USF may send Hill to junior college
A long offseason for USF sophomore Carlton Hill has taken another turn for the worse, as coach Jim Leavitt said Sunday that he is "leaning toward" placing Hill at a junior college this fall.
There seems little chance of Hill taking the field for USF in 2006, as Leavitt also said the chances of him taking a redshirt if he stays with the Bulls were "incredibly strong." Leavitt said going to a junior college could allow Hill to continue playing quarterback -- if he stays with the Bulls, they see him as a receiver in the immediate future.
Hill was named USF's starting quarterback entering spring drills, but missed much of those workouts due to academic problems. Making matters worse, he was arrested on campus in June with two former USF players on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana.
I'll have more later in the day and in Monday's paper ...
Times sportswriter Greg Auman, who covers USF, will post news and thoughts on the Bulletin and we invite your participation in the comments area.
Utterly shocked... Not at the fact Hill might go JUCO, but the fact that the SPTimes is writing something that could be perceived as negative about the USF Bulls!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 30, 2006 at 12:58 PM
Carlton Hill: Idiot. Just another spoiled athlete who thinks he's entitled...
Posted by: Shoop | July 30, 2006 at 01:25 PM
I hope they just redshirt him. I don't see why that wouldn't allow him to continue to develop as a QB. As for the first anonymous poster's comments. You obviously don't read Greg's blog very often because he will regularly report USF info regardless of whether it is negative or not. He reported our academic losses, Carlton Hill's prior issues along with multiple other issues that were not considered good news. If you want him to be ultra critical of the program then go read the Orlando Sentinel or go to some UCF chat room because you won't get that here.
Posted by: Brian R | July 30, 2006 at 06:02 PM
Hill might be losing out on a great op, because of no strength. Wish him the best to better his life.The good news is that we are deep at WR.Times writing something negative ?It is called reporting the news.
Posted by: E.T. | July 30, 2006 at 06:54 PM
Has anyone ever seen the TBO.com bulls blog.... i think its a joke. also, someone needs to tell the tbo bulls blogger to change his picture.. i wonder how soon it is b4 he comes out of the closet....also, stephen garcias blog on tbo.com is better than the usf bloggerpeace
Posted by: Anonymous | July 30, 2006 at 11:54 PM
Some of you are pretty rude.......Carlton Hill has some definite issues with choices he has made; all part of maturation. He could improve at QB under either scenario, but JUCO would allow some "live" QB time. My guess is grades are also involved here.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 31, 2006 at 10:53 AM