re: Have to admit that A&M turning a 5* from OU in the last moment is interesting

I know this is an unpopular opinion. But I'm glad these guys are getting a chance to finally cash in. It's not coming out of the school budgets (atleast not directly). And if that 4 million is higher than the ? million that OU was offering, either way it will change his and his family's life for the better.

Not that long ago, his school of choice would ridiculously have faced NCAA sanctions for offering him some extra food during on-campus activities - while the coaches and admins were lounging around in their mini-mansions. The coaches and admins are better off now than they've ever been, and now the players are getting cuts of the tsunami flow of money action as well. We'll see how the doom-and-gloom predictions really play out, but as others have stated, it's not the first time a sure-thing recruit has flipped. It won't be the last. And OU is going to have their share as well.