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Posted on 1/11/19 at 7:39 pm to Tider95
Storylines to know with Signing Day around the corner (247Sports | segments)
Henry To'oto'o
Henry To'oto'o
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The final push to Feb. 6 and National Signing Day is upon us with the dead period coming to a close this weekend, college coaches heading back on the road and prospects lining up their final official visits over the next four weekends.
There’s not much fat left on the bone with roughly 77 percent of all prospects putting pen to paper during the Early Signing Period in December, but there is still plenty of big names and interesting recruitments to follow down the stretch.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 7:39 pm to TidalSurge1
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TWO 5-STARS IN PLAY
Of the 34 recruits that hold an industry-generated 247Sports Composite five-star grade, two remain in the nation’s No. 1 defensive tackle Ishmael Sopsher and the country’s No. 1 offensive tackle Darnell Wright.
For Sopsher, who checks in as the No. 9 prospect regardless of position, he looks SEC-bound with Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M among the contenders down the stretch. The Tigers have long been the 247Sports Crystal Ball favorite while the Crimson Tide have always been considered the biggest legitimate threat, if not considered the leader by some as well.
For Wright, who checks in at No. 10 overall, Tennessee has been consistently named as a major player and the other contestants have changed. Now it appears West Virginia may be the Vols' biggest challenger with Georgia, North Carolina and possibly the Tide in the mix as well.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 7:39 pm to TidalSurge1
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MORE BLUE-CHIPPERS TO FOLLOW
There are only four more uncommitted prospects in the Top100 of the Top247 Composite Player Rankings.
The recruitment of Concord (Calif.) De La Salle Top247 linebacker Henry To’oto’o will be settled this month following official visits to Tennessee this weekend and then Alabama the weekend of Jan. 25. Washington rounds out the top three and USC and Oregon are in play but the Tide and Vols have been considered the two major players much of the cycle and Nick Saban and company are trending on the 247Sports Crystal Ball.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 7:39 pm to TidalSurge1
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COMMITTED, BUT NOT DELIVERED
There's no question college recruiting offices have been examining commitment lists from around the country checking to see who didn’t ink during the Early Signing Period.
Prominent names include …
Auburn has had the nation’s No. 7 receiver George Pickens committed since July of 2017 but he stuck to the script and didn’t sign, taking several visits to other places throughout the process. As it stands now, Georgia and Tennessee look like the biggest threats to flip the No. 2 recruit in Alabama.
The No. 6 defensive tackle in the land Nathan Pickering has been in the fold for Mississippi State since June but he’s also made the rounds with several officials scheduled in January. Alabama is a threat, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss and Oregon are swinging to at the coveted interior lineman.
Three commitments who announced their commitments in the last week that aren’t signed include USC five-star Kyle Ford, Alabama defensive end commit Khris Bogle and Florida receiver verbal Arjei Henderson. No doubt Ford’s phone is ringing after the Trojans lost offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to an NFL coaching job, Bogle changed his mind several times down the stretch and Henderson still has an official to Florida State on the schedule later this month after checking out the Gators for the first time this coming weekend.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 9:25 pm to TidalSurge1
4-star DE Quashon Fuller is taking an OV to Louisville this weekend (instead of Florida) and has OVs to LSU on Jan 18, FSU on Jan 25 and Alabama on Feb 1.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 9:27 pm to TidalSurge1
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FINAL SCORES
Denver: 196.275
Alabama: 196.175
Michigan: 196.025
Bowling Green: 189.675
Not starting a thread for this, but Dana Duckworth is killing Alabama Gymnastics
Posted on 1/11/19 at 10:39 pm to Cobrasize
I’ve taken some time off after Monday, but had to smile when upon checking back in we’re talking about gymnastics.
Love you guys.
Love you guys.
Posted on 1/11/19 at 11:03 pm to Tw1st3d
Then why not keep Enos. He is still wanting RPO not pro set
Posted on 1/11/19 at 11:07 pm to labamafan
We got beat by fvcking Denver in gymnastics?? Sweet baby Jesus, please make it stop. What's next?
Posted on 1/12/19 at 2:56 am to labamafan
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He is still wanting RPO not pro set
The RPO is a play not a philosophy. An RPO can literally be run out if any conceivable formation or style.
Posted on 1/12/19 at 4:56 am to prevatt33
This is incorrect. You can't run an RPO out of pro-set and the only option-styled plays you would run from under center would be triple option.
