2015 Recruiting Season is in full swing

[J.B. TexasEx]

It uses a point system.  The earlier you make the prediction the more points you get.  Predicitions aren't locked in until the recruit decides - but making a prediciton 5 minutes before it happens after 100 other analysts have predicted isn't going to get you any points.

Doing it over a year ago (like Garland has done for Boyd) will get you a metric crap-ton of points.

Okay, so 247 uses a point system for grading the experts?

Do they post the final grades after NSD? Sorry for the ignorant question, but I really don't follow recruiting that closely. Link?

 

[doc longhorn]

No and neither am I - Texas

He put a idk on Lodge and I said Ole Miss - I think I beat him on this one.

And I think he and I will be right on the rest of his predictions - including Locksley.

 

[Juan]

Shurburtt has written about it

http://texas.247sports.com/Article/Texas-Longhorns-Kyler-Murray-Charlie-Strong-Jerrod-Heard-35192505

The Aftermath: Where Texas goes after Murray's decisionIt was the only option Charlie Strong had when push came to shove.
 
Going after Murray was what Charlie Strong needed to do to have a high school quarterback on campus who could compete for the job right away.
 
Call it desperate, call it a gamble, but Strong knows his ultimate success or failure at Texas depends on the quarterback position. There's no question Kyler Murray would have helped Texas in 2015, which is exactly why Strong was right to go all-in this close to signing day and try and flip the Texas A&M commit.
 
The quarterback wasteland on the Forty Acres isn't a mess Strong is responsible for creating, but he's responsible for getting out of it. If it meant losing Zach Gentry, which happened when the former four-star commitment flipped to Michigan last weekend, then so be it.
 
Strong needed someone who could help him win next season. Now, we know it won't be Murray.
 
The five-star prospect solidified his commitment to Texas A&M on Thursday night following his in-home visit with Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin. The previously scheduled in-home visit with Strong on Friday is now off, and the Longhorns have to pick up the pieces and move forward.
 
In the aftermath of Texas shooting for perhaps the best high school football player the state has produced in a decade, there are a few things to to file away:
 
I don't think at any point Murray was a lock to flip to Texas 
The in-home visits were always going to be the key element of this process. In the days following the Texas visit, the word coming from one source close to the situation was Murray visited Texas simply make sure A&M was the right choice. However, a different source said earlier this week the Longhorns felt like they'd made a ton of progress and it was looking promising to flip Murray. But as of Thursday evening, I don't believe a decision was made one way or the other.
 
At the end of the day, it was always going to come down to what happened during the in-home visits. Sumlin clearly answered everything the way he needed to and avoided a situation that perhaps might have gone down the way it did when Malik Jefferson committed to Texas. Sumlin didn't give Jefferson the right answers prior to his decision, but whatever he told Murray was what the quarterback needed to hear.
 
-- LOTS MORE AT THE LINK -- WHICH IS ABOVE^^^^^^ ------------

 

[dmanderson21]

Between Charles O and Malik's tweets this morning it really feels like this isn't a shock and that the foundation of the big haul would crumble. Obviously it still can - when I was 18 my interests shifted like a fart in the wind...

Did we ever find out why Charles O's in-house was "very important"? 

 

[Juan]

Garland Predictions:

Murray- A&M

Lodge- IDK

Mack- Texas

Boyd's- Texas

Hill- Texas

Warren- Texas

Jamabo- IDK

Reed- Texas

Locksley- FSU

He did change Mack I see

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Okay, so 247 uses a point system for grading the experts?

Do they post the final grades after NSD? Sorry for the ignorant question, but I really don't follow recruiting that closely. Link?

The scoring is done real-time - and will be 'final' some time after Feb 4th.  Here is a link to the expert rankings:

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/ExpertRankings

 

[Mike Garland]

Garland Predictions:

Murray- A&M

Lodge- IDK

Mack- Texas

Boyd's- Texas

Hill- Texas

Warren- Texas

Jamabo- IDK

Reed- Texas

Locksley- FSU

Changes

Lodge- Ole Miss

Jamabo- Texas

Reed- Arkansas

Mack- lol kidding

 

[North Texas Golfer]

So I guess the deal for the Murray's to buy the Saban's house fell through

 

[Harley]

!! 500 !!

 

[odell327]

Between Charles O and Malik's tweets this morning it really feels like this isn't a shock and that the foundation of the big haul would crumble. Obviously it still can - when I was 18 my interests shifted like a fart in the wind...

Did we ever find out why Charles O's in-house was "very important"? 

He mentioned that the visit focused on questions regarding what position the coaches saw him playing.  Basically, it sounds like he wanted to learn about the staff's 'vision' for him on the 40 acres.  He went on to say that all the answers he was after were given and everything was cleared up.  He concluded with emojis that basically read 100% to Texas

 

[Mike Garland]

By the way, don't let my Crystal Balls steer you. I either forget about them or do something random. For some.

Others I'm in a loop of sorts.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Changes

Lodge- Ole Miss

Jamabo- Texas

Reed- Arkansas

Mack- lol kidding

Too bad about Reed if he goes Arky.  Heard could have used all of the 6'4" long armed monsters we can put on the field.  He would have been a player.

 

[Juan]

He did change Mack I see

I think we got our wires crossed somewhere

I was talking about the 247 CB

Mike Garland still has Mack to TCU there (dated Jan 7, 2015)

There are not two Mike Garlands, are there?  (I admit the profile pic there is a little different than the one used here)

 

[JMagana]

By the way, don't let my Crystal Balls steer you. I either forget about them or do something random. For some.

Positive or negative?

Others I'm in a loop of sorts.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Demarco is still favoriting pretty much nothing but Texas stuff on Twitter. It's why I've always thought Kris was headed to Texas. You can't beat playing with your brother. 

 

[Worster1]

Changes

Lodge- Ole Miss

Jamabo- Texas

Reed- Arkansas

Mack- lol kidding

Jamado to TEXAS would be a big get!

 

[odell327]

Well the before school window has come and gone on Boyd's rumored announcement time.  I've seen Hill is supposed to announce this afternoon.  I would assume that means Boyd and Hill will be announcing around the same time?  Somewhere around 1300hrs.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Neither Boyd nor Hill showed up for school today.  Rumors floating that this was expected (per Higdon) and that they may be making an announcement somewhere together.

Roadtrip to Austin?

 

[odell327]

Jamado to TEXAS would be a big get!

Jamabo and Warren would be idea.  Jamabo could end up being a guy we could line up all over the field, i.e., Ramonce Taylor (Minus the off the field issues, of course).

 

[Juan]

The scoring is done real-time - and will be 'final' some time after Feb 4th.  Here is a link to the expert rankings:

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/ExpertRankings

And you can see Warren on top (although I may have called him 'Wilson' - like in 'Survivor' - sorry)

Which is why I keep bringing up his Hill to LSU