USC is engaged in a full out frontal assault on the Huskies when it comes to the recruiting trail. Might not be Sark's intent or any bad will. It's likely just happenstance but recent events are pitting the Trojans directly against Washington for some of Chris Petersen's top targets.
That's of major significance as Long is one of the west coast's four-star recruits that has expressed serious interest in Washington for the longest period of time. He's visited multiple times and although Washington couldn't be considered the clear front runner there's no doubt Washington is one of the front runners.
USC's offer is a bit out of the blue as I spoke with Long recently and he said that he hadn't been in much contact with the Trojans.
Apparently Long's recently reported 4.40/40-time might have prompted the Trojans offer. At the very least it's likely that a time like that piqued their interest and brought them into the equation.
That's far from all.
We've mentioned Hawaii running back Vavae Malepeai before. He's had an offer from Washington and even recently the Huskies have been flooding him with some pretty complimentary mailings and graphics.
USC's offer is likely to carry a lot of weight with Malepeai, we're told, and it has the potentially to shake things up.
Finally, in-state 2017 offensive lineman Foster Sarell's most noteworthy news item of late was certainly the offer from Alabama, which you can read about here, but West analyst Blair Angulo also notes that some 'SC assistants came by recently.
All of this comes while the Trojans and Bellevue's Isaac Garcia parted ways, although Washington has not yet made a move to get involved.
That's of major significance as Long is one of the west coast's four-star recruits that has expressed serious interest in Washington for the longest period of time. He's visited multiple times and although Washington couldn't be considered the clear front runner there's no doubt Washington is one of the front runners.
USC's offer is a bit out of the blue as I spoke with Long recently and he said that he hadn't been in much contact with the Trojans.
Apparently Long's recently reported 4.40/40-time might have prompted the Trojans offer. At the very least it's likely that a time like that piqued their interest and brought them into the equation.
That's far from all.
We've mentioned Hawaii running back Vavae Malepeai before. He's had an offer from Washington and even recently the Huskies have been flooding him with some pretty complimentary mailings and graphics.
USC's offer is likely to carry a lot of weight with Malepeai, we're told, and it has the potentially to shake things up.
Finally, in-state 2017 offensive lineman Foster Sarell's most noteworthy news item of late was certainly the offer from Alabama, which you can read about here, but West analyst Blair Angulo also notes that some 'SC assistants came by recently.
All of this comes while the Trojans and Bellevue's Isaac Garcia parted ways, although Washington has not yet made a move to get involved.
