Sounds like he didn't want to leave his friends who were all going to USC, but that he liked it up in Eugene. Let me say, it is very nice up there, especially if all you've grown up around, is a concrete world with gangs and smog. It's a nice college town with an awesome atmosphere during Fall.
There is one glaring drawback: no direct flights in/out of Eugene to Los Angeles. And that drive between Portland and Eugene...I don't know why people do it, but I'm way too lazy to drive 4 hours round trip -- it's even worse on Saturdays after the game. Takes nearly 3 hours to get back from Eugene.
But if he's planning on playing RB, he's now stuck behind some really great players in front of him: Lache Seastrunk (redshirt), Kenjon Barner, and of course LaMichael James. I'm guessing Thomas will redshirt 2011, then possibly form a 1-2 combo with Seastrunk. But that means he's already one year behind his close friends at USC, where he would have played immediately on defense.
Sure, questions remain if he would have been on the field at the same time, opposite 5'-8" Nickell Robey, but without a doubt he would have seen playing action at USC this year, and he's really talented as a corner.
Nonetheless, without Thomas, USC still got a huge surge today with previously uncommitted guys: Junior Pome'e, Ryan Henderson, Christian Heyward, Lamar Dawson, Javorious Allen, Aundrey Walker and Marqise Lee. I don't recall ever seeing so many guys pick USC on LOI day. (And what in the world happened with Torian White -- one moment he was decommitting from UCLA and announcing on TV he was signing with USC, the next moment he sends in his LOI to UCLA?)
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