'15 FL DE Byron Cowart

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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Grades are fine. Happy for him. A long time ago (January of 2014) he told me if his Mom didn't let him go to Oregon that he wanted auburn. Muschamp to Auburn sealed deal with his Mom and was only reason she approved him going out of state. Had Muschamp stayed, I believe he would be a Gator.
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I'd much rather Cowart play for Auburn than Muschamp stay at Florida.
 
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engineerVOL said:
From an outsiders perspective the coach sounds more believable.
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Agree. You don't sign two LOIs and then wait to decide. Kid set his coach up to be the villain here IMHO. If his coach wanted him to be at UF so badly (like BC claims) then why hasn't he already faxed in the LOI to UF?

Five star or not, I'm glad this headcase is someone else's problem.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Agree. You don't sign two LOIs and then wait to decide.
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Except that Byron and his own mother claim that he never signed the Florida NLI. His coach also claimed that he seemed "confused" in his decision this morning when he in fact looked completely confident in his decision during the ESPN interview after his announcement. If he was truly "confused" he must be a world-class actor.

I think the coach was trying to stall big time to give Florida some sort of last second hail-mary chance by playing stupid ("uhh they told me not to fax it in, he seemed really confused this morning"). The fact that his mother showed up to the school again which resulted in the NLI being faxed in shortly after is pretty evident that the "story" coming from the coach wasn't completely adding up. The closed-door meeting between the HC, AD, and Principal? What do you assume that was about. Likely a "Explain this sh*t" meeting with all the bad publicity going national to the media.
 
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I don't know if this has been posted here yet; but during this whole ordeal Leon McQuay Jr. (Cowart's 7-on-7 coach) went out on Twitter and reamed the Armwood HC big time. He stated that Cowart was told that McQuay would be "escorted out" if he tried to attend the Armwood signing ceremony today. He also stated that the coach is a giant "control freak" and alluded to using his top recruits to try and help land his son coaching jobs. The kicker in all this? McQuay's own son (Leon McQuay III) was a star recruit from Armwood HS in 2013 who spurned Florida and ended up signing with Southern Cal. Up until that point Armwood's elite recruits have all ended up at Florida.
 
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metafour said:
I don't know if this has been posted here yet; but during this whole ordeal Leon McQuay Jr. (Cowart's 7-on-7 coach) went out on Twitter and reamed the Armwood HC big time. He stated that Cowart was told that McQuay would be "escorted out" if he tried to attend the Armwood signing ceremony today. He also stated that the coach is a giant "control freak" and alluded at using his top recruits to try and help land his son coaching jobs. The kicker in all this? McQuay's own son (Leon McQuay III) was a star recruit from Armwood HS in 2013 who spurned Florida and ended up signing with Southern Cal. Up until that point Armwood's elite recruits have all ended up at Florida.
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Lol

You do know UF stopped recruiting LM3 when Marcel Harris committed. His dad begged Muschamp to give his son a spot. He got mad and shopped his kid to FSu. I mean didnt even visit him after Oct that cycle. Lmfao

Where do yall get these stories. Lol.

On the internet.. must be true.
 
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metafour said:
Except that Byron and his own mother claim that he never signed the Florida NLI. His coach also claimed that he seemed "confused" in his decision this morning when he in fact looked completely confident in his decision during the ESPN interview after his announcement. If he was truly "confused" he must be a world-class actor.

I think the coach was trying to stall big time to give Florida some sort of last second hail-mary chance by playing stupid ("uhh they told me not to fax it in, he seemed really confused this morning"). The fact that his mother showed up to the school again which resulted in the NLI being faxed in shortly after is pretty evident that the "story" coming from the coach wasn't completely adding up. The closed-door meeting between the HC, AD, and Principal? What do you assume that was about. Likely a "Explain this sh*t" meeting with all the bad publicity going national to the media.
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The story from BC isn't adding up.
Derek Tyson and Woody both said BC had two LOI signed and a source said he wanted to fax it later today.l
Later Byron admitted he was sort of waiting on CeCe.
Finally Derek Tyson who played football at Armwood said two different sources told him BC wanted to delay decision. One being Josh Newberg.


Yeah Callahan was doing this for UF.
 
