Russell Wilson Visiting With Auburn's Coaches (Or Not)
by Akula Wolf on May 24, 2011 3:15 PM EDT
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PrintAccording to Joe Schad, Russell Wilson traveled to Auburn on Monday and is meeting with the coaching staff today, which at the very least confirms that he is seriously considering going back to football this fall:
A person close to Wilson said the quarterback arrived at Auburn on Monday night and would spend all Tuesday with coaches in an effort to get to know them and the offensive playbook and scheme used by offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn.
Wilson has no specific timeline to make a decision, other than the fact his days off from baseball will be limited next month.
"It's a job interview," the person close to Wilson said. "He's trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life."
Heather Dinich is reporting that Russell will visit Wisconsin in June. The Tourists have an off day today as they prepare for a seven-game road trip beginning on Wednesday.
I commissioned the following detailed rendering in order to better prepare ourselves for the possibility that Russell Wilson will be Auburn's starting quarterback in 2011.
Update: Now this from the Opelika-Auburn News:
However AuburnSports.com reported, in the form of a message-board entry, that Wilson was not in town.
"He is not visiting Auburn today," the post said. "Not sure where that got started, but it is inaccurate."
The message board link (which is behind a paywall) is to Auburn's Rivals.com site.
In conclusion, Russell Wilson is somewhere. Right now.
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He better go to Wisconsin
no way he does well against those fast SEC defenses, remember what South Carolina did to him?
I love the Steelers.
He better go to Wisconsin
because if he goes to Auburn, I’m cheering against him. Sorry I’m a BAMA fam, born there and my family has degrees…ROLL TIDE!
But Go Pack, always first.
I'd love to see what he can do in the SEC
BUT I live in Columbus and would love more to see him roll into town with Wisconsin and beat Ohio State.
my vote goes to the Badgers
If he gave a crap about our votes...
…this conversation wouldn’t be happening. RW wants to win games and get exposure. There is probably no better team in need of a QB than Auburn, and a reigning national champion is always on sportscenter more than they should be.
Sorry boys, but he is a Tiger as long as they will guarantee him the starting job.
by PackMentality on May 24, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
oh really?
I thought he read this comment section.
Anyway, Auburn is not going to be nearly as good this year… they are going to miss a lot of players other than Cam Newton, and they also have a ridiculous schedule. Wisconsin might not be a bad situation for him.
Also
does he want to be directly compared to Cam Newton?
by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 24, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Can he?
Cam Newton is 6’6" and looks like Lebron James playing against high school kids. RW looks more like Doug Floutie, cerca BC days.
Agree with golfballs, Wisconsin is more suited to win a nat’l championship in one year than Auburn is. Auburn lost a lot and RW is not Cam Newton. I think SEC defenses eat him up some, but I think he can succeed in the Big 10/12/whatever it is now, where your running game is a lot more important.
That is my point
Cam had a historically good year. Anything Russell would do at Auburn would be in the shadow of what Cam did last season. If he is looking to impress pro scouts, that is probably not the way to do it.
by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 26, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Just checked and...yep, this still sucks.
I have way too much going on at work now, but at some point I promise you an epic rant about how stupid “the decision” by TOB was. I am so freaking sick of the lame excuses being offered to support it and even worse the need so many feel to polish TOB’s family jewels while doing it.
I'd love to hear your reasoning
lets break in new WRs with Glennon only to have them have to adjust to RW in august again.
lets lets Glennon transfer so next year we only have Tobias Harris at QB as a sophmore.
RW is a great player. But you don’t have to ‘polish TOB’s family jewels’ to say that he made the right decision. I understand if this is Florida and we have several QBs waiting in the wing. But this is NCSU, we have glennon and tobias. Do you really want to play next year with tobias is the best option for the team? I like the decision. You give Glennon two years to prove himself and in the mean time you have time to recruit a better QB than the one you have behind Glennon. I don’t believe that with this team RW could have lead them to an ACC title and if that isn’t the case then whats the point of holding on to him?
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on May 25, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Or worse
TOB doesn’t make the decision he made, Glennon leaves this year, Russell decides he likes $250k more than football, and we are left with Harris as a Freshman.
by PackMentality on May 25, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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