The most awkward live verbal commitment ever
January 6, 2012 by
John Stansberry
Nobody can make you feel like shit like your mother. Just ask Landon Collins, the 5-star rated safety from Dutchtown High in Geismar, LA. Last night during the Under Armour All-America Game he was in front of the bright lights to announce whether he’d be attending LSU or Alabama. Here’s hot it went:
Somewhere in Louisiana an irate LSU bagman threw his corndog at his TV when he heard Collins make his announcement. But that dude probably perked up when he heard mama say she wants him to go to LSU.
Alabama is usually on the other end of this dynamic, you know, winning over the parents of the player to the point where the son has no choice but to go to Tuscaloosa. You’ll recall this was the case last year with Brent Calloway.
I’m sure the Red Elephant Club will find SOME way to assist Nick Saban in soothing Collins’ mother to make her a little more receptive to the idea of him playing for Alabama. But if she took a look at the depth chart for each school maybe that would help her come to grips with the decision.
Sure, both teams will be losing established starters on the back line of defense (Mark Barron for Alabama and Brandon Taylor for LSU). But there’s a gang of talented rising juniors at LSU, kids like Tharold Simon and Eric Reid, who will lock down most of the playing time in 2012. The competition might not be quite as stout in Tuscaloosa for a kid looking to see the field early.
Regardless of her motivations, you just don’t throw your kid under the bus like that on national TV. Then again, that was the high point of that glorified exhibition. Maybe these games would be better if more mothers pulled that same stunt.
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