Posted on 1/12/19 at 8:32 am to TidalSurge1
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Posted on 1/10/19 at 10:41 pm
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I'm expecting Enos to be Bama's OC.
Dammit TidalMerge.
Posted on 1/12/19 at 8:35 am to AHM21
I trusted Enos 
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 9:50 am to TidalSurge1
State Defensive POY: Henry To’oto’o (CalHiSports)
Henry To’oto’o will go down as one of the best defensive players ever at De La Salle, but he also could break loose as a running back.
Henry To’oto’o will go down as one of the best defensive players ever at De La Salle, but he also could break loose as a running back.
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Hard-hitting linebacker from De La Salle of Concord becomes the sixth player from that storied program to get top defensive honors for California. Those who saw him play on a broken foot in the CIF Open Division state final may not have seen him at his best, especially when the Spartans shut out CIF Division 1-AA state champ Folsom in their season opener.
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 9:50 am to TidalSurge1
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No one at De La Salle or Henry himself isn’t making any excuses, but he played that state final that the Spartans lost 35-21 on a broken left foot. At the time, it wasn’t known that To’oto’o had the injury but was revealed the next day. He suffered it during a walk-through practice the previous day at St. John Bosco. He still had six tackles in the game, but wasn’t used at all on offense like he had been in some of the team’s other important games.
“In my head, I knew I was going to hurt,” To’oto’o told the Bay Area News Group a few days after the game. “But I was dedicated to play. Like I said after the game, I wasn’t going to let my brothers down. We’ve been through too much as a team. One last effort for them wouldn’t hurt me.”
One of those other games was in the season opener against Folsom. To’oto’o was the best player on the field that night with multiple tackles, including two forced fumbles. De La Salle won that game over the Bulldogs 14-0, a result that was stunning and remained so for the rest of the season as Folsom would go on to average 58 points over its remaining 14 games en route to the CIF Division I state championship.
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 9:50 am to TidalSurge1
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“He’s definitely one of the best to have walked through these halls,” said De La Salle head coach Justin Alumbaugh. “He put us on his back for all of our main games. Not just Folsom. Against (Bishop) Gorman (of Las Vegas), he had 11 tackles and rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns. He’s meant a lot to all of us.”
To’oto’o, who already has been chosen as the Bay Area News Group Player of the Year, did not sign a letter of intent with a college in November and will sign in February. He has visited or will visit Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, Washington and Utah. He’s also had surgery for that foot injury and will be in a walking boot until the middle of February.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pounder, who rushed for nearly 1,000 yards in his prep career, grew up in Sacramento and attended Burbank High in Sacramento as a freshman before he family moved to the Bay Area.
“He’s an alpha dog type of guy, not in an overbearing way, but just the way he makes everyone work harder,” Alumbaugh said. “He really loves football and he really loved his teammates.”
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 9:50 am to TidalSurge1
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In the pantheon of Concord De La Salle football players going back into the 1980s and beyond, there are just as many who’ve been known for their prowess on defense as on offense. Many of them also have led the team on both sides of the ball.
Henry To’oto’o can now officially take his place among the best of the best Spartan players after his selection this week as the Cal-Hi Sports State Defensive Player of the Year. He’s the sixth from the school who can now stake that claim. The other five are linebacker Michael Hutchings for 2012, linebacker Michael Barton for 2011, lineman Derek Landri for 2001, linebacker Kevin Simon for 2000 and linebacker D.J. Williams for 1999.
Hutchings and Barton gained their selections for leading dominant DLS defensive units for teams that won the school’s third and fourth consecutive CIF Open Division state titles in 2011 and 2012. To’oto’o wasn’t on a team that did the same, but 2018 Open Division state champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana) has the Mr. Football State Player of the Year (Bru McCoy) and its defensive leaders were more varied.
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:16 am to TidalSurge1
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To see who has been named Cal-Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year for 2018 season, CLICK HERE.
To see who has been named Cal-Hi Sports State Player of the Year for juniors, sophomores, medium schools and small schools, CLICK HERE.
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Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:18 am to TidalSurge1
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“He’s an alpha dog type of guy, not in an overbearing way, but just the way he makes everyone work harder,” Alumbaugh said. “He really loves football and he really loved his teammates.”
"Tootoot!"
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