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HialeahGator said:
Where do yall get these stories. Lol.
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From his own mouth.

Sorry, am I supposed to believe the story coming from "Saint Callahan" story about how he was just granting "confused" Byron Cowart his special wish to not fax the NLI in? The guy who is a known UF homer coaching at a UF feeder school with his son just recently hired as a coach at UF?

I don't know what McQuay's story is; but I believe 100% that Ol' Callahan is a POS and is salty as **** that he couldn't deliver this kid to Florida. This guy has already gotten in trouble before (stripped of state title, program fined, three year probation) for knowingly playing ineligible players, so he's clearly well adapted to thinking he's above the system.
 
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HialeahGator said:
Then Byron admitted he was sort of waiting on CeCe
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Cowart is much closer to Ryan Davis who had already long sent his NLI in to Auburn, yet his commitment was suddenly completely wavering because of Jefferson, a kid that he really didn't even have that much of a bond with? Jefferson himself stated that he hadn't even talked to Cowart when he committed to Florida, in fact, the word going on behind the scenes was that Jefferson didn't even want to play with Cowart because he always envisioned himself as being the "headliner" at whatever school he went to.
 
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metafour said:
From his own mouth.

Sorry, am I supposed to believe the story coming from "Saint Callahan" story about how he was just granting "confused" Byron Cowart his special wish to not fax the NLI in? The guy who is a known UF homer coaching at a UF feeder school with his son just recently hired as a coach at UF?

I don't know what McQuay's story is; but I believe 100% that Ol' Callahan is a POS and is salty as **** that he couldn't deliver this kid to Florida. This guy has already gotten in trouble before (stripped of state title, program fined, three year probation) for knowingly playing ineligible players, so he's clearly well adapted to thinking he's above the system.
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And Im taking SC word over LM2 every day of the week. Guy has his hand out. He been pushing Team Tampa kids away from instate schools the last few years. He got banned from Tampa Tech for his dealing with Cain.
 
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metafour said:
Cowart is much closer to Ryan Davis who had already long sent his NLI in to Auburn, yet his commitment was suddenly completely wavering because of Jefferson, a kid that he really didn't even have that much of a bond with? Jefferson himself stated that he hadn't even talked to Cowart when he committed to Florida, in fact, the word going on behind the scenes was that Jefferson didn't even want to play with Cowart because he always envisioned himself as being the "headliner" at whatever school he went to.
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Those were Cowart's words about waiting on CeCe.

He's not UF headache any more. Next Gerald Willis if he doesn't drop the act.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
What is bull gator? Another form of feces?
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Designation for high level of donors at UF.

HG, if SC is innocent in all of this what's the closed door meeting about between he, the AD and the Principal? Why won't SC show both letters when asked and rid himself of the accusations?

Clearly something shady went on today with all parties, BC included. His mom is on record of saying only one LOI was signed by BC and she would have to sign it as well. Wouldn't she know if she signed 2 letters (UF and AU) and why not just say he was unsure? What does she gain from saying only 1 was signed and telling reporters "it's Auburn for sure, trust me"?
 
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HialeahGator said:
Lol

You do know UF stopped recruiting LM3 when Marcel Harris committed. His dad begged Muschamp to give his son a spot. He got mad and shopped his kid to FSu. I mean didnt even visit him after Oct that cycle. Lmfao

Where do yall get these stories. Lol.

On the internet.. must be true.
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Don't lump metafool with the rest of us. He's an Awwburn fan.
 
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HialeahGator said:
LoIl

You do know UF stopped recruiting LM3 when Marcel Harris committed. His dad begged Muschamp to give his son a spot. He got mad and shopped his kid to FSu. I mean didnt even visit him after Oct that cycle. Lmfao

Where do yall get these stories. Lol.

On the internet.. must be true.
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I'm gonna ask him about this. Going to see him at a few camps coming up.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Designation for high level of donors at UF.

HG, if SC is innocent in all of this what's the closed door meeting about between he, the AD and the Principal? Why won't SC show both letters when asked and rid himself of the accusations?

