Sure but stringing people along is how they keep subscribers engaged and allow them to keep writing articles they know are bullshit. Blame the audience for falling for it.
Every year after ESD I like to go through the percentages the 9.95ers gave through the year to see how the perception of the class shifted along with rising/lowering expectations. Let's use IT's. Obviously we have Evans/McKinley/Foster/Butler pending
Late May
The standout quote I'm pulling for @closetojumping
"Aeryn Hampton, WR, Daingerfield (Texas)
Eric: 75%. Word is he’s maturing and that has Texas keeping a close eye."
Biggest Misjudgments here: Not thinking Dubose would fit, Micah Hudson's plan wasn't known
July
I hadn't remembered how confident we were in Gipson+Lair at this point
August
Fun seeing how McKinley wasn't even discussed at all to Aggy here
When it was first reported we were in on Butler, Butler was quoted as saying that we wanted 2 more WRs. Since then obviously +Golden -Hampton so not sure what the considerations totally are
What's fun is that it's not difficult to have a link for direct donations which create an audio/text alert and then you don't have to worry about YouTube skimming the 40%
Locking down the state is an impossible goal. It's obviously a great fuck you to Saban if you keep him but Saban isn't going to stop peppering 100 Texas kids with offers each year. Plus is Saban going into a kid's home and saying "we got Aeryn Hampton despite Sark's best efforts, get in the car."
If our only flip this year is Hampton, who we knew was flakey before the first commitment, then this year has been an overall fantastic job by the coaches not letting anyone slip.
Think about how many times we've gotten someone yoinked by TCU or Baylor over the last decade and that this ESD was so stress free is a credit to the job Sark and the staff has done.
Gotta be honest, I really don't give a shit if 6th Street thinks he's a take or not, if we take him and the coaches believe in him I'm on board but obviously if it's not us he's a bust and fuck him
Rumor was that when he entered the portal he was too dumb to realize he'd be ineligible academically at any place he'd wanna go so he had to take the backup spot at OM so this is all very on brand
This post just made me realize Mukuba committing is going to get those idiots on the Florida boards hopeful that we now don't have space for Filsaime so I'm looking forward to those threads