Hank South

I still see Texas in the 7-8 range with 247 and Rivals. ESPN's class rankings is hard to navigate but it certainly moves Texas up.

With John Meredith III reclassifying to 2026 and enrolling at Texas, let's take a look at where Rivals, ESPN, and 247Sports ranked the star cornerback. Rivals -- No. 4 cornerback, No. 32 overall player ESPN -- No. 1 cornerback, No. 3 overall player 247Sports -- 5-star grade (98), no positional slotting

To each their own

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I once was on a boat on a Sunday afternoon in late July, only to get a notification that a top recruit was setting an announcement for that afternoon. I rushed off the lake to get to my computer, only to watch the kid commit to being the best player for his high school he could be that season. No joke. You never know these days lol.

FWIW, Greedy James setting a "commitment date" was different in that he told Texas he was flipping to LSU ahead of time. Royal is not talking to coaches. Everything in this post we made last week still stands imo.

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Insane.. Used to see his work all the time in the Bama market.

Already noted but he's going to be with the WRs in fall camp and may cross train a little as needed.

“Great length, great speed, tremendous man-to-man ability. Not a secret why he was a top two or three player. We’ll see how far we can take him. We don’t have an expectation of a timetable. We’re going to coach him and develop him. I do know he’s got the right competitive spirit and skillset to be a good player for us.”

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Great stuff Jeff. Love the Juluke quotes.

The Longhorns will square off with Baylor on Nov. 15 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Here's what Miller said about scheduling the Bears: “We have an immense amount of respect for Baylor as a basketball program and Scott Drew as a head coach,” Texas head coach Sean Miller said. “Coach Drew is one of the best to ever do it, and the success of Baylor’s program over the last 20 years speaks for itself. We wanted to play a high-quality opponent knowing that we’re going to challenge our team to the highest level, and Baylor does that. The fact that they are also from our state is icing on the cake.” “The second part of our trip to San Antonio is so much of how we think as a basketball program starts with the state of Texas in mind,” Miller continued. “This allows us to tap into our San Antonio fan base, and in particular our great relationship with the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs come to Moody Center and play, and now we can reciprocate and go to where they call their home court. It’s great for our players, our team and to a large extent, it’s great for the continued relationship and development of that between The University of Texas and the San Antonio Spurs. Combining all those elements, playing in an NBA arena is always something that means a lot to our team and to our players because it’s where they one day want to be.” “Lastly, we don’t have a crystal ball and it’s not easy to make the NCAA Tournament, but if we are able to make the NCAA Tournament this year, there are a lot of different sites that you could go to,” Miller said. “If you are fortunate enough to advance, taking nothing for granted as you have to make it and advance, along that route one of those possibilities is San Antonio and Frost Bank Center. That is not our reason for playing this game, but there is a chance that could happen, and the fact that we could already have played there one time is again, icing on the cake.”

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/five-star-prospect-2024-college-football-recruiting-class/

Very cool of JJ Watt!

I have a cramp just watching.

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Why wouldn't they?

I'm here. Doesn't surprise me. He's been reporting he thinks LSU is trending. As I wrote up top, even if he flips, Texas expects this to go the distance and they'll keep recruiting him. Fwiw Royal took to twitter to say he hasn't talked to a single reporter in recent weeks in response to Steve's pick.

Pretty much saying he hasn't been talking to anyone including reporters on the heels of Steve's LSU prediction.

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