College recruiting

By Belinda Bell

January 12, 2009 11:01 PM | Link to this

Jonathan, I admire the attitude that you have toward Spurrier. That’s very “BIG” of you. Hang in there, keep your head up,keep your mind on GOD. He has better plans for you. After all it’s Spurriers lost….and truly someone elses’ gain….

By football mom

January 13, 2009 12:00 AM | Link to this

Jonathan Davis…talent will will get you to the top but it is character that keeps you there and you have the character in this situation…there is no right way to do the wrong thing and Coach Spurrier has made a huge mistake…my son is a rising senior and highly ranked by rivals and liked S.C. but we will pass on his program as will many others…For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 Best of luck…

By Just Browsing...

January 13, 2009 1:06 AM | Link to this

Keep your head up young man. This will only make you a better & more focused student-athlete. You are STILL going to have the HATERS so make them your MOTIVATORS! Best Wishes!

By Gamecocks In Denial

January 13, 2009 4:10 AM | Link to this

Memo to all college prospects who think they have been offered a scholarship by South Carolina: Call your Gamecocks assistant today and ASK the following questions: 1) Is my offer a “true” offer or a “Jonathan Davis” (fake) offer? 2) When you offered me, did you have the “authority” to offer me? 3) How do YOU know you had the “authority” to offer me? 4) Why was my scholarship letter written in disappearing ink? lolol 5) Were any of your cohorts “stunned” when my name was brought up in a recruiting meeting? If not “stunned”, then pick your favorite DRAMATIC VERB TENSE to describe what was said? 6) When you put Spurrier on the phone to congratulate me, was that really him or a tape recorder of his voice? 7) Did he really take that job to get a membership at Augusta National? 8) Would you be willing to testify in court that every answer you provided is the truth?

All kidding aside, I love Spurrier, he keeps everything interesting. Everybody makes mistakes, and he blew it here. And I don’t need to read the AJC to know it … his own mouthpeice, aka the Charleston Post, confirmed all I needed to know. End of story.

By SCgrad1980

January 13, 2009 4:31 AM | Link to this

I read the AJC, and then SC’s side in the Charleston paper. I came to the same conclusion after reading both: Davis got a bad deal from our coaches.

Jonathan, people make mistakes. We did here. I’m glad you have such a resilient attitude. Best of luck at your new school.

By John

January 13, 2009 6:54 AM | Link to this

What a classy guy. I would have been very upset about South Carolina not doing what they said they would. His comments were very mature and professional. It is great to see somebody act the way you do. Good luck in your search.

By Hans Delbrooke

January 13, 2009 7:15 AM | Link to this

Here’s a plan for Jonathan Davis; If qualified, get your dad, Mitch, to pay your way into any college and walk on.

By Mommamia

January 13, 2009 7:19 AM | Link to this

Any chance JD was being JD? Two sides to every story.

By Something to think about

January 13, 2009 7:43 AM | Link to this

What am impressive attitude for a high school kid! If only more adults had attitudes like that…

By Something to think about

January 13, 2009 7:48 AM | Link to this

What am impressive attitude for a high school kid! If only more adults had attitudes like that…

By Bill

January 13, 2009 8:04 AM | Link to this

To put Spurrier’s picture on the AJC website speaks volume for the contempt that Georgians still have for Spurrier. This is a minor little story that the AJC has suspiciously chosen to highlight 3 weeks prior to signing day. This happens all over the country. No big deal.

By J. Hammond TBB

January 13, 2009 8:16 AM | Link to this

Only in the State of Georgia would this issue even become a headline. It must be because Spurrier stays under your skin so bad. Recruits decommit often but no one says a word, but let a dog fan Coach become involved, it is a huge issue. Get a life.

By Rich

January 13, 2009 8:53 AM | Link to this

Who cares?

By Marie

January 13, 2009 9:06 AM | Link to this

It will work out for the best.. SPX loves JD!

By leland

January 13, 2009 9:11 AM | Link to this

Dear Mr. Michael Carvell—the one thing I’ve learned from your brilliant expose is that the Lord is on that poor boy’s side. And the second thing is that what is to be, will be. That’s on account of the fact that the Lord, that great head coach in the sky, intends everything to come out just the way he intends it. How can you tell? Well, look at how it comes out—that is the way the Lord intended it. See what I mean? Your pal, Leland

By Philip Rhyne

January 13, 2009 9:18 AM | Link to this

Jonathan Davis. WOW, what a guy. If we all could be so humble. I feel confident God has big plans for this young man!

