TN Commit David Oku

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I just don't get that. Giles was more of a threat to take carries away from Oku than Brown given their similar styles. Someone is in his ear about Bryce Brown.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
I just don't get that. Giles was more of a threat to take carries away from Oku than Brown given their similar styles. Someone is in his ear about Bryce Brown.
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I would bet the house that it is Trooper. He has to come up with some excuse as to why Oku would get more playing time at Auburn even though they just signed a slew of RBs.
 
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OHvol40 said:
I would bet the house that it is Trooper. He has to come up with some excuse as to why Oku would get more playing time at Auburn even though they just signed a slew of RBs.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm sure that Drayton started getting him concerned about the other TB's we were looking at, but Trooper has taken it to a new level.
 
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He wasn't as confused until he visited Auburn. I don't think Syracuse was ever a true player, but Auburn is a real possibility. I just don't know how he can look at that depth chart and think he has a better shot than he would here.
 
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How can he be upset about UT giving Brown a visit if he's not even committed to UT. If he isnt committed to UT, why should UT be committed to him? He can go.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
He wasn't as confused until he visited Auburn. I don't think Syracuse was ever a true player, but Auburn is a real possibility. I just don't know how he can look at that depth chart and think he has a better shot than he would here.
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I understand how most of this probably went down, but what I don't get is the Oku - CEG relationship. I thought he camped at Auburn and liked Gran.
 
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OHvol40 said:
I understand how most of this probably went down, but what I don't get is the Oku - CEG relationship. I thought he camped at Auburn and liked Gran.
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I don't think this has anything to do with relationships. Oku was the higher ranked back when Giles was committed. It's universally thought that Brown is the better back. Oku wants to be the top back signed and is only looking to see where Brown goes before deciding. As long as Bryce doesn't come to UT then we land Oku.
 
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gainesvol82 said:
I don't think this has anything to do with relationships. Oku was the higher ranked back when Giles was committed. It's universally thought that Brown is the better back. Oku wants to be the top back signed and is only looking to see where Brown goes before deciding. As long as Bryce doesn't come to UT then we land Oku.
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If it has nothing to do with relationships then why would he visit the Cuse in sub-zero temps right after Drayton got there? Why would he be interested in OkSt until Trooper leaves then he happens to take a visit to the school that Trooper goes to?

This has ALOT to do with relationships. Not saying that BB doesn't play a factor, because he does. But you are fooling yourself if you think this isn't about personal relationships with position coaches.
 
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OHvol40 said:
I understand how most of this probably went down, but what I don't get is the Oku - CEG relationship. I thought he camped at Auburn and liked Gran.
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That's what he said. I don't necessarily think he's picking one guy over another. It's hard to know anything with any certainty regarding Oku though. There is definitely more to the story than we are aware of. That you can be sure of. The question is are the coaches aware of it? It's pretty hard to combat negative recruiting without knowing what you're fighting.
 
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OHvol40 said:
If it has nothing to do with relationships then why would he visit the Cuse in sub-zero temps right after Drayton got there? Why would he be interested in OkSt until Trooper leaves then he happens to take a visit to the school that Trooper goes to?

This has ALOT to do with relationships. Not saying that BB doesn't play a factor, because he does. But you are fooling yourself if you think this isn't about personal relationships with position coaches.
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I agree OHvol.:good!:
 
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rexvol said:
the NCAA will have to impose a deadline as some point, because it's going to be a status thing about who prolongs it the most
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If they change the rule based on what 3 individuals do that would be stupid. Now if the entire Rivals 100 does it then I can understand.
 
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BeecherVol said:
It think this will get worse in time. May be not to that extent, but if will be an issue in the future.
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Even if 10 guys or 15 guys do it, it doesn't matter. No one is REQUIRED to sign a LOI to play football. The only ones it really irritates for the most part are the fans, and most are pretty irritated by 3 guys really.
 
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Im tired of talking about this class, we should be talking about the spring, and next years class by now.

I guess that makes me one of the aggrevated ones, Eric.
 
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Quite frankly. I don't care if he comes or not. Any recruit that is having this much trouble making a commitment will not be that loyal to UT. We want people that really want to breath orange & white.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
If they change the rule based on what 3 individuals do that would be stupid. Now if the entire Rivals 100 does it then I can understand.
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Are you serious, Eric? That's like saying that we shouldn't have a murder law because only a certain percentage of the population are murderers.

There needs to be a rule change, if not restricting the signing period then at least limiting official visits to prior to signing day. It's ridiculous that schools have to spend time/money/efforts into continuing to recruit these guys when they should already be concentrating on next year's class and spring ball.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Even if 10 guys or 15 guys do it, it doesn't matter. No one is REQUIRED to sign a LOI to play football. The only ones it really irritates for the most part are the fans, and most are pretty irritated by 3 guys really.
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If you think the fans are the only ones irritated by this, you haven't been paying attention to the coaches comments on the matter in interviews. When schools have to spend money chasing these guys that should have already committed, it's irritating to a lot of people - the fans are just a small part of that. I think a lot of the fans enjoy it actually because it gives them something to talk about in a normally very quiet period.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
Are you serious, Eric? That's like saying that we shouldn't have a murder law because only a certain percentage of the population are murderers.

There needs to be a rule change, if not restricting the signing period then at least limiting official visits to prior to signing day. It's ridiculous that schools have to spend time/money/efforts into continuing to recruit these guys when they should already be concentrating on next year's class and spring ball.
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That's a little bit of a stretch man.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
If you think the fans are the only ones irritated by this, you haven't been paying attention to the coaches comments on the matter in interviews. When schools have to spend money chasing these guys that should have already committed, it's irritating to a lot of people - the fans are just a small part of that. I think a lot of the fans enjoy it actually because it gives them something to talk about in a normally very quiet period.
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The only one's that I have really seen bitch about it are the fans. UT also isn't spending any money on Oku or any of the other guys except for Official Visits since NSD came and gone. They also have to have the guys call them to talk to them.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
That's a little bit of a stretch man.
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It's the same idea. I could have just as easily applied it to anything. I just chose murder. You can't honestly say because only 3 people are doing it, there shouldn't be a rule about it. Do you know how many rules are created after just one occurrence?
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Even if 10 guys or 15 guys do it, it doesn't matter. No one is REQUIRED to sign a LOI to play football. The only ones it really irritates for the most part are the fans, and most are pretty irritated by 3 guys really.
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No it irritates the hell out of the coach's. They are holding a scholarship for an individual they are waiting on that could possibly be used else where, not to mention the funds that are expended.

In our case its not such a big deal because we have a few to give.

I've read several quotes from many coach's that think this needs to change and can become a real big problem.
 
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