The traffic out that way is no joke. I knew it would be bad. Took me close to two hours of drive time and I had to detour on 192. The commitment was from an Airbnb home next to Champions Gate off Highway 27 in Davenport.
I got there around 5:30 or so. I was getting nervous because my Verizon signal was really bad out there, good thing they had wifi or else it might have been a whiff. I'm not sure how John's IG looked.
There were a few people from 247 and On3 there (no idea who they were). There was a Florida recruiting guy there, maybe 247? Chris Hays (Sentinel), Brian Smith (SI) and John Santucci (USA Today) also were there. We all interviewed John outside afterward which wasn't on the live stream (I'll post that soon).
What did I know and when did I know it? I heard this past Saturday that it was going to happen, but you always wonder how these things are gonna go. I really dislike those Crystal Balls, this would have been a lot more fun if it wasn't essentially spoiled in advance.
Biggest commit in UCF history? I think it is, just in terms of his elite-level status and the teams UCF beat to land him. Daunte Culpepper's commitment was pre-internet, I'm not even sure how that one transpired exactly.
Here's a few photos of the event:
I got there around 5:30 or so. I was getting nervous because my Verizon signal was really bad out there, good thing they had wifi or else it might have been a whiff. I'm not sure how John's IG looked.
There were a few people from 247 and On3 there (no idea who they were). There was a Florida recruiting guy there, maybe 247? Chris Hays (Sentinel), Brian Smith (SI) and John Santucci (USA Today) also were there. We all interviewed John outside afterward which wasn't on the live stream (I'll post that soon).
What did I know and when did I know it? I heard this past Saturday that it was going to happen, but you always wonder how these things are gonna go. I really dislike those Crystal Balls, this would have been a lot more fun if it wasn't essentially spoiled in advance.
Biggest commit in UCF history? I think it is, just in terms of his elite-level status and the teams UCF beat to land him. Daunte Culpepper's commitment was pre-internet, I'm not even sure how that one transpired exactly.
Here's a few photos of the event:
