That girl that does the Mizzou Network is hot.

DGB is the #17 Google search in the US.

Of the 12 classes listed below the average number is 22, not 26-29.


SEC class rankings as of 8pm EST this evening (still some guys who haven't signed):

Rank - Team - # signees - avg star rating
1. Alabama - 26 - 3.77
2. Florida - 23 - 3.70
3. Auburn - 19 - 3.58
4. A&M - 19 - 3.42
5. LSU - 22 - 3.36
6. Tennessee - 20 - 3.4
7. South Carolina - 25 - 3.24
8. Georgia - 18 - 3.39
9. Vandy - 21 - 3.14
10. Miss St - 28 - 3.04
11. Arky - 23 - 3.04
12. Mizzou - 18 - 3.11

Who is that from? Scout has Arkansas at #9 in SEC as of 8pm?

Bleacherreport has Arkansas at 11, but Mizzou at 10.

Edit: NM. Looks like yours is from rivals.com

Rivals, better and more reputable than scout and espn's recruiting coverage, IMO.

Yeah. I edited mine after I found your rankings on rivals.com.

Oh well. When recruiting gives BMFP lemons, he adds vodka and makes an awesome cocktail.

...slams it, and takes a job somewhere else.

Haha. Yeah. Could happen one of these days, and that's a major fear I have. I'm not going to lie: I love the mother****er as my coach despite his checkered past. He's a complete OCD, type-A genius. I'll hate his ass if he leaves us, though. I'm not sure he will. I just don't know if he'd get the same satisfaction moving on to some "big program" and having success there as he does out of taking a second-rate program like Arkansas and making it competitive as hell. I could be delusional though.

I'm sure a few bad years at Arkansas could have him looking for greener pastures. That Walton/Tyson/Jones money sure does spend good, though.

UGA 8th.......in the SEC? LOL ok Rivals.

Only reason Mizzou's team ranking is so low across the board is because their class size is small compared to other SEC schools...5-10 more recruits and they'd be a lot higher.

Still way low according to Rivals even with what they got.

I don't see Arkansas as a second-rate program. It wouldn't surprise me, though, to see him get lured to somewhere like Texas when there is an opening.

I'd agree with this more if their average star rating was higher. They're 10th in the SEC in that category and of the 12 SEC teams I listed the average class size is 22, so theirs isn't significantly smaller.

I figured you would be in here giving the SEC credit for the signing. :rolleyes:

Come on, Doug. I said no such thing.

I don't understand this. Mizzou got the #1 recruit and the highest rated o-linemen in the schools history yet they are rated behind Nebraska who only has 16 commits.

When you listen on talk radio today to people justifying the recruiting class, people were recalling the days when were were competing against schools like UTEP, SMU, and Tulsa for recruits. This recruiting class, despite being a "bust," is the 3rd best in the last decade, and the two in front of it both came under Petrino. You've got to understand that Arkansans have a chip on their shoulder because they have little man syndrome. The entire state is constantly dismissed (not just in athletics) as being backwards, inbred, poor, etc... While among ourselves we think it's pretty funny, and we are thankful in some ways (especially up here in Fayetteville) that the joys of the state are undiscovered, we also get defensive after a while. We make jokes to outsiders about it (at church camp in Texas, we'd tell other kids that we had to buy shoes to leave the state because we all go barefoot back home), but we still have a chip on our shoulder and want credit. That's why so many Arkansans are so ****ing earnest and wacky online, imo. They take sports seriously because it's about more than sports to them.

As for him getting lured to Texas, I suppose that could happen. I could be totally misreading him, but I think he has everything he wants here: total control, huge bankroll for facilities, and a place to really put his stamp on as "his" school. Anywhere else he goes, he's going to be a footnote or just another "great" coach. At Arkansas, he can be THE GREAT coach. Of course, that's all assuming we continue to ascend and compete year after year. Like I said, a few bad years could certainly sour the milk.

