2016 CB Parrish Cobb Decommits From Oklahoma (UPDATE 6:35 pm)
Posted on: February 2, 2016
According to a report from OU Insider, 2016 cornerback Parrish Cobb (Waco, TX) has decommitted from the University of Oklahoma. TFB is working to confirm this report and will update you one way or the other as soon as possible.
Following a visit to Baylor this past weekend, there had been some optimism on the OU side of things that the Sooners would still be able to hang on to Cobb but assuming this report to be accurate that is evidently no longer the case.
Oklahoma is still expected to sign a solid defensive back class, but the loss of Cobb isn’t simply one to gloss over. He is a very talented athlete who some would argue could have a bright future on either side of the ball at the next level.
One would expect (1) Cobb is now pretty likely to stay close to home at select Baylor at his announcement tomorrow and (2) the OU coaching staff will even further increase their pursuit of Jared Mayden. Who as many of you know is an OU legacy and announcing his choice tomorrow on NSD between OU and Alabama.
– UPDATE (11:11 am): So now Josh McCuistion of SoonerScoop is denying that Cobb has decommitted.
– UPDATE (11:22 am): From what we can gather, the consensus seems to be that while an actual decommit may have not technically taken place the expectation at this time is Cobb will select Baylor when he announces tonight around 6pm (CT).
If anything changes between now and then and/or more information becomes available, we will be sure to update you at that time.
– UPDATE (11:30 am):
Talked to source. Confusion over whether Cobb did or didn't decommit is semantics. Both #OU & #BU know their fate. He will announce today
— Super K (@SuperK_TFB) February 2, 2016
– UPDATE (11:44 am):
Apologies for the overkill but Parrish Cobb has now informed #Sooners of the decommittment
— Super K (@SuperK_TFB) February 2, 2016
– UPDATE (6:35 pm): That’s a wrap.
La Vega DB Parrish Cobb has officially committed to the #Baylor Bears. He de-committed from OU this morning. #SicEm pic.twitter.com/bCLzKTxKpO
— Jessica Morrey (@JessicaMorrey) February 3, 2016
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next (thanks for the update TFB)
Old news for us in the know. Good luck Cobb.
Welp
Time will tell how bad of a miss this one is. I suspect it will prove to be a miss. Bummer!
You can’t really further increase your pursuit. It’s a dead period. He’d have to contact the coaches..
It’s my understanding if you’ve sent a kid an NLI then you are free (w/in some sort of rules, of course) to contact them.
Trying to find support for that online somewhere, but I’ve seen it referenced multiple times by others in the last couple days.
That’s the first I’ve heard of that.. Well, good to know.. Thanks!
Dang, good luck to him. Hello Mayden!
Son of a…
If this is true, I stand by my original comment from yesterday where everyone jumped on me. My instincts were right. I knew I shouldn’t have backed off those comments on him. I know, let the kids have fun. Let them enjoy the attention. OU players enjoy attention on the field, not on social media. That stuff is for Texas and Baylor kids.
Doesn’t sting as bad knowing the talent/depth of last year’s DB class.. But makes Mayden all the more important this year
Agreed. Last years class was pretty good.
I will never understand anyone choosing to play for Baylor or live in Waco over the Sooners and Norman. Just so strange. Good luck to the young man.
It’s his hometown, so there’s that.
You can bet your shorts, mama was in his ear too.
Thanks to all the good news of other recruits today I’m feelin pretty saucy (good) about tomorrow. We’ll see ya Cobb.. When OU is at the top again next season
Not surprised a bit by this news. Ronnie Millsap even saw it coming.
Ronnie Pickering?
I don’t like this at all but if his heart wasn’t in playing for OU then this is certainly for the best for all parties. Good luck to you Mr. Cobb.
Any thoughts to why he didnt just wait a day and pick BU?
Wtf?
If we land Mayden, I don’t see this as that big of a loss. Especially if it then frees up a spot for somebody else we’ve been pursuing. Kid probably went and got a girlfriend during his last year of HS, and now wants to stay home.
It’s a big loss. He’s a four star corner. We need these athletes.
Rivals says he hasn’t decommitted.
He’s gone
Not yet
Rivals is slow on a lot of stuff.
Disagree, and they started checking once Hale’s report came out. Give me a choice between trusting Hale or Josh and I’m picking Josh 95% of the time.
