Kerrick Huggins decommmits to...

I know that it seems like Texas is a sinking ship but its really not. This yet another example of a teenaged kid making a decision based on what they think is what is best for whatever reason.

There are several 5 star players who choose programs that are on the rise or haven't done much in a while. You just don't know. Texas is a premier program that has under achieved as of late but Texas will rebound. Either with Mack at the helm or without, Texas will rise to the top.... I just hope it doesn't take a decade.
 
That is a very nice hat he is wearing in that photo. Classy guy and I wish him as much luck as he has class.
 
The DMN has been using that picture since last February; it was lame then (with aggy leaving) and is even more so now. I'm not even sure that's the kid the article is about. At least for the moment, the DMN is so on the 'make aggy relevant' bankwagon it's uber comical.
 
i think the kid in that picture is LB michael richardson.

funny story about him. he got significant playing time against sam houston state...and at one point was involved in an awkward looking hit. he played the rest of the game (hit happened early in the 2nd q). he went to the locker room and complained about neck pain, the staff did x rays and it turned out that he'd had a cervical spine injury and just played through it on saturday. had surgery sunday and was back in team meetings monday.

as for huggins i'm sad to lose him. i believe he was a grade risk though, so i'll be mildly surprised if OU is able to get him in.
 
With them cleaning up with the top prospect at pretty much every position in the state, I doubt they miss this one. We could use some DL this year for sure!
 
HE must be afraid of competition of the other 32 recruits. Now aggy has room for another half dozen
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all of the folks we're going to sign are going to qualify academically.

we signed 18 in last year's class, leaving spots for 7 to enroll early.

we're going to sign a full 25 this year.

we've got one guy who's a commit right now who is likely going to go mlb. two others are grade risks.

so no we're not going to sign 50. we're likely going to sign right around 33 the way the numbers work out.
 
I think if he gets in at OU he'd have gotten in at A&M. I don't see recruiting standards getting tougher.

If you guys sign 33 are there going to be grayshirts or is it attrition or what?
 
i think there is going to be some attrition in the offseason.

there are a few guys that have graduated from A&M and would be playing a 5th year that probably wont come back.

jameill showers is one. he's our back up QB and will likely transfer somewhere and still have 2 years to play.
 
In the SEC, you can only have 25 LOIs signed in a one year period. 9 of A&M's signees are early enrollment and will count against 2012 numbers.

The 25 rule applies to even those that don't qualify academically, so if you have somebody sign a LOI and they can't get in, it counts against your 25. (Again, this is a SEC rule).

Basically, Huggins was a huge academic risk and likely wouldn't qualify so A&M and Huggins agreed that he should move on. It will be interesting to see if he qualifies at OU.
 
Fritz sorry for the confusion. Oversigning typically indicates intentionally signing guys that you know won't qualify.

In this case I'm making a distinction between commitment and actual signee. We will take a commitment from a guy who might be a grade risk but we won't sign him. So the guys that commit might be grade risks. The guys that we sign won't be.
 
I would imagine that the player receiving the opportunity to sign the loi/scholarship paper is contingent upon them being able to qualify academically.

If they can't do the latter, in our case, we will part ways with the player.
 
What's the point of a kid signing paperwork if he isn't going to get in?

I don't see anything wrong with a scholarship offer being contingent of a kid meeting his obligation to qualify at a school.
 
Oversigning is about the 85 man roster. It's also about signing more than the rules allow.

Everything that we are doing falls well within the NCAA rules.
 
alabama was forcing greyshirts on kids to meet the 85 person limit. they also overuse the medical scholarship thing in an effort to cut kids loose from the team but to keep them in school.

we dont do either one of those. nor are we oversigning. so i cant really speak as to why other teams do it.
 
To be fair, you can not claim oversigning has occurred until LOI signing occurs (until that time, it is just a verbal commitment) and you see how many other scholarships come open through attrition.

I have not looked at TAMUs scholarship numbers but I heard a TAMU team representative say that they will use the 25 allotted to 2013 and the remaining signees will count toward the 2012 count to fill graduation and attrition spots. I believe they signed 19 last year so they could assign 6 to 2012 if they have the scholarships available under the 85 roster limit.

I also don't know if any have agreed to greyshirts in which case they would count against 2014 and pay their own way until at least the Spring of 2014. I have no problem with greyshirts if the school is upfront about them at the time the athlete is signed. If the athlete is forced to accept a greyshirt or go elsewhere after signing his LOI when the numbers don't work out, that is just not right.
 
Viper I might be looking at this with maroon shades but I still don think we are in the wrong about what we are doing.

I do agree that the grey area is in considering players who might be qualification risks but I don't disagree with our approach there. Derrick griffin has been an A&M commit for two years but the writing is on the wall that he won't qualify. So should we move on as if his scholly is secure instead of planning accordingly for the fact that he was never going to step on campus?

The opposite is true with victor Davis who was considered a qual risk but is apparently doing what he needs to do to make his grades and therefore we are approaching him as someone who will he on campus this fall.

I'm still struggling to see how anything we are doing is unethical. We aren't reneging on any promises made.
 
I guess a matter of degree PropJoe. Why offer if the kid is a qualification question mark? By the Junior year you can fairly well tell if they will qualify.

The problem is conferences handle the marginal/potential non-qualifiers differently. The SEC takes all comers and could care less. The other four major conferences have higher standards.
 
OK Joe. We will call it overoffering if that makes you feel better. It still is what it is. Your scenario is fine for Derrick Griffin, but not for the kid who's spot is hanging in the balance until signing day.
That is of course unless sumlin told him flat out that we want you if Griifin doesn't qualify. If he does - we wish you the best wherever you land.


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