Boy, those guys think we care a lot more about Micah Hudson than any of us do. That guy said he could write a book about that recruitment, and I think he just did. Geez. I stopped reading that section in order to avoid nap time. Otherwise, there were some interesting snippets. I'll add some more color to a few of the names:
-Texas would have had their pick of any QB in the 2024 cycle had they not landed Manning in the 2023 cycle. I think it worked out better for Texas. Manning is a better prospect than any of the guys in the 2024 cycle and Owens is a damned good recruit for this cycle and the QB room.
-Once Texas felt like Clark was a legitimate candidate for the class, their work was done with TB and they effectively stopped trying to do much with the in-state guys.
-Missouri tried all kinds of shit to land Wingo, from guilt, to lying about NIL capabilities, you name it. That family absolutely made it interesting in the end, no matter what the 247 guys are saying.
-Livingstone is the guy that visited an ATM practice and then spent time with the players and saw all of the guys, led by Stewart, smoking weed and skipping classes while the coaches openly fought on the field.
-Calhoun was a legitimate target for Texas and Georgia shut that down before the visit by playing the old school bag game. The one spot where it can still win out is when someone puts 6 figures into a gym bag and hands it to the family or handler and says "take it now and shut things down or we're giving this to someone else". Doesn't work in every recruitment, it's illegal as hell, and there's only so much of that to go around, but Georgia still will do with a local and Auburn seems like that's they're preferred approach.
-The story I told about Kibble at the time is refreshingly straightforward in their report. Texas basically said "take this spot or we need to part ways" and the dude locked in.
-Carter thought he should have the same NIL outlook as his teammate, Baker, and ultimately only Auburn was valuing IOL that way.