By Bill

January 13, 2009 9:21 AM | Link to this

Sounds like the Kids got more smarts than the Coach.

The HS Coaches don’t have to talk to USC Coaches but they can’t keep the Kids from talking to USC are stop the recruiting process. Coach needs to take a BC and get over it.He will never be as good as Steve.

The Better you are the more bloggers cut you down=They gotta love Spurrier.

By You Know Who

January 13, 2009 9:36 AM | Link to this

JD, You are a great person. We do care. From your Blue and Gold FAMILY. Ill be there on signing day.

By CB

January 13, 2009 9:46 AM | Link to this

Grow up people. This stuff happens all the time. That coach has no right to BAN a college recruiter because of this. It’s BS. This boy has the right attitude, better now than later. All high school players have the right to be recruiter by all the colleges not just the ones that didn’t p*ss off the school’s coach. Grow up Man!

By WTF???

January 13, 2009 9:50 AM | Link to this

Adding to something to think about’s comment - If you walk on somewhere, do it at Clemson & bust SC up every year. Best wishes

By bank walker

January 13, 2009 9:51 AM | Link to this

I think the state of Georgia needs to ban usc from recruiting any high school, LOL!! Seriously, Georgia recruits need to take notice and refuse to accept an offer from the chickens.

By Gene

January 13, 2009 10:07 AM | Link to this

All college coaches should be banned from high schools except for an established time, perhaps once a year. Additionally, they should only be allowed to talk to upcoming graduates. In spite of the fact that Spurrier is a sleeze, I think that this coach is on shaky legal ground.

By hjones

January 13, 2009 10:18 AM | Link to this

Why should the poor, pitiful audience that reads the ajc have to be subjected to such useless non-sense so often. This entire story was over-sensationalized by a writer who is a UGA grad and probably didn’t have many friends to play with as a kid. Spurrier does not possess weapons of mass destruction and I’m certain he will continue to recruit any prospect he deems worthy. We should be insulted and outraged that this ridiculous drama is the best that this writer has to offer.

By buster

January 13, 2009 10:20 AM | Link to this

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By What about the kids in the future...

January 13, 2009 10:30 AM | Link to this

It sucks that JD has to go through this. I am glad he has a great attitude and outlook toward his situation. I hope he finds a home at a college that appreciates his talent. On the other hand, you can’t just ban a school from recruiting athletes. What SC did was unacceptable, but it happens. In the long run banning them from recruiting will hurt the kids in the future more than it will hurt SC.

By UGA'91

January 13, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this

Seems like a classy kid, unlike some of the bloggers who have been on here since the story broke speculating about the kids attitude and grades. I expect this young man to be successful in any walk of life he chooses because he has the right attitude about handling adversity.

By KneeJerk

January 13, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this

…..or maybe he’s throwing around a lot of positive words to help his image so another school will offer. Will be interesting to follow his college career.

By okeefe59

January 13, 2009 11:03 AM | Link to this

Regardless of the exact situation, SC did the best thing for this kid.What if he had gone on to the school that really did not want him? Waste a year or two then end up at some Division 2 school with only 1 or 2 yrs of eligibility.Also, don’t be so hard on the school.This will happen in reverse many many times each year. How many times have we seen a kid string on a school then change their mind right at signing day? That isn’t right either but you rarely hear any criticism of the kid or their parents.This isn’t fair either. Personally I applaud the school for recognising the problem and promptly correcting it.Also, Tucker Highs banning SC from recruiting is only going to hurt the ones they are there to help—-future athletes.

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:18 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:19 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:21 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Just aMOM

January 13, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this

Jonathan great job in the way you handle the rejection. Please know that you are right when you said another door will open. Also think about going to a smaller name school. The talent that you have will make that school become big name. I know most players want to go to a SCC school and that is fine. The bottom line is to get a good free education. The talent that you have will continue to open doors. If the NFL is where you want to end up trust me they will find you no matter where you attend college. Keep your head up, be humble and continue to keep GOD first. Best of luck

By Laughing at Spurrier

January 13, 2009 11:35 AM | Link to this

The only thing I enjoy about this story is how Spurrier has completely embarassed himself. Please do not tell me this guy is still an elite coach. He is a washed up has been and the game has passed him by. Confusion among assistants? That tells me that Spurrier has no control over this program. Time to hit the links and hang it up ole ball coach.

