What function was help at SMU, Sat. Feb. 12th?

[BUS]

Last week I received a call from an interested party that asked about any help I could give to a prospective recruit. The call came from a business associate of mine whoes daughter has been dating a 6-3 210 pound receiver. The young man had not played footbal since 8th grade but played his junior year with grand success.

He was attending something this past Saturday at SMU. HELP please.

[Dooby]

Last week I received a call from an interested party that asked about any help I could give to a prospective recruit. The call came from a business associate of mine whoes daughter has been dating a 6-3 210 pound receiver.

Bus, if you worked for the NCAA, do you realize how bad that would sound.

[BUS]

If you are stating that something illegal or un-ethical is going on... please do not.

This is not a Pony Soprano deal. Ha Ha

Boosters can call someone and say that a kid is really interested in the school. WANTS TO BE A MUSTANG.

[OC Mustang]

Bus,

Our baby-sitter is an Olympic caliber soccer player, and everybody and their dog wants her, and she is a junior.

I just emailed Cossaboon, the women's soccer coach, and he took it from there. She was a sophomore then. She asks me from time to time what classes I took, etc., but we pretty much just stick to our kids and pizza.

Fire an email to a coach with the bonafides, and let the coaches handle it.

Good luck....

[Stallion]

E-mail Craig Roark the recruiting coordinator on his e-mail listed in the SMU Football page. Let him take it from there because alumni are only allowed incidental contact. I've had recruits parents contact me and I just pass it on so there's no question. Roark will likely give you a call back-I know he followed up on my lead.

[Pony Fan]

I believe that would be ERIC Roark, not Craig. Craig signed with Nebraska.

[BUS]

Thanks to each of you for the guidance.

That very evening I did speak with a coach and pass on the info about the player. That is all I said I could do. It is nice to now that others keep there eye on running a good program.


Now the original question..... What function was going on at SMU Sat. Morning?

[Peruna88]

Maybe he was taking the SAT. I know I took it once in Hyer Hall.

[EastStang]

I vaguely remember one of the initial death penalty charges the investigators leveled against us came from an "illegal contact" where a recruit happened to be the next door neighbor of an SMU alum and had grown up there and was invited to a 4th of July barbecue in the guys backyard as he was every year. Bobby Collins told me about that one. I'm not sure whether the NCAA dismissed that charge or not. All I can say, is be careful out there. The coaches love to hear about potential recruits. I coached a really good kid in basketball who only played three football games his senior year after setting every touchdown record in the books his junior year. It turns out the County disqualified him for an inappropriate transfer in his senior year. I sent a letter out to several college football coaches that I knew basically saying that if they wanted a great running back they should call this kid. A few contacted him and he got a scholarship and a degree and has now got a good job as a store manager.

[BUS]

That is really about all that one can do. Call, write and send an e-mail and then leave it up to the coaches.

When thinking about this... I do not think that I would be as good a judge of talent as the coaching staff so, get them advised of potential recruit and I bet they do a good job from there.

[Stampede]

there was a meeting at Ford Stadium sponsored by a recruiting service on Saturday. I believe it wa sRandy Rogers(?) holding the meetign for all clients of his to enlighten them on the recruiting process.

Obviously, no one from SMU was allowed to attend.

[BUS]

Thank you, I thought it was something to get next years recruiting started. I guess these are kids interested in learning how to get noticed.?!

[Stallion]

the event at Ford Stadium was sponsored by Randy Rodgers Recruiting. Rodgers is a former UT Recruiting coordinator who has been the chief consultant to Texas Football Magazine for several years. He has his own fledgling recruiting service himself. BTW Rodgers claims to be a paid recruiting consultant to 50 Division 1A schools-which pretty much shoots down the argument that coaches don't pay attention to these services.

[Col. Nathan R. Jessep]

the event at Ford Stadium was sponsored by Randy Rodgers Recruiting. Rodgers is a former UT Recruiting coordinator who has been the chief consultant to Texas Football Magazine for several years. He has his own fledgling recruiting service himself. BTW Rodgers claims to be a paid recruiting consultant to 50 Division 1A schools-which pretty much shoots down the argument that coaches don't pay attention to these services.

"PAY" is the key word, Stallion.

The D-I schools pay Coach Rodgers for:

[1] what he knows about player/recruits;
[2] his knowledge from being a D-I coach & Head Recruiter.

Don't compare what he does with Rivals.

Bobby Burton took a couple of bankrupt internet sites & turned them into a profitable business. He takes Nike stats, combines with some telephone interviews of players & coaches, creates film from recruits highlights, & then creates an information database paid for by sports junkies.

Don't confuse the 2.