Trent Martin, ILB, 6-2, 220, 4.7, Jenks, OK
Offers: None
Accolodes: Soonerscoop Top Oklahoma 50 (#19), ESPN 3-Star
Comment: Injury plagued junior year (broken leg) lessened attention from recruiters.

Zack Langer, RB, 6-0, 190, 4.5, Jenks, OK
Offers: None
Accolodes: Tulsa World All-State
Comment: Injured as sophmore (2008); Did not start 1st game in 2009 but started 2nd game due to injury to starting RB. Langer exploded with 2,400 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns.

Colt Clontz, TE, 6-8, 220, 4.7, El Maton, TX
Accolodes: ESPN 3-Star
Offers: Memphis

Dexter Aucoin, CB, 5-8, 175, Patterson, LA
Offers: Arizona State, Memphis, LaTech, South Alabama, Utah State
Accolodes: Rivals Louisiana H.S. Top 40 (#35), Rivals 3-Star, ESPN 3-Star
Comment: Missed 6 games as a junior but still managed 4 interceptions and 54 tackles.

Dwight Dobbins, CB, 5-8, 165, 4.56, Midwest City, OK
Offers: Colorado State, UNT

Keyarris Garrett, WR, 6-4, 185, 4.58, Daingerfield, TX
Offers: Purdue, Pittsburgh, Texas Tech, Houston, Memphis, New Mexico, La Tech, ULM, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas
Accolodes: Pre-Season Texas High School Top 100 (#91), Rivals #69 WR, Rivals 3-Star, Scout 3-Star

Chaz Sampson, WR, 6-5, 174, Arlington, TX (Timberview)
Offers: UTEP
Accolodes:

Jakeem Grant, WR, 5-7, 157, 4.4, Mexquite, TX (Horn)
Offers: Iowa State, Wake Forest, Colorado State
Accolodes:

Joseph Calcagni, QB, 6-2, 190, 4.7, Springdale, AR
Offers: None
Accolodes: Arkansas #24 High School Player
Comment: One of 4 QBs on Arkansas Top 25 Player List. All four received/receiving IA offers.

Gary Owens, WR, 5-9, 162, Mesquite, TX (West Mesquite)
Offers: Iowa, Louisana Tech, Sam Houston State
Accolodes:

Conner Floyd, WR, 6-1, 197, 4.5, Austin, TX (Lake Travis)
Offers: AFA, UNT
Accolodes:

Gus Johnson, RB, 5-10, 205, Gilmer, TX
Offers: None
Accolodes: Injured most of junior year. Not yet academically qualified. Super sleeper exploded at TCU Nike Football Camp receiving MVP award: "He controlled linebackers and most of the time dominated them in blocking drills." One of most impressive prospects at TAMU 7 on 7 Camp: "Showed not only ability to catch the ball, but also quickly change direction and get up the field. With a healthy senior season, expect his recruitment to take off."

Devin Randall, DE, 6-4, 238, 238, 4.7, Bartlesville, OK
Offers: SMU, Utah State, New Mexico
Accolodes:

Garrett Stafford, OT, 6-6, 289, 5.5, Tulsa, OK (Memorial)
Offers: None
Accolodes

Hunter Davis, DE, 6-3, 246, Choctaw, OK
Offers: Kansas State
Accolodes: #8 Oklahoma High School Player, Rivals 3-Star

Kwame Sexton, WR/DB, Tulsa, OK (Holland Hall)
Offers: Illinois
Accolodes: ESPN/Insider Top 30
Comment: Played RB as Senior; Also excels in basketball

Jason Frimpong, Dual Threat QB, CB, WR, 5-11, 180, 4.4, Irving, TX (Macarthur)
Offers: Wisconsin, Memphis, UNT
Accolodes: Scout 3-Star
Comment: Scout projects as either WR or CB. Wisconsin & Memphis recruited Frimpong as CB.

J.D. Ratliff, CB, 5-8, 170, SW Mississippi JUCO
Offers: Marshall, Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Missouri State, TN-Martin

Brentom Todd, DE, 6-3, 210, Tulsa (Union), OK
Offers: None

Michael Sorrells, RB, 6-2, 205, Austin (McCallum), TX
Offers: Virginia, Utah, Pittsburgh, Colorado State, UTEP, Idaho, NMSU, La Tech
Comments: Played DE as Junior, RB as senior.

