Texas Recruiting Notes 2020

[Bodacious Bevo 3586]

Just now, Thiefery said:

Can someone refresh my memory on Eaton? Was he the player that Washington was seen in a video clip on twitter of showing him the Icy whites and KD backpack with an offer in it?

That's him

Everyone said we were a strong favorite when we offered. Then we backed off with other guys on the board. He's been an A&M lean since. But now that we've missed on those guys we're circling back.

[BabaYaga 15302]

16 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

We've taken worse projects for sure. 

God knows your mom sure has

[Newy25 7701]

55 minutes ago, Fud said:

Per Suchomel, Eaton is delaying his decision now. Was supposed to announce next week, presumably to A&M

That’s a good sign. We must be pushing for Eaton now. 

[Bam Bam Sam 303]

15 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Tomorrow should happily start the process of breaking that streak.

He's already set up an OV with UCLA according to OSU reporters. I'm not worried about them at all really, but what I am worried about is that a certain Top 3 school of his will seize the opportunity to get him to take the bus over afterwards for a UV. Getting Bijan Friday is great because it means we'll lead for him, but he's unfortunately not going to be one of the recruits that you can stop recruiting after he's committed.

Edited August 1, 2019 by Bam Bam Sam

[texifornia 57030]

1 minute ago, Bam Bam Sam said:

 He's already set up an OV with UCLA according to OSU reporters. I'm not worried about them at all really, but what I am worried about is that a certain Top 3 school of his will use seize the opportunity to get him to take the bus over afterwards for a UV. Getting Bijan Friday is great because it means we'll lead for him, but he's unfortunately not going to be one of the recruits that you can stop recruiting after he's committed. 

...which is why I said "start the process."

It's much harder to get a kid to decommit than it is to flip a silent or heavy lean.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

8 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

That’s a good sign. We must be pushing for Eaton now. 

 

I agree with Fud about preferring to wait until after his senior film, but aggy’s so desperate since they don’t have any legitimate CBs that I doubt we can stall him this long. Unless the staff thinks they can get Pouncey for sure (very doubtful), it’s probably better to push for Eaton now seeing as that we’re getting to the bottom of our CB targets at this point.  If he has a truly bad senior year, we could probably go quiet and I bet aggy would still take him.

[SydneyCarton 48112]

4 minutes ago, Bam Bam Sam said:

He's already set up an OV with UCLA according to OSU reporters. I'm not worried about them at all really, but what I am worried about is that a certain Top 3 school of his will use seize the opportunity to get him to take the bus over afterwards for a UV. Getting Bijan Friday is great because it means we'll lead for him, but he's unfortunately not going to be one of the recruits that you can stop recruiting after he's committed.

That's any high profile recruit these days, though.

Bijan, by all accounts, seems like he's from a good family that are grounded and running a smart, clean recruitment. He hasn't given anyone a commit yet. I feel pretty good about our odds to hold onto the kid if he does commit to us, barring a complete collapse and dumpster fire on the field this season. Does anyone know if he's an early enrollee? I didn't see it listed anywhere on his 247 profile and google didn't give any immediate answers in the few articles I ran a CTL+F on...

Edited August 1, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[Bam Bam Sam 303]

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

That's any high profile recruit these days, though.

Bijan, by all accounts, seems like he's from a good family that are grounded and running a smart, clean recruitment. He hasn't given anyone a commit yet. I feel pretty good about our odds to hold onto the kid if he does commit to us. Does anyone know if he's an early enrollee?

Oh, all reports about Bijan is that he's extremely kind and a great kid. But the ideal is when you commit you shut it down, but as you said, these days it isn't like that for the big ones.

On early enrollee, I think AZ kids can't early enroll because they're on the quad system and not the semester system in their high schools. I believe neither Jake Smith nor Spencer Rattler early enrolled. I think they can if they really wanted to, but it seems it's more difficult on their system. 

[Chopper 17239]

42 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

Still shaking my head in amazement over Ringo, all he said and did about us then suddenly fell in love with the dawgs for some reason?

It was reported/hinted by the 995ers that UG helped his mom get a job at delta so they can get the hell out of Phoenix. She's been in the airline industry and Delta is based in atl.

Edited August 1, 2019 by Chopper

[Thiefery 5015]

14 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

That’s a good sign. We must be pushing for Eaton now. 

I always liked him more than Watts. He is tall and fast, but raw.  He can really take it to the next level with coaching at Texas. (Think his Jr season was the first at CB, right?)

