Link: 2013 PA WR Robert Foster Updates

Tidetwin said:

BET went a little overboard. It wasn't that long ago that we had to listen to drunk LSU fans in Shreveport.

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Are you saying that BET is drunk? LOL. :tongue:

bamabelle1991 said:

Are you saying that BET is drunk? LOL. :tongue:

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i think we all needed a little help to get us through those years.

Tide Warrior said:

Actually yes last year. Pitt beat us out for R Shell, one of the top RBs in the counrty. It did help them that he had a kid on the way but they still beat us out and TR had kids as well.

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TW,

not disrespecting Pitt, but both these players are from Pennsylvania. say what want, BUT it helps that Pitt is in-state school. no matter how great Bama was and is at this point, Tuscaloosa sounds like a foreign city to some kids regardless how much the Tide appeals to them initially.

Tide Warrior said:

I was responding to this post. i never said Pitt could not pull him or they were a bad option. I was just saying Pitt beat us last year. Just because it is Pitt and lets say not USC or OSU, does not mean we can not get beat for a recruit.

If his last two really are Alabama and Pitt, I can't remember a scenario that is more lopsided than that. The number one tradition rich program in history, with Top 5 facilities, and the #1 coach in college football going up against Pitt.

Can anyone recall a head to head battle against a worse program for a Top 20 player?

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If i recall we lost a RB to Pitt a year ago.

Tide Warrior said:

That is why I responded to that post. Because Pitt beat us last year for Shell. Someone else made the comment that it would never happen and I said it did last year.

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Yeah, I remember Shell, but he was a Top 50 type player (60ish or so on 247) and that's why I said Top 20 for Robert Foster. I think Yeldon was by far the number one RB on our board all year and we ended up getting TJ. I also think Jones, Tennpenny, and Henry this year are also more talented than Shell.

I was making the sarcastic comments given the gap between the two programs. We don't end up in a final two for a Top 20 player that we really want against schools like Pitt very often. But, we'll see; I hope we get him.

Ty Webb said:

Yeah, I remember Shell, but he was a Top 50 type player (60ish or so on 247) and that's why I said Top 20 for Robert Foster. I think Yeldon was by far the number one RB on our board all year and we ended up getting TJ. I also think Jones, Tennpenny, and Henry this year are also more talented than Shell.

I was making the sarcastic comments given the gap between the two programs. We don't end up in a final two for a Top 20 player that we really want against schools like Pitt very often. But, we'll see; I hope we get him.

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TJ Yeldon was not on Bama's RB radar until during his Senior season. Bama wanted him as a safety.

JMO but I think we did want Shell over Yeldon at one point. If I recall correctly, the staff was not sold on Yeldon as a RB last summer when they told him he could play WR or even safety at Bama. Yeldon blew up his senior year, and the staff changed their minds. I just wanted to point out that at one time, Shell was a priority.

Anyways, I think it's definitely a Pitt-Bama race for Foster. I don't see any other schools posting a legit threat right now. He said today that location won't matter, and it will come down to where he is most comfortable. He also said he loves our staff and feels like he has a great connection with them. We will see how it all shakes out. It should be a lot of fun down the stretch.

Shell ended up @ Pitt only because he is becoming a father. Also, Barring something weird or unforeseen; Foster will play at bama. It has long been a situation that if location was a factor he will be at Pitt. But, that isn't the case.

Meanwhile, is there any Update on our recruitment of Robert Foster? :cool2:

It's almost like people have to disdain sarcasm detection when signing up with their Internet Service Provider.

In any event, it's not denigrating a program to merely state facts. If the facts themselves are an obvious denigration, well, that's is problem of the program, not mine. Don't like it? Don't go 30 years with a Sun Bowl victory as the high water mark of your program.

With Pitt losing to Youngstown State and Pitt only having very few fans show up to the game, I wonder if that tips the cap in UA's favor in landing Robert Foster

Tide Warrior said:

Alot of smoke it may have tipped the hat and we may here something soon. We will see soon I guess.

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Glad i checked this thread out. It'd be great news to get a commitment from Robert.

Dumpster fire going on right now in Pittsburgh. They were smacked around by a .500 Division 1-AA team by two touchdowns this past Saturday, had multiple players suspended, and there were empty seats everywhere.

Don't really know if Pitt is a real contender for him or if he's looking to decide in the near future, but it's hard to see him ending up there unless things dramatically change.

Going to be pulling big time for Cincinatti tonight against Pittsburg in hopes of swaying R. Foster!
Go Bearcats!

watching foster right now as his game is on tv. they're (central valley) #1 and the opponent, Montour, is #2. Foster just had a great INT on a 1v1 jump-ball vs another D1 kid, Devin Wilson. Really great INT...outjumping wilson and catching INT on his back. Other than that and 2 great punts (a 55 yarder and then a 38 yarder at the mountour 5 yard line) he's been real quiet. CV haven't done much to get him the ball tonight but that's nothing hew as he only avg 8-10 touches/game in his career. we're late 2nd quarter and Montour is up 7-0