Garrett Glad, OT, 6-4, Sallisaw, OK
Offers: Oklahoma, Standford, Kansas, ULM
Accolodes: Rivals 3-Star, Rivals #11 Oklahoma H.S. Player
Comments: Switched from Stanford verbal to Tulsa when Stanford Coach Harbaraugh left.


ESPN/Insider Top 2011 Oklahoma High School FB Players
http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=44...id=5607509
Rivals 2011 Post Season Top 25 Oklahoma H.S. Players
http://rivals.yahoo.com/tulsa/football/r.../rank-2667
Soonerscoop Top Oklahoma 50 (Premium Content)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/footbal.../rank-2596
OKBlitz.com Top 30 High School Football Players
http://okblitz.com/Article.aspx?id=24145
Top FAB 50 Oklahoma Prospects
http://www.fab50recruiting.com/fab50_okla_prospects.htm
TulsaInsider.com: Tulsa Football Prospects
http://tulsa.scout.com/a.z?s=362&p=9&c=4&yr=2011
Dave Campbell Texas Football (Top 300)
http://www.texasfootball.com

Thanks Tallgrass. One thing I notice about a lot of these Oklahoma ratings is that they always start out with a huge Oklahoma City slanted grouping. For instance Soonerscoop has the first 14 players all from the OKC/Lawton (i.e. the western side of OK) area in spite of the on field "facts" of play. To me that shows an immediate and consistent bias on their part to "jiggle" the result away from Tulsa i.e. TU. The system of "prospecting" for recruits has become a very prejudicial practice IMO to steer recruits to the BCS cartel. Just my opine - but I am convinced.

Point One: OU signed 4 players off the Soonerscoop Top 50 list. All were subsequently jumped in the ratings, some as high as 10 to 20 points.

Point 2: Soonerscoop generally always moved a ranked player higher if they signed with a Big 12 school. But if the Oklahoma kid signed with a Non-Big-12 BCS school, the player generally dropped in the rankings.

Point 3: Soonerscoop does not like Arkanasas. 3 out of 4 Oklahoma kids signing with Arkansas were dropped in the rankings. The exception was OL Denton Simek who initially verballed to Texas Tech and then switched to the Pigs with the Texas Tech coaching change.

Point 4: Six of 7 Oklahoma kids pledging to Tulsa were downgraded, and often times 10 to 20 points. One TU pledged was raised by a meager 4 points.

Tallgrass...I was looking at the links in your post, and nowhere do you have the Tulsa Rivals site, InsideTulsaSports.com, listed. You might want to add that site. Many of the sites you have listed are irrelevant. I've covered C-USA for the last 10 years or so, and the Tulsa Rivals site has more Tulsa recruiting info than any other site. Just thought I'd point that out.

(02-01-2011 12:48 AM)CUSAreporter Wrote:  Tallgrass...I was looking at the links in your post, and nowhere do you have the Tulsa Rivals site, InsideTulsaSports.com, listed. You might want to add that site. Many of the sites you have listed are irrelevant. I've covered C-USA for the last 10 years or so, and the Tulsa Rivals site has more Tulsa recruiting info than any other site. Just thought I'd point that out.

I subscribe to O-State Illustrated for $19.95/Year which covers Oklahoma High School football recruits in detail and its coverage is also superb. There are a ton of sites &/or sources on Texas recruiting.

I compile my list for my own pleasure and information. As I have stated many times, I would be the last to vouch for 100% accuracy. I do not regard myself as a "recruiting guru" and/or in competition with other recruiting gurus.

Having said all that, I think the info I pull together presents another perspective. The internet has made all that possible. I pull from the Top State rankings, then I go to the schools sites that I know recruit Oklahoma (KSU, KU, Mizz, I-State, Arizona....plus close by SBC and CUSA schools, and, finally, the local newspapers, the latter sometimes having the most info of all. I pull this all together.

My board is unique becaue I am honest. For example, a recruiting board might report that TU got a hot shot 3-Star player. I will post the same but point out that recruit broke their leg as a junior which drove recruiters away. So I keep a category of "Injured Players" in my info.

Also, I rely on competing offers rather than stars. The owner/publisher is a very energetic and hard working individual. As soon as TU verbals a player, he sends film to Rivals HQ to get thm a 3 star rating.

Word now is that Chad Sampson is headed to NT. That opens a possible spot for Texas DB Michael Mudoh.

I think the 6-5 WR from Kansas got Sampson to reassess his situation.

I understand what you are saying, Tallgrass, but my employer pays for subscriptions to all the C-USA rivals sites.

