It's the same recipe for success that Pete Carroll uses at USC. Take care of home base and then go to the rest of the nation to get the best of the best. |
Ninety percent of the time, it is reflective of success. |
That's what it comes down to. There are going to be too many kids for the in-state schools to get them all. Plus staying in-state is not for every prospect. |
The big thing for Texas is that it's an elite class. They selected more than they recruited in state. I can't remember saying that about any teams in the state of Texas. |
The first time I saw him, I had gone to scout a real good linebacker that University had. I asked the coach if they had any other prospects, and he just said they had a little running back who was fast. |
The hottest school in the country, period. And it has been for three years. |
The Internet certainly facilitated recruiting becoming something of a national phenomenon. |
The kids that were the up-and-coming seniors that were hoping to have a great senior season and play their way into a scholarship -- that's who it hits the hardest. With recruiting accelerating so much, having commitments prior to a senior year, the coaches aren't going to have enough video on kids from the New Orleans area to make that assessment. |
The simple fact of the matter is they had so much momentum coming off the Michigan win (in last year's Rose Bowl ) that they just rolled into March with full guns blazing. |
There were a lot of things set up against them. A class like this is going to help you in certain ways. That's what you want out of any recruiting class. At the same time, the depth wasn't quite up to what Tennessee is accustomed to. |
We'll generate between 35 to 40 million individual page use. |
You can tell when the talent level changes. That's where we break it down. |
You know if you need to go after offensive linemen or safeties or something else. It gives schools a better chance of filling their needs. |
You're talking about 35 million households who watched the Rose Bowl. That was putting the Longhorns front and center in a lot of future recruits. |