Wednesday, May 20, 2009

SF Examiner: Marsh decommits and Tedford tweets

By Rob Calogne

It's been a rough week for Cal football recruiting. First, they lost another recruiting battle with USC for the services of talented tailback Trajaun Briggs (try saying that fast five times). Then they lost out on wide receiver Tevin Carter to Washington. Now, the Bears have lost one of the players who had already committed to their 2010 class. Defensive tackle Cassius Marsh decommitted from Cal according to various sources today.  One of the top defensive tackles available for the 2010 class, it will be a huge blow if Cal is not able to get him to sign next year. This recruiting period will be completed at the end of May, at which point the 'quiet period' will start until August.  From August until near the end of November, Cal has 42 days to make one visit per recruit. Marsh cited interest in moving south by mentionin interest in LSU and Tennessee along with Big-12 powerhouse Oklahoma.

Although he's decommitted from Cal, he's still in love with coming to Berkeley for his college playing days.  It was that being committed to Cal was making it difficult for him to evaluate other schools - probably because they weren't interested in recruiting him while he was wearing a Bears tag.

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