I would agree with that.
yeah
PJ Blue come on down. Next man up if true
update added
Not to sound too bitter; but I can’t wait until the day Baylor gets hit with sanctions over this rape stuff. I honestly don’t see how Briles survives it.
Thats not going to happen ever lol! The staff mishandled the situation poorly but they didn’t actually rape anyone, its not like Briles was encouraging rape, in fact he really didn’t have much to do with it. It’s going to impact the AD and University more than it would ever effect Football. Word of advice, don’t wish bad things on people out of spite.
my question is why make a decommit thread if it was not confirmed. Wouldnt it be better to make sure it was confirmed first b4 making one of these?
There are reports from others all the time. Referencing it as such, as we did, is a common practice. News is fluid, especially when it comes to recruiting.
If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at the person who reports incorrect information (IF that’s what happened here). We’re just the messenger in this situation.
Again, bro – this is a FREE site. Why complain about anything? Everything we get here is gravy.
He’s already off our commitment list on 247
You’re putting a lot of trust in Hale..
He has direct access and a pumper, so he wouldn’t post anything negative unless he knew.
Why even make a DECOMMIT thread? Just add it to the open post and not clutter the site with negative vibes Football Brainiacs. Use those Brainiacs, LOL!
Not the worst thing, losing a talented kid hurts but probably (depending/counting on Mayden and keeping J Parker and P Motley commited) really need to use that spot for a RB or WR.
Cobb – 5’10” 4.6 Highly ranked, but you either have size or speed.
I know it’s just rumor but if we really haven’t heard from the kid or his family himself then we all can just assume one way or the other he is or isn’t. That’s all we can do at this point.
updated the post title
refresh the page
we cool now?
Not really because it’s clear he is a decommit. Leave it in the Open Post. Use that Brainiac Jordan, LOL! Now, everyone has to visit the site and see negative.
haha
I was cool with it either way. Stop giving in to some of these posters. J/k. 🙂 We have some great posters on here and you do your best.
Not giving in to anything. Just feel like this updated title is more accurate for the current situation 😉
I know Jordan, giving you a hard time about it. Don’t worries here. Need to joke around some to get some of the tension out of here. LOL!!!! You do great work. It doesn’t go unnoticed. Thanks for everything you guys do here.
ha, no worries.
Title isn’t the issue. Open a negative post just runs people off.
Life isn’t all rainbows and lollipops. If we have to be the people to burst that bubble for some people then so be it 😉
I’d rather get the real deal than sunshine pumping. Facts are facts.
exactly
exactly
Omg! The title change is ??????
I need to go do something else besides trying to keep up with recruiting. lol
I stand by this below :
“Not the worst thing, losing a talented kid hurts but probably (depending/counting on Mayden and keeping J Parker and P Motley commited) really need to use that spot for a RB or WR.”
If this is true, it’s the other side of the coin of “de-committing.”
I wish the young man well. This is obviously up to him but if his heart isn’t in Norman, he won’t reach his potential. I wish him wealth, health and happiness.
Cobb at 5’10” 4.6 isn’t going to have me losing sleep.
update added
LOL something may…or may not have happened…..
http://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/images/c_fill,h_360,w_480/t_mp_quality_gif/pe154tirui3k4w3fwq8u/it-s-been-23-years-since-wayne-s-world-taught-us-how-to-schwing-the-cast-partied-on-b-535469.gif
Replace Cobb with Mayden and we call it a wash
IF———–IF————OU gets Mayden. Many think he is Bama bound ……..
Things are so different today. When I committed to my school I was proud to do so and told anyone who would listen. I don’t see the reason for all the added faux suspense if you know where you want to play ball.
Unfortunately its become a popularity contest and an ego stroker for some kids. They should just be proud and thankful.
It’s always been this way, you just have direct access to it from social media. Switzer tells stories that would spin your head. Love to have seen that on social media. Ha!
It’s a self-absorbed ‘selfie’ generation of kids who compete for ‘likes’. Love what you said about a kid recognizing his physical ‘gifts’ and work ethic making him proud and thankful. And those are the kids that we (coaches and fans) want on their team and at their institution.
