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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Ten questions with … Jonathan Dwyer, Sidell Corley
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We played 10 questions with Georgia Tech recruit Jonathan Dwyer (Marietta) and LSU-bound Sidell Corley (Mobile):
JONATHAN DWYER
1. As a college freshman, I plan to … Major in business marketing in real estate or business management — and hopefully earn playing time.
2. The craziest thing about the recruiting process was … Schools coming to my high school to talk to me. It was surprising to me and like a dream come true.
3. Since the recruiting madness ended, I’ve been … Concentrating on school and track and just enjoying my senior by spending time with my family, friends and my girlfriend Rian Ervin
4. My goals for the rest of my time in high school are … To just have fun and graduate with honors.
5. The one thing I’m most looking forward to when I arrive on campus is … The college environment, college football and fulfilling my dreams.
6. The schools that made the hardest push to try to get me to change my mind once I’d already committed were … Florida and UGA.
7. My plan for all the recruiting letters I received from college coaches is … To save them and show them to my kids in the future.
8. When it comes to academics in college, I’d hope to … Graduate with a Georgia Tech degree and major in busness marketing or management.
9. At Tech, I will wear the number … 12. I got this number my freshman year in high school and I’ve just felt in love with the number ever since. And it will be easier for my mom and family to find me on the field.
10. If you come to my dorm room a year from now, you’ll see … I want to keep my room neat and organized because when I am not organized everything is confusing. I want to room with Nick Claytor, Morgan Burnett, Roddy Jones and Steve Threet. In my room I’ll have pictures of my family and friends and my high school jersey, which is retired at Kell.
SIDELL CORLEY
1. As a college freshman, I plan to … Concentrate on my studies on the field as well in the classroom, making me No. 1 in the classroom and hopefully on the field.
2. The craziest thing about the recruiting process was … All the head coaches I see on TV coming to my school and home.
3. Since the recruiting madness ended, I’ve been … Happy, realistic and thankful for the chance to meet players and coaches all over the country.
4. My goals for the rest of my time in high school are … To practice more on my note-taking skills because in college it will help me be successful on the field and off the field
5. The one thing I’m most looking forward to when I arrive on campus is … The first date of class, then the first practice.
6. The school that made the hardest push to try to get me to change my mind once I’d already committed was … Alabama … Alabama … Alabama.
7. My plan for all the recruiting letters I received from college coaches is … Don’t know right now.
8. When I switched my commitment from Florida to LSU, it was … Hard to tell Coach [Charlie] Strong, who I really respect and was looking for him to coach me. I called Coach [Urban] Meyer after my offseason workout and told him that I feel that they were going in a different direction than me and wasn’t honest about something and thank you very much.
9. The quality I admire most about my next coach, Les Miles, is … Integrity — and way they recruited me from the start.
10. If you come to my dorm room a year from now, you’ll see … I’m a neat freak. I’ll have pictures of the most important people in my life — family, sports, God, etc.
GAMECOCKS LIFT GARCIA SUSPENSION
South Carolina quarterback recruit and AJC Super Southern 100 star Stephen Garcia was taken off suspension Thursday, just days after being barred from participating in team activities because he was arrested outside a bar near campus.
“After reviewing Stephen’s situation, it has been decided that he will be able to participate in all team activities, including running and weightlifting, beginning immediately,” Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said in a statement released by the university.
Spurrier had suspended Garcia on Monday.
Garcia, 19, was arrested early Saturday morning in a restaurant and nightclub district near the university and charged with drunkenness and failure to stop for a police officer.
A telephone message left Thursday evening for Garcia’s attorney was not immediately returned.
An officer responding to an altercation said Garcia ran away from him and tried to hide in an alley, then turned toward the officer “in a threatening manner,” according to an incident report.
Unless Garcia requests a jury trial, the arresting officer will act as the prosecutor and a police spokeswoman said the officer would not be available for comment. Garcia’s next court date is scheduled for March 7, said Lauren Leach, spokeswoman for the Columbia Police Department.
Garcia had been at a private party at a club when the incident occurred, according to the police report. He was released from jail on a personal recognizance bond Saturday evening.
The highly touted recruit out of Jefferson High in Tampa enrolled at South Carolina last month.
Last year, South Carolina’s starting quarterback Blake Mitchell (LaGrange) also was charged in an incident in the same area near the campus. He was accused of punching a bouncer — an assault charge that was later dropped — and spent a few hours in jail.
— The Associated Press
WHEELER’S BRITZUS CHECKS OUT COLUMBIA
It looks like Wheeler of Marietta will have with two players in the Ivy League next season.
Charles Bay, the all-Cobb defensive end, signed with Dartmouth the week after signing day, and now Ben Britzus, a center, is looking hard at Columbia, according to Wheeler coach Paul Lombardo.
The coach says Britzus is planning to visit the New York campus this weekend and could reach a deal after next week.
Bay had scholarship offers from William & Mary and Elon, ”but Dartmouth got him all the money, about $48,000 a year; they got him every penny [in academic and needs-based scholarship money],” Lombardo said. “He wanted to go there real bad.”
Two other unsigned Wheeler seniors could wind up in junior college. Defensive tackle Harris Everson and defensive back Trey Wolfe have offers from the College of Sequoias in Visalia and could sign next week, Lombardo said.
— Todd Holcomb
