Nick Montana to Washington?!?!?!

[victor2111]

Nice Montana(son of Joe Montana) has been in a few topics on here before. When OSU started to recruiting him it looked they were the favor and then looked like Stanford/ND were the top 2.

Now it might be over and committed to none of those 3 schools.

The Los Angles Times are reporting he has committed today:

Oaks Christian quarterback Nick Montana, son of Hall of Famer Joe Montana, has committed to Washington, according to Lions Coach Bill Redell.

Montana is considered one of the top quarterbacks in the Class of 2010 and will have the benefit of working with his father, who has joined the Oaks Christian staff for next season as quarterbacks coach.


I didn't know where to post this so posted it here... : )

At one point it looked like OSU had a real good shot at him. Then after OSU offer another QB Hendrix a offer a lot of Bucks fan felt Montana was a long shot.

I said before that if I had to take one between Braxton Miller(2011 QB) or Nick Montana(2010 QB) I would take Miller so I'm not too disappointed.

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That surprised me as well, not sure what the depth chart looks like there, but this seems like it would be a move made with immediate playing time in mind.

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Jun 10, 2009 6:50:19 GMT -5 @cincycanesfan said:

That surprised me as well, not sure what the depth chart looks like there, but this seems like it would be a move made with immediate playing time in mind.

One of my co-workers is an alum of UW and stays up on all of their sports. He seems to think he will be in the running from the start, and having him commit early will help with other commitments as recruiting continues.

[thevictors09]

They were talking about this possibility on the radio while I was in Seattle last week. The nation's #1 overall QB prospect for the class of 2010, Jake Heaps, is from outside Seattle and played for Skyline HS winning 2 State Titles. This past week he committed to BYU based on his religious background more than anything, and is right now being called the biggest recruit BYU has ever gotten.

At the same time, the choice to go to BYU screwed U-W pretty big -- he'd be a big recruit for their program too and be coming in perfectly to succeed Jake Locker - a pretty decent QB now, playing for a terrible team.

Then the guys started talking about Montana as if it was something they'd talked about before, but it was a surprise to me. They were saying that Heaps decision to go to BYU had "opened things up for Montana" to come to Washington.

I don't put much stock in the recruiting crap - I did get caught up in the T Pryor drama with Rich Rod having just arrived and all, but on the whole I think the system is about as accurate as a sundial.

Seems odd that a kid like Montana has been on so many different radars and alleged to be leaning so many ways. But from what I've heard while in SoCal about Montana is that -- he's not that great a QB when it comes down to it.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Jun 10, 2009 10:51:43 GMT -5 @thevictors09 said:

Seems odd that a kid like Montana has been on so many different radars and alleged to be leaning so many ways. But from what I've heard while in SoCal about Montana is this -- he's not that great a QB when it comes down to it.

My thoughts exactly. In fact, if I remember right he wasn't even really being considered for a scholarship at ND. That was where he was considering, but all indications were that Fat Charlie hadn't shown much REAL interest in him outside of rubbing elbows with his old man. Now, all of a sudden he is a big time recruit? What changed?

[thevictors09]

Well he's in the line of succession to Jimmy Clausen at Oaks Christian which like being at ND in college, automatically makes you a superstar. Oaks Christian is simply a private school located in the Thousand Oaks, Malibu area of LA -- a super-wealthy area where a ton of former athletes and celebrities reside.

He's a "Montana" and playing at Oaks Christian ... life is good, so why not just pick a sweet college to go play for. Jack Elway quit the ASU football team a few weeks ago, but daddy John is okay with it. Jack was a decent HS QB at Denver's best perennial HS program but now gets to enjoy his time in Tempe at one of the nation's biggest party schools as the son of John Elway, affiliated with the football team but not playing on it.



Not a bad deal, really.

[thevictors09]

Here's the teaser on Scout, though I do not pay for a scipt to that site -

Nick Montana, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound quarterback from Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif. - and son of legendary NFL QB Joe Montana - has apparently verbally committed to Washington over scholarship offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State and others, the Los Angeles Times is reporting Monday night. Montana is ranked as the No. 13 QB in the country by Scout.com.

[thepryoreffect]

Eh, not a big deal to me. Braxton Miller is going to be better(though he continues to be whipped by my old HS) and I was a bit afraid this kid was being ranked on his name more than anything. He'll probably get more praise at UW than he would have at OSU anyways because the offense will be opened up for him more and he'll have no competition for the spot.