OL Brian Beaudette (Newport Harbor High, CA) - Walk-On?

[MrMustang1965]

Brian Beaudette, 6' 259 lbs. OL from Newport Harbor High in California. Named Newport Harbor Male Athlete of the Year for 2006-2007. Will be starting in the Orange County All-Star Football game on July 13th at Orange Coast College as a member of the South team.

"It's going to be an intense game because for some of these guys it might be their last football game," said Beaudette, adding that he'll try to walk on the Southern Methodist University football team next year. "Dallas here I come."

Also a member of the Newport Harbor Wrestling Team that made it to the California state finals this year.

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007 ... udette.txt

[BUS]

Put 30 pounds on this guy and make him a DT.

Big MEN, Not yet but maybe.

[PonyPride]

Now BUS, how did I guess you'd perk up at the mention of a lineman who's on his high school wrestling team?

[mrydel]

Actually I think he is a wrestler who is on the high school football team. If I read it right his forte is wrestling and it was that for which he was named male athlete of the year.

Any idea as to how many males there are in Newport Harbor?

I like wrestlers on the line. They tend to have good leverage ability and can compete on an even level with bigger players in many cases.

Any idea as to why he is coming to SMU?

[MrMustang1965]

Any idea as to why he is coming to SMU?

SMU is very attractive to kids from California.

[Grider]

We'll leave the light on for him

[jtstang]

Any idea as to why he is coming to SMU?

SMU is very attractive to kids from California.

Yeah, plenty of California kids hate nice weather, beaches, mountains and hot chicks.

[mrydel]

Any idea as to why he is coming to SMU?

SMU is very attractive to kids from California.

Yeah, plenty of California kids hate nice weather, beaches, mountains and hot chicks.

If I am walking on, I want to be able to easily walk off if I am not happy. There has to be an SMU tie in somewhere. And that is a good thing.

[MrMustang1965]

Any idea as to why he is coming to SMU?

SMU is very attractive to kids from California.

Yeah, plenty of California kids hate nice weather, beaches, mountains and hot chicks.

It ain't the weather, geography or women, jt. It's the school. As you have said - more than once - an SMU degree is highly respected in the business world.

[OC Mustang]

SMU fits their expectation of going to a private school w/ a regal feel that is away from home.

And for some, it might be the only time in their lives that they don't live in nice weather, dry and comfy most of the time, with mountains and oceans and beaches, etc.

Orange County, particularly the communities in South OC, are where most of the kids come from in CA. And a little known fact, at least 4 years ago when I last checked, outside of the DFW area, there are more alums (raw number) in LA/OC than any other area in country, including Houston, Austin, New York, Atlanta, and Wash DC.

Newport Harbor is the main public school in Newport...Sage Prep is the main private school (who, if anybody recalls Mary Sarver of the B-School, she was Sage's original fundraiser). Mission Viejo is another good sized area, as is Laguna Hills (Nellie Gail), Laguna Beach, Newport Coast, Corona Del Mar, Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza, Foothill Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, and maybe Irvine. I can think of at least one SMU type or more from each of those areas. And at least one (Nellie Gail) big house overlooking the 5 freeway flies the SMU flag year-round.
My son played Pop Warner with a kid from San Clemente, who, according to his Theta mother, will go to SMU if she has her way. So they are there...you just have to sift through the USC and UCLA drivel.

[MrMustang1965]

Thanks, OC! I knew you'd have an 'insider perspective' on the California/SMU pipeline. Also, one of the most popular sororities in California (particularly at USC, another Methodist-based private school) is Delta Gamma. That's why the majority of the California girls at SMU 'rush' DG.

[RE Tycoon]

I went from CA, to Dallas...the women aren't the problem at SMU. The scenery around Dallas that's not wearing a dress is pretty bland, but what attracted me to SMU was the campus, it felt like a college campus should feel. My decision came down to USC and SMU, and a part from a building here and there, USC's campus sucks, not to mention the surroundings.

[smupony94]

Thanks, OC! I knew you'd have an 'insider perspective' on the California/SMU pipeline. Also, one of the most popular sororities in California (particularly at USC, another Methodist-based private school) is Delta Gamma. That's why the majority of the California girls at SMU 'rush' DG.

Um 65, you obviously have not been around that chapter in awhile

[Grider]

mmmmmm...DG's

[MrMustang1965]

Thanks, OC! I knew you'd have an 'insider perspective' on the California/SMU pipeline. Also, one of the most popular sororities in California (particularly at USC, another Methodist-based private school) is Delta Gamma. That's why the majority of the California girls at SMU 'rush' DG.

Um 65, you obviously have not been around that chapter in awhile

um94...you obviously don't have a wife who is a DG alum from the SMU chapter and knows these things.