# CFB National Signing Day, How did your team do? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619 "2010-02-04T01:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/21 "2010-02-04T23:58:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The one thing that bothers me a BIT is that, despite all the success they’ve had AND despite the attractions Austin offers to a college student, the Longhorns haven’t been much of a factor in NATIONAL recruiting. Mack Brown does a great job of getting the best in-state players, but I’d have thought UT could get more top out-of-state players than they do. I think that they don’t feel a whole lot of need to recruit outside of the state. 1 CA, 2 CO, 1 SC, 1 AR is what their current roster had that weren’t Texans. It’s debateably the best HS football in the country, and most of those kids dream of playing for the Horns (though many want to go to OU or TAMU). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/22 "2010-02-05T22:08:10Z")
The Trojans got a [verbal commitment](http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=4888515) from a 13 yr old Quarterback. for both parties, that commitment is as binding as the paper it is written on, but I thought it was worth noting. As someone in the 7th grade, he probably already possesses the minimum academic requirement for an SC football player. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/23 "2010-02-05T22:52:44Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > currently they are bitchin about Da’Rick Rogers who backed out of GA and folllowed his buddy to Tenn.. LEAST i don’t know if u are in the south.. but buddy I’m a yankee and i can take u to some high school ball down here thats better attended then a Northwestern or Univ Ill football game.. and amazing quality for 15yr olds There are High School games that draw better than 28,000 and 43,500 respectively? I’m calling bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/24 "2010-02-05T23:14:35Z")
The most impressive statistic I have seen about the Longhorns’ class is the following. They made 30 offers, had 25 official visits, and signed all 25 of those recruits. That’s efficiency at an unheard of rate. I wish Jake Matthews had been a part of the class. I also wish Lache Seastrunk wasn’t such a head case because Texas could have used his talent. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/25 "2010-02-05T23:22:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The Texas Longhorns seem to have done very well again. Significantly, they’ve picked up some very good DEFENSIVE recruits, something they often haven’t done in either the Mack Brown or John Mackovic years. I tend to give defensive coordinator Will Muschamp a lot of the credit for that. Mack Brown has recruited defensive players very well especially the past several years (years before Muschamp). You are way off base even mentioning it in the same sentence as Mackovic’s recruiting. Brown may have had trouble with linebackers early on in his tenure, but he’s recruited secondary and defensive line great from the get go. Muschamp gets the credit for Jordan Hicks this year though. > [@astorian](#): > > The one thing that bothers me a BIT is that, despite all the success they’ve had AND despite the attractions Austin offers to a college student, the Longhorns haven’t been much of a factor in NATIONAL recruiting. Mack Brown does a great job of getting the best in-state players, but I’d have thought UT could get more top out-of-state players than they do. This is crazy. Texas has absolutely no need to recruit nationally. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/26 "2010-02-05T23:27:33Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > It’s a bit interesting to see the Pac-10 so strong after such a miscarriage of a bowl season. . Seriously. Cal fans were slashing their wrists and demanding Tedford’s head on a platter (or at least those of his assistants…he may personally be spared) and wondering if anybody would even bother accepting a scholarship from such a pathetic loser. And then they snag a top 20 class. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/27 "2010-02-06T00:09:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Seriously. Cal fans were slashing their wrists and demanding Tedford’s head on a platter (or at least those of his assistants…he may personally be spared) and wondering if anybody would even bother accepting a scholarship from such a pathetic loser. And then they snag a top 20 class. I don’t understand why a bowl season would make much difference. If a West Coast athlete wants to play in a BCS conference, he either plays for the PAC-10 or travels at least 1500 miles away. (and that is if he goes to Colorado). if the parents want to go to the games, they better have a lot of vacation time to spare. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/28 "2010-02-06T00:19:31Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I don’t understand why a bowl season would make much difference. If a West Coast athlete wants to play in a BCS conference, he either plays for the PAC-10 or travels at least 1500 miles away. (and that is if he goes to Colorado). > > if the parents want to go to the games, they better have a lot of vacation time to spare. At the conference level, sure. At the team level - Cal fans anguish was over how their mediocre season + bowl loss would translate into their own signings…not giving a rat’s ass about the rest of the Pac-10. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619/29 "2010-02-06T02:08:40Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > This is crazy. Texas has absolutely no need to recruit nationally. Yeah what with all those national championships over the last couple of years… **Every** team that wants to play in the big game on a consistent basis needs to recruit nationally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfb-national-signing-day-how-did-your-team-do/527619.md?page=1)