Cody Larson II....

[TeaJackrabbit]

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If it was the Tigers that is understandable as he is a Detroit sports fan.

Angels.

[TeaJackrabbit]

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My goodness....again, in SD we like to eat our own.

So I am way off base? Cody is on scholarship at Florida? All the schools reportedly interested in Cody were true? Just asking...

I will get into the "eating our own" when I have more time.

[MilwaukeeJacksAlum]

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Angels.

Can't blame him for that, then.*

*(Life long Angels fan here)

[MilwaukeeJacksAlum]

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My goodness....again, in SD we like to eat our own.

You would do Cody a lot of good to tell Stu to stop "helping" him with those articles. I am rooting for Cody to suceed. Stu makes that harder to do when he writes dumbass articles like his blog entry. You'd have to agree with that assessment. Articles like the one Stu wrote only make people want to root against Cody. Someone who is on the fence or has no opinion on the matter are naturally going to root against Cody BECAUSE of Stu's article. That's what happens when you make a general insult to all South Dakotans when it only applies to a select few.

[boxerboy]

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My goodness....again, in SD we like to eat our own.

I just don't get that comment. So a couple questions were asked about Cody Larson, how the he** does that make your comment relative?

[MikeHenriksen]

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I would like someone in the know to answer if Cody Larson actually is on scholarship at Florida.

Also, is there any concrete proof that all the said colleges who were supposedly interested in Cody were really interested?

I heard recently, from a very reliable source, something to the contrary.

If what I heard is correct, then Stu is wrong and SDSU was very smart to "throw their hat in the ring" b/c SDSU actually offered to pay for his education. Florida, I believe, is one of the cheaper universities for out-of-state students.

In this case, your source is not reliable. Cody Larson is not going to be paying for his schooling. And yes, every school that was publicized, and some that weren't, were in on the chase once Cody was released from his LOI at Iowa, including Iowa.

Good for SDSU for going after him. The men are doing a much better job of keeping kids in state like the women have done. Getting one kid who is a "high recruit" like Cody or Joe K can go a long way in making sure SDSU, or USD for that matter, gets EVERY kid that they want in the state to stay here to play.

[TeaJackrabbit]

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In this case, your source is not reliable. Cody Larson is not going to be paying for his schooling. And yes, every school that was publicized, and some that weren't, were in on the chase once Cody was released from his LOI at Iowa, including Iowa.

Good for SDSU for going after him. The men are doing a much better job of keeping kids in state like the women have done. Getting one kid who is a "high recruit" like Cody or Joe K can go a long way in making sure SDSU, or USD for that matter, gets EVERY kid that they want in the state to stay here to play.

I asked my "source" again and he changed his tune, said that Kansas wasn't after Cody. Still not certain about the schollie but I'm pretty sure Florida, like Ohio State, IU and KU, had at least one schollie left.

I think it's going to be a long time or at least an odd/isolated incident that will get a top 100 recruit like Cody or Joe to SDSU (or USD). I think Dykstra might be the highest rated kid either school will see in a long time, possibly ever. We have 5 fairly elite programs (Minny, Iowa, ISU, UNI, KU) with 6 hours of SF.

[TeaJackrabbit]

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I agree w/ Cadsev, to a certain extent. We do seem hard on most of our local sports "celebrities". We've all heard negatives about most of them. Three that you don't hear alot of negatives about are Kubel, Greenway and Leber. Is that b/c they play for local pro teams? Maybe.

Simply b/c of the last two jobs I've held I've met/known darn near every (the few there have been) local celebrity over the past 10+ years. Some of the criticisms are warranted and some are simply out of jealousy. Is it different other places? Do larger cities/states care as much about the kids who have gone on? Do we know more about these kids just b/c we are such a small state?

[mango4]

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I agree w/ Cadsev, to a certain extent. We do seem hard on most of our local sports "celebrities". We've all heard negatives about most of them. Three that you don't hear alot of negatives about are Kubel, Greenway and Leber. Is that b/c they play for local pro teams? Maybe.

Simply b/c of the last two jobs I've held I've met/known darn near every (the few there have been) local celebrity over the past 10+ years. Some of the criticisms are warranted and some are simply out of jealousy. Is it different other places? Do larger cities/states care as much about the kids who have gone on? Do we know more about these kids just b/c we are such a small state?

Hold on, Kubel was born South Dakota but he moved to California at such a young age, he is more from California than South Dakota.

[TeaJackrabbit]

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Hold on, Kubel was born South Dakota but he moved to California at such a young age, he is more from California than South Dakota.

Born here...therefore.... ;o) Sparky Anderson has similar story and he's "one of us". We claim Bob Barker as a South Dakotan (not born here). Anyhoo.....

Koobs at least comes back (Twins caravan) and (somewhat) embraces being a South Dakotan. Good guy.

[Nidaros]

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This is a thread begging for a lock. When we start discussing whether to include Sparky Anderson as a SD native, we have gone far enough.

[JimmyJack]

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Can we just wish Cody well at Florida and move on? He was offered a great opportunity and jumped at it. Surely that's understandable. I refuse to take offense when a South Dakota student athlete chooses to go to school in another state.

[filbert]

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This is a thread begging for a lock. When we start discussing whether to include Sparky Anderson as a SD native, we have gone far enough.

I dunno. I haven't seen the pie discussion yet.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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I think it's going to be a long time or at least an odd/isolated incident that will get a top 100 recruit like Cody or Joe to SDSU (or USD). I think Dykstra might be the highest rated kid either school will see in a long time, possibly ever. We have 5 fairly elite programs (Minny, Iowa, ISU, UNI, KU) with 6 hours of SF.

Unless its a scenario like Cody Larson's, SDSU will likely never get a top 100 recruit.

I don't know how those recruiting lists work, but I would guess that if a kid signs with a major program, suddenly his status rises quite a bit. The better the school, the better his stock gets. Same with school interest. If a kid is getting looks from Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, and Arizona, he will magically become a top 100 recruit. Sort of like if you are seen at the movies with the hottest girl in school, suddenly you become more popular.

If we would have signed Cody when he was a sophomore or even a freshman (gasp!), he likely never would have become a top 100 recruit. And the SDSU haters would say Nagy couldn't recruit because Larson wasn't that highly rated by the scouting services (Fiegen, White, Horstman ring any bells?).

[JACKGUYII]

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I asked my "source" again and he changed his tune, said that Kansas wasn't after Cody. Still not certain about the schollie but I'm pretty sure Florida, like Ohio State, IU and KU, had at least one schollie left.

I think it's going to be a long time or at least an odd/isolated incident that will get a top 100 recruit like Cody or Joe to SDSU (or USD). I think Dykstra might be the highest rated kid either school will see in a long time, possibly ever. We have 5 fairly elite programs (Minny, Iowa, ISU, UNI, KU) with 6 hours of SF.

When did ISU become an elite program? They are in a elite conference, but hardly an elite program for a long time. Maybe the Mayor Fred Hoiberg will change that.