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Originally Posted by Dirty D

I've talked about this before....A&M has actually lost recruits to the SEC. Just this past recruiting "season" A&M lost Dalton Santos (4 star ILB from Van, Texas) to frickin Tennessee!! The kid wanted to play at A&M but the lure of the SEC was too much for him. Over on VolNation, they are thinking he may decommit from the Vols.

I honestly think Texas with the LHN will usually appeal to a Texas recruit first but some may still be lured by the chance to play in the SEC.



Using your example, they can just as easily say "Texas didn't take you? You can come to A&M and represent the State of Texas in the SEC."

A&M recruits almost exclusively in Texas but also pretty well in Louisiana. They have lost a few recruits (so has Texas and OU) to the SEC because those kids wanted to play in the SEC. A&M moving over may swing some of those home state kids back to A&M.

We can all sit here and living room recruit all day long but none of us really know how these kids think or what they will do until the recruiting classes come out. We'll just have to see what happens with recruits in the next few years, but I see the upside to the move.



I think a lot of people are thinking the same thing.

I got a question and this isnt just for you to answer this is for all big12 folks or anyone that wants to.

How is the LHN going to presuade kids/athletes to come to Texas ?

#1 have you seen the network yet ? Its a Football highlight reel over the games of this season and from the past. Also they have programs talking about up coming Games.

#2 Volleyball , Basketball and rowing and indoor and outdoor track events are shown most of the time.

#3 in the state of Texas it is a UIL Rule/violation if any student or school is shown on Tv for any reason during a game or PERIOD.



I wished some would have bought into the lonestar network but it didnt happen that way. I dont have the LHN. A friend of mine does and yes its cool but im not going to lose sleep to get it as imo its nothing more right now than a talk radio show on Tv to coaches and players about games.
I can see that online.


I dont see why a recruit would pick UT over any school because of this network lol

The Tv and word of mouth has given this network so much hate everyone wants to scream its a murder but honestly I laugh thinking a kid would pick Texas over okie St because the LHN thats showing womens swimming for most of the day gives me jollies to come to Texas.

Hmmm maybe they are showing nude college coeds and it gives kids an idea on what they are going to see walk around Austin


I know what everyone has heard and what ESPN has mentioned but really people if a kid picked UT over another for this stupid network then they are going to be spending to much time in the dorm watching a Televised message board

Originally Posted by PQ

Like I said, I don't even know how they recruit. I wouldn't know what's normal or not.

Recruiter says Son come play at ???????? here you will get the best education and a chance to play for one of the finest universities in the world.

Recruit says hmmmmmmmmmmm k

Recruiter says to parent Your Son/daughter will come into ?????? and leave with ? and ? and ? and we have a Family like atmosphere around here where everyone is close just as you are to your fmaily blah blayh blah blah blah


Then they invite you to the sporting event you are attending and you meet other recruits as well when you are there.
Nothing is given to you but lets just say you are not getting $hit on by piegons either lol




Students and family get the Royal treatment of the athletic facilities and parents get drilled on why the education is so outstanding and how close everyone is. Current atheltes come speak to you and say if you $hit there it wont stink lol






Seen it for my own eyes ( not football )




Come here we will make you ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?













Then there are the recruits like Vince Young , Adrian peterson , and ETC ROFLMAO




For UT when a recruit for all sports comes to the campus they get taken to the athletic center just outside of DKR ( football stadium ) You see Historic people , you see everything that OHHHHHHHHHHHH , WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW OMG and then you see the campus and you walk through the locker rooms and then you go out with your parents on 6th street at night and you notice everything is CHEAP lol