I don't know why I remember those details since I was around 13 at the time (probably that's when I started paying attention to high school football cause I was about to start it), but UCLA stopped recruiting Boller cause they got Losman early (USC already got Carson Palmer the year before), only to be left empty handed when Losman transferred before ever getting a snap at UCLA. And then neither of them amount to shit as pros, which was my first lesson in learning that recruiting battles that are a BIG DEAL will more than likely not mean anything a few years down the road (other BIG DEAL recruiting battles that turned out to be nothing: Marvin Simmons vs. Kevin Simon vs. Michael Craven, and Lorenzo Booker vs. Hershel Dennis, though I still got love for Hershel).