DJK - of those schools, are they all recruiting him as a qb - i thought i saw that some of the higher bcs schools were offering him as an athlete and not sure where he may land but is an obvious talent regardless.....He has said that he wants to go somewhere where he can play QB. Iowa has already said they will give him a chance there first. Many of the other offers coming in are either as an athlete or on the defensive side of the ball. I think Bama is interested in having him play strong safety or maybe even OLB eventually.
SH - My original post is not different - like you say, he has a lot of ties to the hawks and UofI. But, i'm not sure how thats any different then the Barnes situation, because he has a lot of ties to ISU so why are the two completely different situations?
I could say that ISU has a better shot at getting Barnes then EIU does at getting Derby - but realistically, both have a chance, just not a great chance. Derby has had family member's quoted as saying Iowa is the favorite even though he won't say that now himself. The same cannot be said for Barnes. Barnes is a higher profile target for the "big" programs basically because b-ball teams usually only bring in 1-3 players per year whereas a football team might bring in 3 qb's in any given year, not too mention athletes and safeties, etc.
But, to me, with these type of athletes, the allure of being on one of the top teams in the nation and playing for the national title excludes the hawks and cyclones......and these kids end up going somewhere else like Duke, UNC, USC, FLORIDA....and can you blame them....NO!!!!
