deadspin.com - 12/26/2008
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Everyone knows recruiting for big time college football programs is a shady business, but it's instructive to occasionally be reminded what schools and players go through on the road to a letter of intent. For the last six months, Jamarkus McFarland, a 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive tackle from ...
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rivals.yahoo.com - 12/31/2008
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rivals.yahoo.com —
Anyone who writes a blog on any topic
for pretty much any reason at all can tell...
you: Hitting the archives is a humbling experience. There's nothing like a three-month delay in proofreading to put one's haste and incoherence into a stark, mildly ...
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totalprosports.com - 12/30/2008
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It has been nice to see the Rice
Owls finally enjoy some success this year, although they...
will not have the warmest climate that Texas has ever enjoyed they are still glad to be in a bowl game. After many years of futility the Owls have really come together under second year head coach
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JaMarkus McFarland Chooses Oklahoma, Details The Recruiting Process
FanIQ Blog —
... values than some people who attend the University of Texas.
As you can probably guess, McFarland ultimately chose to attend Oklahoma. But seriously, read this article if you want an inside look at big time college football recruiting. It's fascinating, mind-boggling, and disgusting all at the same time.
Ending a recruiting battle. JaMarkus McFarland picks Oklahoma [NY Times]
HT to Deadspin for finding the story
Links of the Day 12/26/08
The Victoria Times —
Hope everyone had a delightful Christmas. Let's get back into it and review the links. The Twins signed R.A. Dickey on Christmas Eve. La Velle E. Neal is perplexed. College football recruiting and its deepest darkest secrets. Big game this week for the Vikings. Also, the Colts are still in the playoffs.
White Limos, Hot Chicks and High School Seniors
Alligator Army —
... I don't doubt the recruit put his wallet in his front pocket, or even assumed all Miami guys are pickpockets. But, college recruiting is like making sausage. We see Percy Harvin or Knowshon Moreno or Glenn Dorsey and assume they were all recruited under ethical circumstances. So when we see Gene Chizik riding around in a 1985 Lincoln Continental, we get pissed, totally ignoring that Meyer can fly-in future players. We think it is shady when we hear stories of LSU chaperones sitting on recruits laps, but get whiplash watching a Gator Greeter drag a recruit and his ...
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McFarland to Oklahoma
burntorangenation.com 12/26/2008 — McFarland to Oklahoma
Story is broken by... the New York Times? Weird.
UT Recruiting Pulls Out All The Stops Drugs, Girls
sportsbybrooks.com 12/26/2008 — How great must it be to be a top high school football prospect in Texas? The world is at your feet, and so are the big universities who will do anything to make sure you attend their school. Anything.
Jamarcus McFarland is a highly rated ...
On Losing McFarland —
Burnt Orange Nation
The battlefield
Beyond battles on the turf of the Cotton Bowl every season, Texas and Oklahoma battle on the recruiting front, with the viability of OU's football program largely dependent on luring Texas-born players north of the Red River. As such, Texas often locks horns with the Sooners ...
Recruiting Rules: The Jamarkus McFarland Story —
The Big Lead
Yesterday, the best defensive player in the class of 2009, Jamarkus McFarland, chose Oklahoma over Texas . The NY Times chronicled his lengthy recruitment, and it is a captivating story. (We’d love to read one of these every month.) When you read about how hard Texas parties, you may ...
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