By dawgfan1911

January 13, 2009 11:36 AM | Link to this

When this story first hit, a lot of these smae bloggers on here questioned this kids behavior and academics. The way this kid handle this situation was excellent! In fact, it is South Carolina’s loss. Spurrier will never win at South Carolina and before we start bashing these kids on bloggs, we need to get all the information first on their situation, and then make an initelligent observation. I am pulling ofr this kid! I hope he does well on the football field, but even better in the classroom. With what I just read, I am confident he will do well by putting god first and ignoring those who doubt him.

By Please Click the Post button once

January 13, 2009 11:41 AM | Link to this

Please click the POST button once people. It is annoying to shift through the retarded posts multiple times. Thank You. (also it says it MAY take up to 5 minutes please keep it in mind, stupid women don’t get on a sports blog, go cook something)

By Jaded Jacket

January 13, 2009 12:30 PM | Link to this

Where are the morons that were jumping on this kid about his grades? It continues to amaze me how idiots make false accusations without first gathering the facts. I hope the morons learned a lesson from this, but I doubt they did.

By cockyspur2001

January 13, 2009 12:52 PM | Link to this

There was really no good way out of this. Does USC hurt it’s team and not recruit any more CBs after learning that their top returning CB was going pro? Or do they let the kid down that they really didn’t want in the first place? It’s a lose, lose situation. Glad to see no ill feeling from Davis. It’s a bad situation, but HBC gets paid to perform…not to fulfill a young man’s dreams. At that point, it was the only sensible option for USC. Hang in the Davis…you’ll be good as long as you keep your positive attitude. Wish I could say the same of your HC.

By truefan

January 13, 2009 12:53 PM | Link to this

pay attention people: Cooper blew it, not Spurrier. would you rather have had Spurrier honor the commitment and Davis never get a chance here because we are LOADED in the defensive backfield? I feel for Davis, but I’m glad his head is screwed on straight; a lot straighter than a lot of haters posting out there. GO COCKS! GO SPURRIER!

By rationalist

January 13, 2009 12:58 PM | Link to this

The kid seems to have a great attitude about everything, even if he does believe an invisible man in the sky is dictating every move in his life.

Let me get this straight. The plan of the man upstairs was to have him sign with SC, move his position coach to another state, create a greater need at cornerback, have his scholarship rescinded, and leave him with only one option. That’s quite an elaborate plan just to get the kid to go to a different school.

I suppose if God had just had him go to UAB in the first place Jonathan Davis wouldn’t have as great of an opportunity to ponder how great God is for devising such a plan.

I have an idea - instead of questioning why God isn’t better at logistics let’s all just remark to each other how “God works in mysterious ways!”

By rationalist

January 13, 2009 1:03 PM | Link to this

The kid seems to have a great attitude about everything, even if he does believe an invisible man in the sky is dictating every move in his life.

Let me get this straight. The plan of the man upstairs was to have him sign with SC, move his position coach to another state, create a greater need at cornerback, have his scholarship rescinded, and leave him with only one option. That’s quite an elaborate plan just to get the kid to go to a different school.

I suppose if God had just had him go to UAB in the first place Jonathan Davis wouldn’t have as great of an opportunity to ponder how great God is for devising such a plan.

I have an idea - instead of questioning why God isn’t better at logistics let’s all just remark to each other how “God works in mysterious ways!”

By SEC FAN

January 13, 2009 1:40 PM | Link to this

WOW!!!

Good to see the lamecocks out from under that big rock they been hiding under!!! Thanks clucks for embarassing yourselves and the SEC in the bowl game….that you did not deserve to start with. Yhe only reason you had the lost opportunity for a decent bowl was because the conference(specifically Auburn and Tenn.) were down this year.

The coach can not ban any school from recruiting his players. However, he can certainly ban certain coaches from the Tucker campus and have a lot of influence on his players impressions of certain college football programs. I highly douby that USC jr. will sign another player from tucker any time soon. We all know Tucker has turned out more than their share of really good dicision one players for quite some time now.

In this case, USC jr. will get exactly what they deserve. No head coach at a respectible program would rescend an offer….AFTER THE KID HAS COMITTED!!!!! PERIOD. Gefore he accepts offer…yes…happens all the time!!! After the offer has been tended by a representative of the USC jr. coaching staff and accepted???? I do not think so.

While I am at it…USC jr. should never been invited to be in the SEC anyway. They are more like an ACC team…just good enough to be an occasional pain in the rear….but NEVER have been nor NEVER will be a good consistant player in the world of college football. They were invited into the SEC (slong with Arkansas) only as a last resort after FSU and Miami declined an invitation. Bowden said publicly that they wanted the easier path to a possible national championship.

