I think Coach Brown said to his staff, let's put our foot on the gas early and let's close this deal. It was awe-striking to see how quickly they reeled in those commitments. |
I think the biggest common tie (between USC and Texas) is that they're in two of the biggest population areas in the country - and population areas for high school football, too. |
I think there's no question offensive line is one of the big priorities Miami has wanted, needed and tried to address. Losing your (position) coach makes it difficult to recruit (at that position), but something obviously needed to be done. |
I think Willingham did a good job of keeping Washington state kids at home, went out and got some good ones out of California and sprinkled in some junior college guys. It looks like a pretty darn good class. |
If you know anything about how Texas recruits, you know they had 20 or so guys locked in months ago. |
If you're expecting him to come in and be a ready-made player, I don't think so. The potential to be special is there, but he's just not there now. He's just not very physically strong right now. He really hasn't been coached a whole lot. |
It all started with Al Woods. Then they were able to go into Georgia and get some quality players, too, and an excellent junior college offensive lineman from Kansas. They got some players from the Houston area and east Texas. |
It gives (the Rebels) a chance to cement a spot in the top 15. That's an impressive stat considering the struggles that they had on the field. |
It should be interesting to see how he does. He was a guy who had a very good reputation. He could close. If you knew it was down to him and somebody else, odds are he was going to land the kid. |
It will probably be a top-15 class. If they add a couple more guys down the stretch, they could sneak into the top 10. |
It's got to be frustrating. That's tough when you take maybe the centerpiece of the class and cut it out. |
Leave to Bob Stoops to hit a home run on the final day of recruiting. Those two signings were huge. |
Les was perennially in the Top 25 while at Oklahoma State, and he wasn't alone in the state like he is at LSU. He and Bob Stoops regularly gave one another headaches a lot of those years. |
Michigan State did a great job going to the junior college ranks. They want some kids who can contribute quickly and got some kids who can step in and do that. |
Neither of those guys was going to make or break the class. Montgomery is going to be a quality college running back and there has to be some disappointment there, but those guys aren't the foundation of the class. |