The Tulsa publisher also reports if a player had been injured in a season. Rivals gets a lot of film on their own, so its not just him sending it in. Plus, they have all the offers on a kid and why he chose the school and more.

Case in point, I just went and looked, and there is detailed info on why Sampson decommitted, how it happened, and who took his place in the recruiting class.

All I was saying is that they have the most complete, thorough information on Tulsa recruiting, so I thought you might want to put a link to their site with all your other links.

There are now some rumors that Gus Johnson may not have enough credits, test scores or grades to get into school. Hope thats not the case.

Chaz Sampson will play a starring role at UNT. He will be UNT's biggest receiver and will start right away, something that probably wouldn't have happened at Tulsa. Tulsa has about half dozen receivers in the 6-3/6-3+ range. End of story. The following from Denton newspaper and provides an excellent example of the local coverage of recruiting:

"I like the guys and the coaches at North Texas," Sampson said. "They worked me pretty hard. I could feel they really wanted me. They don't have a big wide receiver. Their tallest receiver is 6-2. They want to have bigger guys."

"I like that UNT is close to home," Sampson said. "My mom will be able to see me play, and I will have an opportunity to start right away. The coaches said I could come in and make an immediate impact."

(02-01-2011 06:45 PM)rabidTU Wrote:  There are now some rumors that Gus Johnson may not have enough credits, test scores or grades to get into school. Hope thats not the case.

Johnson is an extremely good player. At this point, patience is a key. On the other hand, if the grades are not in order at this point, it does point that there is a deficiency in responsibility. Its on Johnson shoulders now...

(02-01-2011 09:48 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Chaz Sampson will play a starring role at UNT. He will be UNT's biggest receiver and will start right away, something that probably wouldn't have happened at Tulsa. Tulsa has about half dozen receivers in the 6-3/6-3+ range. End of story. The following from Denton newspaper and provides an excellent example of the local coverage of recruiting:

"I like the guys and the coaches at North Texas," Sampson said. "They worked me pretty hard. I could feel they really wanted me. They don't have a big wide receiver. Their tallest receiver is 6-2. They want to have bigger guys."

"I like that UNT is close to home," Sampson said. "My mom will be able to see me play, and I will have an opportunity to start right away. The coaches said I could come in and make an immediate impact."

This is just another example of what you are missing Tallgrass. If you had access to the premium message board on Tulsa Rivals, you would know that's not the whole story -- that's just what the kid wants you to know. There were things that happened last week. Subscribers aren't allowed to post that info elsewhere, so I won't go into detail. And I'm surprised rabidTU is posting stuff about Gus Johnson over here that came from the Tulsa premium board. I'm sure if those guys at Tulsa Rivals knew that, they wouldn't be very happy.

(02-01-2011 09:48 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Chaz Sampson will play a starring role at UNT. He will be UNT's biggest receiver and will start right away, something that probably wouldn't have happened at Tulsa. Tulsa has about half dozen receivers in the 6-3/6-3+ range. End of story. The following from Denton newspaper and provides an excellent example of the local coverage of recruiting:

"I like the guys and the coaches at North Texas," Sampson said. "They worked me pretty hard. I could feel they really wanted me. They don't have a big wide receiver. Their tallest receiver is 6-2. They want to have bigger guys."

"I like that UNT is close to home," Sampson said. "My mom will be able to see me play, and I will have an opportunity to start right away. The coaches said I could come in and make an immediate impact."

This is just another example of what you are missing Tallgrass. If you had access to the premium message board on Tulsa Rivals, you would know that's not the whole story -- that's just what the kid wants you to know. There were things that happened last week. Subscribers aren't allowed to post that info elsewhere, so I won't go into detail. And I'm surprised rabidTU is posting stuff about Gus Johnson over here that came from the Tulsa premium board. I'm sure if those guys at Tulsa Rivals knew that, they wouldn't be very happy.

(02-02-2011 11:32 AM)CUSAreporter Wrote:  

(02-01-2011 09:48 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Chaz Sampson will play a starring role at UNT. He will be UNT's biggest receiver and will start right away, something that probably wouldn't have happened at Tulsa. Tulsa has about half dozen receivers in the 6-3/6-3+ range. End of story. The following from Denton newspaper and provides an excellent example of the local coverage of recruiting:

"I like the guys and the coaches at North Texas," Sampson said. "They worked me pretty hard. I could feel they really wanted me. They don't have a big wide receiver. Their tallest receiver is 6-2. They want to have bigger guys."

"I like that UNT is close to home," Sampson said. "My mom will be able to see me play, and I will have an opportunity to start right away. The coaches said I could come in and make an immediate impact."