True. For the most part OU has recruited and signed talented kids with good character. A lot of team players. I hope they continue to look for those young men who are talented, coach-able and of good character. I hope OU never sells the farm over star ratings alone. There are so many young talented recruits with tons of potential that don’t get a look. A lot of them end up at smaller schools or lesser P-5 schools, but later make their hay in the NFL. Boise State, Coastal Carolina, Kansas, Tulane, Troy, Nevada, Colorado State each have at least 2 players playing in this years Super Bowl. Wonder how many of those were overlooked 2 and 3 star players? Regardless if they are 5 stars, 4 stars, 3 stars or below. Get them on campus. Bring out that thing that can’t be measured. Coach them up. Get them to play with fire, passion and determination for the Crimson and Cream and the rest will work itself out. Boomer!
True. For the most part OU has recruited and signed talented kids with good character. A lot of team players. I hope they continue to look for those young men who are talented, coach-able and of good character. I hope OU never sells the farm over star ratings alone. There are so many young talented recruits with tons of potential that don’t get a look. A lot of them end up at smaller schools or lesser P-5 schools, but later make their hay in the NFL. Boise State, Coastal Carolina, Kansas, Tulane, Troy, Nevada, Colorado State each have at least 2 players playing in this years Super Bowl. Wonder how many of those were overlooked 2 and 3 star players? Regardless if they are 5 stars, 4 stars, 3 stars or below. Get them on campus. Bring out that thing that can’t be measured. Coach them up. Get them to play with fire, passion and determination for the Crimson and Cream and the rest will work itself out. Boomer!
It’s always been this way. You flip recruits and can get recruits flipped.
” the OU coaching staff will even further increase their pursuit of Jared Mayden”
How do they do that in a dead period?
They sent him an LOI which means they can contact him.
He gone …
He’s officially gone.
https://twitter.com/baylorrivals/status/694571915520835584
Hale already told us about this. Ha!
How is the Baylor Rivals guy official?
Because OU’s Rivals backs up his claim, along with OU’s 247, and everybody else
so what? 15 minutes ago everyone though 247 was wrong. it’s not “official” until the kid says it and even then look at Velus Jones.
Haha seriously…
Hes officially the “now its official guy” i think
Hes officially the “now its official guy” i think
How is the Baylor Rivals guy official?
Briles must have sold him on the idea they will get that Waco Twin Peaks opened back up.
I had to google….looks like it was crazy…
I had to google….looks like it was crazy…
Briles must have sold him on the idea they will get that Waco Twin Peaks opened back up.
update added
From my man, PJ.
https://twitter.com/PeterJayy_2/status/694559472597934080
Mbanasor island , where Baylor receivers go to die.
I’m confused…what or who is he referring to?
recruits i assume
Haha…yeah, I get that. I thought he might be referring to someone in particular.
And there is a link to a video.
That’s what I was missing. Thanks Sam, it all makes sense now.
http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=4980627
Just showing recruits what they’ll miss out on.
The Cobb drama is silly actually, the fact he verbally committed and has an announcement party tonight pretty much says it all. IMO, you do gloss over this situation because what do you do, find a corner and suck your thumb, or move on and fill the spot with someone else?
Absolutely….Mayden>Cobb anyway so hopefully this opens the door a tad wider for him to be a Sooner!
Mayden has been my preference for a while now. Still, would have been great to get them both.
The Cobb drama is silly actually, the fact he verbally committed and has an announcement party tonight pretty much says it all. IMO, you do gloss over this situation because what do you do, find a corner and suck your thumb, or move on and fill the spot with someone else?
That is what I think as well. The coach’s have been in this for so long, once a kid start visiting other schools and claiming that it is between OU and “other team”. It’s time to focus elsewhere.
That is what I think as well. The coach’s have been in this for so long, once a kid start visiting other schools and claiming that it is between OU and “other team”. It’s time to focus elsewhere.
Does it seem bitter that I’m not worried about a 5’10” 4.6 CB?
* enjoy Baylor and your much lower shot at a career in the NFL * (I kid)
Nope but its funny that you think he’s a 4.6 guy
Well where one door closes another opens.
All is well. we received 4 great commits the past few days and a few more expected tomorrow. We already have really good DB’s in house and a few more signing tomorrow. Add that with excellent coaching and the future is bright.
Maybe it is just me, but I would rather have a kid who really wants to be a Sooner. I understand the back and forth in trying to make a decision, but it also (to me) shows uncertainty about who he wants to identify with. If he wants to play for Baylor I respect his decision, along with any other recruit who flips to another school. I wish them well, especially as I watch the Sooners win another Big 12 title.
