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Had a chance to meet all three of them at Carthage HS today.

I first saw Bogenshultz and congratulated him on his UTSA commitment, and told him I was looking forward to beating him for the next 4-5 years. He laughed, and mentioned that he had been hoping for a UNT offer, but had good things to say about Connor Means.

Next, Rutherford came up to the table,and I immediately knew who he was. At 6'5"' he is easy to spot and looks like a CB's nightmare. He seemed excited about his offer and we talked a little about the Rice game. He was wearing a Cougar High Tshirt, so I had to give him a little bit of a hard time, but was good natured at the ribbing.

A short while later Goree came up to the table and was surprised that I knew his name. He told me that UNT was his top choice still... could we beat Colorado for the Goree sweep stakes! It would be nice, I hope we can hang on to him!

Rutherford came back up and we talked some about Apogee, I talked up the Rice game some more, and even talked about our current #3, and of his NFL chances! Got a pic of them both flashing the claw. (They may need to work on that)

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On another note, the OL Goodacre chatted with me as well, very impressive frame! Again I extended my congratulations for his LaLa commit, and told him what a great fan base and program they have. But I sincerely got the impression, he would come if offered.

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Had a chance to meet all three of them at Carthage HS today. I first saw Bogenshultz and congratulated him on his UTSA commitment, and told him I was looking forward to beating him for the next 4-

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Just a note, ETSN.fm staff writer Gabe Brooks, in addition to being a really super awesome human being, is an NT alum and was an NT Daily sports editor during the bowl era.

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Don't know what this means, but on his twitter background, he has a photo of Apogee stadium. If that's a tease, that's one mean joke. haha

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O'Keeron Rutherford caught 3 touchdown passes in Carthage's 49-6 win over Mexia in the first round of the Texas 3A, Division 1 playoffs. Rutherford has now caught 12 touchdown passes on the year.

I'm thinking maybe our coaches are envisioning him as a TE ? I'd love to land them both

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I'm thinking maybe our coaches are envisioning him as a TE ? I'd love to land them both

He'd have to stack on a lot of weight as he's listed at 180 on all the sites I see. I would just love to have a couple of receivers who are 6'3+

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I'm thinking maybe our coaches are envisioning him as a TE ? I'd love to land them both

I asked that to big Dan either in this thread or another and he said Rutherford is a true receiver and doesn't have the frame. But who knows really?

If we can bring in Goree and Rutherford then we can give Rutherford a redshirt year to work on his route running, get his grades in order, and put some weight on that 6'4" frame. Even if he doesn't grow as big as Marcus Smith, our TE who was a converted hs receiver, he could still put some weight on and get him going over the middle.

A 6'4" 215 lb Rutherford going against linebackers and safeties could be fun to watch. For us

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I asked that to big Dan either in this thread or another and he said Rutherford is a true receiver and doesn't have the frame. But who knows really?

If we can bring in Goree and Rutherford then we can give Rutherford a redshirt year to work on his route running, get his grades in order, and put some weight on that 6'4" frame. Even if he doesn't grow as big as Marcus Smith, our TE who was a converted hs receiver, he could still put some weight on and get him going over the middle.

A 6'4" 215 lb Rutherford going against linebackers and safeties could be fun to watch. For us

Didn't see that. I was thinking of Marcus Smith as well. I've never seen this kid , was just thinking of TE based on the estn article that said :

Carthage’s physical, large-framed senior receiver told ETSN.fm just after noon Tuesday that North Texas offered him. The Mean Green join ULM as Rutherford’s two offers.

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Didn't see that. I was thinking of Marcus Smith as well. I've never seen this kid , was just thinking of TE based on the estn article that said :

Carthages physical, large-framed senior receiver told ETSN.fm just after noon Tuesday that North Texas offered him. The Mean Green join ULM as Rutherfords two offers.

Yup, exactly what got me thinking that. Watching the highlights I could find of him he does have a pretty slender frame. But he could still easily put on weight, but just by looking at him right now I don't think he'll ever get Marcus Smith big. But that's okay.

When I think of what we could do with Rutherford I think of Cornelius Ingram, a receiver/tight end who played with Florida during the Tebow days. Ingram had a slender frame but he bulked up and became a matchup nightmare playing tight end. Ingram was a little bigger coming out of high school than Rutherford and he was an absolute natural pass-catcher. Ingram came into Florida under 210 lbs and played his junior and senior year in the high 230s.

We wouldn't need Rutherford to be that good or big, but if we could get him in the high 210s and hopefully 220s he could add a similar wrinkle to our offense.

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Rutherford is a receiver and will be a receiver. His frame is too slight to bulk up enough to be a tight end. He can't add 60 good pounds.

Think taller, less athletic Edward Pope.

How about a big receiver? Used like a tight end in the passing game over the middle but not asked to put his hand in the dirt. Maybe not adding 60 good pounds, but how about 30-40 good pounds?
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I see he constantly retweets Carlos Harris. I hope that is a good sign.

And Kenny Buyers at least once. Haven't seen him retweet any other school's players. He is also coming back to Denton tomorrow with his qb Bogenschutz, UTSA commit, to watch the game.

Carthage dominated Navasota 44-14. Navasota was 10-1 and was picked by Greg Tepper of DCTF to make it all the way to the state championship game. http://www.texasfootball.com/assets/2013-Playoffs/GT3ADI.pdf

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And Kenny Buyers at least once. Haven't seen him retweet any other school's players. He is also coming back to Denton tomorrow with his qb Bogenschutz, UTSA commit, to watch the game.

Carthage dominated Navasota 44-14. Navasota was 10-1 and was picked by Greg Tepper of DCTF to make it all the way to the state championship game. http://www.texasfootball.com/assets/2013-Playoffs/GT3ADI.pdf

Let's hope for a good showing

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Let's hope for a good showing

Oh for sure, but honestly if he is committing on Tuesday like he said he is going to then his decision is already made. Doesn't mean we shouldn't go out and kick some UTSA tail, but I think Goree's mind is made up.
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Let's hope for a good showing

This is why this game is so important: NT needs to make evident and obvious to recruits what the members of this board already know: UNT and UTSA may be in the same conference, but they are not in really in the same league.

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