compiled 3,812 points vs. the Bruins' 3,811. Maybe Brian Baucham helped give USC that all-important point to claim victory.
This should be a final ranking for USC because Scout lists Ohio State and Michigan above the Trojans and both schools will get a boost if they get quarterback Terrelle Pryor.

2008 Recruiting Dinner

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:54:04 -0800

The scene was on court at the Galen Center again, where a couple times Pete Carroll expressed his desire to see Tim Floyd's bunch hand the Bruins another loss this year.

Carroll said this class was about "bigs" not "flash" and he felt fortunate that the Trojans were in a position to play it this way, this year. Joe McKnight was sure excited about the 5 solid offensive line prospects.

After the jump are some notes from last nights event.