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Title: "Early recruiting commitments are a cause for celebration..." Post by: Chechem on February 26, 2012, 05:11:25 AM "... because they usually keep their word"
Quote Alabama has nine commitments with 11-plus months to go. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/02/early_recruiting_commitments_a.htmlFlorida's already at 10. Michigan's even quicker on the draw with 12. Leave 'em alone, Urban Meyer -- signed, your new pal, Brady Hoke. Getting commitments from high school juniors is all the rage in college football recruiting, across the SEC to the Big Ten and Pac-12. Texas normally has half its class lined up before the next signing class finishes 11th grade. And while oral commitment means nothing on paper -- it's nothing but a pledge -- more often than not, a young man's word is his bond. "It's very difficult to give a percentage on players who commit early and stick until signing day," said Andrew Bone of Scout.com and Fox Sports. But "the majority of early commitments do stay with their original decision... |