Tate Decision Coming Thursday
DeMatha two-time All-Met wide receiver Kenny Tate will announce his college decision Thursday afternon on Washington Post Live. He's down to Maryland and Illinois.
While it was intimated that Tate had eliminated Penn State from consideration earlier this month, Stags Coach Bill McGregor last night said that earlier in the day he had talked with Penn State super-recruiter Larry Johnson to tell Johnson that the Nittany Lions were indeed out of the running.
McGregor said that he does not know where Tate is going and thinks Tate has yet to reach a decision. McGregor also said that it seems Tate is tiring of the recruiting process, telling McGregor to let Maryland, Illinois and Penn State coaches not to make in-school visits for a last pitch this week.
Maryland defensive coordinator Chris "Cosh wanted to come in and talk to him" Tuesday, McGregor said. Illinois offensive coordinator Mike "Locksley wanted to come in to talk to him [Tuesday] and Larry wanted to come in Wednesday with two assistants. [Tate] doesn't want to talk to anybody. I think Locksley is coming to the [basketball] game [Tuesday] night. I don't know if Maryland is coming."
By Josh Barr |
January 29, 2008; 6:51 AM ET
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Posted by: Josh (DC) | January 29, 2008 9:11 AM
better?
Posted by: josh barr | January 29, 2008 9:52 AM
i'm sure glad kenny realized that negative recruiting doesn't work, cough cough larry johnson
Posted by: Jbeck | January 29, 2008 10:11 AM
KENNY TATE'S ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE ON CSN'S WASHINGTON POST LIVE AT 5:00PM THURSDAY.
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Posted by: WPLFAN1977 | January 29, 2008 10:15 AM
I'm not there for the recruiting pitches, and I'm pretty certain that every school involved in recruiting at some point speaks poorly of its competitors. That said, would you argue with Penn State's success locally in recruiting?
Posted by: josh barr | January 29, 2008 12:52 PM
illinois all the way
Posted by: Anonymous | January 29, 2008 9:37 PM
Why would anyone want to go to MD? Have they not seen the campus and the surrounding town? It's not like they have a powerhouse program or something...boggles my mine why a talent like Tate would even think about the Terps.
Posted by: Logan202 | January 29, 2008 10:38 PM
Why would anyone want to go to MD? Have they not seen the campus and the surrounding town? It's not like they have a powerhouse program or something...boggles my mine why a talent like Tate would even think about the Terps.
Posted by: Logan202 | January 29, 2008 10:39 PM
Illini-bound...
Posted by: Jobu | January 30, 2008 12:58 AM
Terps all the way (fingers crossed). Great area with more job prospects than anywhere else in the world. Recession proof, Great coaching, huge market, while most other schools provide more fluff than substantive stuff offering very little beyond playing days. But all kids are different and get different advice. We'll see but hoping for the good guys.
Posted by: TDTerp | January 30, 2008 6:06 AM
Why MD?
Lets see, great location, unless you find cornfields interesting then Ill or PSU would be your school.
How bout great coaching? Fridge's resume speaks for itself and they have produced a number of NFL talent in recent years.
Oh, and of course, is JoePa or Ron Zook going to be at their schools in 3 years? Doubtful.
Posted by: BuddhaUMD | January 30, 2008 3:54 PM
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Can you translate this for me:
"He does know that it seems Tate is tiring of the recruiting process, telling McGregor to let Maryland, Illinois and Penn State coaches not to make in-school visits for a last pitch this week."
Thanks!