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[PonyFan]

I don't get the paper anymore, but a friend told me SMU was mentioned by a lot of guys on the area Top 100 list. Anyone have a link to the list, or a list of the guys who mentioned SMU?
Thanks

[BUS]

My FROG neighbor and I were talking about the list. TCU and SMU had the same number of commits.

What was a surprise was Baylor. Man they cleaned up. As usual, Texas had a vast majority of the top 10-15.

My Frog friend said if he were a Texas guy, he would be mad if the horns lost a game given the talent they ALWAYS get.

I saw it a a good showing for our Mustangs!!

Get some more BIG MEN.
Go Mustangs

[PonyPride]

I couldn't find the link.

[me@smu]

I don't have it but I believe I found all four of our recruits somewhere on the list. I am sure I will be corrected if that isn't right...but Logan was in the 70s, Terrance in the 90s, Kelly in the 70s and Josh in the 40s I believe.

[ShanDtheMan]

Doesn't SMU have five commitments at the moment?

Logan Turner
Josh LeRibeus
Terrance Ganaway
Kelly Turner
Terence Wilkerson

[me@smu]

Fair enough...forgot about Wilkerson...but don't remember seeing him on the list

[BUS]

Sit back a second and think when the last time SMU had 5 commits and school had not even started.

I remember the buzz starting after the season was over and we might have had ONE committment.

Bennett is doing so much better. Hell the team is better it would only be right that recruiting continues to improve.

"Stallions comment here" and I agree with some of what he will say. But give Bennett this - : " Better IS better "

[Stallion]

He's doing so much better than exactly WHAT schools? You aren't building championship by recruiting the Recruits in the Bottonm 25 of the DMN Area Top 100-you don't know what you're talking about if you think otherwise. And list all the schools we have beaten for these gems. The DMN Area 75-100 is largely chosen by DMN personnel who know next to nothing about recruiting while the rankings of the top players is done by Rivals who actually track just how "hot" a recruit is.

[BUS]

SMU vs SMU - Remember Cavan

Yes, Stallion we still need to do better.

[ponydawg]

All I know is with Bennett's recruits we beat UTEP, UH, and TCU who all were supposed to beat us last year.
Yes we have a far way to go so that we can consistently beat them but hopefully it is a start........

24 days till we have a better understanding!

fearthepony

[stampedesbabyboy]

Stallion, are you the expert or is Rivals?

[Stallion]

Rivals is-the DMN is not-as they themselves rely on Rivals almost exclusively. Check this fine print on those lists-they are compiled by Rivals except for few added at the bottom of the DMN Area Top 100.

[ALEX LIFESON]

Time to go hit the heavy bag for a while

[RGV Pony]

Time to go hit the heavy bag for a while

easy there father mulcahy

[ponydawg]

Per Recruiting and Lists:
http://recruitingbuzz.beloblog.com/?nl

Re: TCU and North Texas

Tim makes a great point about TCU's ability to scout second- and third-tier prospects in the state. I also believe if we ever get an early signing date -- which recruiting writers like yours truly would beg for -- then the Horned Frogs might even get more blue-chip players, because it's my opinion that TCU has excellent talent evaluators.

An example -- St. Mark's Sam Acho. Who was the first team to recognize Acho's talents? TCU. Who offered him first? TCU. And who are two of the schools big time after Acho now? The two teams that played for last year's national championship, Texas and Southern Cal.

I'm not saying an early signing date would have helped TCU with Acho. But I do think an early signing date would place even more of an emphasis on scouting and might reward a program like TCU that identifies a talented player such as Acho before others.

Posted by Todd Wills at 3:57 PM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)

Re: TCU and North Texas

Read Todd Wills' recruiting chat with great interest. The big buzz is about OU replacing Rhett Bomar, but I wanted to address questions about TCU and North Texas.

A reader asked if TCU will ever step into the big time as far as recruiting goes. As Todd noted, the Horned Frogs occasionally beat the big boys for state-ranked kids like ATH Jeremy Kerley and SS TeJay Johnson of South Garland. But the key to TCU's recruiting classes is scouting second- and third-tier prospects in the state. TCU has won a lot of games by picking the right prospects that aren't blue-chip recruits. LaDainian Tomlinson wasn't on any top 100 lists, and he turned out OK.

Another reader begged for UNT recruiting news. Yeah, right. UNT coach Darrell Dickey doesn't like offering guys early. He figures it's just advertising a recruit for a big-time program to pick off. So the Mean Green doesn't make recruiting waves until after the holidays, sorting through leftovers. I understand the logic. Still, I see coaches from schools like Wyoming at area high schools more often that guys who can drive from Denton.