(07-23-2013 10:58 AM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote:  

(07-23-2013 10:50 AM)Tomcat Wrote:  

(07-23-2013 10:30 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(07-23-2013 10:22 AM)Bearcat T Wrote:  Worry a little though about keeping our excellent grad rate and non football troubles....
We had really good kids that also won. Let's hope this new wave still fits that mold?
How do you not get Pike? I thought we were plugging holes with so many Jucos or wil we always recruit more than High school kids? Is this a product of the conference upheaval?

It is certainly about the conference upheaval. Kids want to play on ESPN/ABC against brand name opponents. They want a chance to play for a national title, a contract bowl and name-brand bowl games against teams from power conferences. Unlike Boise State, we play in a region of the country that is saturated with opportunities to play in a power conference.

Getting kids with baggage is all part of this. You take what you can get because we are in the tough spot of having to have half way decent athletes. The better athletes who are also great students/people are already taken. We have to sacrifice a little bit in this regard.

The thing about Devin Pike is that we are loaded at TE already. Sure we could have offered just for appearances but really what is the point? What's more, who is to say he wanted to come here. Kid probably wants a chance to play in a bowl game like the Orange and Sugar like his brother.

I heard TT on one of the national sports radio shows a few weeks back and one of his comments was about how much talent is right here in Cincy. He said it was imperative to get this talent to Clifton. So far that talent is making it's way to Louisville, Lexington, Durham, Iowa and other places. I just don't want to see UC turn into Memphis, UAB, etc....

No matter how much Tuberville "emphasizes" keeping Cincy kids close to home, that concerns me much less than him actually bringing in talented players no matter where they come from. I mean, Butch Jones with all of his talk about walling off the 513 area averaged only like 4 Cincinnati kids in each of his classes.

Exactly. I love it when ppl bemoan local kids committing, or not, to the program. As if we're contrasting it against this mythological period in UC history when we actually locked down local kids.

Worry about winning football games. If TT gets HIS type of kids and coaches and subsequently wins at his career norms we're gonna be real fu*king good.



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