Return of the Mack...Fresh off a top-five recruiting class, Texas coach Mack Brown has already filled 18 out of his 22 available scholarships for next year with some of the best juniors in the country. Apparently kids just show up in Austin these days and sign on the dotted line. (Having this can't hurt.)Now, I'm an excellent video game recruiter year in and year out. I'm not great at pitching the whole "Academics" angle, but get me in the living room and I'll give you the top class every year.
That's basically what Mack Brown (and Pete Carroll) are doing right now, but I wonder if it's the best course of action. Football is a different beast than basketball. Kids start playing later and players develop a bit later. A kid can change a lot over the summer between his junior and senior years, including his mind.
All these guys are still going to take all their recruiting visits. They'll party all over the country and get the VIP treatment even though they're "going to Texas." Maybe they end up there, maybe they don't but college football is cyclical and freak numbers like these feel a bit like the dot-com boom or being a pro poker player about four years ago. Good times end, so enjoy them now.
Ten years ago USC was 6-5, Texas was 4-7 and Nebraska was being fitted for their third national championship ring. I think it's time we got back to that.
Meanwhile, right next door...Things continue to unravel at Arkansas. Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that Mitch Mustain requested phone records for Houston Nutt and assorted staff members under the freedom of information act.
For his mom.
Some kids are better equipped to handle college than others. We all knew the guy in the dorm whose mother would bring him freshly laundered clothing each week.
Mustain is sort of like that, except his mother tries to get his coach fired.
Love to see this kid in a USC uniform in the near future.
Craps!...Is it too early to call Dice-K a bust? He's now lost twice as many games as he's won on American soil and last night he gave up three hits and two earned runs to the only team that accepts Canadian coins. Three hits! Dragonball-K only struck out a thrid of the 30 batters he faced. His ERA ballooned from 2.57 to 2.70! We've been played a fool.
As best I can tell, Matsuzaka isn't putting any ki on the ball, which is precisely why the Sox brought him over. If the Fenway faithful don't see at least one Genki Dama soon, I fear the only option left for Dice-K might be Jibaku, which would be a a pretty pricey set of fireworks.
Or, they'll just throw a slice at him...
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Your "Having this can't hurt." link made me spit my morning cheerios across the room almost as far as that slice of roni. I wounder if Wakefield looked at the flutter that kid got on that pie.
It's actually kind of amazing that USC and Texas ever lose a recruit when you consider, ummm, the scenery at both schools
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