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Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 4:58 PM
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Wow***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:08 PM
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Wow
Sep 7, 2011, 5:10 PM
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If I wasn't impressed with this young man already, this did it. I've felt that he has a quiet dignity about him since I started following him, but this takes the cake. I wish him the very best. He's got a good head on his shoulders.
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Mature beyond his years...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:12 PM
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Glad go have him as a Tiger both on and off the field.
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Rock Defender [70]
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Re: Mature beyond his years...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:16 PM
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I totally agree!! Fine young man with a great attitude & plan for his life. This is exactly the type student/athlete we need in TigerTown!!!
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Thanks for the article. Amazing character and a wonderful
Sep 7, 2011, 5:17 PM
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role model. We are blessed to have him as a tiger!! Great job, Brad Scott
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 5:17 PM
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Has anyone noticed that Dabo is recruiting young men with talent AND character? Kudos to his parents for his upbringing.
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 5:25 PM
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How does character help if they can't win ball games? I'll take winners over good character any day.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:37 PM
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You can have character AND win ball games. I don't give a hoot about winning if we have a bunch USuCk type players on our team. And I'm serious about that. No pride in winning with a bunch of thug ringers.
Remember, it's college football. These are young boys...most of whom won't make it to the next level.
#### coot.
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:41 PM
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So you would rather go 0-12 with good character guys than 12-0 with guys who do not have good character? I'm a SCar fan and we have sucked in the past with good character guys and now we are finally winning with some not so good character guys and trust me it's a heck of a lot better to win than lose.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:44 PM
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Derek Watson? Demetrius Summers? Mo Thompson?
Yall sucked back then.
And you're missing my point. I don't know who came up with the idea that you can't be good and have good character guys. There are so many other factors that go into winning.
Having guys like Sammy with character in no way reduces your chances of winning.
There is no cause and effect relationship between being a thug and a winner...or a classy guy and a loser.
Again, that's dumb.
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:46 PM
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Sorry, I am going to have to disagree with you. Please show me a national champion football team in the last 5 - 10 years that has been perfect angels? Thugs win games not choir boys.
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Rock Defender [53]
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No college football team has perfect angels...
Sep 7, 2011, 5:55 PM
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The point is to have respectful players represent your university.
I'm wasting my time. You said you were a Gamecock, right? And we know about that reputation...
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 9:03 PM
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Hit me with that same logic when your children have to go to college and rub elbows with those same thugs. That's like saying let the drug dealers run the banks b/c they're good at making money. GTFOH!
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 7, 2011, 6:39 PM
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You lost me @ "i'm a south carolina fan"
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You've gone 0-11 with sh!tty character guys... How'd that
Sep 8, 2011, 11:17 AM
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Feel??? coot.
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Re: Don't be an idiot...
Sep 8, 2011, 12:09 PM
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NO NO NO we won't go 0-12 cootboy y'all are the only team in the state that does that 0-21
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 8, 2011, 9:39 AM
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Great comparison, Insane. Tebow,who was 35-6 in his career with a Heisman and NC, compared to Garcia who is 17-13 and has been suspended 5 times. The first two matches that pop up when I Google "Stephen Garcia" are "Stephen Garcia arrested" and "Stephen Garcia suspended".
Stupid Coot, winning and character aren't mutually exclusive. There's more of a correlation there than your teeny little peecock brain will allow you to comprehend.
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Fire Brad Scott!***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:24 PM
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That young man has got it together. He will be a great one.***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:25 PM
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Got to give it up for Brad Scott on this one
Sep 7, 2011, 5:26 PM
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This kid is the real deal, and it says something about Brad Scott that he made such an impression on Sammy.
Cool kid, cant wait to watch him dominate for four years!
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Re: Got to give it up for Brad Scott on this one
Sep 8, 2011, 11:14 AM
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Hope we get to keep him for four years!
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Thats kind of BS if you think about it. If you guys remember
Sep 7, 2011, 5:34 PM
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correctly, we weren't in his top 5 even after his Junior year was up. Miami was the leader with Michigan second.
Kept up with this young man daily once he was on our recruiting board and we weren't even in his top 5 at the beginning of 2010 after his junior year was up.
