2009 recruiting speculation begins now with . .

[SRQ]

Sarasota Booker stud tackle Arthur Jeffrey.

Word is he has USF in early top 5.

Would be a huge get.

[redfisher78]

LOL!  I love this board!

[nobull.Bulls]

OT?

  Awesome, lets get em comittted by spring game  ;D

[Ruger7mmmag]

OT?

  Awesome, lets get em comittted by spring game  ;D

Why not?  A number of schools when they are recruiting someone they know is going to sign with them go ahead while they are there and try to use that momentum to lock down the best underclassmen.  It's no secret the staffs who are the best at it (USC) get great classes and keep their own in state every year.  Like I said in another thread, Tommy Bowden said he offered a kid who was a freshman this year last week when visiting another recruit.

[Mama_Bull]

OT?

  Awesome, lets get em comittted by spring game  ;D

Yeah, this way everybody else will try to take him away from us even longer. LOL

Getting early verbals are a double edged sword, because it allows other schools to focus their attention on knocking only USF to the recruit.

I remember when Fayson give us a VERY early verbal and by the time he signed his LOI, we were no longer even in the picture.

I'd like to get some early SILENT verbals, but in this day and age that's not so easy.

At least, if there was an early signing period we could sign a player and wouldn't have to worry about him any longer.

[Henry Jones Jr.]

OT?

  Awesome, lets get em comittted by spring game  ;D

Why not?  A number of schools when they are recruiting someone they know is going to sign with them go ahead while they are there and try to use that momentum to lock down the best underclassmen.  It's no secret the staffs who are the best at it (USC) get great classes and keep their own in state every year.  Like I said in another thread, Tommy Bowden said he offered a kid who was a freshman this year last week when visiting another recruit.

UHHHHH I thought the NCAA cracked down on talking to underclassmen, and under the new guidelines this would be a major recruiting violation....

[Guest]

Jim Leavitt said -- at the Signing Day Party -- that he will have quite a few Juniors at the Notre Dame men's basketball game later this season.

[Frakiethebull]

Aaron Murray! Aaron Murray! Aarron Murray! ;D

[theman123]

Aaron Murray! Aaron Murray! Aarron Murray! ;D

BJ Daniels! BJ Daniels! BJ Daniels!

[Frakiethebull]

were talking about 2009, he's this years news, as in old (lol)