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DEL.ICIO.USGeorgia Tech recruits rally to keep Stephen Hill from UGA
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Georgia Tech commit Jordan Luallen of Center Grove High in Greenwood, Ind. was shocked to learn late Tuesday that Miller Grove wide receiver Stephen Hill was having second thoughts about signing with the Jackets.
The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Hill will formally choose between Georgia and Georgia Tech at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
One week after briefly flirting with Georgia, Hill told the AJC that he would honor his commitment to the Jackets. But on the eve of signing day, Hill has at least one eye on Athens. Hill hasn’t made an official visit to UGA, but told the AJC that wouldn’t keep him from signing with the Bulldogs.
“The first thing I thought is ‘oh no, here we go again,’” Luallen said Tuesday evening, when asked to react to the news. “I thought everything was settled after last week.
“I’m a little worried, but hopefully everything is OK.”
Luallen said he tried to contact Hill via cell phone and text message late Tuesday, but had no luck.
“He’s probably at basketball practice,” Luallen said. “But I’m going to be staying on him and make sure he signs with the Yellow Jackets.
“I’m going to bother the heck out of him. I’m going to call and text him.
“I’m in Indiana, and there’s only so much I can do. But I’m going to send out a text message to all the [other Tech recruits] and have them call and text Stephen and make sure he knows he’s loved and wanted at Georgia Tech.”
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By Gt fan
February 3, 2009 7:00 PM | Link to this
“Mount campaign” is a lot different than “Jordan Luallen sent him a few texts”
By durtydogg
February 3, 2009 7:09 PM | Link to this
LEAVE THE BOY ALONE!!!! Why call him and stay on him? All your doing is making it worse. Goodness!
By dawginnc
February 3, 2009 7:12 PM | Link to this
It’s easy, Stephen. Do you want to spend the next few years of your life catching a football, or do you want to spend them throwing blocks?
By Top Dawg
February 3, 2009 7:15 PM | Link to this
He’s a receiver. He wants to go to a school that THROWS the football. Therefore, he will/should choose UGA.
By Technique
February 3, 2009 7:20 PM | Link to this
Sounds like durtydogg’s gettin nervous. lol
By Captain Obvious
February 3, 2009 7:20 PM | Link to this
Just text him a link to one of the ugag boards to show Stephen all the rotten things that were said about him after he chose to remain at Tech last week.
By JB
February 3, 2009 7:27 PM | Link to this
WR or OL extended.
You make the call.
HBTD!!!!
By uga AT IT AGAIN
February 3, 2009 7:27 PM | Link to this
He’s not answering his phone b/c he doesn’t want to talk to any TECH recruits. HE IS IGNORING YOU!!!! AND GOING TO UGA HA HA HA HA!!!!
By Brian22
February 3, 2009 7:29 PM | Link to this
Only bulldogs would think that Tech won’t throw the ball. Great research on Paul Johnson’s offense. Got to be proud.
By buzz
February 3, 2009 7:31 PM | Link to this
Coach Johnson is not stupid. If the kid comes to Tech and has talent we will THROW him the ball. Follow your heart Stephen, best of luck.
By Turn off the phone
February 3, 2009 7:33 PM | Link to this
Ignore your phone and listen to your heart Stephen. Sign with Georgia where you can shine between the hedges in front of 92,746 fans. Why sign with a school with a weak fan base and a team that doesn’t throw the ball? The decision is clear to me.
By JB
February 3, 2009 7:35 PM | Link to this
Ummmm… Wasn’t the avg like 10 passes a game? Pretty simple math there. Even for a techie.
HBTD!!!!
By Wreck7
February 3, 2009 7:42 PM | Link to this
That was 50% of the offense, you ‘tard. Apparently, you guys never saw Georgia Southern football with Tracy Ham.
By Facts
February 3, 2009 7:44 PM | Link to this
Go to UGA and you can major in leasure studies, never go to class and never ever study. Go to GT and you have to go to class and study a few hours a week. Tough decision.
