A Good Nite For N T Sun Belt Opponents In Recruiting

MeanGreen61 · February 4, 2008

A good night for UNT's SBC opponents in recruiting

It has been pretty slow on the UNT recruiting front the last few days. The Mean Green loaded up early and has just one spot left unless it signs more than 25 players.

While UNT has been looking for that one last gem, the rest of the Sun Belt schools have been filling out their classes. MTSU and Troy both picked up nationally ranked players who will likely be their top recruits on Sunday.

MTSU landed Miami quarterback Sancho McDonald, a player Rivals.com ranks No. 15 on its list of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the country and No. 87 on its list of the top players in Florida. McDonald is a three-star recruit who vaulted MTSU up the national recruiting rankings in a hurry.

My friend Drew over at the Dothan Eagle picked up a scoop on Troy landing the best player of its class thus far on Sunday night when he reported on his blog that Mobile, Ala., inside linebacker Jacoby Thomas is going to play for the Trojans. Drew had a quote from Thomas, who is rated No. 25 on Rivals' list of the top inside linebackers in the country and No. 35 on its list of the best players in Alabama. Troy is right on UNT's tail in the recruiting rankings and could end up jumping the Mean Green after landing Thomas.

I predicted a while back that Troy would end up winning the Sun Belt recruiting war for the year based on the way the rankings looked at that point. Troy was more than 50 points up on everyone at the time. Of course that all changed the next day when the Trojans suddenly lost all 50 of those points and settled in behind UNT, which got a boost when Celina lineman Troy Franklin was upgraded to a three-star recruit. I have no idea why Troy dropped 50 points even though it had the same batch of players. I am done predicting how this will turn out -- I still might end up being right about Troy winning this race -- but it looks it will be tight to the end. Right now, MTSU is way out in front, thanks to the bonus points it picked up for landing a nationally ranked player in McDonald. UNT is second and Troy third.

One thing is certain. This has been a lot of fun to follow. Stay tuned to see what happens down the stretch.

Monkeypox · February 4, 2008

Big boys were after Thomas early, but apparently got scared away by academics.

Green Crazy · February 4, 2008

has anyone noticed the class that fiu has going...it's pretty damn good! assuming they keep them all.

GMoney · February 4, 2008

This is very good for the SBC as a whole. Yes, we want to win and seeing other schools with good recruiting classes makes it harder to do so. However, in order for the SBC to continue to get better and garner more respect the SBC must win more non-conference games. Recruiting is the starting point.

FirefightnRick · February 4, 2008

Big boys were after Thomas early, but apparently got scared away by academics.

Dear Mr. Thomas,
We are happy to report to you that in considering your ability to run like a deer from sideline to sideline running down Quarterbacks, Runningbacks and Wide Recievers, and the fact that you have demonstrated to your assigned counselor that you indeed can spell "CAT" that your admission application to Troy Unviversity has been accepted.
Dr. Cameron Martindale
President, Troy University

Rick

Edited February 4, 2008 by FirefightnRick

emmitt01 · February 4, 2008

Dear Mr. Thomas,
We are happy to report to you that in considering your ability to run like a deer from sideline to sideline running down Quarterbacks, Runningbacks and Wide Recievers, and the fact that you have demonstrated to your assigned counselor that you indeed can spell "CAT" that your admission application to Troy Unviversity has been accepted.
P.S. We hope that providing you with the "C" and the "T" was helpful, we know that this had eased some of the difficulty for our past recruits.
Dr. Cameron Martindale
President, Troy University

Fixed it for ya. :lol:

tsufan · February 4, 2008

Fixed it for ya.

Dr. Martindale is Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Affairs.....I believe the name you are looking for is Dr. Jack Hawkins.

Edited February 4, 2008 by tsufan

akriesman · February 4, 2008

This is by far going to be the best recruiting class for the Sun Belt as a whole.

LaLa and Ark St seem to be struggling a bit though.

If the quality of the recruits turns out to be correct, then Troy and UNT should be having some terrific battles in the next 3/4 years.

GreenAlums · February 4, 2008

This is by far going to be the best recruiting class for the Sun Belt as a whole.
LaLa and Ark St seem to be struggling a bit though.
If the quality of the recruits turns out to be correct, then Troy and UNT should be having some terrific battles in the next 3/4 years.

Middle could be a sleeper in the recruiting. I did notice that Ark State seems to be moving a little slow. Hope it picks up, a little .... but not a lot :rolleyes: