Hilltopper413
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WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Jonathan Dowling a class of 2010 safety just committed to the Tops after leaving Florida!
He was the number one safety in the class and no. 10 overall prospect according to ESPN last year.
ESPN 5 STAR!!
Coming to WKU
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12-16-2010 05:28 PM |
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JohnnyRed
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
wtf
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12-16-2010 06:40 PM |
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MG61
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Wish you guys luck ! :odie:
When he was kicked off the team in November, sources said it was because he also missed classes, team study periods and was disrespectful to people on staff in the athletic department. He also clashed repeatedly with Heater
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12-16-2010 06:48 PM |
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TroyFootball05
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 06:48 PM)MG61 Wrote: Wish you guys luck ! :odie:
When he was kicked off the team in November, sources said it was because he also missed classes, team study periods and was disrespectful to people on staff in the athletic department. He also clashed repeatedly with Heater
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12-16-2010 06:55 PM |
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FIUFanatic
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Wow! Congrats on landing such a high profile kid....Amazing.
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2010 07:01 PM by FIUFanatic.)
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12-16-2010 07:00 PM |
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TeKERaider
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 07:00 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: Wow! Congrats on landing such a high profile kid....Amazing.
Yeah I can't believe troy let this one get away
Now I see why Troy fans always regard WKU as such stiff competition.
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12-16-2010 07:33 PM |
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JohnnyRed
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
The only logical reasoning for this is that WKU recruiters watched Pony Excess last Saturday night.
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12-16-2010 07:36 PM |
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Hilltopper413
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Dowling is originally from Bradenton, FL where one of our assistants was a high school coach and where Taggart played HS football. We have established a Bradenton pipeline since they took the reigns.
In another article that I read on Dowling (can't remember where) it mentioned that he acknowledged the fact that he was immature and could have handled things differently while at Florida.
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12-16-2010 07:54 PM |
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TeKERaider
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 07:54 PM)Hilltopper413 Wrote: Dowling is originally from Bradenton, FL where one of our assistants was a high school coach and where Taggart played HS football. We have established a Bradenton pipeline since they took the reigns.
In another article that I read on Dowling (can't remember where) it mentioned that he acknowledged the fact that he was immature and could have handled things differently while at Florida.
Well I'm sure he'll be fine then.
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12-16-2010 09:29 PM |
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dahbeed
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 09:29 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: (12-16-2010 07:54 PM)Hilltopper413 Wrote: Dowling is originally from Bradenton, FL where one of our assistants was a high school coach and where Taggart played HS football. We have established a Bradenton pipeline since they took the reigns.
In another article that I read on Dowling (can't remember where) it mentioned that he acknowledged the fact that he was immature and could have handled things differently while at Florida.
Well I'm sure he'll be fine then.
heyzues cristo on a unicycle.....
anybody but a muts fan can say something after your high profile year long embarrassment with your broyle dunson wannabe.
let him get here and get busted nationally for stealing from nursing home residents before we throw him under the bus.
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12-16-2010 10:42 PM |
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TeKERaider
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 10:42 PM)dahbeed Wrote: (12-16-2010 09:29 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: (12-16-2010 07:54 PM)Hilltopper413 Wrote: Dowling is originally from Bradenton, FL where one of our assistants was a high school coach and where Taggart played HS football. We have established a Bradenton pipeline since they took the reigns.
In another article that I read on Dowling (can't remember where) it mentioned that he acknowledged the fact that he was immature and could have handled things differently while at Florida.
Well I'm sure he'll be fine then.
heyzues cristo on a unicycle.....
anybody but a muts fan can say something after your high profile year long embarrassment with your broyle dunson wannabe.
let him get here and get busted nationally for stealing from nursing home residents before we throw him under the bus.
you forgot the word allegedly.
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12-16-2010 10:47 PM |
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Risky signing by WKU. KIids got tons of issues. High Risk High Reward.
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12-16-2010 11:23 PM |
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RaiderATO
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 10:42 PM)dahbeed Wrote: let him get here and get busted nationally for stealing from nursing home residents before we throw him under the bus.
He took a loan, and paid it back. On time.
Feel free to moan about him gambling on poker games.
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12-16-2010 11:31 PM |
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trojanbrutha
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 07:33 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: (12-16-2010 07:00 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: Wow! Congrats on landing such a high profile kid....Amazing.
Yeah I can't believe troy let this one get away
Now I see why Troy fans always regard WKU as such stiff competition.
They are definitely tougher than you guys, 5 star or not...
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12-17-2010 08:35 AM |
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Hemi Man
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-16-2010 07:33 PM)TeKERaider Wrote: (12-16-2010 07:00 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: Wow! Congrats on landing such a high profile kid....Amazing.
Yeah I can't believe troy let this one get away
Now I see why Troy fans always regard WKU as such stiff competition.
Your Poker face is showing!!!!!
Nice job WKU on landing what looks to be a stud.
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12-17-2010 09:56 AM |
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Hope he's turned the corner and becomes a leader and not a seed.
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12-17-2010 10:43 AM |
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trojanbrutha
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Looks like our raider fan has learned a little sql trick...hmmmm
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2010 01:12 PM by trojanbrutha.)
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12-17-2010 12:59 PM |
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TeKERaider
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-17-2010 12:59 PM)trojanbrutha Wrote: Looks like our raider fan has learned a little sql trick...hmmmm
learned a what?
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12-17-2010 04:08 PM |
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InjunJohn
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
Interesting quote from Dowling:
After committing to Western Kentucky over the weekend, though, Dowling told Rivals.com that it came down to a conflict with his position coach, Chuck Heater.
“I don’t do everything right,” Dowling told Rivals. “I’m not an angel, but I feel like they could’ve done a lot more things to help me instead of trying to break me down. That was a lot of problems I got into with my position coach. With him, it was never, ‘Good play, you did good,’ it was always, ‘Why the ‘F’ did you do this or why did you do that?’ There were never positive things coming from him. For the first time in my life, that affected me and made me not like football. I had to get away from that.”
Dowling admitted to skipping practice.
He was dismissed and didn't quit so there is a bit more to this than a disagreement with the position coach. More than likely, he hasn't been under that kind of pressure before and probably mouthed off more than once. Missing practice is a big no-no. Who knows what else?
Hopefully he gets his collective act together and WKU has a "good get." If not, I could see some trouble for the WKU coaching staff.
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2010 04:17 PM by InjunJohn.)
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12-17-2010 04:15 PM |
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RE: WKU football gets ESPN 5-star recruit
(12-17-2010 04:15 PM)InjunJohn Wrote: Interesting quote from Dowling:
After committing to Western Kentucky over the weekend, though, Dowling told Rivals.com that it came down to a conflict with his position coach, Chuck Heater.
“I don’t do everything right,” Dowling told Rivals. “I’m not an angel, but I feel like they could’ve done a lot more things to help me instead of trying to break me down. That was a lot of problems I got into with my position coach. With him, it was never, ‘Good play, you did good,’ it was always, ‘Why the ‘F’ did you do this or why did you do that?’ There were never positive things coming from him. For the first time in my life, that affected me and made me not like football. I had to get away from that.”
Dowling admitted to skipping practice.
He was dismissed and didn't quit so there is a bit more to this than a disagreement with the position coach. More than likely, he hasn't been under that kind of pressure before and probably mouthed off more than once. Missing practice is a big no-no. Who knows what else?
Hopefully he gets his collective act together and WKU has a "good get." If not, I could see some trouble for the WKU coaching staff.
Whole lot of blaming other people going on...
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12-17-2010 04:18 PM |
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