Colvinnl;707311; said:
Wow. Very disappointing. The surprising part is not that he didn't choose tOSU but that he chose UT. I hate Notre Dame but never in a million years would I choose UT over ND. Puzzling.
I agree that is on first glimpse a puzzling decision. For all the grief we give NDCHIEF and his heavyweight hero coach (j/k NDC) ND remains a heavy pull program. UT? With all that has happened in the program these last couple of years? Not so much.
Matzv O'Dely;707315; said:
Didn't something similar to this happen to the 2003 class right after we won the title. Eerie, or am I not remembering correctly?
That is correct, though in 2003 there was not the long nearly fourteen month momentum build that we have seen beginning after the Penn State game in 2005.
BuckIStallion;707321; said:
We will see the results of our NC and BCS appearances a few years down the line. Kids make their views when they are growing up and it is hard to change those views unless you are a mature person. Most of us go with our gut with pressure decisions and if a kid has formed a certain view at an impressionable age, then it is virtually impossible to change that view.
Trust me, 5-6 years from now, we'll hear of QBs from Texas and California talk about Ohio State and Troy Smith as their childhood favorite and LBs from Georgia talking about A.J.Hawk.
I agree and disagree. We will see the fruits of the labor several years down the line. Then again, couldn't that have lead to a thought that the 2002 NC - plus the continued good momentum thereafter - would lead to a very good finish in say the 2007 class?
This choice by Martin, if it is where he announces tomorrow, remains at best a head-scratcher, at worst a dissapointment. You say that most kids make their decisions, choices or favorites if you will quite early. I don't recall Martin stating early that UT was on his list of interests. As I recall the list was Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas and Cincy, with the Buckeyes very much front and center.
Still, kids can and do change their minds. Though this is a loss, one a lot of folks pretty much had pencilled in, we all should simply wish him well.
