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Kendrick Nunn, 2013 SG from Simeon HS in Chicago, just committed to A&M and we didn't even have to hire any of his family members! http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1093100.html
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When Billy Gillespie was coach he promised a job to DeAndre Jordan's AAU coach to get him to come to A&M. Mark Turgeon honored that promise when he was hired, but I'm pretty sure the guy was gone after one year when Jordan went pro. It's not like I'm saying we're the poster child for college basketball ethics, but I truly believe this situation is different. The Reese's live 5 minutes away from A&M's campus. J-Mike is very familiar with our school & program. His brother already goes to school there. Our program has been pretty good for a while. And so on. But I'm sure I won't change your mind. You continue to believe that J-Mike never would have chose A&M unless we hired his dad. I don't really care.
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John Reese is highly thought of in coaching circles and has had the opportunity to coach in college before now. This isn't a situation where someone close to the player is hired to some made up position to get the kid. He is an assistant coach. John waited until his son made a decision on where hd wanted to play before accepting the job. Kansas has a long history of hiring people to get players (just ask Danny Manning's dad). I'm sure they would have hired Coach Reese to get J-Mike if that's all this was.
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Huge committment for new Aggie coach Billy Kennedy. Bryan guard J-Mychal Reese has chosen to play ball next year at Texas A&M. He chose us over Kansas & Memphis. He is from neighboring Bryan, TX and his brother is already at A&M. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/67053/j-mychal-reese http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-J-Mychal-Reese-70421 http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=3777352
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New QB Rating system does not like Jay Cutler. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6834591/nfl-tom-brady-led-nfl-qbr-2010-season
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What is up with all the home runs lately????? -
LOL! :yahoo:
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Is it in the shape of a football?
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giggity
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Who is their QB and wouldn't they have lost a bunch of commits when Tressel left? Not sure on the QB, but how many true freshman make that big of an impact? This may be their last pre-season top 25 for a while, though.
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A&M gets Oklahoma State at home in game 3 and plays Arkansas at Jerryworld the following week. We'll see fairly quick if they are indeed a top 10 team. Win those and it could set up a monster game 11/5 at OU.
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You said 14 straight, right? We're almost there!!!!
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FWIW, the Wrigley tour was much better IMO than the Fenway tour and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Cub fan. We didn't get to go in the press box/clubhouse/dugout/luxury suite or anything like that in Boston. Then again, it was a game day so that may be part of an off day tour.
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I did it a couple of years ago and LOVED it. Pretty much what everyone else said, except they were setting up for a Billy Joel/Elton John concert so we didn't get to go into the visitor's clubhouse or the umpire's room. Sitting in the dugout was such a great moment for me. Watch your head, though. I wacked mine on the concrete ceiling in there. We took pictures with the bullpen phone like we were calling to tell Woody to get warmed up and drank from the water fountain. Either our tour guide was laid back or no one saw us because we didn't get any slack for it. They had the field roped off, but I bent down and touched the grass behind home plate without any issues, either. We wanted to go take pictures in the Bartman seat for a goof, but they would not let us go that far down in the seats.
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It's the [expletive] Longhorn Network. Of course they will be telling ESPN which HS games to show.
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So the Big 12 AD's met today and there will be a moratorium on HS games on the LHN for at least a year.
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http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-07-20/oklahoma-texas-am-may-look-at-moving-to-sec-because-of-texas-tv-network
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From a couple of weeks ago: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6784213/sec-commissioner-mike-slive-change-coming-ncaa
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The AD and president aren't going to come out in the press and say "If the LHN show HS games we are leaving for the SEC." But that's what is going to happen. I'd be willing to bet on that. Yeah, I laughed out loud when I saw that quote. Not sure what $Bill was smoking that day.
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They will still look to go to the Big 10 or PAC 12, with the PAC 12 being the more likely suitor based on the ESPN contract. I highly doubt that. Texas wants to be independent and the Big 12 cratering will be their excuse to do it. Why is it only hearsay? We have a standing offer from the SEC. Whether or not you want to believe it, that fact is true. Texas & ESPN are pushing the boundaries of the LHN pact that the rest of the conference agreed to. Why should we stand there and let Texas run over us when we can flip them the bird and head to a better conference? Look at the quotes from our president and AD in the past week or so. Do you think they're just blowing smoke? If ESPN & Texas insist on showing a conference game and, more importantly, Texas HS football games A&M will be gone as soon as possible, probably the 2013 season.
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I know that's what they want, but I think it is a huge gamble for them. Of course, I hope they fall flat on their face. It will be interesting to see if they can maintain independence for the long term like Notre Dame has.
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Huh? Have you not been following the Longhorn Network saga?
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Seems to me that ESPN is trying to bring about the end of the Big 12. They may get their wish pretty quickly.
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The way John Clayton is talking on Twitter, Kreutz is a goner.
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LOL