[BabaYaga 15302]

3 minutes ago, Bam Bam Sam said:

Oh, all reports about Bijan is that he's extremely kind and a great kid. But the ideal is when you commit you shut it down, but as you said, these days it isn't like that for the big ones.

It's just a part of the modern landscape of recruiting.  He does seem like a grounded player from a stable family.  I wish him all the best and he has seemingly handled this process as well as you could expect.  UCLA worries me less than others, but it's always a fluid process until NSD. 

[texifornia 57030]

It's official offer day

 

[Thiefery 5015]

4 minutes ago, Chopper said:

It was reported/hinted by the 995ers that UG helped his mom get a job at delta so they can get the hell out of Phoenix. She's been in the airline industry and Delta is based in atl.

UT BMD's need to offer her a job aboard it's private G5's and G6's based out of Austin.

[Thiefery 5015]

1 minute ago, texifornia said:

It's official offer day

 

Hope we can grab him to go along with Collins and Fillinger. Never know how these kids will change with this S&C and coaching at Texas. Gotta load up

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

2 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

UT BMD's need to offer her a job aboard it's private G5's and G6's based out of Austin.

Or with Southwest Airlines. The CEO is a Texas Ex, Gary Kelly. 

[Ok. Caol Hook Em! 56]

14 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

 

I agree with Fud about preferring to wait until after his senior film, but aggy’s so desperate since they don’t have any legitimate CBs that I doubt we can stall him this long. Unless the staff thinks they can get Pouncey for sure (very doubtful), it’s probably better to push for Eaton now seeing as that we’re getting to the bottom of our CB targets at this point.  If he has a truly bad senior year, we could probably go quiet and I bet aggy would still take him.

Of course, that’s assuming they’re even aware that he’s a true CB. 

[closetojumping 62761]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm not sure anyone on this site has been excited for Eaton for awhile, be it because we had to chase Kelee Ringo's tail, or he was written off as an aTm lock. I don't think anyone's going to be overly excited about him. He's raw and needs a lot of work, but he has length and athleticism. He could be a player if we stashed him for a couple years. Couple that with an aTm dick slap to the face, I'd be happy if he jumped on board. We've taken worse projects for sure. 

 

45 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Yeah. But he's been on the back burner for all the reasons Fud described.

You guys can all hold out for the 10s. We’re wandering the wilderness at DB here. I’ll take the raw materials at this point.  

[texifornia 57030]

Just now, closetojumping said:

 

You guys can all hold out for the 10s. We’re wandering the wilderness at DB here. I’ll take the raw materials at this point.  

Did I say I didn't want us to take him at this point? Given the Ringo/Rogers misses I'm all aboard the Eaton Express.

[The Earl of Texas 3152]

29 minutes ago, Chopper said:

It was reported/hinted by the 995ers that UG helped his mom get a job at delta so they can get the hell out of Phoenix. She's been in the airline industry and Delta is based in atl.

The reasoning some of y’all talk yourselves into over why a recruit would choose a school like Georgia amazes me. A recruit does not need mysterious reasonings to choose Georgia over us or anyone. Give it a rest with that stupid bullshit.

And if a recruit tells your fan base exactly what you want to hear and you fall for it, that’s on you and not him.

[BabaYaga 15302]

Just now, The Earl of Texas said:

The reasoning some of y’all talk yourselves into over why a recruit would choose a school like Georgia amazes me. A recruit does not need mysterious reasonings to choose Georgia over us or anyone. Give it a rest with that stupid bullshit.

And if a recruit tells your fan base exactly what you want to hear and you fall for it, that’s on you and not him.

I don't doubt there are shennanigans abound with these schools - but I also think it's less pronounced at the larger, higher profile schools in larger P5 conferences.  It's a risk many have to navigate carefully.  There's also a disconnect at times between eager boosters and staff.  It's the smaller schools like Baylor and TCU that worry me more.  Smaller, private schools with less eyes on them and are more desperate for a seat at the table.  

[closetojumping 62761]

Here comes Earl of Texas with his pants down again, telling us that recruiting chicanery, from a school that hasn’t won a fucking thing in 39 years, is all in our heads. 

[South Austin 52521]

2 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

The reasoning some of y’all talk yourselves into over why a recruit would choose a school like Georgia amazes me. A recruit does not need mysterious reasonings to choose Georgia over us or anyone. Give it a rest with that stupid bullshit.

Yeah, Georgia played for the national championship two years ago and was in the discussion last year.  I can't really cry foul and assume $$ is the deciding factor if a player choses that program, especially an out-of-state player like Ringo.