Clearly something shady went on today with all parties, BC included. His mom is on record of saying only one LOI was signed by BC and she would have to sign it as well. Wouldn't she know if she signed 2 letters (UF and AU) and why not just say he was unsure? What does she gain from saying only 1 was signed and telling reporters "it's Auburn for sure, trust me"?
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Good post. Callahan feels obligated to Florida for the money their boosters give to Armwood. He took the 5% indecision to another level and this is 100% on him. Byron made his mind up on auburn when his Mom gave blessing following official visit.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Good post. Callahan feels obligated to Florida for the money their boosters give to Armwood. He took the 5% indecision to another level and this is 100% on him. Byron made his mind up on auburn when his Mom gave blessing following official visit.
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Weve touched on stuff at Armwood before and I've openly stated that the boosters are shady. I dont believe Callahan is at fault here. SC has been pretty open about his feeling and respect for Muschamp. Josh Newberg has stated that Callahan believes WM is most honest coach to ever come through the door at Armwood. When everyone else was recruiting Alvin Bailey but UF most wonder why. Muschamp told SC and Alvin he didnt see him as an SEC WR. That he had no top end speed and couldn't get separation. He finally gave in bc of the Armwood pipeline.
 
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For Byron Cowart, it's been a long recruitment that finally ended this afternoon, as he signed with the Auburn Tigers. There was drama following his public pledge to Gus Malzahn and his program. After speaking with his coach (Sean Callahan) and mentor (Woodrow Grady) here's the back story that led us through today.

It’s been a long day for Byron Cowart. This five-star defensive end from Seffner (Fla.) Armwood committed to Auburn. It was a dream of his do to it on ESPN and that’s exactly what he did when he picked the Tigers this morning.
However, there is more to this story.
Everyone in the recruiting circles just assumed Cowart was headed to Florida for the longest time. It was his school and close to home. But along the way he grew to love two additional programs – Auburn and Florida State.
People forget that Cowart was at the Iron Bowl in 2013, where Auburn defeated Alabama on Chris Davis’s historic game ending touchdown. That’s the day he first opened up his eyes to Auburn.
That season the Tigers lost to FSU in the national title game. Here’s where the Seminoles come in and where Cowart started paying close attention to the national champions.
Let’s fast forward ahead to this season. Cowart’s plan was to announce his decision on ESPN at the Under Armour All-America Game in early January. He was torn between three schools – Florida, FSU and Auburn. But leading up to that all-star game he thought he had his mind made up. He was going to commit to Jimbo Fisher and the Seminoles. That’s the school he was feeling at the time.
But Cowart choose to hold off on his decision knowing he wasn’t quite 100%.
This is when his recruiting world was turned upside down. This was right after Florida and Will Muschamp parted ways. Muschamp finally ended up with the Tigers, landing the defensive coordinator position on the Plains. All the while two other things happened; Cowart was getting to know the new Gator staff and he was trending away from Florida State.
A major battle ensued between the Gators and Tigers. All the while Cowart struggled to come up with a true decision. There’s no question that he has a tremendous relationship with Muschamp and really wanted to play at Auburn. He also felt a strong pull to Gainesville and the Gators.
Cowart simply didn’t know what to do with signing day finally here. He received two sets of Letters of Intent, one from Auburn and one from Florida. Cowart elected to sign both this morning before his scheduled announcement at 9 a.m. It was Cowart that instructed his high school coach, Sean Callahan, to hold both sets of papers until he sorted things out about what future school he would call home.
What people fail to realize is that this kid was truly torn and for very good reasons. He was torn with the idea of being eight hours (Auburn) from home as compared two (Gainesville). This was especially difficult considering how close he and his mom are. It’s always easy to think about yourself going to a school that’s not close to home. But in the end, when it’s crunch time and a decision has to be made, it’s tough to follow through for some. That’s what happened here.
Unjustly, people threw stones at Callahan, saying he held up Cowart’s paperwork. That was simply not the case. It came down to Cowart being comfortable with going to school at Auburn with mom being back in Tampa.
And in the end, it came full circle, as Cowart eventually did fax in his paperwork to Gus Malhazn and the Tigers.
Some kids simply get undone by the process. Some players love the drama. Some recruits can't handle the pressure and make bad choices. In this case, Cowart simply struggled in deciding between two programs, one close to home and one not. In the end, Cowart followed his heart, with mom's blessing, and he's now an Auburn Tiger.

-Jamie Newberg
 
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