Anyway…the conference is stuck with USC jr. Yall try to get your act together and do something to deserve your place in the conference!!!!!

By Please stop it guys

January 13, 2009 1:58 PM | Link to this

Jonathan Davis= class act. God shall see you through. South Carolina will get what they deserve.

By 1eyedJack

January 13, 2009 2:11 PM | Link to this

Hey Jonathan, Georgia has the HOPE scholarship. Call Coach Richt and see if he will let you enroll as a preferred walk-on and then earn the scholly. We could use another good safety.

By UGA'91

January 13, 2009 2:22 PM | Link to this

Hey “No Big Deal”, Get a life! Unless you are privy to some inside information between the kid and his dad all you are doing is speculating. And your reasoning is down right stupid. It seems that you have a personal problem with this young man, rather than take it up with him personally, you take the cowards way out trash him and his dad on blogs. Man up dude and show some class.

By Truth Hurts

January 13, 2009 3:20 PM | Link to this

I know this kid and parents personally, I’m shocked he has brought god and some humility into his response for being dropped from SC. He has no grades,SAT scores are shot, and his parents are con artists. I truly believe SC did the right thing by not signing this future criminal. Yes, he is very talented but, thats all, he has a very bad attitude and everyone around him knows it. I hope this will humble him and make him really see that his actions will get him into trouble. Hopefully, his parents will get their act together also, they are responsible for this too. His grades may qualify him for junior college, wait and see.

By JW

January 13, 2009 4:59 PM | Link to this

This is a bad situation for all concerned. I understand where SC is coming from they have limited slots, but if they did not want to sign the kid, the should backed off DAY 1. The kid could have moved on to his other options which have now dried up this late in the game. Since SC decided to wait so long to pull the plug the decent thing would be to put some calls in to other programs to try and help him get another scholly else where. I believe CMR did that with one of his recruits that failed to qualify and helped him to be placed at Miss State. I do not think it appropriate for people to get on these boards and trash kids character under some anonymous hack name. Those are the real ones lacking integrity!

By Gene

January 13, 2009 5:27 PM | Link to this

I want to know where the guy is now that was bashing JD and said Tucker was a “podunk school” and was glad a “Thug” like JD wasn’t going to SC anymore. It seems this 18 year old has a lot more class than you ever thought about having. He could be bitter, but he sees the bigger picture in life! JD, I’m glad you are a Tucker Tiger and thanks for helping bring home our first State Championship! PS, it is that much sweeter it was over Marist!

By BK4GT

January 13, 2009 6:51 PM | Link to this

Jonathan, I think you’ve earned the respect of all the bloggers on here, including me. Keep your head up and, wherever you end up, just work hard and don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do. Remember that achievement is more desire and motivation than anything. I’ll keep you in my prayers. Best of luck…

By Big MIKE

January 13, 2009 10:43 PM | Link to this

Jonathan, What a blessing, not going to 4th place “U”. The thought of finishing behind UGA,UT,and FLA is in itself a relief.I mean ask youself do you want to go play for a coach who claim to SEC glory was, building a winner in the past years? Urban’s the man down there now, and he’s hoping ND comes calling for URBAN,so he can get his old job back.”The Old ball coach ain’t what he used to be, and it shows right now. Also what does it say about a school when the alum is content to be consistently 4th, and at best 3rd place in the east div of the SEC, your best player in the state commits to UGA when he’s a junior, and the only Gamecocks you know on sundays are J.Abraham and D. Robinson of the Texans [By the way his new DC is from Athens].Jonathan consider youself lucky, blessed and realize That USC may be the gamecocks, but it’s them looking to get the c** out there mouth this time!

By JDB

January 13, 2009 11:05 PM | Link to this

JD, Hope to see you at UCF and hope our coaches extend the offer again.

By PT Barnum

January 13, 2009 11:19 PM | Link to this

The old adage still holds true today…amazing what a few words will do for your image instead of actions. Most people on the blog never had to deal with this punk at Saint Pius or Tucker and did not witness his shenanigans during the game. Suckers are born every day……

By Big MIKE

January 14, 2009 1:20 AM | Link to this

PT Barnum, Maybe one day you’ll have kids and understand the word “kid”, till then don’t bi@#th abuot a kid did two years ago. You are right about one thimg suckers are born everyday, your living proof! Sissssssy!