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Who says he can't get be flipped?
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I wonder if we backed away due to some other stuff about to happen. That just makes no sense whatsoever other than that.
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gostangs wrote:I wonder if we backed away due to some other stuff about to happen. That just makes no sense whatsoever other than that.



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gostangs wrote:I wonder if we backed away due to some other stuff about to happen. That just makes no sense whatsoever other than that.


Since when do 18 year old boys make rational, well-reasoned decisions that make sense to everyone?

He may be chasing a girl. He may have just liked Texas State better. May have a connection with someone on their staff. He may have flipped a coin.

But saying that because he committed to someone else means we must have backed off is silly. I'm as excited as anyone about a new era for SMU football, but we're a LONG way away from getting any recruit we choose.
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Of course we aren't going to get any recruit we choose. We should just get any recruit that comes down between SMU and Texas friggin state.

I know 18 yr olds are irrational - but that doesn't mean you cant point out that the decision is not a good one, and was in fact irrational - unless we backed away due to grades or other commitments we have been told we are getting. That does happen, especially now that we have an actual recruiting staff.
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gostangs wrote:Of course we aren't going to get any recruit we choose. We should just get any recruit that comes down between SMU and Texas friggin state.

I know 18 yr olds are irrational - but that doesn't mean you cant point out that the decision is not a good one, and was in fact irrational - unless we backed away due to grades or other commitments we have been told we are getting. That does happen, especially now that we have an actual recruiting staff.


The challenge with your logic is that it's dependent on a hierarchy: SMU > Tx State therefore SMU should win all recruiting battles with Tx State. The flip side is that we're all depending on Coach Morris to upend said hierarchy: OU > SMU, but SMU beats OU for a kid. I for one have no problem losing the occasional kid to a "lesser program" if it means we're beating out "better programs", too. You win some you lose some. Texas is a big state.
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What the hell is a Texas State?
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Morris Code 11 wrote:What the hell is a Texas State?




A transcendental state of being in which you suddenly realize you're better than everyone else in any measurable statistic and as a reflection of such you begin wearing wranglers, a cowboy hat, riding a horse to your job at the oil field, and playing country music on an acoustic guitar. You know, Texas stuff.
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ender3 wrote:
gostangs wrote:I wonder if we backed away due to some other stuff about to happen. That just makes no sense whatsoever other than that.


Since when do 18 year old boys make rational, well-reasoned decisions that make sense to everyone?

He may be chasing a girl. He may have just liked Texas State better. May have a connection with someone on their staff. He may have flipped a coin.

But saying that because he committed to someone else means we must have backed off is silly. I'm as excited as anyone about a new era for SMU football, but we're a LONG way away from getting any recruit we choose.


Yup. He's also from Odessa, so it's entirely plausible that he might not like a big city like Dallas and was more comfortable in a smaller town. Also don't forget that they did just have a corner drafted in the 3rd round in May; nice selling point.
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He did not just pick Texas State over SMU. He had other BCS offers as well. It happens. No big deal.
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Smith just reopened his recruitment.


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smusportspage wrote:No kidding, I think it is way overdue to pick up some talent out that way. For one, West Texas is the land from which such SMU greats as Putt Choate and Roy Dunn matriculated from. We could use a few more of those!


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What a great picture! Where is Roy now?
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smusic 00 wrote:
smusportspage wrote:No kidding, I think it is way overdue to pick up some talent out that way. For one, West Texas is the land from which such SMU greats as Putt Choate and Roy Dunn matriculated from. We could use a few more of those!


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+1 and also football in either 7th or 8th grade
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