This is just another example of what you are missing Tallgrass. If you had access to the premium message board on Tulsa Rivals, you would know that's not the whole story -- that's just what the kid wants you to know. There were things that happened last week. Subscribers aren't allowed to post that info elsewhere, so I won't go into detail. And I'm surprised rabidTU is posting stuff about Gus Johnson over here that came from the Tulsa premium board. I'm sure if those guys at Tulsa Rivals knew that, they wouldn't be very happy.

I don't know why I am having this conversation with you. I track football recruits for my own pleasure and have done this for decades before Scout and Rivals were ever born. Why do you continue to make me out to be something I never claimed, some kind of recruiting guru? My favorite three sports are college football, college football recruiting season, and college spring practice.

Let me repeat this. I have been doing this for decades, subscribing to various recruiting newletters. Now the internet and all its sources has multiplied my fun. Why would I change now after all this time? Why would I give up something that I enjoy doing?

I wish Chaz Sampson well, however and whyever he changed his mind is of no importance to me. It is, after all, a free country. He isn't the first Tulsa decommit and he won't be the last. I am excited with the players who are here at Tulsa...I wish all others well and thank them for considering Tulsa. I have no grudge against them or Tood Graham. And, while I don't intend this statement to be negative, now that decisions are made I have lost interest in them. But I am sure the fans at those other schools will take delight in their new football players just as I take delight in TU's new commitments. Alls well in the world it appears to me.

Rivals now reporting RB Gus Johnson has committed to Stephen Austin College. Grades, obviously.

CB Michael Mudoh sent in his commitment 1PM CST reports official Tulsa Athletic site. I believe he was waiting on an offer from Houston U but they filled obviously. But glad he is with us now.

So, this is the end of the 2011 recruiting season. As usual, there might be a player or two added later.

For all the uncalled for negativity Bill Blankenship had to endure, this is a fine recruiting class. It has muscle on both offensive and defense lines and, if TU is to move up, that is where the improvement has to be.

(02-02-2011 11:32 AM)CUSAreporter Wrote:  

(02-01-2011 09:48 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Chaz Sampson will play a starring role at UNT. He will be UNT's biggest receiver and will start right away, something that probably wouldn't have happened at Tulsa. Tulsa has about half dozen receivers in the 6-3/6-3+ range. End of story. The following from Denton newspaper and provides an excellent example of the local coverage of recruiting:

"I like the guys and the coaches at North Texas," Sampson said. "They worked me pretty hard. I could feel they really wanted me. They don't have a big wide receiver. Their tallest receiver is 6-2. They want to have bigger guys."

"I like that UNT is close to home," Sampson said. "My mom will be able to see me play, and I will have an opportunity to start right away. The coaches said I could come in and make an immediate impact."

This is just another example of what you are missing Tallgrass. If you had access to the premium message board on Tulsa Rivals, you would know that's not the whole story -- that's just what the kid wants you to know. There were things that happened last week. Subscribers aren't allowed to post that info elsewhere, so I won't go into detail. And I'm surprised rabidTU is posting stuff about Gus Johnson over here that came from the Tulsa premium board. I'm sure if those guys at Tulsa Rivals knew that, they wouldn't be very happy.

Most everything that was posted is common knowledge that can also be found on several sources here locally. Some are fans talking individually with mommas or within the booster club in general. Some is in the paper or on the official TU site for all to see. But I'd much rather discuss the prospects we just signed than how we learned about the kids. It is now common knowledge and we are happy for the events of the day. Tallgrass provides a nice service when he gives his opinions of the kids or the program in general. It is generally unique and always fact based. I for one wish he was still on rivals, but since I visit here as well, I consider it just another way to get info on TU. Everyones opinions are welcome as far as I'm concerned.

Tallgrass, I'm not trying to give you a hard time...I'm trying to figure out why you seem to leave the Tulsa Rivals site out of what you do.

You said you love college football recruiting, more specifically TU football recruiting. The Tulsa Rivals site has more TU football recruiting info than any other source, and it is accurate. So if you are such a fan of that kind of info, I have two questions. (1) Why don't you subscribe and get your fill? If I remember correctly, it's under $10 per month. (2) You seem to leave the Tulsa Rivals site off your list of links, but most of the info you have here is first reported on that site. So what is your apparent grudge.

I'm just trying to understand your reluctance to my suggestion.

Rabid made an interesting comment that you used to be on Rivals but aren't anymore. What gives?