Da'Rick Rogers Update

The rumors are swirling like I have never seen in regards to the situation of Da'Rick Rogers. Rogers and Nash Nance arrived in Knoxville last night and will be attending the UT-UF basketball game tonight. Most people do not really what to make of this situation. Personally I think its about 50/50 right now.

To anyone that has not been following the situation here is what has happened. Rogers committed to UGA on 06/09/2009. Rogers did not waiver from his commitment for a year and a half. Within the past two weeks Rogers along with former Vanderbilt commit Nash Nance, Rogers unofficial brother, have started to take visits to Tennessee. Upon hearing of Nance's visit to Tennessee, Vanderbilt withdrew their scholarship to Nance. In the background, Nance's father is the ring leader of all this. He is wanting his son to play for a major D-1 program and has stopped at nothing to make sure that this happens. There have been rumors that Mr. Nance bought a car for Rogers, which has not yet been verified. Rivals and Scout have switched Rogers commitment status from Solid Verbal to Soft Verbal.

On Thursday night Calhoun High School had an awards banquet for the football team and stated which players had received scholarship offers and where they would be attending school. When it came to Rogers he was skipped and nothing was said even though Rogers keeps stating that he is a Bulldog commit. I really do not know what to make of this. Losing Rogers will hurt the class but it will not be the end of UGA football. I do know this pending if Rogers does decommit and goes to UT he will have a bullseye on his chest everytime he plays against us. This will not bode well  for Rogers when you have Jakar "THE HITMAN" Hamilton lurking in the secondary.

Nash Nance Commits to Tennessee

It has just been released that Nash Nance has committed to Tennessee. This is very interesting for Georgia fans because Nance is the unofficial brother of Georgia commit Da'Rick Rogers. Rogers and Nance were both at Tennessee on an offical visit last weekend. The rumors flying around are that Nance and Rogers are a package deal. So one has to really wonder now that Nance is committed to Tennessee if Rogers will go back on his commitment to Georgia and switch to Tennessee. Their are some questions you have to ask now of this situation. Since Nance has already came out and committed to Tennessee why has Rogers not officially came out and switched yet? This is good for Georgia fans because hopefully Rogers is still committed and will not be switching. You have to wonder, Rogers came out and said that the reason he took the visit to Tennessee is that he never took any visits to any other schools after he committed and Georgia and was just wanting to see what he missed. So is this true or he is really thinking about jumping ship? Rogers might just be enjoying all the attention and his still committed to UGA but is relishing being able to keep both schools on the edge of their seat. Personally I have to question Rogers I am Georgia fan and am not sure anymore if I even want a recruit who is not 100% committed to UGA. If Rogers is doing this just to do it then you have to wonder about him overall.

Da'Rick Rogers Still Commited?

The top commit for Georgia Da'Rick Rogers has pretty much officially opened the door and is taking offers from other schools, namely the Tennessee Volunteers. Rogers took an official visit this past weekend to Knoxville and seemed like he was quite impressed with the staff the Derek Dooley has put together here is what he had to say:

“It was good, I enjoyed it. I learned a lot. They have a lot of new staff, so I learned a lot about the new coaches and got a good feel of them. I got to know a lot about new receivers coach Charlie Baggett and Coach Dooley.”

Rogers took the visit with his best friend and quarterback Nash Nance. Rogers is the unofficially adopted brother of Nance. Nance who is committed to Vanderbilt was the one who talked Rogers into going on the visit with him. Tennessee has figured out that if they can pull Nance away from Vanderbilt then they can probably pull Rogers away from UGA and let the two play together in Knoxville. On a side note it has been confirmed that Nance's father recently bought a car for Rogers. One has to wonder how much pull the father has over Rogers now. Rumors is that Nance's father is trying to get them both at UT. Now if this is true and Nance's father is trying to work out a combo deal with Tennessee where is the line drawn and when should the NCAA step in and say something about the car being bought for Rogers. These are just some thoughts on the situation.