I don’t care what she says, some 18 years ago, Shaiy Howard could not have known that this moment would be like this. All parents dream of and pray for big things for their child upon their entrance into this World. However, All-American cornerback Tracy’s Howard’s mother could not have envisioned this scenery nearly two decades ago.
On the eve of what will be her son’s biggest decision, Shaiy Howard is trending on one of the largest websites on the Internet, Twitter.com. Howard has posed as the de facto social media bouncer for her highly sought after son. In this day in age, it’s probably a necessary evil as the on rush from fans, media and coaches through a Twitter account can drop a G.P.A. like Michael Spinks versus Mike Tyson. So there she is, with her shield like a soldier in “300” taking on everything coming his way. Ms. Howard is doing a great job but also appears to be enjoying it.
“You wild! RT
@MrLove305: Tracy Howard to……… THE MIAMI DOLPHINS!!! LMAO”
That was her response to a fan who jokingly suggested Tracy skip the whole National Signing Day thing and head straight to the Dolphins. Several 2011 Dolphin season ticket holders may be taking a more serious approach to that suggestion.
“Nothing, it is funny how everyone knows more than us about us…..tomorrow is almost here and he can select one school:-).”
Howard’s response to an apparent friend as she poked fun at the insanity of fans who want so hard to have the scoop that they will pretend to know everything about a recruit down to name of his favorite aunty.
It can be both comical and scary if you think about it. After all, Tracy Howard is a teenager and he has an entire legion of football fans hanging on his utterance at 9:50 Wednesday morning. In what other situation would something like this happen? Fans will be dug in before their computers tomorrow like a pair of the new Jordans are going to pop out. However, before that, many are taking to Shaiy Howard’s twitter account to toss in those final few words that will sway their decision towards their school. In some fantasy world they feel that the words of Joe Fan will supersede those of mother, father and son, uncle and aunt, grandma and grandpa. It’s as if they are envisioning a scene in which Shaiy and Tracy will say right after their announcement that it was the words of “SuperMaxLovaShotCalla” on Twitter that did it for us and we chose school X. No doubt, Ms. Howard is sitting atop a unicorn while she says this.
Stacks850 T r e n d s e t t a
@ shaiyhoward I hope to see Tracy put on da UF hat n you doin da gator chomp!!! While he signs da LOITheG8TROB Rob Dunkel@shaiyhoward Just remember the Gatornation is everywhere. Muschamp is the best coach to develop a defensive back.
chesspoof Al Gonzalez@shaiyhoward good luck to your son on whatever school he chooses but sure#ItsGreattobeaFloridaGator for him.
Tweets such as this will no doubt continue to pour in as the night continues. Legions of Canes and Gator fans try to do what the coaching staffs at each school wish they could and that is have the last word. In some 14 hours it will be all over and things will revert to normal in Shaiy Howard’s twitter account. The fans who hung on her every tweet hoping to catch a nugget of foreshadowing will disappear like a good attitude in a DMV line, though Howard may keep some male followers past signing date as she is an attractive woman. Perhaps there is a husband present that can post a twit pic of a 9mm for males who want to obey their thirst.
Chad Wilson is a college football recruiting expert and creator of the GridironStudsApp which allows high school football players to gain exposure to college football coaches and fans. Wilson is a former college football player for the University of Miami (92-94) and Long Beach St. (’90-’91) and played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks (’95). He is also a former youth and high school football coach for over 15 years most recently for 5-A State of Florida Champs American Heritage. He runs All Eyes DB Camp a defensive back training company located in South Florida IG: @alleyesdbcamp. Wilson’s oldest son Quincy plays in the NFL for the New York Giants and his younger son plays cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals.