By KneeJerk
February 3, 2009 7:51 PM | Link to this
Maybe Tony Ball will tell you they saved #24 just for you, since Greg Reid is going to FSU
By Liebs
February 3, 2009 7:52 PM | Link to this
Honestly a fellow player is the only one who has any right to contact him right now. Coaches aren’t allowed to and fans have no right to. Fellow recruits do because these guys will be teammates for about the next four years. I mean the main thing the would keep Hill at Tech right now are the friendships he has made with other Tech recruits. Only players/recruits he would know from UGA are those living in the same town.
By John
February 3, 2009 7:53 PM | Link to this
Its very obvious that the only reason he has second thoughts is that the redneck nation “got” to him either through threats/intimidation or just plain, hard cash.
My level of dislike and contempt for UGAg simply cannot get any lower with the total lack of ethics and class that place has.
By Dodd's Legacy
February 3, 2009 7:54 PM | Link to this
The choice is between…
You can go to uga and party for four years and work hard the rest of your life.
Or you can knuckle down and work hard for four years, and party the rest of your life with the lifestyle a Tech degree provides. This as you watch uga grads lay mulch in the front yard of your estate in 95 degree weather.
The choice is up to you.
By dbc
February 3, 2009 8:03 PM | Link to this
Well FACTS, judging by your spelling, you never made it past the third grade. I just love people who tear up others and then turn out to be worse. From a famous Dean: “Fat and stupid are no way to go through life son.”
By Mister T
February 3, 2009 8:03 PM | Link to this
I doubt seriouly that he is reading these boards. uga fans should hope not. If he does see what they were saying about him last week, he would definitely stick with Tech.
He can play immediately at Tech in CPJ’s expanded package or ride the pine for a year or two at uga and hope they don’t land a superior receiver in the next class or two that will continue to keep him on the pine or worse…scout team. Then in Mid November next year he can line up at A-back on the uga scout team trying to run the Tech offense.
THWg!
By Lester Maddox
February 3, 2009 8:07 PM | Link to this
“Or you can knuckle down and work hard for four years, and party the rest of your life with the lifestyle a Tech degree provides”.
Internet porn can be expensive!!!
You tech people kill me….most people I know that went to tech struggle just like everyone else.
By Wishful Thinking
February 3, 2009 8:28 PM | Link to this
Thank god there are actually recruits to honor their commitment to Tech. Let Hill be a bench warmer for A.J and the dawgs.
By ga_tech_92
February 3, 2009 8:34 PM | Link to this
Q and A
Q: Can I get into the NFL if I play in the GT offense?
A: YES! The best receiver throughout the 80s was drafted from a full time triple option team, NebrasKA.
Q: Can I get drafted in the NFL if I don’t go to a football factory like UGA?
A: YES! The best receiver to come out of either school in many years came from GT, Calvin Johnson.
Q: Will I get enough attention at GT though to get drafted?
A: YES! You will stand out more on GT than UGA and in fact, because, like Calvin, you will be playing from day one and be the focal point of the passing game. At UGA you’ll be buried in the depth chart, regardless of what they tell you now.
Q: Do I have to block if I go to UGA, or is that just at GT?
A: YES! You will not get playing time at any school, unless you know the plays, block, play hard, run good routes, etc. No matter what sort of offense you play in, you’ll need to block, run good routes, know your stuff, play hard.
Q: I want to make sure I get a quality education though. Look it up, you can get a great education at either school, but one school takes their students more seriously. UGA’s football team is made up of 95% academic exceptions, meaning they didn’t qualify to be at the school. They are the seriotypical ‘dumb jocks’. GT, on the other hand, only allows around 5% academic exceptions and is known world wide as a serious school, even for jocks.
Q: GT doesn’t win though, do they?
