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04-29-2008, 04:46 PM
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04-29-2008, 04:56 PM
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When it comes down to that, Beaver's deal is that TCU and sundry other schools were recruiting him as an athlete/WR/not-quarterback. He was set to commit to TCU as such when RR offered him as a QB. Apparently he prefers playing QB enough that competition and a possible back-up role is better than another position. Michigan instead of TCU probably has a little bit to do with it too.
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OK, I had no idea who else was recruiting Beaver. ChisAto referred to him as a 4* QB (although I see he's 3* on Scout, not that I place a lot of stock in star rankings), so I assumed he had some other big-time offers to play QB. But if he has no other offers to play QB form big-time schools, and little hope of getting them, it's pretty easy to see why he'd commit to UM regardless of whomever else they had committed at his preferred position. |
04-29-2008, 05:28 PM
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OK, I had no idea who else was recruiting Beaver. ChisAto referred to him as a 4* QB (although I see he's 3* on Scout, not that I place a lot of stock in star rankings), so I assumed he had some other big-time offers to play QB. But if he has no other offers to play QB form big-time schools, and little hope of getting them, it's pretty easy to see why he'd commit to UM regardless of whomever else they had committed at his preferred position.
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Yeah I called him a 4* because he was a Rivals 250 4* on Rivals.. I didn't see Scout's ranking on him. He was offered at QB by TCU, Nebraska, Arizona, and a few smaller schools. Of the "Big Time" Texas teams, only Texas Tech was recruiting him and that was at WR/ATH like HTM said. |
04-29-2008, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ChisAto
Yeah I called him a 4* because he was a Rivals 250 4* on Rivals.. I didn't see Scout's ranking on him. He was offered at QB by TCU, Nebraska, Arizona, and a few smaller schools. Of the "Big Time" Texas teams, only Texas Tech was recruiting him and that was at WR/ATH like HTM said.
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I understand. And I wasn't trying to question your characterization, I was just pointing out that your characterization, in lieu of knowing anything about the guy myself, was my starting point for discussing him. But I'd say the fact that he had an offer to play QB at Nebraska brings back BN27's (moot) question of why a highly-rated QB would commit to a school that has already accepted a commitment from another highly-rated QB. Which, again, I don't personally find all that unusual. |
04-29-2008, 06:09 PM
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Just to keep reality in check because I hate scum as much as the next guy and dont want legitimate complaints to get confused by imagined ones but generally we consider it a good thing when a player comes here assuming they can beat out their competition, i would assume both of these young men are assuming deep down that they are better than the other guy or can just outwork him.
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04-30-2008, 11:54 AM
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I'll never understand QBs going to the same school. RBs? Fine...you need more than one. WRs? OLine? Of course. But QBs? How does that work?
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Good point. If only I had a time machine so I could go back and talk JT out of taking that second QB in the 2002 recruiting class.  |
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04-30-2008, 01:34 PM
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Good point. If only I had a time machine so I could go back and talk JT out of taking that second QB in the 2002 recruiting class.
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Smith as a last second addition - as an athlete.
He was doing to be a DB or WR. Very few saw him ever taking a snap from center. | |