The old pontoon boat on the dirty river is a good sell at Baylor!
Ole Miss’s new recruiting catch phrase “Getting Paid”……Baylor’s new recruiting catch phrase “Getting Laid”…………Oklahoma’s still “Play like a Champion”
Wouldn’t Baylor’s catch phrase be assuming it was consensual? Sounds like it rarely is over there…
One’s is a violation while the others is violating.
update added
James Hale told you an hour ago, LOL!
Finally….end this stupidness…..I dont think that’s even a word..but still.
Upvoted for use of “stupidness”
No apologies needed. Appreciate the updates, good or not so good. We will move on.
Boo. Oh well, next!
I guess that it is Baylor is the part that disgust me, I could see Texas, USC, Tennessee or Auburn. What that university did to those girls, and the coverup with the whole program makes is in human.
Oh, there will be a reckoning…
The sad thing is that the girls are just the most recent transgression. I was telling a friend of mine, a good Christian girl that is maybe a little naive, about Baylor’s athletic history. She was commenting about how money and football success was getting in the way of Baylor’s spiritual mission. She was unaware of the sexual assaults or the murder of the basketball player by another basketball player several years ago. I made the comment that Baylor, as a Christian institution, sold their souls a long time ago.
He gawn. Come on down Mr. Mayden…please. ?
well that blows
This may sound funny but give A.J. Parker a call. He does not come with all the hoopla but he is a phenomenal athlete and he wants to be a Sooner bad. I’ll take local kids any day with this much passion for the program and great athletic ability. If Snyder is willing to take him, he is the right kind of kid and player.
Yup. How many kids has the Wizard of Manhattan taken out of OK and made into stars? If the coaches ask me, I’ll agree! 🙂
And how much have we enjoyed playing against NE Okie receivers wearing purple in recent years. (ref: The Neverending Lockett Nightmare)
And they almost got Calmus back in the day.
I’m starting to have nightmares about the Locketts. Great family and great competitors.
Andy, I like what you’ve posted. And the last sentence sums it up: “If Snyder is willing to take him, he is the right kind of kid and player.”
Yep, or they could have stuck with Maurice Chandler.. Would have been nice to have a ready CB next year.
If OU could just be Kansas State…
Why you a K-State fan?
OU isn’t in the business of coming in 3rd-5th place in the Big 12 and sending a player to the NFL every few years. I’m good with losing Cobb and picking up Mayden vs. a ‘local kid’ who might be good enough to play at K-State.
I can go for that, but I believe he is good enough to play for us and if he would have played at a more prominent school may have gotten more opportunities. I think you undervalue someone wanting to play for their state school, that has talent. But to each his own! Have a blessed day
I understand what you’re saying, but there are literally hundreds of kids in Oklahoma each year that would love to play for OU. I don’t know anything about Parker, but I suspect he’s known by the OU staff, and simply wasn’t considered good enough to play at OU. That’s not to say the staff hasn’t ‘missed’ on kids before, but I think they have a pretty good idea what they’re looking for and I’ll defer to them. That said, I hope Parker goes on to have a great college career.
I’m sure your right about that. I too hope he has a great career! Thanks for all you do for this site.
Bye Cobb, best of luck
OU flipped a kid yesterday. Cobb has a right to do what he thinks is best for him. He’s still a kid. He’s still a human. Let’s wish him the best.
Thanks Sam, I needed that polite gut punch, edited
You’re the man, Mizzuno. I hate it but if he doesn’t want to be here, it’s not going to work out well. Better to know now, I suppose.
Agree 100%
OU has flipped 2 recently (Jackson and Farrar)
Good luck PC (except vs. OU). Do what’s best for yourself and your family.
K thanks for your hard work and dedication
Mayden Island here we come.
Good chance Baylor will be the first school not named Texas or OU to have the highest ranked class in the Big XII.
Those 5 stars are lining up for us in 2017.
Much success young man…except for 1 game a year…Next!
Losing out to Baylor?…ugh I hope Briles is gone soon, DFW area is our prime recruiting ground.
