re: Texas A&M DB Coach Marcel Yates leaving for Boise St.

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What do you mean?

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-They are not in a BCS conference, and the playoff era will cut down their access.

-They lost their coach and engine behind this period

-In five years BCS games that weren't national titles won't matter

-They got no major recruiting, money or any sort of long-term stability boost

In '87 A&M had just won back to back SWC Titles and was on its way to a 3rd straight. Max Emfinger was considered the best recruiting analyst at the time and he declared A&M and Pitt as tied for the #1 Class. The headliners of the class were Randy Simmons who was considered the best RB in the country but blew out his knee in an All Star Game and was never the same along with Darren Lewis who was an AA RB that set the All Time SWC Rushing record. Most of the recruiting rankings back then were based on the various newspapers and it is true it was nothing like it is now.

It's still ridiculous to compare kids that were recruited by a school (esp one close to home) and then decommit to go to that school and this situation. DSG has not been recruited by Boise. They simply don't get players of his caliber nor significant players from Texas. Unless you take the further leap that Yates knew he was going to leave and started actively recruiting A&M commits to Boise there isn't even a way for a Boise coach to contact him because it is the Dead period.

As I said, it's possible but so ridiculously unlikely it isn't worth talking about. If you told me he was going to LSU or something then that's at least plausible since he has an LSU offer and was recruited actively by LSU.

I agree about Miles. He would have started. I guess the worry for him is who the DB coach will be.

I found A&M on this list of Top Construction schools pretty easily but seem to have trouble locating ULM.

Top Construction Science Programs

1. I have a Degree
2. I didn't start the academic smack.

Also, the degrees are all comparable. For instance at ULM they have a "School of Construction Management" and you get a BS in CM. At A&M it is a "School of Construction Science" and you get a Bachelors in CS or a Masters in CM. They are both accredited by the ACCE.

Recruits make everyone look foolish. I try to always remember that they are allowed to change their minds, and this is about them and their future and not the school I root for. But it's still hard.

With DSG, he really doesn't have a close relationship with his family, so going out of Texas was always an option for him. His mom made like two of his high school games and passed on going with him to the UAAAG.

Hell, he found out about coach Yates by searching the internet for DB coaches who put kids in the NFL, and really built a relationship with him.

I agree. That's why I didn't bump the thread even though everyone thought I was crazy. I will say that this flip is more odd than your typical situation, and I understand why TAMU fans wouldn't think it would happen.

What happened there?

You forgot about Sherman getting wind of the switch a week out. Brent Venables told Nelson to LIE to the A&M coaching staff and say he was still committed, then flip on NSD.