A: YES! We beat UGA just last year, and have won a national championship ten years since the last time UGA did.
Summary: YES YES YES YES…you’ll be a standout stud at GT, get drafted, be apart of a historic institution, and have a degree that your parents will be more proud of than anything you’ve ever done.
GO JACKETS!
PS -
Georgia Tech’s football players had the nation’s best average SAT score, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0 in the core curriculum.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories//2008/12/28/acadmain12283DOT.html
UGA special admit percentage for athletes 73.5. GT special admit percentage for athletes 6.2. I.E. if there are 75 players on the roster, 55 of UGA’s 75 didn’t even qualify to get into the school, where as only 4 of Techs 75 didn’t qualify. UGA should be ashamed for exploiting the athletes. College is supposed to be about getting an education first, athletics second. Clearly GT gets it, UGA does not. No wonder UGA has significantly better recruiting most years than GT…THEY WILL LET ANY DUMB HAY SEED ON THE TEAM, if they can ball it up!!!
By RealityYech
February 3, 2009 8:55 PM | Link to this
BAWHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA!!!!!! Look at how bitter and vile the scumbag fans from North Ave. get when a child is having a second thought. You tools are hilarious!! After decades of being mediocre, you 48 year old virgins still think you’re worthy of getting top recruits. Face reality you douchebags, 90% of your “recruits” SETTLE for Yech. Just like how the fattest, ugliest girl at your sausage parties will only SETTLE to go home with you if you’re the last male in the room and have a 100 bucks.
All you dingleberry hypocrites are badmouthing this kid AFTER he committed to UCF and backed off on his commitment to them, once he visited the joke of a campus at Yech. Johnson deserves the worst fan base in college sports. Too bad he’s getting fired within the next 3 years, LOL!!!
By 8 Straight
February 3, 2009 9:18 PM | Link to this
Take a look at a typical GA fan like RealityYech. Is this what you want to be identified as? If that doesn’t sell you on Tech there’s no hope.
By Technique
February 3, 2009 9:22 PM | Link to this
Why would he get fired if he beats his rival every year?!
By Gen. Lee
February 3, 2009 9:25 PM | Link to this
RealityYech What is your problem? Are you dumb? Oh! I quess you must be a South Carolina fan or worse a Clemson fan. Either way you need to get help call Dr. Phil or Oprah. You really need Christ in your life.
By Gen. Lee
February 3, 2009 9:27 PM | Link to this
RealityYech What is your problem? Are you dumb? Oh! I quess you must be a South Carolina fan or worse a Clemson fan. Either way you need to get help call Dr. Phil or Oprah. You really need Christ in your life.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
February 3, 2009 9:43 PM | Link to this
Any of you guys single???
By jjacket
February 3, 2009 10:08 PM | Link to this
To HEll with Georgia!
By Dawg1
February 3, 2009 10:14 PM | Link to this
The kid (remember he is only 17) is split right down the middle.
If his heart takes him to Tech, then God bless the boy and let’s wish him a great career (except once a year).
At the end of the day, regardless of the school he decides to attend, let’s hope he receives his degree and will be a great role model.
Some of you really need to get some help. These kids REALLY do not care what you or I think. So writing emphatic ‘letters’ on a message board pleading your case to a 17 year old is nothing short of laughable. LOL.
One more thing. They all sign tomorrow. What will you jerks who do nothing but insult each other do for six months?
By RealityYech
February 3, 2009 10:16 PM | Link to this
I’m single … Thats how us UGA guys role in the closet!
By matt
February 3, 2009 10:24 PM | Link to this
Simple math tech nerds:
GT-passing 74/165/808(wide blocker)
UGA-passing 246/400/3610(wide receiver)
UGA had 2 receivers with more yards than GT’s starting QB…HA HA HA
By matt
February 3, 2009 10:26 PM | Link to this
Simple math tech nerds:
GT-passing 74/165/808(wide blocker)
UGA-passing 246/400/3610(wide receiver)
UGA had 2 receivers with more yards than GT’s starting QB…HA HA HA
By the real OLD GOLD
February 3, 2009 10:38 PM | Link to this
True Matt, good to see your basic math skills are far above the average at the school you pull for in football. **Sadly, however, you forgot that 45>42, and also that UGA - 7 & 24 = crappy.
