2016 Recruiting - Week #2

[HornSports Staff]

In the 2015 Recruiting thread (RIP), we talked about starting a new weekly thread to help avoid having one mega-thread. Have at it....

 

[Juan]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011



Collin is the brother of Kirk

A few more relationships .....

QB Xavier Gaines is the cousin of Cecil Cherry

LB Eric Fowler is the cousin of Tank Jackson

WR Dee Anderson is the cousin of DeAndre McNeal

DT Darius Anderson is the step-brother of Fozzy Whittaker
 
 
 

 

[Juan]

Some highlights of 2016 QB Xavier Gaines (one game)

 

[Juan]

We now have 5 offers out to 2016 OBs
 
Xavier Gaines (Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales) is the most recent.  Top 300 nationally.  Cousin of Cecil Cherry. Has offers from Bama, Auburn, Clemson, FSU, ND, tOSU ..... FSU leads the CB at 61% but we are his childhood fav -- "It’s been my dream school for most of my life! I was excited honestly, but I knew it was coming because I have a cousin that is committed to them.â€
 
Shane Buechele (Alington Lamar).  He is highest ranked in-state QB and our only in-state QB offer.  CB shows ou and Stanford, but, nonetheless, he may be our guy
 
Malik Henry (6'3,180) FSU commit
 
Shea Patterson (Shreveport, La./Calvary Baptist).  Used to like us, but 5-star likely going to Ole Miss (with the bro)
 
Dwayne Haskins (Potomac, Md./Bullis)  Top 100 player.  Friends with Locksley.  His top 3 are tOSU, ND and Maryland.  CB has tOSU & Md.  The #5 composite pro-style QB http://247sports.com/Player/Dwayne-Haskins-54144
 
— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Juan]

2016 WR Devin Duvernay (5'11,178) Sachse, TX

sub 4.5 speed

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2591194/highlights/206028375/v2

 

[Juan]

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2589913/jp-urquidez

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Juan]

4-star DL Michael Williams' current top 5 schools -- Texas, SMU, TCU, tOSU & Stanford

 

[Throthefade]

Jalen Hurts was offered by Alabama... UT really needs to jump on that kid.

 

[primal defense]

In the 2015 Recruiting thread (RIP), we talked about starting a new weekly thread to help avoid having one mega-thread. Have at it....

Could you create a tab that could store each week. Instead of having to go back and fine old weeks, there could be one section. Thanks

 

[texasdobbs]

Boo.... on the close and switch thread....

 

[bill_ut75]

In the 2015 Recruiting thread (RIP), we talked about starting a new weekly thread to help avoid having one mega-thread. Have at it....

Not trying to difficult (sincerely)… but have you thought this “new weekly thread†idea through?

 
For example, don’t posters who haven’t logged in for a while… go back, read older posts… and then want to respond to them? 
 
How does that work with the “new weekly thread†scenario?
 
Since a member cannot respond to a “Week 2†thread post in a “Week 3†thread (to the best of my knowledge)… then if forum members do respond to a post in a previous week’s thread …then after a few months it seems you could end up with a lot of concurrent 2016 Recruiting Weekly Threads… such as:

• 2016 Recruiting - Week #2
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #3
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #4
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #5
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #6
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #7
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #8
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #9
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #10
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #11
• 2016 Recruiting - Week #12… all going on at the same time.

 
Is this what you envisioned? 
 
Maybe I’m the only one… but I imagine that to be confusing… especially to a new member coming on board… and could lead to less engagement. With an ad based model… more engagement is better.
 
It seems to me there are 3 scenarios:

1. Create a new "weekly thread" every week… potentially ending up with a bunch of concurrent 2016 Recruiting  - Weekly Threads (imagine after 6 months), or
2. Discourage members from going back and replying to threads older than 1 week to avoid multiple concurrent weekly 2016 recruiting threads, or
3. Have one general 2016 recruiting thread… along with additional 2016 recruiting threads focusing on specific topics

 
Before NSD… the overwhelming opinion of forum members was to maintain one general 2015 recruiting thread. Was that really such a bad thing? 
 
Again… not trying to be difficult… just sharing another viewpoint.
 
Or… maybe I’m just a little too old for this sort of thing.
Thank you, bill

 

[Juan]

We offered a 2018 OL -- Will Lawrence (6'4, 260) OT from Harding Academy in Memphis, TN.

He started at left tackle for varsity as an 8th grader.

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Juan]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011


 

2016 WR Devin Duvernay (5'11,178) Sachse, TX

sub 4.5 speed

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2591194/highlights/206028375/v2

 

 

[utisdabomb12]

OB is reporting that Jean Delance decommitted from OU. If Texas offers they will probably get him. 

 

[BevoBlake]

We can mark Shea Patterson off the list, he has officially committed to Ole Miss. Not that I felt we were a serious landing spot for him anyways. 

 

[shotime73]

OB is reporting that Jean Delance decommitted from OU. If Texas offers they will probably get him. 

i thought i read somewhere on another site there bomb that Delance and Wickline have been keeping in contact ..I don't know how true that is...I remember reading it somewhere

 

[utisdabomb12]

i thought i read somewhere on another site there bomb that Delance and Wickline have been keeping in contact ..I don't know how true that is...I remember reading it somewhere

Yep

 

[Sirhornsalot]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

Collin is the brother of Kirk

A few more relationships .....

QB Xavier Gaines is the cousin of Cecil Cherry

LB Eric Fowler is the cousin of Tank Jackson

WR Dee Anderson is the cousin of DeAndre McNeal

DT Darius Anderson is the step-brother of Fozzy Whittaker



I'm a distant relative of Quanah Parker.

 

[utisdabomb12]

We can mark Shea Patterson off the list, he has officially committed to Ole Miss. Not that I felt we were a serious landing spot for him anyways. 

His brother is a coach at Ole Miss. Whoever hired his brother was going to get him.