4* LB (according to 247) will announce Friday at 4 his decision. Tech is a finalist.
According to his coach, Lawrence Central (Indianapolis, IN) senior LB Brandon Lee will announce his commitment at 4 pm EST on Fri., Nov. 8.— Chris Horne (@ChrisHorneSW) November 5, 2013
California, Louisville, Missouri, and Virginia Tech are the four finalists for Lee, a 6'3", 225-pound prospect.— Chris Horne (@ChrisHorneSW) November 5, 2013
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All 247 predictors are going with Louisville. They have been wrong before though.
Hoping for a surprise!
Yeah but all of those are from before August, I think we are in great shape here, just worried about mizzou. But he could play right away here, with all these young DB's.
I would normally agree - but the last L'ville one was yesterday. He also just visited Mizzou.
He visited us for UNC, so that is a good point though.
Actually he visited us for Duke.
247 has him visiting on Oct. 5th - an official visit. 247 Timeline
If he took an unofficial visit for Duke- I could not find it.
EDIT: I found where he visited us for Duke as well. TSL calls it his official. Not sure which is correct- but if he came to campus twice from Indianapolis that is a great sign.
Yeah he was originally supposed to visit Oct. 5 but moved it to Oct. 26. I guess 247 forgot to change it.
Lee
Come on, let Bud Foster mold you!!!
Into a weapons-grade Hokie!
He has a chance to get immediate playing time. Chase Williams will be the mike, but I don't think Clarke is a lock at backer, especially after getting in trouble this year. He could be very good (think a poor man's Adibi... very athletic yet still strong enough to take on blocking at the point of attack), but he is still very raw.
I'm on board. There are few players I enjoyed watching play as much as Adibi.
If he is like Adibi - I am excited.
Also- I might have been wrong! Blankenbaker (what a name) founded TheCrunchZone.com a Louisville site that is pretty nice.
Brandon Lee has a killer instinct. I believe he will want to play for VT's defense. It is where he can be the star he was made to be. Come to Hokie Nation Brandon, and fullfill your destiny.
Let the UVA hate flow through you.
+1 for the picture. But your signature has the cheer wrong. We're from Division E. Even though no such thing has existed in a very long time.
Well, this is what I said when I was in and I'll be damned if I'll change now! LOL.
Sorry for the lack of clarity. Clarke is similar to a poor man's Adibi. I can not say I have watched film on Lee yet.
So, after that, I decided to watch Lee. His size would target him for the backer position, but he plays a spot very similar to the whip in high school. He excels taking quarterback on the read option, keeping just enough distance to force the QB to keep, and then having the closing speed to make the tackle once he commits. He looks very solid is zone coverage and appears to be comfortable aligned back in the normal whip alignment as well as the 4-4 on the line at the edge alignment.
The proliferation of spread offenses make it unlikely, but I still fondly remember the days of the big whip linebackers creating havoc.
We can only hope and pray.
I could really use this commitment right now.
JC Shurburtt has predicted him to go to Tech along with Evan Watkins. The rest have him either going to Missouri or Louisville.
This would make me happy.
Hokies need LB's.
This. And angry Frank. Hokies NEED angry Frank.
Foster can turn just about anyone into a great LB if they meet the minimum physical requirements, are smart, and have the necessary drive.
If you gave him a player who is very athletic as well as having the other two traits, Foster could create a monster. See: Adibi.
The 247 Crystal Ball has him at 71% Missouri but the two smartest people IMO when it comes to predictions (Shurburtt and Watkins) both have him going to Tech.
How recent are the Schurburtt and Watkins predictions?
Yesterday. Looks like a lot of the 247 guys are flipping their picks. Most had Louisville, but yesterday pretty much everyone flipped. Most say Mizzou.
Looked like Evan changed his only after seeing Schuburtts. So I see that as one prediction, not two.
I'm thrilled if any kid decides to don the O&M. I just hope if he picks us tomorrow, he'll pick us again on his LOI.
Have a good feeling about Lee....
Woah, like 3 guys who predicted him to Mizzou earlier in the week have switched their prediction to Tech. Like our chances all of a sudden.
Personally, I find how 247 does their predictions silly. It's just a competition among all of the contributors to have the highest rating and accuracy. So people who may not know anything about a recruit and may not have followed his recruitment at all will weigh in so they can get credit. So everyone should probably calm down a little about people changing their Crystal Ball predictions because in the end, the decision will come at 4 from Lee, not from what the Crystal Ball says. And even then, nothing is set in stone, or rather signed on paper, until February.
