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Out of his list of offers in the article (USC, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, Cincinnati, Texas A&M, Washington, Washington State, Hawaii, Oregon State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Michigan State and Indiana) the only one maybe on the hot seat would be Brian Kelly, right?

Kiffin, Stoops, Saban, Muschamp, Sark, Riley, Gundy, and Dantonio aren't getting fired.

A&M, Wasington State, Hawaii, UCLA, and Indiana all just hired new guys for this season, so they aren't going to make an immediate change.

Butch Jones has done OK at Cincy, but maybe put him on the list? And Brian Kelly is the only other coach of a school listed...

Whomever lands Mathis will have to hold his hand academically. Hopefully, this talented kid will dedicate and re-focus his attention in the classroom.

Good point, and that's a definite topic of discussion. Lane and staff don't have the time (nor the roster room) to monkey around, so getting Fitts' verbal was great, but it's hard to read the mindset from Mathis's recent interview. Hard to tell if he feels slighted, or just has luke warm interest until later in the recruiting process.

If the academics weren't an issue, the Trojan staff would love to have him. Problem is, that Kiffin and Co. can't miss on anyone with the restrictions. They're concentrating on talented kids, but also, kids who are dying to be Trojans...kids who have shown strong adacemic and character traits, and that's how it should be---just like recruits who grew up dreaming to play for UM.

If Ellis McCarthy hadn't pulled a mind-numbing and highly questionable move to commit to fUCLA, Mathis and his decision wouldn't even be a topic at USC. Having Fitts in the house certainly helps though.

This isn't the first time I have heard academic concerns mentioned with Mathis.

I haven't seen his transcript, so I really don't know what his grade situation is. That being said, he's got a phenomenal work ethic, and he seems like a sharp kid to me, so I'm confident that he could excel in the classroom once fully focused.

I don't think we can trust what he says until NSD.

In terms of where each school stands?

One of our insiders(who's usually on the money) said his grades are pretty bad. He he hasn't completed alot of his core classes or even a math class yet. Word is he tried to commit to SC couple of times but they won't take his commitment due to his grades. Again tifwiw. Also heard heard SC is recruiting DE Jordan Sherit pretty hard and they feel they got good chance at him

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