Recruiting notes found online.
Here's how the conferences stack up with the power 5:

#1 SEC (9 consensus Top 30 teams)

#2 ACC (4 consensus Top 30 teams)

#3 Big 10 (3 consensus Top 30 teams)

# 3 PAC 12 (3 consensus Top 30 teams)

#5 Big 12 (2 consensus Top 30 teams)

Expect Cincinnati to become a member of a power conference soon. When it comes to recruiting Cincinnati's Tommy Tuberville is out-performing a lot of power conference teams.


247 Sports Composite
ESPN
Scout
Rivals
Rank by Offers
Cincinnati
38
>40
38
37
43
You have to remember that there are some important things to consider in addition to offers and commitments. A player who commits obviously holds a verbal committable offer. Otherwise, the school would not accept the commitment.
Recruiting guidelines
1. A verbal offer can be withdrawn by the school at any time.

2. A verbal commitment can be withdrawn at any time.

3. August 1st is the first day a school can make a written offer

4. A written offer from the school commits the school to the player.

5. A commitment from a player with a written offer is still a verbal commitment.

6. A June enrollment or a December enrollment by the player can be construed as a solid commitment even though he has not signed a grant-in-aid. This is overcome by signing a Financial Aid agreement.

7. National Signing Day is in February. Signing Day means the player is officially committed. Enrollment seals the deal.

8. A committed player may not be permitted to enroll because he doesn't meet university academic enrollment standards, or

9. The committed player has been arrested for criminal activity ranging from misdemeanors to high crimes, or

10. The school will exceed scholarship limits set by the NCAA (85) or the conference. This can cause schools to use a strategy of over-signing players to keep other schools away for as long as possible. It is considered unethical.

11. Nothing is cast in stone until the player and school is enrolled for the Fall Semester and football practice begins.

12. NOTE* The PAC12 has included a little blurb in their written offers stating that if the recruit visits another school, the written offer is automatically withdrawn.

It will be interesting to see how this changes once the power conferences get together to set their own rules.

Because of their current recruiting rankings, they're going to be in a power conference soon? I'm a tad skeptical.

Our recruiting rankings are good, which means we can (should) be good, which means we stay relevant. Whether we get in the P5 is a mystery. Being the "best of the rest" is good. It helps me stay optimistic.

(09-06-2014 06:05 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  Because of their current recruiting rankings, they're going to be in a power conference soon? I'm a tad skeptical.

I think recent history has shown that on the field performance matters very little - almost none - when the "P5" chooses its new members. Recruiting performance probably matters even less.

However, it is good to see we have a coach who can recruit much more effectively while out of the club, than the three prior ones did while still in the club.

Conference is out of our direct control. But, as long as our current coaches are maximizing the programs with the limited resources that come with being in the AAC, I think we should all take that.

Love this comment:

"Expect Cincinnati to become a member of a power conference soon. When it comes to recruiting Cincinnati's Tommy Tuberville is out-performing a lot of power conference teams."

It's just one man's opinion, but I'll take it!

Can we get a link??

(09-06-2014 08:45 AM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(09-06-2014 06:05 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  Because of their current recruiting rankings, they're going to be in a power conference soon? I'm a tad skeptical.

I think recent history has shown that on the field performance matters very little - almost none - when the "P5" chooses its new members. Recruiting performance probably matters even less.

However, it is good to see we have a coach who can recruit much more effectively while out of the club, than the three prior ones did while still in the club.

Conference is out of our direct control. But, as long as our current coaches are maximizing the programs with the limited resources that come with being in the AAC, I think we should all take that.

Excellent point. Begs the question, are UC coaches talking up P5 while recruiting? There was some suggestion that happened a year or so ago and maybe that has generated some buzz on the recruiting trail. If that is totally self-generated as a recruiting ploy, it means little. There does seem to be a growing number of comments from multiple sources pointing UC to a P5. High visibility is a plus on many fronts.

(09-06-2014 09:52 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Can we get a link??

Its is on SN Nation web site I think that is where I got it.

One interesting part discusses the PAC 12 committee letter stating that if a recruit visits another program after his commitment to a PAC 12 the commit is void.

(09-06-2014 09:52 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Can we get a link??

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/college-foo...34241.html

A lot of schools have that policy.

A commitment really isn't a commitment anymore, it's a placeholder until they either get better offers or fully make up their mind.

(09-06-2014 10:25 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  A lot of schools have that policy.

A commitment really isn't a commitment anymore, it's a placeholder until they either get better offers or fully make up their mind.

Like Jones once said - "A commitment is nothing more than a reservation"