(04-07-2017 07:47 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  I hate to count on anything before there's a signature on the dotted line, but I'm starting to see this as a groundbreaking commitment. We've had highly rated transfers and frosh and gotten guys with some other very impressive offers like OSU, ND and UM, but to my recollection I'm not sure we have had anybody commit with as many quality "actionable" offers as Josh commit to us directly out of hs. Any thoughts?

And I mean no disrespect by dreaming he'd slip to second if we were able to land Hawkins as well....

Hawkins feels like the one that could break the whole recruiting thing wide open. If he commits to UC I'd love to know what would go through Urban Meyer's head. Or for that matter the coaches at MSU, UK, UL etc.

It seems like there is enough talent in Cincy to field a team good enough to win the AAC with just local players. That's the major difference that I see between UC and a program like Boise State. Obviously BSU has access to a ton of talent in California, but that's nothing like having so much D1 talent literally in your backyard.

Fickell just feels so different than our previous three successful coaches. Fickell seems like ALL coach and NO corporate ladder climbing ass kisser. I don;t expect him to end his career here, but I think he'll be here lnger than 4 years and he'll build something special in the process.