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Hollingshead commits to Houston

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:29 pm
by SMU 86
Here is the link.
http://houston.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=832052
Quote:
"I was also impressed with the facilities and
the indoor facility," he said. "Houston is recruiting great players and they can recruit locally some of the best talent in the country."

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:13 pm
by CalallenStang
good for him

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:22 pm
by SMU 86
That gives Houston four 3 star recruits. Kevin Sumlin is doing a good job in recruiting. Should be some good games between SMU and Houston in the future.

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:23 pm
by mustangbill67
So was this a situation where Drew felt he would have a greater opportunity to play at Houston as opposed to SMU? I wonder if JJ made a serious attempt to recruit him.

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:46 pm
by RGV Pony
other board talks of the possibility that a D1 transfer is on the horizon at QB. Could this be why we offered a backup from SLC and didn't want one of our own staff's sons anyway?

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:55 am
by 03Mustang
RGV Pony wrote:other board talks of the possibility that a D1 transfer is on the horizon at QB. Could this be why we offered a backup from SLC and didn't want one of our own staff's sons anyway?
Any idea who this could be? Does it give any possibilities on the other board?

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:01 am
by WildHorse
I believe an indoor facility is on the coaches' wish list, and if kids commit elsewhere because of an absence of a facility here, I bet it climbs on their list ... and more importantly, on Steve-O's wish list.

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:08 pm
by StallionsModelT
Indoor practice facility is without a doubt on Steve's radar. Any idea how much one of these things is going to cost?

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:20 pm
by smu diamond m
TCU style -- a couple mil
SMU style -- $15m


Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:50 pm
by CalallenStang
smu diamond m wrote:TCU style -- a couple mil
SMU style -- $15m

Well, the basketball palace cost us $13 mil, and we won't need any space for fancy offices in the indoor place (got those in Ford for football), so I think we can build an indoor for, oh...$12 mil.

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:11 pm
by smu diamond m
There will be a larger uninterrupted area in a football practice facility. That means bigger beams, meaning bigger dollars.

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:27 pm
by CalallenStang
smu diamond m wrote:There will be a larger uninterrupted area in a football practice facility. That means bigger beams, meaning bigger dollars.
That's why I said 12 million.
You'd be amazed how much Crum money was spent on the offices.

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:33 pm
by smu diamond m
Or the pools and tilework

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:41 pm
by CalallenStang
smu diamond m wrote:Or the pools and tilework
Yeah. That facility is immaculate. Best in the country for sure.

Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:06 pm
by ClassOf81
CalallenStang wrote:smu diamond m wrote:There will be a larger uninterrupted area in a football practice facility. That means bigger beams, meaning bigger dollars.
That's why I said 12 million.
You'd be amazed how much Crum money was spent on the offices.
A lot of the money for the basketball offices came in through private donations, at least according to the signs that were up during the tours offered in connection with the groundbreaking.