So news breaks this week that touted RB James Montgomery of Cal is leaving Berkeley. Lots of talk about the reasons, but mainly, he’s not happy at Cal. And of course, the usual connect-the-dots nature has many Seattle scribes placing Montgomery at UW, the school he originally committed to but ultimately changed his mind. But in the words of Lee Corso….NOT so fast my friend!
Guess who is elbowing their way into the picture?? That’s right, Paul Wulff and the WSU Cougars have snuck into this thing. Per the Sacramento Bee, Montgomery says that he’s wide open, but right now it’s Washington State, Florida and one other SEC school that wasn’t mentioned.
But we will go one step further. Brinkhater, he of the Sacramento area, reports an insider conversation he had yesterday evening with a Berkeley know-it-all. Basically, the word is, it’s WSU by a large margin, and Florida as a distant 2nd! The one big pull for Florida is that one of Montgomery’s best buddies, a player from Cordova High School, is headed for Florida. But otherwise, the odds are strong Montgomery COULD be a Coug!
If this happens, well, first off Montgomery would sit out next year, and would be eligible for the ’09 season. He would have two years of eligibility left at that point, so in essence it would be like getting a monster JC transfer, but you’ve had him practicing with you the prior year. Can you say INSTANT impact?? Team him up with Ivory or even Tardy, and we could be looking at one strong backfield! Stay tuned. We’ll have more information as we hear it, but for now, the rumors are strong that Montgomery is a “hard lean” towards Crimson!
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