[closetojumping 62761]

You guys really come across as fucking rubes when you speculate that dirty recruiting is nonexistent or dimmed down at Georgia right now. I mean, backwater, overall-wearing hayseed-level rubes. 

[Chopper 17239]

5 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

The reasoning some of y’all talk yourselves into over why a recruit would choose a school like Georgia amazes me. A recruit does not need mysterious reasonings to choose Georgia over us or anyone. Give it a rest with that stupid bullshit.

And if a recruit tells your fan base exactly what you want to hear and you fall for it, that’s on you and not him.

Maybe you could clarify what in the fuck you're actually saying?

[Rickylovesweed 14508]

4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Here comes Earl of Texas with his pants down again, telling us that recruiting chicanery, from a school that hasn’t won a fucking thing in 39 years, is all in our heads. 

They really didn't hire any recruiting rainmakers either. A lot of the success on the recruiting trail is coming from assistants that didn't recruit at this level at other spots. 

If there's a school cheating it's definitely Georgia. I know this is shocking coming from the Saban tree of coaches. 

Edited August 1, 2019 by Rickylovesweed

[Thiefery 5015]

2 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Maybe you could clarify what in the fuck you're actually saying?

Georgia isn't cheating, they are a prestigious School with a rich football tradition..nothing to see here..?

[texifornia 57030]

3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

You guys really come across as fucking rubes when you speculate that dirty recruiting is nonexistent or dimmed down at Georgia right now. I mean, backwater, overall-wearing hayseed-level rubes. 

Remember when Kirby got the the legislature to change the state laws to make it easier to deny open records requests?

https://deadspin.com/kirbys-law-will-make-it-harder-to-report-on-georgia-a-1770500372

[BruceVonClaude 212]

2 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Maybe you could clarify what in the fuck you're actually saying?

[Chili dog 1787]

10 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

The reasoning some of y’all talk yourselves into over why a recruit would choose a school like Georgia amazes me. A recruit does not need mysterious reasonings to choose Georgia over us or anyone. Give it a rest with that stupid bullshit.

And if a recruit tells your fan base exactly what you want to hear and you fall for it, that’s on you and not him.

Just out of curiosity, did it raise any red flags with you back when Ole Miss began racking up five star recruits, or did that seem to be on the up and up, too?

[txhorns 2409]

There's far too much smoke with Georgia for them not to be cheating, especially when they are desperate for a title.

[BigBenBamboozle 1957]

6 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

Just out of curiosity, did it raise any red flags with you back when Ole Miss began racking up five star recruits, or did that seem to be on the up and up, too?

Mark Richt just wasn't trying hard enough, and Hugh Freeze created a great family atmosphere as a Man of God™.  That about 'splains it. 

[Newy25 7701]

1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

 

I agree with Fud about preferring to wait until after his senior film, but aggy’s so desperate since they don’t have any legitimate CBs that I doubt we can stall him this long. Unless the staff thinks they can get Pouncey for sure (very doubtful), it’s probably better to push for Eaton now seeing as that we’re getting to the bottom of our CB targets at this point.  If he has a truly bad senior year, we could probably go quiet and I bet aggy would still take him.

I would prefer to wait but given that a lot of our top targets are going elsewhere, we may not have the luxury of waiting. Eaton is a plus athlete so it’s not like he is a reach. 

[UDontKnow 10447]

4 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

I would prefer to wait but given that a lot of our top targets are going elsewhere, we may not have the luxury of waiting. Eaton is a plus athlete so it’s not like he is a reach. 

Thinking of the various sportscaster references to Eaton when he makes a notable defensive play: "He ate that receiver's lunch with that big hit" "Eaton continues to eat-on, he's having quite the game."

[SydneyCarton 48112]

27 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

 

You guys can all hold out for the 10s. We’re wandering the wilderness at DB here. I’ll take the raw materials at this point.  

Which fucking part of my post that said "I'd be happy if he hopped on board" reads as "holding out for a 10" you non-reading fuck?

[Foosters 17858]

I believe programs, including Georgia, have stuff going on behind the scenes. I'm not sure which is worse though: believing that no schools play dirty, or thinking every school plays dirty except for the mighty University of Texas, who just happens to land top 5 classes despite it's self-inflicted handicap.

I mean, if that's your position, then you have to give it to Herman. Maybe the greatest recruiter ever.

[texifornia 57030]

 

[Not a Sock 2313]

6 minutes ago, Foosters said:

I believe programs, including Georgia, have stuff going on behind the scenes. I'm not sure which is worse though: believing that no schools play dirty, or thinking every school plays dirty except for the mighty University of Texas, who just happens to land top 5 classes despite it's self-inflicted handicap.