Hello NCAA, you don’t go from cellar dweller for many decades to the top without impropriety. Hint: SMU in the 80’s. Doesn’t take common sense to see you need to get off your butts, and turn that program and support system upside down. I can believe TCU’s success, only because they were in top 2 of the Mountain West for years before they joined the BigXII. Freakin Baylor give me a break!
Lol, take off the tinfoil hat.
Is that a command or a recommendation? Why are you wearing those sun-glasses? You don’t sound like a real maverick! Who are you? Where are you from?? … and waddaya really want???
Yes
Do not let this news have you forget the weekend success. This is a marathon. Keep plodding forward, inch by inch and step by step. Crawl if you have to but whatever you do, do stop. This is still a great day. Success is right around the corner.
Always a great day to be a Sooner , that 2017 will be Bob Stoops most highly rated class in his time in Norman. #JustWaitOnIt
Sunshine Pumper.
We really need to do something about posters like this. 🙂
I know. I was soaking in all the gloom and despair and this guy comes along and starts harshing my buzz.
And you, sir, are the sun. You came out.
Should we congratulate Bob for coming out?
Yes. He will keep us all calm.
Sorry, been hiding in the lab at work. For some reason my boss wants me to spend time doing my job.
“Okay, so we now have less than 24 hours to flip Cobb. Lets not ruin the opportunity.”
Wait I thought we were against players flipping. No, yesterday we were for it. I’m so confused.
LOL
Damn Bob, you do have a way with words.
Thanks. I went to the store last night and they had Snark on sale, three gallons for five dollars. I stocked up and now I am ready to go.
What is this warm and fuzzy foreign-like sentiment that you speak of? I’ve never heard of it around here.
SoonerO737, trying to talk them down before they climb up.
Not sure how to go about it but we need to do a better job of feeling out whether recruits really want to be here or if they’re just reserving a spot until some sh*tty Texas school offers them that they’re more interested in. We shouldn’t be anybody’s parking spot until they get an offer from an inferior Texas school because they’re a moron who buys into all that Texas nativism hubris.
I would think continuing to take OV’s after VC would be a dead give away.
Yup. In a lot of cases.
What a clown Cobb must be.
No, just doesn’t like OU. Best wishes to him.
Go easy on the kid.
Looks like we found the guy from Twitter yesterday.
Yepper.
Mayden of bust
K thanks for staying on top of this.
Welp. That sucks.
Please have some class people. No one was calling Jackson names for flipping. I get that it hurts, but bashing a kid doesn’t seem right.
That said, I hope he goes 0-4 with no stats against us.
At least we still have Jean Delance right guys??
The hardest part on this one is that he’s been committed for so long.
/s ?
Yes. I thought that one was obvious. My bad.
Sorry with all the different tones of the posts today I had to make sure lol
LOL
not worried. Rape University will be on probation before long and Charlie’s job is hanging by a thread. Seriously doubt he see’s 2017 at Texas. OU is the place to be if you want be your best and have the opportunities to play for Champioships and play a real OOC. Your either in or out the way i see it
How do you feel about Baylor?
Are you alluding to the alleged rape cover-up?
I was just making a joke. He seemed to have a strong opinion of them.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/14675790/baylor-officials-accused-failing-investigate-sexual-assaults-fully-adequately-providing-support-alleged-victims
Same way i feel about Ken Starr and Art Briles
The lack of institutional control at Baylor from Murder cover up and serial rapist should have them removed from the Big XII. Drop Baylor add Houston
Dropping Baylor and adding Houston would be like dropping Bugsy Siegel and adding Al Capone.
To be honest Baylor was never supposed to be in the Big XII.
The Big Eight issued the invitation, and the original discussion among the Big Eight schools did not include Baylor. The original proposal included New Mexico instead of Baylor. The discussion quickly went to ten and only UT and aggy, but due to political pressure we ended up with the XII as we know it. . Texas demanded it in essence be a new conference rather than an extension of the Big Eight, but that decision came after the fact. This one from the Washington Post:
https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-877335.html
Here’s a good rumor: Cobb “decommitted” because Mique Juarez took his scholly.
Lol He’s heading over with John Houston.
I’m sure our coaches are not surprised by this and have a plan.
if OU loses Mayden to Alabama as many expect , its on to 2017…….no backup plan at CB………….
