Recruiting Insider: December 28, 2008 - January 3, 2009

Candlelight Vigil Tonight for Lynch

There will be a vigil to honor the life of Coach Nick Lynch at Suitland High School football field tonight at 6 p.m. I'll have details on funeral arrangements later today, but they are expected to be Tuesday at Ebenezer AME....

By Josh Barr  | January 2, 2009; 10:18 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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A Trip Down Memory Lane

I've been at The Post 13+ years, roughly the same time Nick Lynch was at Suitland. He certainly provided some good copy over that time. Looking back through my files, here's an unedited version of a story that ran in November 2004 after Lynch was suspended from coaching in a...

By Josh Barr  | December 31, 2008; 4:19 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Fellow Coach Was First On Scene at Accident

This will probably be my last file here today. Just got off the phone with former Fairmont Heights coach Stefan Gansert, now an Eleanor Roosevelt assistant. He's a professional fire fighter in Fairfax County and a volunteer firefighter in Prince George's. And, in an incredible twist, he was the first...

By Josh Barr  | December 31, 2008; 2:38 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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More On Lynch...

Here's my file. Colleague Hamil Harris is headed over to the school. Suitland High football coach and athletic director Nick Lynch died this morning after being in a two-car accident. "It's just shocking news," Prince George's director of athletics Earl Hawkins said. "It's a tremendous loss for the county. Nick...

By Josh Barr  | December 31, 2008; 10:03 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Suitland Coach Nick Lynch Dies

This isn't recruiting and I don't have any details yet, but a truly terrible end to 2008. I got a message this morning from Keith Lynch, saying that his brother, Suitland football coach and athletic director Nick Lynch, has passed away after being in a car accident. "Pray for us,"...

By Josh Barr  | December 31, 2008; 9:14 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
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DeMatha Update; Terps, Cavs Offer DE Mathis

A quick update from DeMatha Coach Bill McGregor: Offensive lineman Calvin McDowney, whose massive weight loss was chronicled before the season, "is hot," according to McGregor. "He has New Mexico and Hampton and North Carolina A&T. His mother called me and said she was nervous, she didn't know what to...

By Josh Barr  | December 30, 2008; 10:39 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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An Inside Look at How a Top Prospect Made His Pick

Terrific reporting here, with an inside look at how one of the nation's top recruits, defensive lineman Jamarkus McFarland chose Oklahoma over Texas. Some highlights: He said he saw everything from flat-screen televisions in Texas Coach Mack Brown's bathrooms to L.S.U.'s recruiting hostesses sitting on the laps of prospects. But...

By Josh Barr  | December 29, 2008; 11:40 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Looking Back at Oregon's $150k Recruiting Weekend

Here's a real blast from the past. It's a look back at Oregon's $150,000 recruiting weekend back in 2004. Since that weekend and other recruited faux pas, the NCAA started legislating what schools could and could not do on recruiting visits, outlawing various outlandish acitivites. That said, it's an interesting...

By Josh Barr  | December 29, 2008; 10:57 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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