Dawson was a high ranked LB from Boyle County Kentucky that went Hollywood to USC spurning the efforts of his ex coach Smith who was UKs LB coach to recruit him. Just another of the high rated instate players that UK seems to have difficulty keeping in state.
Please be Respectful to Damien Harris
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I sat by him at the Blue White game. Courteous young man.
Also talked to his mother for about five minutes at the QB club with his little sister (cute as a button) tugging at my UK coat.
These are fine people folks with a major decision to make. I wish him well whatever his decision is and hope the best for him.
Good post OP.
Lou
Also talked to his mother for about five minutes at the QB club with his little sister (cute as a button) tugging at my UK coat.
These are fine people folks with a major decision to make. I wish him well whatever his decision is and hope the best for him.
Good post OP.
Lou
So you don't think he is as good as Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, Derrick Henry or TJ Yeldon because all of those guys got significant PT at Bama as freshman and none of them were rated as the #1 RB in their class?
I don't know if you realize but what you and others saying the same thing is disrespectful do Damien. If he is truly the best RB in the class he will see significant PT regardless of where he goes to school.
Look, I want him at UK. I think he picks UK but I don't want him to pick UK because he thinks he will play more at UK than Bama. If I'm the top rated player at my position then I welcome competition because I have the self-confidence to know that I will prevail.
Any comparison here to Jalen Hurd and Tennessee? Grew up close to Knoxville. 5 star running back. Went to UT who had not been to a bowl game since 2009 and had a losing record in consecutive years. Had a great game in leading UT to their bowl win over Iowa. Just saying.......
We had him till Saban and Bama stepped in , can't blame Harris for going there. Good Luck Damien !
I want him to be a Cat, but wish him the best whatever he chooses. I just hope this is not like the debacle several years ago with the UL QB who kept tempting us while all along there was no question as to where he was going.
This has to be a difficult decision for the young man and his family. I wish him the best in life either way.
GO CATS
This has to be a difficult decision for the young man and his family. I wish him the best in life either way.
GO CATS
I think that it is slim to none the he will end up a Cat. If he chose to come here he would be a difference maker for the up and coming Kentucky program and become a special player that would be looked up to for the rest of his life. Tim Couch will never be forgotten. At Bama he will just become another five star player lost into the sea of the very best players that Alabama routinely signs. If he chooses Kentucky it will be the tougher road for him,but in the end he will become a hero within the State. If he chooses Alabama he will become another talented player just like the thousands that played there before him. Tough choice.
Not a tough choice! I'm a Kentuckian with all it glory and responsibility. If I don't like what it has to offer I can change it or run off and take care of my own interest. Thats fine I don't begrudge those that want to be part of something else but I also don't waste effort or heap praise on them because what I pull for has so much to offer.
Of course I will be respectful. I will be cheering for him with the other 55 thousand at the renovated Commonwealth every Saturday for the next 2-3 years (when he moves on to the NFL!)
Go Cats!
Go Cats!
Excellent post....It is so arrogant for people like the OP to talk down to posters and TELL THEM how to feel about a situation. I'll be angry as hell if Harris picks Bama over UK. That is a knife to the heart of our program. Harris is crucial for us taking the next step as a program. OP, don't talk down to us and tell us how to feel about an in-state player possibly leaving to play elsewhere....
I care about UK.
If he goes to alabama he will fall into a shuffle at running back. SABAN probably won't allow him to speak for at least a year. At UK he is the man, around friends and family, and puts an actual stamp on a program. He will be a nobody at BAMA until sometime after his sophomore season.
If he goes to BAMA, I will be the first to forget him. Screw ill will; try no will.
If he goes to alabama he will fall into a shuffle at running back. SABAN probably won't allow him to speak for at least a year. At UK he is the man, around friends and family, and puts an actual stamp on a program. He will be a nobody at BAMA until sometime after his sophomore season.
If he goes to BAMA, I will be the first to forget him. Screw ill will; try no will.
Things are looking better!!
For those who remember...remember Alex Poythress commitment. That's all I'll say.
For those who remember...remember Alex Poythress commitment. That's all I'll say.
Lesson For Football Fans
First of all Harris is very likely Bama bound. So instead of spending the next several days trashing him or whatever, let's just appreciate our home grown KY kids who never waivered and were very proud to come to the University of Kentucky. Kids that are committed to changing the program. Let's move forward and appreciate the extremely talented KY men and other great players in the making we have on this team. I wish Mr. Harris the best. Now lets go get another running back. Let me tell you, Boom Williams is going to be a consistent game changer.
First of all Harris is very likely Bama bound. So instead of spending the next several days trashing him or whatever, let's just appreciate our home grown KY kids who never waivered and were very proud to come to the University of Kentucky. Kids that are committed to changing the program. Let's move forward and appreciate the extremely talented KY men and other great players in the making we have on this team. I wish Mr. Harris the best. Now lets go get another running back. Let me tell you, Boom Williams is going to be a consistent game changer.
Harris is already a Kentucky Wildcat. This was sealed up last spring. When he makes it official here in a few minutes I hope all you haters and doubters eat that bowl of crow.
1 million percent Kentucky bound. GO BIG BLUE
1 million percent Kentucky bound. GO BIG BLUE
He is a great player and kid but EVERY great player in any state in any sport ALWAYS keeps his home state as a choice. My complaint is he spent so much time at UK so if he were going to Bama which I understand then why not sever ties way back. No he didnt just choose Bama either . Sure he has known for some time.
I won't be bitter or mean spirited to him, but at this point, he is now the enemy. I know we hang on Bama's junk for some reason, but they are the absolute enemy just like every other SEC team. We need to quit wishing them well, quit wishing their players well, and focus on beating them. Until we do that, we will never best them on the field.
But it's still not over, Stoops won't give up u til signing day, so we shall see.
But it's still not over, Stoops won't give up u til signing day, so we shall see.
Give it up for MSHS students for being classy enough to cheer.
I would have done an announcement a little differently (25 miles away from my state university where ~95% of those in attendance are likely fans of that school) to select a conference rival of said school, but again, I'm not 18. Chalk it up to lack of awareness, I guess.
I would have done an announcement a little differently (25 miles away from my state university where ~95% of those in attendance are likely fans of that school) to select a conference rival of said school, but again, I'm not 18. Chalk it up to lack of awareness, I guess.
Got the opposite of the lottery numbers for tonight?
This is the problem with Kentucky fans. We have been so crappy for so long and yet here we come running our mouth every year/recruitment/game.
The fact is, the only mouth running this fan base needs to do, is to the administration until they can see to it that this program does something that we haven't done in the past 30 years (while duke, vandy, kansas, North Carolina, etc. Have). And that's get to a winning conference record.