I just don’t get it. When a recruit flips to OU it is all good, but when one chooses to de-commit from OU and chooses another school we start blasting the young man. It is strictly their decision and our desires are not a part of it. Stay classy, Sooners
Don’t you guys think their is another able bodied player that will sign tomorrow? If the kid wants to go somewhere else, alright, let him go, say good luck and on to the next. As a coach, there is absolutely no room to blast a KID for changing his mind about a decision that will shape the rest of his life (Not to mention we are supposed to be the adults).
You win some and you lose some. Only the mighty will survive!
Well, if you are Kansas, you just lose some.
They should change their name to Mighty Kansas.
If this was 1974, Cooks would’ve had Cobb holed up in a motel room somewhere since last week and the Baylor visit never happens, lol. Oh and we would be signing 100 people or so.
I think we should explore the various uses of Duct Tape in recruiting. It’s good for making things stick where they are.
I’m sure it is difficult at that age to go against a parent if they are a big influence on you.
Sometime should get #earlysigningperiod trending on Twitter. Maybe it cause folks to seriously consider it.
All you need in life is WD40 and Duct Tape.
Ah, the good ol days!
Steve Davis story tells a lot about how different times were then. It also give some perspective to recruiting. We almost didn’t have a scholly for him and he started out as the EIGHTH string QB. All he did as a starter was go 31-1-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMgDNIMCsc
We got one you want it? “Hell yeah I want it!” that’s good stuff….
Yeah that’s a great video. It’s on the rotation of sooner videos to watch. One of my other faves is the Switzer player tribute from Houston. I was lucky enough to attend, it was a great night.
It’s long, but worth it.
https://youtu.be/YTCIv2BpAZE
I miss Bob Barry’s voice on the radio. “TOUCHDOWN OKLAHOMA!!!”
I’m decommitting from this thread. Out.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! ORACLE!!! COME BACK!!!!!!!
If you’re committing to the UT TFB site just know that we’re all done with you!!!
Without a username change, I don’t think he’d be welcomed over on that side!
Just say ” 5-7 ” then leave.
Meh… Best of luck kid.
I just think the funniest thing is he is “deciding” between OU and Baylor but I am still committed to OU now I am de-committing from OU but I am still deciding between OU and Baylor.
win jackson lose cobb thats life
Just a reminder: while some of us treat this game as if it’s life or death, the players don’t. Here’s a Twitter conversation between Stidham and Haughton:
https://twitter.com/ouadam918_adam/status/694576178363912193
Looks like a convo between Haughton and an OU fan also…good on Haughton
Just my thoughts and opinion on Parrish Cobb – he’s a talented player and I hate to lose him at this late date to Baylor or Texsa. From what Super K indicated Parrish wanted Texsa and Mr. Cobb wanted OU, so Baylor (home) is the compromise. Parrish has remained committed until now, but not in his heart. We only need young men who WANT to be here and truly appreciate the opportunity to play for the University of Oklahoma. I have been holding on to hope that he had #OUDNA, but he has to make his own choices, or compromises whatever they may be. So I’m just going to wish him luck in his future and hope he has made the right decision for him. No doubt OUr team will be fine, so there’s no need to disparage a kid for changing his mind even though he took the drama to the very end! We are ecstatic to flip a player we want, so we honestly can’t then criticize one of ours for flipping. Fair is fair.
People bashing him need to stop, have some class and decency. The kid is staying close to home and he doesn’t owe us an explanation to his reasoning. Young Mr. Cobb have a good one and God bless.
I don’t see a lot of people bashing Cobb. Some of you guys are way over the top with the drama. All that aside, decommiting right before the dead period and leaving us hanging after being a long time commit is a bullsh*t move no matter how much you spin it with the “he’s a kid” nonsense.
What drama? The one where I said have a good day? God bless? Oh, you mean the one about fans who have an opinion about someone else’s life that you do not know or know anything about, except that he decided not to play football for the Oklahoma Sooners?
LOL!!! No the drama about some of you guys obsessively bashing posters here for not complying with what you feel is the proper rainbows and unicorns response to any slightly negative situation. I don’t see a lot of backlash against Cobb but for some reason you’re creating that false reality so you can elevate yourself above these straw man posters anyway. It’s interesting to read.
yep, you got me
I know.
from below
What a clown Cobb must be.
