YENGA De-commits

[SMU2007]

hell on earth

[PonyKai]

Yeah, I have been to Waco. It ain't great, but it's still better than a lot of other places...like 98% of Pennsylvania. It's still Texas, there's a major university there, and it's two hours to Dallas/Austin. It isn't as bad as being isolated in some dying, burnt-out coal mining time in the Rust Belt. Lawrence Kansas ain't much to look at, and it gets a lot colder there as well.

[SMU2007]

Waco makes Denton look like a fantastic option.

[RednBlue11]

Jerusalem on the Brazos

[ponyinNC]

Jerusalem on the Brazos

hahaha!!!

[EastStang]

Hey what's wrong with PA? They have mountains, lakes, rivers, lots of deer to hunt. There's a bar on every street corner. Of course they do have Philly and Pittsburgh which are the places where if America needed an enema that's where the hose would go.

[PonyKai]

Central Pennsylvania without a doubt is one of, if not the most depressing place imaginable. Short of a desert or an asteroid, it's just simply miserable.

[panhandle_pony]

Question: When someone retracts a verbal commitment, as in the Yenga case, can the coaching staff retract the offer, if they so choose ? Or, do we have some kind of written offer that remains outstanding until the player officially signs ?

[mrydel]

Since we have witnessed offers pulled from kids that were committed, I am quite certain you can pull an offer from a decommit if you so desire.

[cutter]

Question: When someone retracts a verbal commitment, as in the Yenga case, can the coaching staff retract the offer, if they so choose ? Or, do we have some kind of written offer that remains outstanding until the player officially signs ?

it looks like the only thing binding is when the Letter of Intent is executed. up until then, all 'commitments' are verbal and non-binding on all parties.
I dug this up:

"In the fickle world of college football recruiting, the only sure thing is a letter of intent"
http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/01/post_3.html

[Stallion]

I think SMU found a "Brand New WLB" in Alonzo Highsmith Jr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_qL79lejA

[Mexmustang]

We can drop the "yea, but it is Waco", but what about the obvious and what should be the most important thing for 97% of recruits--academics. Their academics ranks right down there with their football program.

[SMU2007]

i don't know why anybody would choose to go to baylor. I think UT, ATM, Tech, SMU, TCU, and maybe even UNT are clearly better choices.

[PonyKai]

Well, clearly, enough people decided on Baylor for one reason or another to keep a large, private university in business, Waco, academics and all. Unless you're doing something fine arts, thinking NTSU is better than Baylor is absolutely laughable.

[SMU2007]

if you are going to be a mediocre school, at least be good at something. UNT has their music/fine arts type stuff. what exactly is baylor's appeal?