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Highlight Film...With or Without Music.
Highlight Film...With or Without Music. by Off Thehookrecruiting on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 9:50am.With Or Without Music There is a question that keeps coming up in the recruiting world. O.T.H.R. wanted to share our views on the subject. The Question is... Should there be music on...
One of the Best Analysis of Recruiting Ratings I've Read
The following link is to a Dr. Saturday article that takes an in-depth look at the long term success of recruiting classes. A can't miss read for fans of college football: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Star-Power-Judging-the-recruiting-rankings-gam?urn=ncaaf-312875
Kris Frost Is A Tiger!
The ongoing soap opera started by the rivals.com site has finally reached a happy conclusion today. Future 5* recruit Kris Frost commitment to the Auburn Tigers is official. At least as official as can be until Feb 2nd which is national signing day. Andy Bitter has this article up on his blog, and...
Will Leaving The Big XII Hurt Nebraska In Recruiting The State of Texas?
Everyone knows Texas consistently produces the most high school talent in the country. Nebraska is not impervious to this information and currently has six verbal commitments out of the state of Texas, five Rivals 4-stars and a Rivals 3-star. With a national ranking of 8th by Rivals, 10th by ESPN...
Did Dorrell/Norvell Whiff On OSU Quarterback Ryan Katz?
Oregon State arrives in the Rose Bowl this week led by their quarterback Ryan Katz, who is coming off a 20-29 performance in the Beavers 35-7 win over Cal in Corvallis last Saturday. Katz, a redshirt sophomore who became the starter this season, has thrown for 1500 yards and 10 touchdowns this...
Scholarship Math
I did not do the research on this and I really haven't had the time today to back check it but it looks pretty dead on. This is what the recruiting classes should look like in the nest few years. We currently have 74 scholarship players on the roster (including Soma + Henderson). We have 16...
Virginia Tech Football Recruiting Guide for the class of 2011 (Part 3)
Since my last recruiting update a lot has happened on the field. We started out 0-2 and dead in the water (not the way any of us would have dreamt) and essentially playing our way out of the picture for the nation's elite recruits, including the top in the state Curtis Grant and undoubtedly the...
The Goldmine 2.0: Mike Price Offers California DB's Taj Teague and Simon Connette
There's been a late flurry of recruiting news coming my way today and I wanted to pass it along to the Miner Nation. Not enough for a full Dig or post, so I though I'd bring back the Goldmine which was a surprisingly popular FanShot. Why wait for recruiting news? As I get it, I will share it. I...
Virginia Tech Football Recruiting Guide for the class of 2011 (Part 2)
[Ed. Note: Bumped from FanPosts] Welcome to the Part 2 of my series Virginia Tech Football Recruiting Guide for the class of 2011. I am sorry that I have been so long getting the second part out, but some personal stuff came up and it sidetracked me pretty badly. Compounded with the terrible...
True Huskers are headed our way
(Jon J: Bumped up from the fanposts, something not on conference expansion!) Coach Bo and the rest of the staff have done a masterful job closing recruits this offseason. This clearly has a lot to do with the National Exposure we have received over the last year, but I also believe it is because...