By Ron
February 3, 2009 11:05 PM | Link to this
Hey, matt, you left out the most important statistic there though: UGA - 42 GT - 45
This was the year you were supposed to win it all. We beat you IN YOUR HOUSE. Now, your QB and saviour RB have gone pro and you have to come to OUR HOUSE this year.
So I guess the choice is: Do you want to win (Tech) or lose (UGA)?
By Mike T.
February 3, 2009 11:10 PM | Link to this
59-38-5
42-45a fluke
Come to Georgia, play football and theN go to MIT AN BE A REAL ENGINEER.
By ole Ball Coach
February 3, 2009 11:11 PM | Link to this
I would like to buy some tickets to the Tech game at Bobby Dodd Stadium please, what time does the game start? What time can you get here!…………… Tech football, we got a BIG game at NC, Maryland, Wake Forest, NC state, real big game time fun, my aching a*. Those stadiums look like high school stadiums.
By Mike T.
February 3, 2009 11:23 PM | Link to this
YES! The best receiver to come out of either school in many years came from GT, Calvin Johnson.
Typical Tech retard
Ever heard of Hines Ward and his two Super Bowl Rings?
59-38-5
42-45 A fluke
By T
February 3, 2009 11:36 PM | Link to this
All you guys might as well relax. He is going to Tech. Issue settled. He does not want to be another Caleb King or Joe Cox, and have to wait forever to MAYBE get a chance to play.
Oh yes, Mike T, get ready for a string of flukes, because we fluked you this year and will for many years to come!!!
45-42 THWG
Go Jackets!!!
By Mike T.
February 4, 2009 12:01 AM | Link to this
Oh yes, Mike T, get ready for a string of flukes,
Don’t bet your lean two on it.
By Tech IE
February 4, 2009 12:07 AM | Link to this
You UGA people continueto show your immaturity.I continue to be amased at your inability to say anything positive or good about anything.
By Tech IE
February 4, 2009 12:20 AM | Link to this
It really doesn’t make a big difference to anyone except Stephen where he goes to school,so he should pick the place he feels more comfortable.Everyone loses if he ends up at the wrong place, whether it be Tech or UGA.
By 8 Straight
February 4, 2009 12:20 AM | Link to this
Hey Mikey, Did you just say play football at GA & go to MIT in the same sentence? I gotta go, you’re killing me. Sheesh!
By Pudge Heffelfinger
February 4, 2009 12:45 AM | Link to this
This is a tough decision for the kid. I hope him the best.
Now, you Tech guys, if you have enough time to pull away from those CAD drawings you are doing for me in your cubicle, you can read up on how highly rated UGA is as a school right now. We may not have PE or EE programs, but we do have a good little biz school. See, we hire Tech Grads to do tasks for us. Whether it is designing the best HVAC system for a high rise we are developing/building or making sure we have enough power for the fancy lights… a Tech Grad will, for a fee, sit at his computer for many, many soul crushing hours to perform this task for us. Most of the time, we pay him in 10 days of the invoice and take the discount… cause we learned how to do that kinda thing. We, as well as our tenents, appreciate the hour upon monotonous hour you spend in your cubicle CADing away to make sure we have the proper sized piping so the toilets get plenty of water to flush and the poop quickly makes its way to the sewer. I am a UGA grad, but I am proud to say this… God bless you Tech Grads. You are the cream of the crop of trade schools. I thank you. My feces thanks you. We all thank you… God bless Ga Tech…
By ECBacker
February 4, 2009 1:16 AM | Link to this
If any of you all actually follow recruiting you would know that Hill committed to UCF, then decommitted and committed to Tech, and now is having second thoughts…The last thing I think the kid needs is phone calls and people talking crap him when you have probably never seen play and telling him who he needs to play for…and its not like he’s going to log onto the AJC and see who talks the most trash before he decides…Georgia’s got a top 10 class with or without him.
