As someone who used to follow recruiting very closely, going to a lot of DFW area HS games to watch our prospects play, I had never been to one of those announcement ceremonies in person. As luck would have it, my very first and only time to attend was the one in Orlando at Baxter’s school. It was everything you think it would be with a large crowd in an auditorium plus many local media cameras and the usual $9.95 dudes like Gerry Hamilton. I wore some Texas gear and was very pleased when he picked us. Baxter seems like a great young man and his return for 2025 is highly anticipated for me and especially hoping he can have a big day for his return to Florida when we play in Gainesville and I plan to be there to see it in person. As an aside, the Florida fans were obviously quite dejected after we demolished them in Austin this season and one said to me after the game that they will be looking for payback next season. I smiled back and said good luck we are bring Arch Manning and the look on his face was pretty damn funny. Like, oh shit.