We shouldn’t be anybody’s parking spot until they get an offer from an inferior Texas school because they’re a moron(from you)
but by all means tell me no is bashing
So? One poster says something and its an epidemic that requires you to address that forum and lecture us on staying classy?
No need in bashing a kid.
So take it up with that individual poster if you feel you’re in the position to correct their behavior. Or do you just enjoy herding cats?
Gotcha, yes I am not a mod on this site. The only reason you even replied to me is because you feel I am attacking you because as I posted above you were below calling recruits who stay in Texas, morons. But hey, you feel free to rationalize it how you see fit.
I don’t feel like you’re attacking me at all. My point is, for all the “negative posts” I see on here, I see twice as many “negative posts” bashing posters here for “being negative”. I just don’t understand the compulsion to attempt to drive people’s behavior on a public forum. It’s herding cats and an ineffective waste of time.
The moderators can handle post quality just fine and keep it within the guidelines set forth on this site. We don’t need a bunch of mall cops running around the comments section on their segways issuing citations for posts that don’t comply with their personal beliefs.
You ever rode a segway? It’s fun, just don’t get caught by your friends.
No I haven’t. I don’t see that working out well for me. Think Mike Tyson’s recent video.
The hoverboard?
Exactly. Isn’t a hoverboard just a segway without handle bars? I need handle bars…….and a bell I can ring to warn people in my path.
the bell is a great idea
So saying “stay classy” is bashing posters? Everyone is entitled to an opinion. If you haven’t seen people bashing Cobb, you haven’t read everything. Its just a general comment though, includes people doing it on Twitter, etc.
I don’t think anyone likes the state of recruiting and the charades that happen. But to use an old saying, “Don’t hate the playa, hate the game”.
I agree. Everybody IS entitled to their opinion so why lecture people on “staying classy” in the first place? I don’t like some of the negative crap I read on here but I don’t elevate myself to the position of trying to moderate that behavior because I’m in no position to do so. I just ignore it and move on to posts I’d rather read and let people be “entitled to their opinion”.
I guess the main reason imo is that this board is one of the last places for OU football that isn’t overrun with trolls and idiots. So I for one hope it stays that way.
Also we know recruits and their families read this board. It can’t hurt to try to keep the negativity/craziness down. There’s no mods here, so even though I hate “hall monitors”, someone has to say something occasionally. Which now a billion people have, probably excessively, but still.
To me personally there’s no “holier than though” situation going on.
I don’t know of any OU board that’s overrun with trolls and idiots. If you define an “idiot” as “someone who disagrees with you or doesn’t deal with situations the way you’d like them to” then I guess you may see it that way.
Well of course. Anyone that disagrees with me is stupid. That’s a given. /s
Maybe overrun isn’t the right word, but some I no longer go to are pretty bad.
Don’t know which one’s those are. I stopped posting at Soonerfans.com years ago after being banned by a mod for not toeing the line and agreeing with him that Venables was a brilliant DC and I never went back. I don’t do that borg mentality bullsh*t.
it does suck but Jackson did the same thing but in our favor. That’s the way recruiting works sometimes
It’s the way it goes every year, and tomorrow we’ll all be hoping for some last minute switch to OU from somewhere we didn’t expect.
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Win some, lose some. Wish the young man success except one day a year.
I hear Riley Cole is announcing his new destination at 1PM, are we in the picture? I’m guessing another SEC school.
Based on the OP, my guess is we are not in the picture.
lets just be patient and wait and see where all the dominoes fall. this isnt the first year where a recruiting class looks weird and players leave but they still finish out on top. coaching helps players who cares if texas gets a top 10 class they still wont do anything with it like every year
We just need to have a little more patience. We will know just how good this class is about this time in 2019.
After NC’s in ’16, ’17’, & 18′ this class will have a lot of expectations to achieve
Hey guys, I’ve heard stoops wants to move up the recruiting date to a time during the season or shortly after? I mean where a player can commit?
My thought is to add two early signing periods, one in August right before the season, and one in December right after. That way everyone can know how committed their commits are to being committed.
agree
So if a kid commits, the process is over?
If he signs yes. He can ‘commit’ but it’s kind of meaningless if he won’t sign in the next signing period.
why would the be a second signing?
They don’t have to sign in the two early ones. They can still wait until Feb. A lot of the other sports have early signing periods like this.
