MIZ DGB!!!

[kchero]

Awesome pick up! Way to go Tigers!

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58

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.

This is beyond stupid.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58

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.

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

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58

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.

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.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

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

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).

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58

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

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

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.

owned.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

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

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

[kchero]

Originally Posted by kepp

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.

[kchero]

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

[eazyb81]

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."

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by kchero

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

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

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by kchero

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

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

[DJ's left nut]

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.

[Great Expectations]

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

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

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.

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