| 07 February 2011
I was trying my best to not catch "Clowney Fever", a documented viral epidemic that has been taking down the NCAA media, one writer at a time. This is partly because I don't like to circulate hearsay (unless it is really really funny), but mostly because I know Jadeveon has grown weary of the whole process and media circus that goes with it ... and I have a very good feeling I will be working next to him
for the next couple of years ... so I have no desire to make his life more difficult than it already has been.
However, I do have an anonymous "man in the know", who is very close to Jadeveon, and today he passed along some great information.
First, an unconfirmed rumor had been circulating that Clowney would unofficially be taking an unofficial
visit to Clemson this week, unofficially.
This rumor unofficially got under my skin a tad because if you have been keeping up, I have been unofficially suspicious of Clemson's recruiting practices since they inexplicably picked up four 5-star recruits on Signing Day.
Also, Jadeveon had mentioned during his ESPN interview that he had a good visit to Clemson.
The rumor appeared to have been unofficially true, as today, Clowney officially canceled this unofficial visit.
The other unofficial rumor was that Clowney was now considering Oregon, and that he will be making an official visit there this weekend. This is not only false, it is stupid. Officially.
...and then there were two...
Well, maybe not.
Yesterday, as most people were caught up in the Super Bowl, Clowney's coach Bobby Carroll was unofficially talking to the media. Coach Carroll confirmed the same feeling I got during Clowney's ESPN interview on Signing Day, that Clowney's interest in Alabama had been slowly dwindling.
Carroll also alluded to the fact that the unofficial superstar had his mind unofficially made up already.
Of course, Clowney's coach did not reveal his decision, but earlier this afternoon, I received this text from my unofficial "man in the know":
"I realize that this is becoming stalker-ish, but Clowney wore Gamecock gear [to school] today"
I am not going to officially or unofficially start any rumors, but unofficially, I would say that Jadeveon Clowney's unofficial list is down to South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina, Clemson, and South Carolina.
Unofficially, of course.
