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No those were the offers you see on rivals from his junior season. Athletes themselves notify Rivals of offers and some of those are bogus. Not until after his senior season, did the offers roll in. The offers were posted at the school athletic board. I called his QB coach to confirm to this bull shit thread. Ohio, Idaho, Akron, Ball State, Toledo, NMSTU, MTSU, ULL, ULM, Lousiana Tech, Southern Miss, Rice, Houston, and he said some of the best AA playoff teams (that could beat North Texas State any day of the week). I would call those an upgrade. Whether he sits at A&M is inmaterial. He gets into the Mays school of business and his entire family went there. I know Franchione was personally at our state playoff practices himself so I guess he sucks. He played with scrubs up there. Took the worst hits in college football. Sacked the most in a HS offense with young dudes in front of him. He is no doubt the toughest freaking QB you will ever see. Give him some weapons and you never know. This was Giovanni's decision all the way from what he told me and he is happy being out of a crap program that the defenses knew every play on whether it was run or pass. Good luck with your HS coaches.

http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/local.aspx...amp;navCatId=16 Talked to Gio. Going to take a semester off from football. To join A&M program in the summer and take his redshirt. Your AD tried to put in a clause to ever play from D-1 football but he got A&M off the list.

Sorry to disappoint you but I go to Tech. I played hs ball and saw several games when I could. Gio is better off gone from a shit hole program than to stick around another year. I am not knocking the school just the football program. UNT football is the pits.

Gio is headed to the Big 12. Just got off the phone with him. He has two options and is deciding this week. No offense to any university graduate, but UNT football is just plain bad, a internal mess.

Vizza over estimated Dodge's ability to win at the collegiate level. The whole UNT team knows Gio is better. I guarantee you they would rather have Gio in the trenches with them than any QB on the team, just ask. Vizza should have gone to play for the Hall of Fame college head coach at Nevada who coaches QB's himself and who personally recruited Vizza out of Texas. The HC at Nevada knows just a thing or two about college football. Dodge sucks, the team is divided, the players hate the coaches. There is no respect only excuses. All you guys who want Riley, your gonna get him. Riley might be the only Qb in the spring unless Dodge gets some JUCO QBs. Dodge is gonna get fired boys, its just a matter of time.

Know the facts first and then speak. Hell, his own hs players don't want to play for him. Fentriss (don't tell me injury), Padron, and even Russo tried to leave over the past summer. Ask the SLC boys first before you speak.

tell that to Hagar, Dibrell, Meager, Walker, Scoggins, Woody Wilson, Green, Rose, and the list goes on and on.

The day when you see Riley with a red shirt on with TD saying "hands off"................unlike prior years when Meager, Tune, Vizza, and others were full taking full contact hits on every play.

Dodge will play Dodge. Its the critical year in his contract. Riley plays and wins this season or will never see the field again because his Dad will be gone. I think Dodge is going to get a JUCO QB just in case things don't go well early.

No not my girlfriend, but Dibrell lived with his, and people wonder why Dibrell is gone and why no one respects the golden boy.

I went to school in the same kind of enviroment but many kids are blue collar kids mixed in. Our state championship team had many blue collar kids who led our team and without them and their work ethic and leadership we would have gone no where.

Padron told me last year up in Denton that Dodge wanted his "own" strength coach. Dodge has some faith in some fitness homey. But your AD put the brakes on Dodge per Padron because he didn't want to ruffle too many feathers when he got there. Dodge is a prima donna, both Dodge's, ask anyone from SLC. Hell ask your very own beat writer.

Your underestimating the greatness of Dodge and Dodge. It will be interesting indeed to see everyone's slc golden boy, take the reins this spring and fall. I can't wait to see him take the hits and not having any freaking WR's who can make plays unless the new JUCO boys can. The "stat man" has never faced adversity nor lack of talent on his side of the ball. He is used to the instant success and the SLC offense that moves it on everyone. He has never stared down a bigger, faster, and a more athletic defense than his offense. He has never been hit blind sided by a college LB or DE, wait, he did, and it "mysteriously" took him out of the season for 7 games. (One little hit took him out 7 games). He will point fingers, the fake persona only goes so far The golden boy's true colors will shine. The lack of success will even be against a softer schedule than the previous 5 seasons or so. Dodge will start Dodge and then the fun begins. How will Phillips and Vito question Dodge on Dodge? When your winning its easy, but when your losing with your son at QB its not to fun, just ask Cody Hawkins and his Dad at Colorado. Hawkins is on the sh.t can list of college coaches. He is going with another QB this next season after moving in another QB towards the end of the season. Now what I am not saying is that gio or tune could do any better. This program is in the tank. Now what I am saying is that gio made a huge mistake not going to play for a college hall of fame coach who really wanted him. Or at least a proven college commodity in the coaching ranks.

December 8, 2008 Jeremy Crabtree Recruiting Editor Talk about it in Football Recruiting Board Independence (Kan.) Independence C.C. three-star defensive tackle Shavod Atkinsin has made up his mind. The 6-foot-1, 316-pounder told Rivals.com he committed to the school of his choice earlier today. "I have committed to the University of North Texas," Atkinsin said. "I just felt it was the right place for me. I've always liked the school ever since I took my official visit." Atkinsin was also offered a scholarship by Sam Houston State and was being recruited by Arkansas, N.C. State and Tulsa. He visited UNT back on Nov. 14 and it was a visit he really liked. "They had a lot of stuff I didn't expect," Atkinsin said after the visit. "They had a nice Rec Center where everybody could hang out in. The dorms were really nice. The field was pretty tight, too. They offered me a scholarship, and I really like it down there." Low expectations for a collegiate stadium?

Get a life, if you expect Riley to be the "man," your sadly mistaken. Parade all-american is like the Heisman, its all about stats. Dodge let Dodge get all the stats at SLC preppy, end of story.

Even thinking about McDuffie at UNT is a joke.

The OU and Missouri offenses are fun to watch. Very creative offenses with great use of TE's.

I would think this would be a tough position to recruit with the son having four years left. Derek might be like one of those kids who thinks D-1 or nothing. Who would want to sit behind Riley for four seasons and have one year to play? Dodge is gonna have trouble this year and next getting quality QB's to commit. Not until Riley is a Junior will UNT get a top QB prospect with multiple D-1 offers. Still believe that Dodge gets another QB to at least grey shirt.

Ask Vito about arrogance. When Vito looks up arrogance in Websters he sees TD.

Dodge is too busy looking for the absolute best JUCO WR's around the country so his precious son will have someone to throw the ball too. Dodge is going to let Riley look like the offensive savior, its all in the master plan of Dodge ball.

Exactly. That and Dodge hates Vito and has no respect for him. No one else for Dodge to get favorable media attention so he uses Phillips.

Hey Lonnie, Who is your savior (Riley) going to throw the ball to without a proven WR next year?

You mean UNT needs more unproven HS WR's? Hell, you guys had enough of that last season. Now you head into next season without 1 bonafide WR and a WR coach who can't relate to college athletes and has yet to develop one WR in two seasons. (you can't give the WR coach much credit for the freak, that no one knew in Fitzgerald, or #82).

Tasty is the bomb.