'15 OL Ken Marks (Beaumont Central)

Announcing his commitment tomorrow. Us, SMU, Nevada, Sam Houston State, and Louisiana Lafayette are his offers. Would be a nice commitment. Can play guard or tackle.

BillySee58 · July 1, 2014

Here at Beaumont Central (TX) to watch three 2015 announcements - CB @PjLocke4, ATH @Who_wantsMike and OL @_BigKen70_ pic.twitter.com/6Nh4pmU44F
— Matt Clare (@MattClareRivals)
July 1, 2014

Hats on the table. Marks has our hat, LaLa, and Nevada in front of him.

GMG24 · July 1, 2014

Come on Big Ken

BillySee58 · July 1, 2014

Commits to Louisiana Lafayette. Darn.

ntmeangreen11 · July 1, 2014

We shouldn't sound the alarms just yet but man we are struggling.

MeanGreen13 · July 1, 2014

well... that sucks.

Brett Vito · July 1, 2014

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/07/breaking-news-ken-marks-to-the-cajuns.html/

UNT90 · July 1, 2014

LaLa?

Jeez.

We have won one recruiting battle for a guy with multiple offers and lost what seems like a millionkazillion this recruiting season.

We have 3 commits while conference mates have 8, 9, or 10. It's early, but the early portion of recruiting season has been beyond disappointing.

Edited July 1, 2014 by UNT90

UNTLifer · July 1, 2014

So, we go from bitching about signing a bunch of 2 star recruits one year to bitching about missing out on a 2 star OL and a OL with 0 stars. Funny.

UNT90 · July 1, 2014

So, we go from bitching about signing a bunch of 2 star recruits one year to bitching about missing out on a 2 star OL and a OL with 0 stars. Funny.

Doesn't that seem kinda like a step backwards to you?

Everyone thought the bowl season would provide a recruiting bump. So far, it hasn't. And that's disappointing. And it's disappointing to lose a recruiting battle with a Belt team. Especially on a recruit Vito states we "recruited heavily."

But it's still early.

Edited July 2, 2014 by UNT90

DeepGreen · July 1, 2014

I started to call that one. When UNT and others of our level go up against a Louisiana school, odds are that the Louisiana school will win the recruiting battle. SE Texas, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, has a rich cajun heritage, thus, many of those recruits will migrate over the border where they feel more comfortable.

UNTLifer · July 2, 2014

Doesn't that seem kinda like a step backwards to you?
Everyone thought the bowl season would provide a recruiting bump. So far, it hasn't. And that's disappointing. And it's disappointing to lose a recruiting battle with a Belt team.
But it's still early.

I just choose to not get too worked up this early in the process. Marks is not even ranked by Rivals and people are calling it the end of the world. I prefer to wait and see how classes pan out after they have been at NT for a couple years before rating them anyway. There are still many moons to go before signing day.