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.