Damn, imagine Texas going 11-1, with Wisner rushing for damn near 200 yards, and yet still being salty that we aren't winning with the type of QB play that you'd prefer.
Ketch deserves every bit of mockery headed his way for shitting the bed this thoroughly. That said, I can't bring myself to think he just straight up invented a source and spouted bullshit. I think most people thought it'd probably be Quinn (for good reason); that's why the story blew up in the first place. If you're gonna straight up lie about knowing the outcome of a QB battle, why stake your service's reputation (lol) on the underdog winning? Why not have your fake source just say "Sark is strongly leaning Quinn and it's a matter of time. The talent and upside are too much."
There's probably a kernel of truth tucked away somewhere in what he reported. But that kernel probably came from someone with no idea what they were talking about--which he then incompetently investigated and irresponsibly published because, and this is key, he's a shit reporter.
The notion that Sark deliberately played Ketch/OB on this is really silly to me. Sark knows Hudson. He's worked with him week in and week out for two years now. He knows his family members on a first name basis. He's seen him work his ass off for months, waiting to get word about Sark's decision. Sark knows what this decision meant to a kid that means a lot to him.
If Sark actually decided to leak to the press that Hudson was going to get the job (knowing he intended to do the opposite) just to fucking destroy the kid the next day, then he's an absolute fucking sociopath. And to what end? To find a leak? To embarrass a reporter?
Ketch wasn't the victims of some intricate, cloak and dagger scheme by Sark to deceive him--Ketch is just shit at his job.
It's not semantics, it's the actual meaning of the term 'blue chip' as pretty much everyone uses it. There's a pretty broad consensus that the term 'blue chip' roughly refers to consensus four- and five-star prospects. I think your understanding of the term is wrong.
I also never said I thought Cam Rising and/or Connor Brewer were going to be legitimate prospects: I gave you their names and their rankings along with other highly-touted blue chip QB recruits. So you're wrong about that as well.
And even though it's not what I'm arguing, I think your comment suggesting that Rising obviously wasn't a legitimate prospect is interesting because OU and Wazzu offered him. I'm honored to be talking to some random dude on surly who's a better QB evaluator than Lincoln Riley and Mike Leach. Or you're just, again, wrong.
I also don't see much point in arguing with you because you can't seem to type a single accurate sentence.
You said that you would like to understand who the "blue chip QB recruits are, 'year after year'." Do we agree that the term "blue chip" refers to a consensus four- or five-star recruit? Do we agree that all those guys played at Texas? Over the course of several years? I'm trying to figure out which part you didn't understand.
It's not that hard to understand, honestly.
Garrett Gilbert - #2 QB recruit
Connor Wood - #5 Pro-style recruit
David Ash - #7 Pro-style recruit
Connor Brewer - #4 Pro-style recruit
Tyrone Swooopes (technically an ATH but #7)
Jerrod Heard - #2 Dual QB
Shane Buechele - #3 Dual QB
Sam Ehlinger - #4 Dual QB
Cam Rising - #11 Pro QB
Roschon Johnson - #6 Dual QB
Hudson Card - #2 Dual
That's who those blue chip QB recruits are, and only one of them was a competent D1 starter at Texas.
I really really really really really really would like to understand how year after year after year, coach after coach, our blue-chip QB recruits are fucking garbage.