Bennett's Recruiting thus far...

[EastStang]

There's no doubt for the years preceding Bennett's arrival we were not even close to playing on the same playing field. While the Frogs get 5 or 6 1-A transfers per year, we get 2 or so. While some teams build up with JUCO's, (although that hasn't helped San Jose for example), we appear to try and fill one or two holes with a JUCO. We have apparently taken the worst shackles off the recruiting process and our quality of athlete should improve over the next few years as long as the NCAA doesn't increase the scholarship limits for 1-A schools. If they do that, then it will get real ugly because UT, A&M, OU, LSU, OSU, and TT get even more players in their stockpile.

[PonyTales]

The players Coach Bennett has recruited are lightyears ahead of those who were recruited before he got here. Now it's up to the coaches to develop that talent, and it's appeared the last couple of weeks that the development is there. The Mustangs are coming!

[NavyCrimson]

east stang -

your statement: "... One discussion I read was where Joe Paterno was advocating that if the NCAA was going to a 12 game season and it ought to consider raising the scholarship limits by 20. This would of course mean that more kids would go to UT, A&M, TT, OSU, LSU, OU, and even Baylor and fewer to SMU, TCU, Rice, Houston. If each of those Big schools took another 20 that's 120 more kids who go to those schools on a dream, ride pine for four years while we have to make due with more fill-in players. It would devastate the non-BCS programs. Instead of going to TCU, LaDamian Tomlinson would have gone to a BCS program."

that's the whole point now with their super conference (bcs-bs) they have now -

its now time to extend their lead over the rest of us & our administration continues to stand along the side lines like the wimps they've already been!

why fight it when its easier to give in?!

[KnuckleStang]

A quick word about recruiting services: My brother was an undersized (6-0, 235), 2nd team all-state center in HS. For a good portion of his senior year, he was listed on one of these services as "orally committed" to UVA, which couldn't have been more false, and made him laugh, because they had never contacted him. It also listed him showing "high interest" in Clemson for about 3 months, which is the biggest joke of all. (He had had no contact from their staff, and would have had absolutely no interest in Clemson even if they had.) Oh yeah, and "high interest" in Marshall, too, which was never, never true not even for a day, though they did come visit him. His dimensions were inflated to 6-3, 245, and remained that way till the end. The only thing the service got right was his interest in William & Mary, which is where he ended up enrolling and WALKING ON. He didn't get a scholarship until he was a JR.

He claims the misinformation about UVA may have come from his coach, who had hyperbolic tendencies. When the W&M coaches called to inquire about him, the coach reportedly said, "Well, you can come visit him if you want, but I really think this boy's got UVA stamped on his *ss. His daddy went there." Maybe that's how rumors start, I don't know. But just keep in mind when you see a guy listed as interested in SMU, he might not be. Or if he's listed as 6-7, 270, and running a 5.2 and squatting 750, he might not be that big, and he might not actually be able to do that. Coaches will tend to talk up their players, and on top of that, the services seem to report a lot based on hearsay.

Overall, though, they tend to be a fairly accurate indicator of future success, as Stallion so frequently and eloquently points out. And I enjoy reading the reports on this board, and of course I'd rather get a 4-star than a 3-star (duh!). But as science's go, it's got to be one of the more inexact ones out there.

[Stallion]

those criticisms which may have been valid years ago simply are largely irrelevant now. 80% of all Texas top recruits have been physically measured and weighed at recruiting combines-if you don't believe me go check yourself. Also, almost all reports on the recruiting services are now based on player interviews and quotes from the players themselves. If there is disinformation out there it is likely from the recruits themselves who are not sure where they stand or confused interst with options. I had interest in playing QB at UT-unfortunately they didn't. As I have said numerous times you should take early "interest" in a program with a grain of salt. Instead focus on the paid recruiting visits and actual written offers.