Kid duped by fake Tedford

That's one of the three funniest things I've ever read on this board. I literally laughed for 15 seconds. I'm fucked up. Not drunk, just fucked up.

 

B-I-N-G-O

That was my first thought. This kid, who is listed as a mediocre prospect said he was being recruited by Oregon, Oklahoma and Cal?
I don't the local media checked this out very thoroughly. I think they are treating this with kid gloves - with good reason.
Check the quote from the coach. No statement from him about being contacted or receiving letters or even that kid was duped.

And NO official visit?! Something stinks to high heaven. I have never heard of a kid committing to Cal, Penn State, Glenville State or Shitburg State without making a visit.

No quotes from the kid's parents either?
I think this is/was a staged deal - orchestrated by the kid - that will be relegated to a six-inch brief if my theory turns out to be true.

 

But what would the benefit be to this kid in duping everyone? And were his parents in on it, or was he somehow duping them too? Why? What would his excuse for then not being at Cal in a few months be? That doesn't make sense to me, if he was clever enough to put on a big charade (well, not sure how clever it was, but he had enough people believing it for awhile) then wouldn't he be smart enough to think ahead to what he does when it's time to actually go to the school?
I think it's more likely that he was the one being duped, for whatever reason. I don't think that every kid, especially a kid from a small town in rural Nevada (I've been to Fernley many times, it's not exactly the middle of civilization) nor those around him who have never been around major college recruiting, know the ins and outs of it. Maybe they didn't know that it was common to take a visit to the school before being offered, or have a home visit. While they should have, I don't think it's out of the question to believe they wouldn't know all this stuff just because those of us who deal with it all the time do know it.
Either way, will be very interesting to see exactly what happened.

 

If you can fake a visit, could you fake illegally recruit someone?

 

Ask your "Street Agents".

 

Fixed for accuracy.

 

This was a total hoax. The kid was also telling people he was recruited by Oregon - which isn't true. There's now a police investigation.

 

I'm starting to go down on the side of the "recruit" instigating the hoax.

Then again, as Moddy said recently, there's no law against being an asshole.

 

Classy Jay - I am sure the folks with handicapped children on this board will get a kick out of your post.

 

great reporting by Scott Templeton

 

Excellent.