Mid Termers ?

[bazbo]

Do we have any January matriculators from the class of 2010, and who are they?

 

[NoOne]

Reggie Wilson.

Not sure who else.

 

[11fanrams]

Connor Wood

 

[UT wildcatter]

And Adrian White with the possibility of Jordan Hicks if he decides us and then decides to bypass basketball and his spring semester of his senior year

 

[bazbo]

I've read in the past that Mack doesn't encourage it b/c you only have 1 senior year in HS, but it sure gives a true frosh a huge advantage to go through spring football, get a semester under their belt, and not go through the difficult change that August 2-a-days brings.

 

[NoOne]

I'd gladly go back and give up my last semester of high school in favor of one more semester of college, football player or not. Heck, I'd ditch that last semester of high school just to get to college sooner, even if it only meant it shifted my college graduation up one semester.

 

[UT wildcatter]

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[orangecat]

how can you just decide to do this? You still have to pass the four X four curriculum. YOu can't just on whim decide. It's not like years ago when we only had to have four years of English. You could plan ahead for that and take one year in the summer. Now you have to have 4 English, 4 math 4 science, and 4 Social studies?(not sure about social studies).

sounds impossible to me. I guess you could take "dual credit" 12 hours at UT? UT's gonna have a HS senior level course in Science? no way. same for social studies.

 

[GHoward]

Some schools do semester long classes, where they'll take 3 or 4 classes in the fall and another 3 or 4 in the spring. Then it'd be easy to graduate early. Also minimum graduation requirements are only 22 credits. With a 7 period day, kids could graduate with 28 credits, or 32 with a 8 period or the forementioned semster schedule. It's not really all that difficult.

 

[bazbo]

If you go to a prep school it's pretty easy. Many prep schools can graduate their students with a HS diploma after 3 years, even w/o planning it.

As for Mack's strategies with recruits and players, I am positive I've read that Mack will not encourage (I changed my language) a player to come early. Another way of saying it is he won't try to convince someone it's the right thing to do. He will certainly allow it. As for undergrads, he encourages all undergrads to pursue the draft.
Bottom line to Mack's strategy of both recruits and players: Do what is best for you and your family. Don't let UT (or OU or any school) convince you to do something you aren't comfortable with.
Like skipping the draft, getting injured, and costing yourself many draft places and millions of dollars. For example.

 

[SHS1984]

Mack was a pioneer in this by recruiting boys that are ready to start early.

 

[UTFAN4EVER]

Most HS have 8 period days, plus summer classes. A lot of kids could graduate in 3 years.

 

[GHoward]

Didn't John David Booty skip his entire HS Sr year to go to USC? Of course he was probably already 19 when that happened.