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WR from Richardson (Pearce). Yes, he's Coach Gush's son. Supposed to be pretty good according to a friend who has seen Pearce play Berkner a couple of times. His picture on Rivals looks like he's heavier than that.
6-0, 161, 4.45
2 stars, 5.4 on rivals.
Rumor has it he has offers from Colorado State and Utah, too, but Rivals reports only an SMU offer.

I guess that's more of an offer to come play here, not a scholarship offer. Since his dad works here, he would already attend for free , right?

Grider wrote:I guess that's more of an offer to come play here, not a scholarship offer. Since his dad works here, he would already attend for free , right?

That is correct. This is a case where the coach can even buy him a car to entice him to come if necessary.

would that count against our football limit like signing a dual sport athlete. Not sure if I remember that coming up since the days of Billy Allen.

Stallion wrote:would that count against our football limit like signing a dual sport athlete. Not sure if I remember that coming up since the days of Billy Allen.

It is my understanding it counts as a walk on. I do not know how a walk on counts against the limit.

Bennett (now), Rossely (90's) believe they count as walk-ons

I know that's how the university treats them - I'm a son of a faculty member-but the NCAA has special rules redesignating certain classifications of players as counting against scholarship limits.

Don't forget Dement's kid, too. I am pretty sure they don't count against the scholarship limit.

SMU Football Blog wrote:Don't forget Dement's kid, too. I am pretty sure they don't count against the scholarship limit.

Good thing he and Rhonda were not married back then. The kid could have counted against the mens and womens teams.

Should get him!

mrydel wrote:

Grider wrote:I guess that's more of an offer to come play here, not a scholarship offer. Since his dad works here, he would already attend for free , right?

That is correct. This is a case where the coach can even buy him a car to entice him to come if necessary.

That's nothing. I heard his dad did a load of laundry and threw some burgers on the grill at his house last weekend.

Thanks — was waiting for that last line to come up.

If I remember correctly, Mick Rossley was a full scholarship guy, and I hear Jordan Gush has been offered that, as well. Mike Dement, Jr., and Sam Bennett, I believe, were walk-ons. Why they differentiate between the two, I'm not sure.

I've seen Jordan play twice. I didn't realize he was that fast, but he is elusive, losing defenders with very sharp breaks, and seems to have fantastic hands, from what I could tell. He caught everything near him, as I recall, in the games I saw. I also remember seeing him make a really nice one-handed catch in warm-ups, for whatever that's worth. This guy can really catch the ball.

Am I sensing an "American Hero" replacement? He is a senior you know.

smupony wrote:Am I sensing an "American Hero" replacement? He is a senior you know.

Absolutely not. Name doesn't work. The next American Hero at SMU will undobutedly be Rock Dennis. You may recall he was introduced in Zack Sledge American Hero, Series 2 Issue 6, as a special forces squad leader under Zack Sledge's command in the jungles inland from the Mekong Delta just before the fall of Saigon. He successfully led his squad against an full company of VC forces and was credited for saving an entire village of innocent civilian refugees while being captured for his trouble. Of course, in Issue 7 the American Hero springs him from that hell....

Thad really needs to option this stuff for the big screen.