By Tokyo jacket
February 4, 2009 3:30 AM | Link to this
Actually Pudge, you need to do some research. GT’s MBA is ranked 1 spot ahead of UGA’s according to US News and World Report. The funny thing is that that’s the school we created for our athletes. Our school that’s comprised of roughly 20% athletes is better than UGA’s highest ranked school.
I don’t argue that UGA isn’t a respectable institution. It’s a good placefor the right thing, especially real estate (a sect of MBA, that’s number 1 or 2 in the nation). But, when you compare that to Tech, there is no comparison. Our second highest athlete program is IE. That’s the number one IE program in the nation (ahead of MIT by the way). UGA = good university, Tech = great institution.
But, getting recruits isn’t about winning the academics contest much these days!
By matt
February 4, 2009 6:09 AM | Link to this
I thought an institution was where you put crazy people?
By Geodawg
February 4, 2009 6:29 AM | Link to this
If your lucky Stephen, you will be the receiver who catches the 1 pass out of 6 thrown against Georgia next year. Go Dawgs!
By Geodawg
February 4, 2009 6:33 AM | Link to this
If your lucky Stephen, you will be the receiver who catches the 1 pass out of 6 thrown against Georgia next year. Go Dawgs!
By mowreck
February 4, 2009 7:01 AM | Link to this
Why would GT throw the ball against GA when we could run it at will! You think Stephey WON’T have to block at GA. Plus, with AJ Green and the other WD’s GA has, he WON’T get 10 passes a game, NO WAY! Just go where YOU feel comfortable Stephen. If its GA or GT, good luck with your decision.
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
February 4, 2009 7:12 AM | Link to this
Why doesn’t CPJ come out and pull the scholly from this young man? O, yeeah he is afraid of the ramifications of losing a player to uGA and not Auburn. Double standard don’t ya think Tech fans!
By snapshot
February 4, 2009 7:21 AM | Link to this
I will say it again and again. Go to athens school of farming and party,work the rest of your life. Go to Georgia Tech and work, party the rest of your life. Go Yellow Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By KneeJerk
February 4, 2009 7:26 AM | Link to this
Lowcountry, you know not of what you speak. These are 2 totally different circumstances. Please read more on this before you make more of an a$$ of yourself.
By Frank
February 4, 2009 7:33 AM | Link to this
For all you tech fans who think you have suddenly become relevant in college football, just think back to your performance in the Peach Bowl. Gotta agree with the above poster 45-42 = Fluke.
Hey it is still 6:09, now that is a funny number if you want to laugh.
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
February 4, 2009 7:44 AM | Link to this
Kneejerk,
Before you make another kneejerk aattempt at calling someone a name explain how they are different? CPJ expressed to the other young man if he to a visit to Auvurn that they would pull his scholly, while CPJ is letting this Hill kid to let Tech twist in the wind with his choice? Now if I am not reading this correct well enlighten me. Again imo the only difference is in the fact he doesn’t want to lose the kid to UGA. If it where Sam Houston St. CPJ might have a more aggressive stance with the kid.
By Coach Johnson
February 4, 2009 7:59 AM | Link to this
Stephen,
If you drag this out any longer I’ll not only take back your scholarship offer, but I’ll make sure you never step foot on a football field again, your parents will lose their jobs, cars and home. So what if I’m the most classless and hypocritical coach in football? Just because I don’t play loyal seniors in a blowout bowl game that normally never even sniff the field is how I roll. It’s not as though the fans of my team are decent human beings to begin with. They’re scum just like I am. So again, stop the games, commit, and go ahead and pick out your test takers, I mean, “tutors” from the list we provided you. If not, I’m coming after you and hell’s coming with me.