I mean, if that's your position, then you have to give it to Herman. Maybe the greatest recruiter ever.

This is a false dilemma you have created here. There are lots of clean programs Michigan, ND, UW, Stanford It’s just we never really lose recruits to them. Who do we lose recruits to OSU, Bama, UGA, Aggy and LSU. What do you think all these programs have in common?

Edited August 1, 2019 by Not a Sock

[NameNotFound 82]

3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

 

Roach just cb'd him to us. 

 

[Hiphopopotamos 20876]

4 minutes ago, texifornia said:

 

He's going in the calculator.

[texastough 1129]

don't forget USC, Oregon, Auburn, and the FL schools

edit -- replying to Not a Sock

Edited August 1, 2019 by texastough

[UDontKnow 10447]

4 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

This is a false dilemma you have created here. There are lots of clean programs Michigan, ND, UW, Stanford It’s just we never really lose recruits to them. Who do we lose recruits to OSU, Bama, UGA, Aggy and LSU. What do you think all these programs have in common?

[Bolero88 277]

4 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

This is a false dilemma you have created here. There are lots of clean programs Michigan, ND, UW, Stanford It’s just we never really lose recruits to them. Who do we lose recruits to OSU, Bama, UGA, Aggy and LSU. What do you think all these programs have in common?

We lose recruits to Stanford regularly...

[UDontKnow 10447]

2 minutes ago, NameNotFound said:

Roach just cb'd him to us. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

He's going in the calculator.

How disgruntling.

[closetojumping 62761]

14 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Which fucking part of my post that said "I'd be happy if he hopped on board" reads as "holding out for a 10" you non-reading fuck?

The 90% part where you indicate all of the reasons not to take him. I saw that you finished with the back door “but I’ll take him” swipe. 

10 minutes ago, Foosters said:

I believe programs, including Georgia, have stuff going on behind the scenes. I'm not sure which is worse though: believing that no schools play dirty, or thinking every school plays dirty except for the mighty University of Texas, who just happens to land top 5 classes despite it's self-inflicted handicap.

I mean, if that's your position, then you have to give it to Herman. Maybe the greatest recruiter ever.

Most of us posting regularly do not claim or believe that all other schools are cheating. That’s a false premise. Are Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Auburn, ATM and LSU cheating? Yes. Any discussion to the contrary shows ignorance, including a blatant disregard of actual facts. Every one of those schools is a proven cheater that has open evidence against them of paying fucking players and handlers. There is no further burden of proof and you dipshits that show up and claim “herrrrr, derrrr, you just don’t like losing recruitments, no one cheats or everyone cheats, derp derp derp herpa derpa derp!!!!” are nothing but fucking bandwidth drain on these threads. 

[SydneyCarton 48112]

7 minutes ago, NameNotFound said:

Roach just cb'd him to us. 

 

[nycHorn 3037]

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

 

6 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

 

How disgruntling.

Sorry, I'm out of the loop.  What's the knock on this kid?

[Pato del Muerto 52531]

Just now, nycHorn said:

 

Sorry, I'm out of the loop.  What's the knock on this kid?

Just not that great

[westexhorn 2020]

1 minute ago, nycHorn said:

 

Sorry, I'm out of the loop.  What's the knock on this kid?

nvm 

Edited August 1, 2019 by westexhorn

[UDontKnow 10447]

1 minute ago, nycHorn said:

 

Sorry, I'm out of the loop.  What's the knock on this kid?

Likely a JAG. An Oklahoma receiver that doesn't have offers from Dick Gobbler, Jr. or "Ima Man" Mullet.

Edited August 1, 2019 by UDontKnow

[deech 2291]

8 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

This is a false dilemma you have created here. There are lots of clean programs Michigan, ND, UW, Stanford It’s just we never really lose recruits to them. Who do we lose recruits to OSU, Bama, UGA, Aggy and LSU. What do you think all these programs have in common?

They've been better than UT in football for a some portion of the last 8 or so years?  Nevermind, aggie on the list. 

Honestly though, it happens.  Teams pay. The Georgia, Ole Miss and Oregon top ten inclusions seem to point out which players are running the circuit.  We seem to always miss on those players.

Alabama is an outlier with Saban, but you get one great recruiting class and the next one kids all seem to talk about depth charts. Except Alabama who can sign an unlimited number of elite players at every position nearly every year with very few going elsewhere due to playing time concerns.