What is today, isn't tomorrow

We recently cruised the Save Mart Center message board at the BarkBoard.com and one poster was lamenting the lack of Bulldog recruiting news vis-a-vis the other WAC teams. Paul George's name came up and we thought it important to post a reminder about his roundabout journey through RecruitingLand. It wasn't necessarily typical but it demonstrates the fluidity of recruiting and how situations change.

George is out of the Palmdale area, a bit out of the way of recruiting mecca (Los Angeles). He initially gave a verbal commitment to Kerry Keating and Santa Clara.

Then Vance Walberg was hired at Pepperdine and the wooing commenced to keep him in southern California.

It worked. George broke up with the Broncos and agreed to become a Walberg Wave, committing in early November 2007 and then signing.

Walberg abruptly resigned in mid-January 2008.

George asked for his release soon after and come April 15, 2008, George wedded himself to Steve Cleveland and Fresno State.

All credit certainly goes to Cleveland for landing George -- it was some unusual circumstances that led to his availability.