Down the Hershey Highway- Brantley To Mizzou

by NYCALUM on Jan 30, 2012 8:44 AM EST

from Nolan st syracuse.com

Syracuse, NY -- The Syracuse University football recruiting class of 2012 apparently has lost a defensive line prospect.

Harold Brantley, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound player from Hershey (Pa.) High School, returned from an official visit to Missouri over the weekend and changed his commitment from SU to the Tigers.

Brantley told recruiting web sites Scout.com and Rivals.com late Sunday that he had decided to flip to Missouri. The two-sport star had committed to the Orange on June 29 during a summer flurry that saw SU land 10 players in 15 days.

After choosing SU over the summer, Brantley anchored the defensive line at tackle and ran for 760 yards and 13 TDs on 121 carries for Hershey, which went 8-3. He is also a double-figure scorer as a power forward on the school’s state-ranked basketball team.

“Syracuse was actually the first school that came in to see me. I developed a good relationship with them,” Brantley said several weeks ago in an interview at his home.

Brantley, who has a rating of three stars (out of five) from Scout.com and two stars each from ESPN.com and Rivals.com, said he picked SU over an offer from Penn State. He said he'd also been offered by West Virginia, Rutgers and Pittsburgh.

Missouri made a late offer to Brantley, and another SU recruit, Josh Manley of Alpharetta, Ga. Both originally planned to visit the Columbia, Mo., school, but Manley later changed his mind.

I just looked at Mizzou's current class and Brantley would make the the 2nd true DT in the class. There's another but seems like a lightweight- more of an End OLB type.

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I <3 HCDM as much as the next guy

but he needs to change it up. Start telling these recruits that commit, that if they go on any visits then the scholly is off the table. Commit 100% or don’t commit at all.

A Georgetown degree is life's technical foul. - H/T HoyaSuxa
Jim Boeheim is Mick Jagger of college basketball. He gets cooler as he gets older. - Jay Wright

by theNYsportsguy on Jan 30, 2012 8:56 AM EST reply actions

So kids won't commit.

If Marrone comes off as a pr*ck, he’s not going to win too many recruiting battles.

by DanteAmore on Jan 30, 2012 9:33 AM EST up reply actions

Plus

I’m sure these guys are committing 100% at the time. You just can’t sign until certain dates, so nothing is binding until the ink goes on the paper.

This is gonna happen, and we’re gonna get kids from other schools the same way. Sucks when it goes against you, but that’s part of the game.

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by Lots of Pulp on Jan 30, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed, but we can always hate hard too

Since the early 1990's I have not been able to get Mike Hopkins' bloody face out of my brain. I don't remember what game it was but I'll never forget that as my first memory of SU basketball. Mike Hopkins, bloody face, bloody nose, all for the love of Syracuse.

by JFerg393 on Jan 30, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions

Its a 17 year old kid

and SU is not an attractive option. If a 17 year old kid from a divorced family has mom offer him a used civic, and dad offers them a new 3 series, who does the kid got and live with? Doesnt matter how good moms cooking is

May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.

by ryanwk628 on Jan 31, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions

Hope mizzou doesnt think they can compete with the top of the sec by stealing three stars from cuse...

You keep chanting one more year, I thought college was four years

by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 30, 2012 10:17 AM EST reply actions

Agreed

that guy wouldn’t even dress for LSU

by cuselaw on Jan 30, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions

Ouch,

losing recruits to Mizzou.

SU 97

by nleary66 on Jan 30, 2012 11:21 AM EST reply actions

its all part of the game

really sucks..and yes we could go and trash this kid on the internet. BUT, we all have to remember these are 18 year old kids who are making a decision for themselves, not for us fans. i love HCDM and love where this program is headed with the FL recruits and some under the radar guys that will be studs

by eaiOrange on Jan 30, 2012 11:24 AM EST reply actions

Have you seen our facilities...

We are the Cleveland Indians from the Major League Movie. Honestly, you cant expect Marrone to get elite recruits when we have high school grade facilities (or worse).

When did we start getting in the convos with EVERY elite basketball recruit, when Melo center was built. Thats no coincidence.

by OrangeinJersey on Jan 30, 2012 12:06 PM EST reply actions

it also helped when Laurie Fine stopped hitting on the recruits.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy. I'm the magical man from. Happyland in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Laaane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

by stumpycuse on Jan 30, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions