From the WTF Files: Top Recruit Switches from USC to Fresno State?!

Help me wrap my mind around this one, football fiends.

The No. 1 punter recruit in the nation, Matt Darr, decommitted from USC today. OK, fine. Where’d he go?

Not Notre Dame. Not UCLA. Not Florida or Ohio State or Nebraska or Oregon or Texas. Not Utah or Boise State or TCU.

He chose Fresno State.

Ironically, this is USC Coach Lane Kiffin’s alma mater.

Does this make sense to ANYONE?! Seriously! OK, sure, USC has possible (likely) pending NCAA sanctions.

But even so, when it comes time for Darr’s NFL draft, teams aren’t going to be looking at postseason or lack of postseason play. They are going to be looking at stats.

And USC needs a punter of the Tom Malone school of crazy awesome.

Darr’s defection dropped USC’s 2010 recruiting class from 14th to 21st according to Scout.com 's rankings. Punters don’t even score freaking points.

I don’t get it. But I doubt this kid is as special as he thinks he is. If he were, he’d have honored his commitment to USC, not run scared (I assume) from all a big program in a big city (facing possible big sanctions) offers.

ETA: It has been pointed out to me that I must give the scoop on this to my friend RS. Fine. There you go pal. What can I say, I am busy UNPACKING my stuff. Why do I have so many books again?

-Your Gridiron Goddess who now must go back to unpacking her new Los Angeles apartment