If you want an in-public point, your best shot is Bud Elliot, national recruiting guru at 247Sports, who offered up that Aranda to UCLA was a real possibility unprompted on an episode of the Cover 3 Podcast. Elliot said that was the prevailing belief among coaches at the time, and Elliot is a solid reporter who wouldn’t offer up info unless he was confident in it (he’s from the SBN tree that a lot of us came from).
For more underground stuff, I’ve had conversations with people connected to UCLA who have offered up Aranda as a real possibility. I’m not going to say “done deal” by any stretch, but I would not be shocked if some back channel discussions had not occurred, and it would line up with Aranda not having signed an extension that’s been on the table since November.
can someone point me to these Aranda rumors? Have not found a thing.
If you want an in-public point, your best shot is Bud Elliot, national recruiting guru at 247Sports, who offered up that Aranda to UCLA was a real possibility unprompted on an episode of the Cover 3 Podcast. Elliot said that was the prevailing belief among coaches at the time, and Elliot is a solid reporter who wouldn’t offer up info unless he was confident in it (he’s from the SBN tree that a lot of us came from).
For more underground stuff, I’ve had conversations with people connected to UCLA who have offered up Aranda as a real possibility. I’m not going to say “done deal” by any stretch, but I would not be shocked if some back channel discussions had not occurred, and it would line up with Aranda not having signed an extension that’s been on the table since November.