Interesting comments by Presley...

This way it is going to give a ride to someone who wants to play for Usc, also some of the practice squad guys.

This kid wants to get on the field, and contribute as soon as possible. There is less in his way at ucla. The coaching staff there is top notch, and if he redshifts, he has a chance to play for 3 seasons as the #1 TE. Its a good move for him. I don’t agree with his reasoning about USC. The Trojan football team has worked hard for everything that it has accomplished. I believe that maintaining the level of excellence that USC is currently showing is much more difficult to achieve than pulling ucla out of the 4-8 gutter. The bruins are going to be an 8 or 9 win team in the near future because thats about where they end up historically. The USC has, and probably never will see this type of success again, and that has its own share of problems. USC is on top, and everyone wants to knock us down. I guess Presley didn’t want a target on his back. Another way to look at his decision is that there is no pressure at ucla because just about anything is going to be better than 4-8.

These are quotes from Patrick Hall (RB/CB St. Bonaventure HS, Ventura CA) as told to the rascals at We Are SC dot com. I include this only because of all the buzz surrounding young Mr. Pressley and his weird-ass reasons for de-committing. You’re right ParagonSC, Mr. Pressley prolly “ain’t” really got it. Young Mr. Hall, as you’ll see/read- ABSOLUTELY DOES!

“I’m 100% solid with my commitment,” he said Saturday evening. “It’s my childhood team and now that I have a chance to play there I’m taking it seriously.”

A vital piece to the class of 2009, Hall, who is ranked as one of the top players nationally and within the state of California.

The safety/running back offered his reasons for choosing USC and remaining firm on his commitment.

"I’m pumped," said Hall of his future at USC. "It’s (USC) been my time since I was a little kid. My family loves them and it’s close to home."

As he wore eye-black that spelled out U-S-C, Hall spoke on his expectations as a freshman for the Trojans.

"I’m just going to go in there (USC) and ball," he said looking ahead as his high school career finished up.

The St. Bonaventure Seraphs defeated Cardinal Newman in the Division III State Championship Game Saturday afternoon in front of a large crowd at the Home Depot Center in Carson (CA.).

Hall scored early in the game with a 53 yard touchdown run that began the scoring onslaught for the Ventura team, showing off his blazing speed that has made him such a valuable recruit on the national scene.

After the game, Hall was all smiles as he is now a two-time state champion.

I saw him play in person and was just amazed at his talents. Again, we all want someone that is willing to compete and clearly this kid is afraid of competition he’ll face at USC. I’ll take great attitude over talent anyway. (well as long as attitude comes w/ at least a 4 star rating. jk)

He made a strategic decision that will probably mean an extra season of playing time. No matter how good he is, there is no way he is going to unseat McCoy, or Ayles. Ellison even made some big plays this season. Those players are all way more experienced with the Trojan offense, and will play before Presley no matter what he does at practice.

Presley just made the choice that gets him on the field more often.

but part of it was also UCLA. Presley’s aunt is a professor at UCLA and he grew up a UCLA fan. He committed to USC early because Dorrell and Co. slow played his recruitment and didn’t show a lot of interest early on. If Neuheisel and Chow were on board from the beginning I think Presley would probably have committed to UCLA in the first place. The playing time definitely had something to do with it, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. You guys have plenty of athletes anyways. We need one (or 20) of our own.