Broadus is a Bruin
All it took was a Signing Day ceremony, a verbal commitment and a signed National Letter of Intent for Snoop Dogg to switch his college football allegiances.
A long-time USC fan, Snoop Dogg, the father of four-star wide receiver Cordell Broadus, said his Trojan fandom has come to an end after his son announced his pledge to the crosstown rival Bruins Wednesday afternoon.
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"I'm going to back him up 1,000 percent so I'm going to throw my USC drawers away," Snoop Dogg said with a laugh on the ESPNU Signing Day special. "I'm going UCLA 100,000 percent."
All kidding aside, Snoop Dogg and his son, a 6-foot-3, 186-pound star receiver from Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman, made the call to UCLA for what they felt were all the right reasons Wednesday.
Both Broadus and his famous rapper father mentioned education, Jim Mora and the direction of the program as reasons why they landed on UCLA over LSU, Notre Dame, USC and Arizona State on Signing Day.
"I just felt like that was the best place for me," Broadus said. "I've had the offer since ninth grade year, so I have a great connection with the coaches. I just want to play in front of my family and just keep balling out on the field and get a great degree."
Added Broadus' father: "It's been about what matters most to him which is getting that education and what's going to be there when football is over. And UCLA just presented the best platform for him that we thought as a family that was going to look out for him when his career was over."
Broadus' commitment represented the fifth huge splash for the Bruins on Wednesday. Just a few hours after UCLA wrapped up commitments from Chris Clark, Soso Jamabo, [db]Josh Wariboko[/db] and [db]Roquan Smith[/db], they earned yet another commitment from a four-star in Broadus.
"I think it'll be great playing with some great athletes and just going up there, playing hard and working hard and winning games," Broadus said.
As for Snoop Dogg, he insisted that despite decades of USC fanhood, he'll bleed blue and gold for his son now.
"We totally stand by his decision to go to UCLA," Broadus' father said. "So that's what it is and that's where we are. We Bruins now."