With UH hiring a coach, can we...

[StallionsModelT]

At least the recruiting recap over at Ford will only take half an hour.

[PK]

Ted over at mustangmaniacs seems to think that a delay in recruiting is overated as far as getting a new Coach. Despite the fact that using the Area Top 100 only about a 1/4th of the players remain on the board. 90% of the Texas Top 100 have signed.

Seeing as how we never get Texas Top 100 recruits anyway, what's the difference? (Sarcassim turned back off.)

[beamout2000]

Mark Northern Illinois off your list of vacancies as well. They have hired Southern Illinois coach Jerry Kill who is a great coach in the toughest FCS conference in the country getting SIU into the FCS playoffs the last 4 years in a row.

[jtstang]

I would say 4-5 aren't really Division 1A prospects(list is actually a preseason list). About 8-10 have academic issues-although they may sign anyway-they will be wait-and-see for actual admission and passing the clearinghouse. The BIG problem with starting on January 8th is that good kids have already lined up visits and won't have a weekend to visit-or we get last call which often means they never visit because they commit somewhere else before their scheduled visit. Other schools could go after second semester JUCO graduates who generally were non-qualifiers out of high school or have academic issues even in JUCO or go after Division 1A Transfers. Not sure if that's a real possibility at SMU. For get about the Top players they are gone or soon will be.

Whatever happens we'll most likely get to see SMU take flyers on a bunch of non-qualifiers who hopefully will qualify late...isn't that what you've always wanted??