Sincerely,
Paul “Bear” Johnson
By KneeJerk
February 4, 2009 8:08 AM | Link to this
OK lowcountry. Try and follow along. Aycock was told by Johnson that if he visited Auburn he would no longer have a scholly waiting for him at Tech. Hill has not visited UGA, just is weighing his options. So, Hill has not taken any actions and hasn’t done anything that Johnson asked him not to.
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
February 4, 2009 8:14 AM | Link to this
Well, while he weighs his options CPJ is tempting fate. I honestly could care less where the kid signs. I would rather he sign with Tech. THis would save all the Tech fans from ragging on UGA for “stealing” a recruit. You and me both know there will be a slew of those comments.
We both have valid points, but like so many others on this blog are unwilling to do. I will agree to disagree.
By Jeeeze
February 4, 2009 8:15 AM | Link to this
By Wreck7
February 3, 2009 7:42 PM | Link to this
That was 50% of the offense, you ‘tard. Apparently, you guys never saw Georgia Southern football with Tracy Ham.
You don’t have a Tracy Ham at Tech…”tard”.
By JB
February 4, 2009 8:19 AM | Link to this
MIKE T is the biggest ugay poster on here, and here is why…..
By Mike T.February 3, 2009 11:23 PM | Link to this
YES! The best receiver to come out of either school in many years came from GT, Calvin Johnson.
Typical Tech retard
Ever heard of Hines Ward and his two Super Bowl Rings?
59-38-5
42-45 A fluke
Mike, did hines ward go #2 in the draft? your telling me hines ward can out catch,out run, out play calvin johnson? you could not be more of a moron!!!! put calvin on the steelers team and see who out shines who you idiot. nice to compare the two the way you do, just because ward plays for the super bowl champs, doesn’t make him the better player. calvin is 6’5, runs a 4.38 and is a beast when the ball is the air. ward is a good reciever, i have followed him since he was at forest park, but you are on crack in saying ward is a better reciever!
I challenge you on every blog, to leave me an email address to reach you, so i can make a wager with you next thanksgiving! i got plenty of money to put up mike, so put your money where your mouth is….. which seems to be up hines wards a**! talk the talk dude, but can you walk the walk? tech gonna win this one,the next two straight at least. Just put the money where your mouth is dude, i’m that confident we beat you next year! I really don’t think ugay will win more than 8 games at best in 09. I’ll be waiting mike! Till then, enjoy that 2nd place finish in the state, you got a loooooong 10 more months to go, to eat that crow!
I would like to point out, against your other rival, for the record, its 3-17 in the last 20 years. you lost 7 of the previous 8. you will become 2nd tier in this state, and well, your still getting mopped up off the floor from meyer and saban! you guys were #1 and couldn’t even compete against either school and tech blew your A** off the field in the 2nd half 33-14 MIKE!! Overrated mike, like i tell you every post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now i’m ready to take your money, or your DOUBLEWIDE TRAILOR LOSER!!
45-42...State champs, THWG & THW MIKE TBy KneeJerk
February 4, 2009 8:20 AM | Link to this
I would like to have Hill, but I won’t jump off a bridge if he goes to Athens. I won’t hold anything against the kid, regardless of what he chooses.
It’s his life.
By Another_Dawg_Day
February 4, 2009 8:39 AM | Link to this
Give KneeJerk a break. He’s forced to defend the most classless and shameless coach in football. On top that he’s trying to defend a program that is more than happy to recruit rapists and drug Lords and actually plays them. So cut the man some slack.
You’re welcome KneeJerk. Please continue
By KneeJerk
February 4, 2009 9:46 AM | Link to this
Dawg Day….so any coach that beats you is classless? CPJ, CUM, and Saban. That’s fine.