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Remember USCe Gray Shirt Victim, Lorenzo Mauldin?

Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:14 pm
Posted by undecided
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:14 pm
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@theMMQB: A veteran of 16 foster homes, how Louisville's Lorenzo Mauldin beat the odds to graduate & make it to the NFL draft. LINK

How could Spurrier chose this guy to grey shirt? Especially when you consider how bad USCe defense was this year. Maybe it was karma cause they could have used all the help they could get

This post was edited on 4/23/15 at 7:32 pm
Posted by CNB
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:21 pm to
We're glad you had cocks on your mind today.
Posted by Woopigsooie20
Me Scusi
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:21 pm to
Because behind his phone comedic act, Spurrier is a gigantic dick.
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:22 pm to
Philon at Arky was a Bama grayshirt guy, right?

I would imagine guys that that happens to are inclined to play with a massive chip on their shoulder.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:43 pm to
Awesome story. I never knew USCe was so spineless that sent a fax.
Posted by TiptonInSC
Aiken, SC
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 7:58 pm to
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Spurrier


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defense


You mean Spurrier doesn't let his defensive staff make these calls? So this isn't one of the reasons he hired Hoke?
Posted by ConwayGamecock
South Carolina
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 8:19 pm to
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How could Spurrier chose this guy to grey shirt? Especially when you consider how bad USCe defense was this year. Maybe it was karma cause they could have used all the help they could get



Clowney happened....











Seriously, your facts are wrong: USC never asked Mauldin to greyshirt. They wanted to place him in a prep school (Fork Union?) because he had issues with his SAT scores being too low for USC's clearinghouse. Mauldin ultimately passed the minimum NCAA requirements, but not USC's minimum requirements. And he and his HC reportedly understood where the dividing line was from the start, from what I understood. It was Mauldin and another prospect - Jordan Montgomery (no, not the baseball pitcher, the football player). Both were borderline grade-wise and thought to be slightly below borderline test-wise.

Lousiville is now in the ACC and their admissions standards are typically fairly good as a conference. Don't know where UL's minimum admissions stand right now, but back in 2011 when they were in the Big East, the admissions were no different than East Carolina's, Southern Miss's, Troy's, or North Texas' for FB. They allowed partial-qualifiers, something that SEC schools don't allow.

So Mauldin didn't get his grades above the minimum for USC, and USC wanted him to go to prep instead of enrolling in that fall, which Mauldin wouldn't have gotten in anyways, regardless of total roster scholarship numbers. Mauldin was going to pick Troy, then got a phonecall from Strong while on his way to OV Troy and was offered. He and his HC made it sound like they never knew the issues with the minimum grade requirements, but that was a lie or it was the very first time any prospect was never made clear of their academic situation with USC by Spurrier, Ward, etc.

I think they knew what the conditions were, knew they wouldn't meet the conditions but thought USC wouldn't dare pull the scholly so late in the process due to Mauldin's sad life story. Then they got mad when it got pulled, even though they (reportedly) were told from the beginning what the conditions were....
This post was edited on 4/23/15 at 8:23 pm
Posted by nc14
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 8:48 pm to
Now you are competing on a level playing field. You are learning grasshopper.
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