Sexton Hardcastle
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I am not worried about the RB position as long as EB is here. We are in great hands.
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'12 TX RB Benjamin Catalon (Signed to TCU)
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A super Christian Texas school or Boulder Colorado?!?!?!? So the thought process was, "should I join a four year bible study or smoke, drink and party?" I just don't understand how these could be the two options . . . OHHHHHHHH no he just thought all those guys on Pearl St were reincarnations of jesus!!! http://hipsterorjesus.com/
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I'm guessing proximity to family factored in to the thought process.
These recruits can choose to do what they want.
They just need to ask their parents what they want.
his dad wanted him to go to CU because he knew what having a coach like bienemy could mean for his kid.
One that got away...
1683 yards rushing, 12.0 yard average, 27 total TDs.
Two things to take away from this:
1. Our coaching staff got in early on a really talented kid, secured a commitment, and then lost him to a home-state school. It happens to everyone.
2. We need more speed at the RB position sooner rather than later. If we do not find that guy in this class, it really needs to happen in the next class. We need some big-play ability on the offense.
1683 yards rushing, 12.0 yard average, 27 total TDs.
Two things to take away from this:
1. Our coaching staff got in early on a really talented kid, secured a commitment, and then lost him to a home-state school. It happens to everyone.
2. We need more speed at the RB position sooner rather than later. If we do not find that guy in this class, it really needs to happen in the next class. We need some big-play ability on the offense.
I think this still holds true.
The fact that we were in on Catalon before just about everyone else shows that E.B. knows how to evaluate talent. Even though he is now committed to TCU it just shows that he will find guys that can help us.
Next step is to close some and I'm not overly worried about that either in time.
At the risk of starting a war I will point out that 3 or 4 years ago Hawk was "in on" a bunch of damn good prospects (the year what's his name ditched CU for Oregon at the last minute). At the end of the day, being in on them doesn't really count, only landing them.
Agreed. Maybe I should have said in good shape with blue chip prospects. If we whiff on them on NSD then I'll change my tone but I'm gonna wait until they commit before saying that.
I'd say we're not the favorite for any of those guys. I'd be surprised if we got one actually
I wouldn't be one bit surprised to get 2 of the 3 and I expect we'll get at least one.
White_Rabbit
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I'll be shocked if we get Wright or Kirven. I can see us getting Wes Brown and or McNamara though.
It's too bad BJ wants to stay home so badly, we sure could use his speed in the backfield. He'd probably get a lot of touches and catches in our offense.
It's too bad BJ wants to stay home so badly, we sure could use his speed in the backfield. He'd probably get a lot of touches and catches in our offense.
Kirven probably is the least likely of the three but we're still the only school Wright has visited and he has friends from DBP on the team who are getting PT which I think helps us out. He'd be a four year starter at CU, where as anywhere else he'd sit a year or two.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
You said it, we're still the only school outside of Rutgers that he has seen. I think he changes his tune quite a bit when he takes in some other locales. I hope you're right though, I'd love to have him.
This. He seems like a really impressionable young man. Will probably be "blown away" to every school he visits
With all due respect to Creatini's years of wisdom and experience, if we get one of these guys, it will be a huge surprise. Assuming they still have committable offers from top programs, which looks like a safe assumption unless one of them breaks some laws.
Mavfan1
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Huh?
"super Christian?". I graduated from TCU. There was a requirement to tak one semester of a religious class. I took Religions of the World. We spent a couple of weeks on each of the major world religions, visited a mosque & synagogue, had Hindu & Buddhist guest speakers and on Sunday morning I saw more empty bottles of Purple Passion lying around campus than I saw students going to church. I went there having not attended church since I was about 12. There was never any kind of even the slightest sort of pressure to do anything religious in the 4 years I was there. If that's your thing it was there but no one ever put religion in your face.
A super Christian Texas school or Boulder Colorado?!?!?!? So the thought process was, "should I join a four year bible study or smoke, drink and party?" I just don't understand how these could be the two options . . . OHHHHHHHH no he just thought all those guys on Pearl St were reincarnations of jesus!!! http://hipsterorjesus.com/
"super Christian?". I graduated from TCU. There was a requirement to tak one semester of a religious class. I took Religions of the World. We spent a couple of weeks on each of the major world religions, visited a mosque & synagogue, had Hindu & Buddhist guest speakers and on Sunday morning I saw more empty bottles of Purple Passion lying around campus than I saw students going to church. I went there having not attended church since I was about 12. There was never any kind of even the slightest sort of pressure to do anything religious in the 4 years I was there. If that's your thing it was there but no one ever put religion in your face.
did you just sign up for that post? go dirk
Well, I also know a girl who was castigated for going out and partying and not coming home to her house on time. They would tell her she was going to hell...
So ya, there is probably a cultural difference between the two schools :lol:. Point is well made though. Big difference between "official" pressure and unofficial/cultural pressure.
okay then Waco or Boulder. Did you have a lot of pressure to take prozac so you wouldn't have to face the reality of living in a gigantic ****-hole?
TCU is in Ft. Worth, not Waco. You're thinking of Baylor.
dammit, I hate Baylor so much it is clouding my judgement. Ft Worth is terrible, my sister lived there for two years so I went there several times (and don't forget the Big 12 championship versus Texas).
so it is true that the motto for the city of Dallas is: we're not Fort Worth.
Highlander27
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Very solid 1st season. Needs to hit the endzone more though. He'll be another Darren Sproles when it's all said and done. Hard to find that type of speed, with a well built, short but thick stature like he has.
Went back and re-read some posts. While we all were overvaluing Embree and EB at the time as coaches, I maintain they did a damn good job in identifying some really good players early and Catalon was one of them. I got absolutely no issues with the job Jon did in finding and bringing in players, given his lack of resume, which in hand didn't do much to predict future success as a head coach to me or any recruit.
Having a career day today...