Another school putting together a remarkable class is TCU.
… TCU’s projected class was rated 25th by rivals.com coming into the week, highest in at least a decade. It includes 10 of the top 100 prospects in Texas.
I suspect Gary Patterson can make a pretty good living doing that on a regular basis.
The secret of his success should come as no surprise – a little Rose Bowl and a lot of moving to a Big Six conference.
“The Rose Bowl probably did as much as anything, really helped us finish up with a couple of recruits who changed their minds and came to us,” coach Gary Patterson says. “Maybe the Big East helped solidify that, but … I think it’ll be a bigger deal in this next recruiting class.
“It’s a lot of things … how (much) we’ll be seen on TV, a prospective student-athlete knowing we’re going to a conference where they can say they’re an automatic qualifier.”
Boise State looks on in envy.
I don’t know why but TCU has never bothered me as much as Boise so I love that TCU is getting a shot with the big boys, if the Big East can be called that, while Boise moves to the MWC aka WAC 2.o
Patterson is a rock-solid coach. Shame they didn’t get into the Big 12 -2 originally, much better choice than Baylor. Ann Richards is such a douche. Now the TV gurus and Texas’ greed will prevent it from ever happening, unless the SuperConference idea ever re-ignites. Big East may present some travel problems for TCU but they could easily dominate that conference with Texas talent and Patterson as HC.
1. You singled out Ann, but really if you go through the list of legislators and movers/shakers in Texas politics, Baylor Law comes up a lot. Pinning Baylor’s closed-door maneuvering on AR is hardly accurate.
2. TCU’s travel budget is probably going to look a lot like it did. Someone analyzed it at some point, but Ft. Worth to Syracuse or Louisville isn’t that much different (time/distance/and maybe price-wise) from DFW to San Diego or Wyoming.
Yes, I saw that mileage analysis several weeks ago. I think it was against their prior conference, not the Big 12 -2. AR didn’t play a solitary role, but she played THE major role and threatened to stop the Texas schools from participating in the Big 12 if Baylor was not included.