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He said he knew it in his mind.***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:39 PM
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Lol. So he told rivals & scout a fake top 5 for 2 years but
Sep 7, 2011, 5:49 PM
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all the while he "knew it in his mind" that he was going to go to clemson?
the first time we became #1-2 for him was after he came up for a visit in June 2010
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I mean i'm not bashin the kid, he can blow as much smoke as
Sep 7, 2011, 5:50 PM
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he wants and I will love him & his decision to attend clemson all the same. He could secretly be a coot and I would still probably like him. He's that good. As long as he produces on the field like we all know he will.
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no? it was after his junior year summer 2010 before we
Sep 7, 2011, 6:16 PM
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were on his radar? 2 months before he started his senior season
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if youre class of 2011, your senior season is played in 2010
Sep 7, 2011, 6:16 PM
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sept - dec 2010 was his senior season
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Re: if youre class of 2011, your senior season is played in 2010
Sep 8, 2011, 12:12 PM
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You're right.
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Re: Lol. So he told rivals & scout a fake top 5 for 2 years but
Sep 7, 2011, 9:05 PM
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I kinda believe the kid b/c after he committed he didn't talk to any more schools and told his coaches to not even let them come to the school to see him anymore.
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yes but he didn't commit until oct, november of 2010
Sep 7, 2011, 9:12 PM
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almost at the end of his senior season. he says he knew since a sophomore.
In June of 2010 (the summer after his junior season & before his senior season) Miami was #1 & Michigan was #2 and we weren't even in his top 5. He came to Dabo Swinney football camp at end of june and then we shot to his #1
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no? just read tigernet & tigerillustrated?***
Sep 7, 2011, 8:44 PM
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Dang what a stud! And why go into his parent's occupations?
Sep 7, 2011, 5:41 PM
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What goober asked him that?
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HAHA thought the same thing.***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:52 PM
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He was classier than me. I'd said none of your business.***
Sep 7, 2011, 5:54 PM
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How good was that?!
Sep 7, 2011, 5:44 PM
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What a man he's already grown to be!
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 6:33 PM
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He sounds like he will be the next Spiller.
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 9:10 PM
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Yup just faster. He broke CJ's 200 record in HS.
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Can Brad Scott still recruit for us?***
Sep 7, 2011, 8:03 PM
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Re: Can Brad Scott still recruit for us?***
Sep 7, 2011, 9:03 PM
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Not sure, but even if he can't anymore, Jeff Scott has (or is quickly building) that same ability to reel players in like his dad. Through his connections, personality, etc.
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What a great kid***
Sep 7, 2011, 9:08 PM
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 9:53 PM
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One Word.
W I S D O M
Continue to seek it Sammy! It will not let you down.
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 10:18 PM
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Sammy Watkins is officially my new favorite player!
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Nice first post!***
Sep 7, 2011, 11:04 PM
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 7, 2011, 10:39 PM
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YEAAAAAHHHH! Now that is my kind of player. If only all of them were that serious about it imagine what we could do.
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Re: Watkins wanted to be a Tiger since sophomore year
Sep 8, 2011, 2:22 AM
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Was this an interview or background check? Way to answer some prying questions. They would have pushed my got to hell button a few times. Glad you are a Tiger young man
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Kind of game me the chills and inspired me....
Sep 8, 2011, 9:25 AM
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Wow what an amazing person. Already my favorite Clemson player...love them all, but Watkins is a special kid.
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Great, inspirational article. Go Sammy! Livin' the dream.***
Sep 8, 2011, 11:04 AM
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This kid is an inspiration...he wears my favorite number...
Sep 8, 2011, 11:27 AM
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...at Clemson.
To me, anyone wearing the No. 2 jersey at Clemson is wearing Frank Magwood's jersey. Frank was at Clemson when I was there and on the national championship team. Danny always said that Frank had the best hands on the team.
I grew up in Fort Myers many years ago. I don't remember Fort Myers as the violent place that Sammy describes it to be now. However, Sammy may be the player in my mind that finally earns the right to "own" the No. 2 jersey.
I'm pulling and praying for his good health and safety on the field as I do for all the Clemson players.
-M
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Good Lord, this kid seems to have his act together.
Sep 8, 2011, 3:00 PM
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I wish I would have been that focused at his age.
Once he is through with his NFL career, he could come back and coach at Clemson. He says all the right things. I hope it all works out for him.
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Why did that guy ask about his parents' jobs?
Sep 9, 2011, 8:13 PM
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And why is that relevant? You could tell Sammy was a little wary about that question and frankly, I was too. Why does this guy need to know what his parents do down in Florida? Stop disrupting a good interview with your sketchy questions, guy.
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