Is it silly? Sure. But is my level of excitement a linear function to the predictions indicating that the Hokies will see their insignia atop the head of Mr. Lee in a couple hours? Oh, yes... yes, it is. The Crystal Ball has moved from 40% VT to 65% VT over the last couple of hours... as has my giddiness.
Mr_McHokie, I bestow a turkey leg. Because yes it is silly, sort of like believing in Santa Claus dressed in a Hokie Bird suit with a bag of recruits, bowl invitations, and hot wings, and beer, and chicks.
I always imagined Hell would to manifest itself as an enternity in my 8AM Calc 2015 class. You sir, have given me a new manifestation of Heaven! Does the bag come with crystal footballs?
anyone know what time hes announcing?
in an hour at 4 pm est to my understanding
4pm
It seems to be between us and Mizzou. This guy has kept it close to the vest the whole time on twitter from what I have seen.
The predictions have all of a sudden started trending towards VT last night and today. It really means little considering this guy and how little he has said. I cant remember the last stellar LB we recruited who will 100% play LB lol
This would be huge since we need the LB depth for sure
I bet he would be a good running back
My heart just paused.
Not funny.
I see what you did there. Haha
if he commits someone prepare the Foster Cartwheel meme/gif
CJ Reavis didn't know this guy until he announced his top 5 and now they are basically best friends. If he commits CJ was a huge part of it, yet again.
he should count down by removing schools from his twitter pic one by one
Hope it's foreshadowing that he's wearing #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING
you beat me too it..well done
:( Mizzou
Unfortunately it looks like we didn't get him. Twitter says he's going to Mizzou.
FACKK and we lose one to Missouri.. wonder if SEC had anything to do with it :(
Mizzou.... Damn.
http://missouri.247sports.com/Article/Brandon-Lee-commits-to-Missouri-Ti...
well darn
Ruh-roh.
that sucks. he did it the right way though
Ah well. Best of luck Mr. Lee.
Some people have a much different idea of what's fun than me.
damn it, it was because I made that running back comment
VT recruiting strikes again.
I know this is in poor taste, but I chuckled because he's a ginger.
I watch too much Southpark
Not down-voting this.
My only critique is that while the brain-spray is a nice effect, the hammer and slide never move.
Ginger's are cagey. They are full of tricks trying to get you to lower your guard.
Never let down your guard.
Never Surren...
#bunk
I surrender.
Looking up perspective rocks BTW.
Today I got to ban someone.
I guess when someone gets banned, the post which created the cause for banning goes away? It's kind of hard to follow this section of the thread because what people were commenting on is gone, yet the comments are still there...
Well, the post is still there (the one with all the downvotes), but it looks like Joe removed the offensive content. It was a (faked) graphic GIF, in very poor taste, in my opinion.
He posted a graphic GIF. He also started the "Logan Thomas is the worst QB in VT history" thread immediately following the Boston College loss. That served no purpose other than to burn the house down. Most of his comments were either bitching about something, or pandering for recruiting information. That's not what this site is about.
Just curious, when you ban someone do you just ban the account name and give them the chance to make another or do you take measures to make sure they can't post again?
Banned. I ain't got time for that shit. 99.98% of users here understand how to conduct themselves in a mature manner and have made reading threads extremely enjoyable. The .02% that don't can go elsewhere. (For what it's worth, I give people the benefit of the doubt. I've emailed the doctor before, albeit about another thing, but I don't have the time to monitor folks acting like children.)
I'm a little slow, so Hokienomix?
He gone.
Thanks for confirmation.
Glad you did that. I was completely turned off by that GIF the poster used. Thanks.
why are you always so negative dude? nobody wants to read this.
Seriously though, everyone was so offended by the ginger jokes! I don't get it! I married one, shouldn't I be cannonized by now?
Dang.
Just please don't do anything classless, like send him hate-tweets or the like.
@#$%!!!!!!!!!!
Saw on twitter that he was still not 100% decided last night, so this maybe open later on. But if not best of luck to him at Missouri
Sounds like Brandon is happy with his decision to attend UM and I wish him a healthy, successful collegiate football career and I hope at the end of it he's either in the NFL or in medical school.
As for us, let's find the next 16-year-old to drool over. I mean that in the least creepiest way possible.
I do recall there are some other LBs out there that are VT leans.
Well done, Crystal Ball Projectionists, well done.
we do way better when we arent favored. at everything!
That bodes well for tonight then!
Who knew VT had a pipeline to Indy. Did this start with Darren Evans/Kris Harley? Or did we just decide indiana was ripe for guys to go East?
I think it had been there for a bit. Only strengthened now because of Moorehead.