come on, no one in recruiting is even close to 100% accurate.

FWIW...MS says LS is a slight lean to LSU...AU is pretty much out of it but USC has closed the gap. He says of the 2 recruiting sources he trusts the most, 1 says he feels it is LSU and one feels it is USC. MS thinks he is a slight LSU lean but nothing would surprise him on NSD.

Lemming also says about the same...slight LSU lean with USC gaining some in the last couple on months.

and everyone agrees mamma is all LSU...I think that is what gives us the lean. although, PT remains the big kicker at this point.

nah, thats cool...I take info from EVERYWHERE, including yours and others on this board, and try to formulate the best and most rational opinion. also, i am not at all worried because i dont believe LS is a make it or break it commit. RB is not a problem area going into the future at LSU.

also, FWIW, I find MS to be the most reliable of all LSU recruiting sources and he usually tells it like it is. he wont BS you like many others will (im not including people close to one particular recruit as a recruiting source either...though I realize it is the best source for that particular recruit.)

I wouldnt say Shipp feeds BS at all...I just think sometimes he doesnt report the other side of the story....or rather I say I find that MS reports the other side more often than Shipp. I have nothing against him...and do like his info, just feel he doesnt wanna rock the Tiger boat when it comes to a higher profile recruits.

i agree, some like one over the other...i kinda like them both. like I said, I like to gather as much info as possible (even from the national guys and a couple on this board) that is out there and formulate my own rational opinion. Also have to ignore a lot of posters on this board though :hihi:

Shepard could also end up as a Percy Harvin type receiver.

Actually, Lache (4.4 forty) has a better shot at early PT at LSU than USC, which is not surprising because of how easy it is for USC to recruit better talent, being they are only powerhouse football program on the western half of the USA.

At LSU, our top 4 rushers this season are Scott, KW, Shep, and Holliday. Scott, KW, and Holliday will be gone next season because their eligibility will be up. As for Shep, he is going to be QB, RB, WR, and returner at LSU (for example, LINK). He is not a threat to a full-time RB like Lache. Next, LSU has junior Murphy (4.5 forty) and soph. Ridley (4.6 forty) -- neither of whom have had a carry since they sustained major knee injuries. And neither of those two were big-time recruits like Lache (Ridley was the #21/#27 RB by Rivals/ESPN and #5 FB by Scout, Murphy was the #37 RB by Scout, the #9 all-purpose-back by Rivals, and is currently rated the #24 RB by NFL Draft Scout). Lache is the #1 Rivals RB (#4 Rivals overall), #5 ESPN RB (#20 ESPN overall), and #2 Scout RB (#7 Scout overall). LSU also has freshmen Drayton Calhoun (4.48 forty) and Michael Ford (4.56 forty). Calhoun was only #12 ATH/#13 ATH/#24 CB by ESPN/Rivals/Scout and Ford was only #3/#7/#10 RB by Scout/Rivals/ESPN. Again, Lache is the #1/#2/#5 RB by Rivals/Scout/ESPN and #4/#7/#20 overall.

At USC, on the other hand, their top 4 rushers this season (other than senior Stafon Johnson who is done at USC due to injury) are all juniors: McKnight (4.35 forty), Gable (4.47 forty), Havili (4.5 forty), and Bradford (4.55 forty), and all four of those guys have a year of elibility left. Behind them, you have 5-star big-time Russell-Shepard-caliber RS sophomore Marc Tyler (4.5 forty), who was the #2/#2/#3 RB recruit of his class only #2 behind Joe McKnight and only #3 behind Noel Devine... he was the ESPN #3 overall recruit and the Scout #6 overall recruit (compare to how Lache is #20 ESPN overall and #7 Scout overall and how Russell Shepard was ESPN #3 overall, #4 Scout overall). And as Russell Shepard-like as that Marc Tyler guy is, he has only gotten 5 touches this year (although he did get 37 touches last year as a RS freshman, but Shep has already gotten 24 touches this year as a true freshman, and it is only halfway through the season). Behind all those guys, USC has Soph. Ahmed Mokhtar (4.63 forty), soph. DJ Shoemate (4.5 forty), freshman Curtis McNeal (4.47 forty), and freshman Simione Vehikite (4.6 forty). And then on top of all that, USC has already signed 3 RBs for the 2010 Class: D.J. Morgan (4.42 forty/#3 all purpose-back), Dillon Baxter (4.5 forty/#1 all purpose-back) and Trajuan Briggs (4.5 forty/#6 FB).

:geaux: Great post, pretty much sums it up. Lache's chances at early PT definitely appear to be much greater at LSU based on the info in John's post. I still like our chances of signing Lache.:thumb: :LSU231:

Here's a rollover over depth chart which still needs some updating.
2009_USC_Football_Charts_Rev04_2009_08_15

Good info from John however not a completely accurate picture. Havili, Shoemate, Vehikite, Briggs are all fullbacks. That's not something that would play into any decision Lache might make.

McNeal is speedy but likely will end up as a return specialist because he is sorta short. Marc Tyler seems to have never completely recovered from his broken leg in HS. He's been injury prone and has missed several games so far this year. Mokhtar? He's a walk on xfer with zero hope of ever getting in a game IMO. Gable has been in the proverbial doghouse for some reason and despite a healthy AY/R he's not had many carries.

And here's why I disagree with you. If a player has talent, they are going to play. If a player has favor with the coaches (head coach) they are going to play. Joe McKnight is proof. He struggled a bit but has turned a corner in some ways and that's why he's in every game plus PC likes him. Bradford seemed to be langering on the sidelines but made significant changes in the way he practices and now with some results he's getting the playing time he always thought he deserved. Sure the whole competition thing still plays for about 80% of the positions but some guys play because they are that good. If Lache is that good or he believes he is that good, depth chart considerations will not be an issue.

Still, I don't see him as a USC lean or even likely. I get the feeling that the roller coaster will continue until signing day and he may end up surprising everyone.