An early recruiting class to make Ron Prince blush....

[WavetheWheat]

9 kids in and here are the competing offers for them....

East Carolina
Memphis
Ohio
Tulsa (3 different kids)
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico (2 different kids)
New Mexico State
Southern Miss
Wyoming (2 different kids)
Colorado State
Florida State
Hawaii
Nevada
Georgia Southern
Louisiana Lafayette

Incredible.  I can't imagine even being about to find 9 kids willing to commit that don't have ONE SINGLE OFFER from another Big XII school.  Is this scary smart or what? 

What do I get to read about?   How T.Gill and Co. are much better judges of talent.   If he wouldn't have gobbled these guys up now they would have gotten "big time" offers.   Blah Blah Blah.

 :powerespect:

[I_have_purplewood]

On the bright side you might have a shot at beating Texas? 

[steve dave]

Coach'em/Pray'em up.  No real difference.  We are brothers, bro.

[michigancat]

focus on the florida state kid offer.  Prince actually had a pretty good first class.

[jtksu]

Was Prince's first class the one with like 9 NEO kids?

[OregonSmock]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

[jtksu]

[Stupid Fitz]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

Ben,

You are one happy, positive, mother fracker.   

[HeinBallz]

I fear the day that Ben comes out and proclaims an entire KU class as shitty players.

[wiley]

I fear the day that Ben comes out and proclaims an entire KU class as shitty players.

this will never happen.  love his optimism, it's almost sickening.  He sounds like our smug fans who believe everything will be great.  granted 99% of what he basis ku's awesomeness in football is compared to what we are doing, kind of small time thinking imo.

[DOOMsday]

I fear the day that Ben comes out and proclaims an entire KU class as shitty players.

this will never happen.  love his optimism, it's almost sickening.  He sounds like our smug fans who believe everything will be great.  granted 99% of what he basis ku's awesomeness in football is compared to what we are doing, kind of small time thinking imo.

Ben could talk about Avila and make them sound like a BCS contender.

[WavetheWheat]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

F'n delusional.

[ednksu]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

remember when he said this kind of stuff about the last game at the Bill.  Epic meltdowns are epic. 

[The42Yardstick]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

F'n delusional.

 

[wabash909]

The thing about the delusional fantasies in Ben's mind are that he sincerely believes them.

Why the meltdowns are so fracking impressive.

[The Whale]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

Congrats man, you deserve it.  That top-10 weight room was probably key in getting such a strong class for Gill's first year.

[Cire]

That orange bowl isn't hurting either.

[wabash909]

That orange bowl isn't hurting either.

Neither is the fact that KU is the only Big XII North school to ever play in a BCS Bowl Game. 

[pc5k]

Neither does having a bible thumping coach.  do the players call him coach gill or pastor gill?

[Dugout DickStone]

KU's recruiting class is solid, especially the recent o-line commitments.  If KU can get Darrian Miller back in the fold, this class has a chance to be really good. 

Agreed.  It would take a huge coaching disaster to not finish in top 25 with this talent.

[kstatefreak42]

Big expectations this yeah for the JAYHAWKS!

[Dugout DickStone]

Big expectations this yeah for the JAYHAWKS!

This could be the year they finally play in a conference title game.  They are absolutely DUE.

[kstatefreak42]

My "yeah" was meant to be a "year". Emawing on my phone all this week, no laptop!!!!!!!!!!!

[WavetheWheat]

UPDATE:  11 players in and still none with a competing Big XII offer.  GOOD NEWS, however, WE OWN TULSA.  Absolutely OWN them.

East Carolina
Memphis (2 different kids)
Ohio
Tulsa (4 different kids!)
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico (3 different kids)
New Mexico State
Utah
Utah St
Arizona
Louisville
Southern Miss
Wyoming (2 different kids)
Colorado State
Florida State
Hawaii
Nevada
Georgia Southern
Louisiana Lafayette

[_33]

Don't see the problem.  Gill and staff are obviously superior talent evaluators and have got in on these kids before the big boys.  If you watch the videos you can clearly see they are mostly "diamonds in the rough".  All you can hope is that they stay loyal when the "big boys" come calling.  Also, stars are meaningless.  They just give stars to recruits of "big time" schools.  I'd rather have a 3-star kid who has something to prove than a 5-star kid who thinks he's entitled.  You've got to consider the "right fit" as well.  Big time schools probably cooled on these guys when they committed to KU.  Securing the border.