If MU had a few more recruits they would have a good shot at jumping Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and Arkansas. If you go look at the rankings, Vandy is 29th, MSU 30th, Arkansas 31st, and MU 32nd. Vandy and MU are separated by 80 points, which is the equivalent to a few mid three stars.

I don't disagree. Mizzou should have better recruiting classes than Vandy and MSU.

I haven't read all the articles, but...


Is the general impression that Mizzou's move to the SEC helped DGB make the decision to go there... or would they have a really good shot even without the move?

I don't know what other people are saying, but I doubt the SEC move really mattered that much in this case. Mizzou's the in-state school, has been recruiting him for years, and has an offensive system that he fits.

Petrino is a douche and Arkansas uses shady tactics.

Just an uninformed opinion, but to me it seems that it worked as an equalizer. Being in the SEC was something Arkansas had going for it that Mizzou didn't. Now that Mizzou is in the SEC, that distinction no longer exists. Same thing for A&M. I guess I'm getting a little nervous about UofA recruiting with new members of the conference moving in from two new states that surround us. I suppose it's a two-way street, though. UofA will also get more exposure in those states now.

Sure thing Pelini.

All it took to get Tevin Mitchell was a job for his mom.

Ahh. I see you have some personal butthurt in this. I didn't even realize that we'd stolen a prized precious Husker recruit. Maybe all it took to steal Tevin Mitchel was to be relevant in the current college football landscape. :p

And yes, I'm still annoyed by Husker fans due to the douche I argued with at the first of the season who assured me Arkansas would suck in 2011 because Mallett was our whole team and losing him would wreck the program. And he assured me that he was from Nebraska, so he LIVES college football and knows what he's talking about.

You've got to consider the recruiting landscape, though. Mizzou spent a year or even more in some cases recruiting players to a Big XII school. Texas is our biggest state to recruit from, and we successfully used the pitch that the kids could play in Texas several times over their time at Mizzou.

When we left to the SEC, all the Texas kids who signed on to Mizzou because of their ability to play in Texas suddenly had no compelling reason to stay. There are plenty of kids who will want to play for Mizzou in the SEC. We'll just have to target those kids in the future.

This decision was made for two simple reasons: Family pressure and his girlfriend's poonani.

Way to recruit Missouri Traitors! I guess these kids have no morals or want their school to have any either.

Well... you know. It was between the Mizzou Traitors and the VERY BAD ARKANSAS FANS WHO WE NOW KNOW ARE EVIL PEOPLE THANKS TO TWITTER /Pitt Gorilla. So well.. yeah. I take Traitors over Satanic Inbred Hillbillies. Good choice DGB.

I don't see what's so difficult to understand about that.

Happy to lay it out for you in terms even a Mizzou fan can understand. :thumb:

It's not the complexity of the idea that makes it difficult. I just struggle to decipher your words between your natural hillbilly drawl, the wad of chaw, and the moonshine slur. I mean, at least take the weed out of your mouth when you speak.

I'll have you know I was drinking a fine boxed wine tonight, not moonshine.

Fascinating article on DGB's recruitment. A few things we learned:

1. A classy Arky booster tried to bribe DGB
2. OU coaches were likely the ones that turned in Petrino for bumping to DGB at the All-American game
3. KU was an absolute cluster**** when trying to recruit DGB
4. Mack Brown is a smooth mofo
5. Mizzou might be getting another DGB here in two years

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...recruit-020112

That's quite a read. Thanks.

good read.
I know all you mizzou fans are all stoked his heading to columbia but i think the kid needed to look at the bigger picture of getting to the nfl. Hes that type of athletic talent. head to alabama. "where its all business" or a school whos got a top college qb. ou, arkansas, usc? I just hope partying in columbia doesnt hinder his pro promise.

Mizzou has turned out more first-round picks than damn near anyone else in the country in the past several years. If he wants to be drafted high, he made a perfect decision.

Oh, damn.

