(06-24-2019 10:36 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

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(06-13-2019 11:02 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  UN
So this week we received commitments from a CB who runs a 4.47 and a WR that runs sub 4.4 supposedly. I’ll take it!

Yeah this is amazing news. We have some good athletes committed.

I remember a sports reporter saying Goldsmith recruited for speed, and that seemed to be working.

Yes it did. Goldsmith was very open about his preference of speed over size, particularly on defense. Those guys were quick. Our best two defenses were during Hatfield's first two seasons.

No. Our best defense was the nationally ranked defense of 1974, with Cornelius Walker and Rose fronting the defensive line, and Pringle doing the punting.

1973 might have been a better defense than 1974. Pringle was a place kicker. Mike Landrum was the punter on both those teams. Landrum was actually SWC player of the week against Arkansas in 1973. His punts kept them pinned so far back that they ran up a bunch of yards moving the ball away from their goal line, but Rice won the game, 17-7 IIRC.