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UT and aTm are already getting oral commitments from juniors. That is the difference between being BCS/Big 12 and being us. I don't ever see us catching up with the "haves" in college football.

Sam I Am wrote:UT and aTm are already getting oral commitments from juniors. That is the difference between being BCS/Big 12 and being us. I don't ever see us catching up with the "haves" in college football.

No kidding, we usually don't even have 17 committments until signing day.

Sam I Am wrote:UT and aTm are already getting oral commitments from juniors. That is the difference between being BCS/Big 12 and being us. I don't ever see us catching up with the "haves" in college football.

Funny thing...OU has zero commitments at this point just like us. Aren't they BCS?

And if memory serves, they acquired commitments at about the same rate we did, last year. More and more schools are offering early, but it's not like the only good players out there are the ones who commit early -- it's just not true.

PK wrote:

Sam I Am wrote:UT and aTm are already getting oral commitments from juniors. That is the difference between being BCS/Big 12 and being us. I don't ever see us catching up with the "haves" in college football.

Funny thing...OU has zero commitments at this point just like us. Aren't they BCS?

OU has at least 2, but it is silly to think schools should have any now-most don't. TAMU has 5, LSU 2, USC 2, ND 2, etc.

HFvictory wrote:

PK wrote:

Sam I Am wrote:UT and aTm are already getting oral commitments from juniors. That is the difference between being BCS/Big 12 and being us. I don't ever see us catching up with the "haves" in college football.

Funny thing...OU has zero commitments at this point just like us. Aren't they BCS?

OU has at least 2, but it is silly to think schools should have any now-most don't. TAMU has 5, LSU 2, USC 2, ND 2, etc.

The original post on this thread was based upon an article in the DMN that stated the number of commitments UT and A&M had...it also stated that OU had no commitments at that time. They may very well have some now.

Texas has been making offers and giving firm deadlines for commitments with their offers. Now would Mack Brown still give the right kid a scholarship if he accepted later, probably. Beating every team in Texas consistently, winning 20 straight and the national championship allows you to do that.

Think about this for a minute. We could *get* oral commitments at this point -- but are you sure you really want 'em? We're chasing higher level players who are holding out for offers from the UT's and A&M's. Once those guys set their classes, you begin to see lower level pieces fall.

Suppose we could just load up with second tier players to begin with and not wait for table scraps for the higher ups.

ill wait for UTs table scraps all day long

mustangnation wrote:ill wait for UTs table scraps all day long

Except that "table scrap" players who were talented enough to really have interest from UT will end up at another BCS school, not SMU.

Then they were never considering us in the first place.

At this point in time comparing anything at SMU or at any other other non-top twenty BCS programs with what's happening at UT is apples and oranges.

SMUFootballBlog - before the Ryan Perrilloux situation, Mack would probably wait and give the right kid a scholarship, but not now. Ryan Mallett is a perfect exampe - arguably the top QB in the nation and was down to UT and Michigan; John Brantley, another top QB from Florida is ready to commit, so Mack gives Mallett a deadline of last week to accept the scholarship or it's off the table.

Mallett has since opened up his recruitment and Brantley just committed to UT.

....and in fact, John Brantley did just commit 22 minutes ago-another great National Gold Chipper for the Horns-No. 18 on the year. Next in the Hotbox Dallas DT Tray Allen one of the Top 3 in Texas.

Treadway21 wrote:At this point in time comparing anything at SMU or at any other other non-top twenty BCS programs with what's happening at UT is apples and oranges.

No kidding. And yet the ponyboys of the world insist we are waiting to see which of the players with talent to be called UT recruits have SMU listed as their no. 1 backup plan.

Ok, Kansas. The point still holds that we --like other schools in our situation-- don't fill up with commits because we're hoping that someone higher in the food chain drops us a crumb.

I'm not, by the way, saying that I like this situation. I'd love to be in the shoes of the crumb droppers.