When the announcer guy whispered Arkansas like he had some inside track before it happened I figured it wouldn't be us. Then I couldn't really make out what he said and was far from the TV I kept trying to get a better view of the hat then realized the good news. LMAO

Asshole.. :rofl:

This is beyond stupid.

Maclin probably agrees with you.....
or not

You've got a point. All the great WRs went to football factories where they were surrounded by elite talent and won national titles.

Jerry Rice: Appalachian State
Terrell Owens: Tennessee Chattanooga
Marvin Harrison: Syracuse
Calvin Johnson: Georgia Tech
Larry Fitzgerald: Pitt
Randy Moss: Marshall

Besides, Mizzou has only put four pass catchers in the NFL in the past four years with another one this year. Arkansas cranks out NFL WRs.

Man the parents were candid about stuff. In reading that, I can't help but feel sorry for the kid. That's going to be a lot of pressure to live up to. Of course, when he's making millions in the NFL, I won't be feeling sorry for him. It really is insane the collective energy (from fans, staffs, boosters, etc...) that goes into wooing these 17/18 year old kids. Nuts.

I think it's weird that they characterized the Arkansas coaching changes as "lateral movement." Almost all of them have been people moving up (except for Paul Petrino's departure, but he's since returned).

:spock:

Mizzou has put out five 1st round draft picks the last 3 years. The only school with more is Alabama with 6.

owned.

So, basically, we sat and watched Arkansas and Oklahoma kill each other while Arkansas also killed itself.

No knock on the other programs, but I think Mizzou kept their cool and stayed real and laid back with DGB and family (excluding the copter) and that really stuck with them.

Dont know if anyone had it posted yet, but being a day past the DGB signing it is nice to rewatch the moment.


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Recruiting guru Tom Lemming thinks DGB is an okay prospect:

"Dorial Green-Beckham is the best I've seen since Randy Moss in 1994," Lemming said. "He'll be better than Julio Jones. He's that good."

That was cool. I hadn't actually seen it yet. :thumb:

Who was the guy at 0:16 that whispered "Arkansas"?

You read that article and you realize that recruiting is just a massive crapshoot.

Some kids/recruits would've fallen in love with the Bama way. Others would've been incredibly impressed by the information/history approach taken by Oklahoma. A bunch could've even decided that proximity wasn't as important after Brown put on his song and dance and still others would've felt that Mizzou was too low-key in this thing.

Though everyone would've decided that Kansas was a disorganized shithole.

It appears the lesson to be learned it - just do what you do. You're going to lose some kids and their families because of it (Durron Neal), but you're going to gain others. Don't try to fit your style to your recruits.

I think it shows that being genuine to yourself is probably the way to go. In the end, you just don't know what is going to get these kids on campus.

Husker recruiting has taken a dump. How much of that should be attributed to leaving the Big 12 and fertile Texas recruiting areas?

I think this is sage advise as it also gets kids that are the right fit for your program.

Very True, It seems the staying the course and being yourself is the best action. Like you put it, you going to win some and loss some, but that is part of the process. I think Mizzou's style recruting style was a great fit to DGB's personality and it obviously shows.

I think it was one of the panelist taking a guess.

I watched it live and that's what I thought anyway.

I really like that hat he's got, too. I think I'll order one of those.

Agreed. That was probably the second thought I had when I saw it live.

Or realize that different kids prefer different approaches, and adjust your approach accordingly.

I really don't think it would hurt to have one prototypical salesman-type recruiter, a la Trooper Taylor or Ed Orgeron, on the staff to recruit high-profile kids that like the hard sell.

This approach seems to work often in the SEC.

Recruiting is a crap shoot, but in the end, it often comes down to trust and relationships. Missouri has gotten the top in-state player four of the last five seasons. The one they didn't get it, they never offered, and he got kicked off his team after one year. Missouri has more time to build relationships with the top Missouri players then anybody else, and that often pays off in the end.