re: 2014 Arkansas Recruiting Thread - Football & Basketball Commits

I think after another year of shitty pay and unkept promises Hammock can be swayed.


I definitely want to see how coach Thomas coaches up the RB's but his recruiting haul hasn't been stellar yet, his West Coast targets had fleeting interest but haven't been pegged for visits. I think we'll end up with one more RB signee but I sure don't want us taking any reaches.

DFW doesn't seem to have an elite RB prospect this year. I would like to see us push after the kid in Broken Arrow. The BA kids are pretty solid to OSU, but Fayetteville is just as close as Stillwater and ya gotta think we've got a great pitch to RB's.

There's a kid in Wichita that looks on paper like a Kevin Shorter clone, but of course we never get a chance to see any of these kid's character or their academic standings. We just get to see where they're from, some highlights, stats, and their ht/wt/40 times and who's given them an offer.

I trust BB to find the right kids that we can be proud of as fans that will also be competitive on the field.

Damn... didn't even make top 7.

Well shite!

wow

Brian Wallace talks his top 5:

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Wallace and his family were recently able to narrow his list of suitors.

Alabama: “The Crimson Tide, I haven’t visited there yet. I’m most likely probably using one as an official because I’m not sure when I’ll be able to make another visit. What excited me about them is all the NFL draft picks they put out. They’ve won back-to-back National Championships. I’ve seen pictures of the facilities and I was impressed with that and I want to see them in person.”

Arkansas: “That was my latest visit (Aug. 9) and it was my first time visiting. I was very impressed with the academics and all the football facilities they have to offer. Both the coaching staff and academic side of the school, they answered questions with me not having to ask for it. I sat down with Coach (Bret) B(ielema) and he told me for every 10 people that want you to succeed there are 20 that want you to fail. That stuck with me after I left and I’ll keep that in mind.”

Iowa: “They’ve been after me just as hard as Arkansas has been after me. With any coach I have contact with, I have a good relationship with and I have a good relationship with them. There I have a chance to play early and start my sophomore or junior year. I’ve been up there a few times and I was very impressed with it. I actually liked the environment and I got to hang out with the players too.”

Nebraska: “For one I was impressed with the academics. You’re going to be impressed with the football facilities wherever you go, but me I was impressed with the academics of all the things they have to offer, as far as the technology and things they have to help you with. When I went up there I actually liked the weight room. The head coach has a good reputation there and I also like the head coach.”

Ohio State: (Wallace visited in July) “Just the environment really. Coach Urban (Meyer), I got to sit down and talk to him. He seems really cool. For one I think it would be a challenge. Coach Meyer was telling me they’re losing four starters on the o-line so there is actually competition to come in and get a starting spot.”

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We're gonna be fielding an offense of 6 OTs and 5 TEs before long

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JC Shurburtt ?@jcshurburtt 2m
“@SWiltfong247: Top247 CB Raymond Wingo on his top schools: #Arkansas #Indiana #Iowa #MichiganState #Nebraska #Tennessee

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No Mizzou?

Its amazing how much decent talent they fail to sign and replace with 2*s from Texas...

Where was the radio show out of?

He's tried to commit to LSU already, evidently has an 'offer', but non commitable. We may be 'plan B'. I'm sure he'd jump to LSU just as soon as they would let him.

This one at least has a 'non commitable' offer from LSU, may be wrong, but don't think any of our Louisiana commits even have that, do they?

We do have a couple though that at least some LSU fans say 'in any other year' about.