Actually, I would add a clause that let’s the reopen their recruitment if one of the coaches leave. Probably limit it to the head coach, the position coach and maybe the ‘recruiting’ coach.
i say only if the school gets put on probation. Choose the school not the coach.
Except we all know that is not the reality. They wouldn’t be allowed to follow the coach, but they could be allowed to reopen recruiting. Seems unfair to me that the guy making $1,000,000 a year can go and leave when he wants, but the kid who is getting room, board, tuition and books is stuck.
How about the fall signing date allows you to reopen if the head coach leaves, while the Dec. date allows exceptions for the position and recruiting coaches leaving as well?
Keep the second one in February and add one in the fall. That way you can still fill a spot just in case someone declares for the draft or someone decides to transfer
I would keep the one in Feb and add two. The first let’s them sign before their Sr year and let’s them enjoy it without the recruiting grind. The other let’s them enjoy the holidays.
So one in August, mid December, and first week of February. NCAA needs to put us in charge.
Right. I’ll take half the salary of the guy currently in charge.
I agree with the early signing periods as well. It would be a good move.
I see two issues. One, how do you get the players to sign early? What’s the incentive?
Two, I think there should also be a rule that scholarships can’t be offered until the senior year starts. If not, it’s almost more important how good you were as a sophomore/Jr than what you are as a Sr.
Have to do something to make schools so making so many offers. Make the offer matter more.
Some players know where they want to go and want to get the recruiting process over with early. That’s an incentive.
True, but there would have to be some exceptions as noted below for coaching changes, etc. Or there’s no way I’d let my kid sign early. Or for example let’s say my kid is a Sr and a stud RB. Then Perine happens as a Freshman. If I already signed, I may want to go somewhere else than sit behind him.
I agree there would need to be a process by which a committed player and petition for release from his commitment for extenuating circumstances. I think overall, the early signees would be the most committed by nature though.
No need to incentivise it, they can wait until the final one. It’s there to let the ones who have made up their mind go ahead and commit. It also let’s coaches know where the really stand with the ‘committed’ ones.
Yeah… I would support it for sure. Just not sure how many kids would actually do it. Cause it would be more beneficial to the school than the kid.
The benefit to the kid is he get’s his spot reserved early and can’t be grey shirted at the last minute if someone better comes along. The SEC probably would never vote for it because that’s the way they like to do things.
Lol, no they wouldn’t
Even in that case though, I can think of many reasons signing early would be taking a larger risk for the kid than the school.
Well it’s like a lot of things you lose out on some potential benefit and also lose out on some potential loss. Both risks exist.
Butch Jones recruiting 101
One incentive would be a guaranteed spot in that class. Once you’re LOI is accepted, you can’t be grey-shirted. Or at least I think that’s the case.
If that was the case, lol. But I think Bama was trying to do that to Riley. Oversigning is standard in the SEC.
Then the ability to do that needs to be fixed while we are at it. A LOI should guarantee you a scholly unless you are unable to perform for some reason.
When you grey-shirt, I believe there’s no LOI involved, because you’re not even enrolling (unless you want to pick up a few hours at a local juco) until the spring semester the following year.
If your LOI was accepted at the end of the first recruiting period, then it would bind in both directions.
Didn’t Lane Kiffin offer a 7th grader while he was at U$C?
yep can’t remember his name ,i was trying to look for the video a while back the kid should be graduating soon, he looked really good back then.
I think it’s David Sills. Pretty sure he was a freshman at West Virginia this past year.
Yep, I remember seeing that prior to the game
Yes it was sills. Played wr during the end of the year this year for wvu
I thought Matt Barkley was the one who was offered in 7th grade. Before the NCAA violations and punishment. Then, he reaffirmed after the punishment was handed down.
not sure of the exact time line on Barkley
Seems to me that after an official offer is made, the recruit can commit by signing the dotted line or not within three or four weeks grace period to think about it after an official visit or two. If they want to think about it more, the offer may be withdrawn at the school’s discretion. This whole “faux commit” thing is a waste. The commitment is in the binding signature.
Stoops has put that out a few times. I like Bo Pellini’s suggestion of allowing NLI signing at any time, ending the entire ‘verbal commit’ procedure altogether.
Best of luck to the young man. If his heart wasn’t into being a Sooner, hopefully he finds a place where he enjoys going to school and playing football.
Smh..
Baylor?.. Does he want to play offense?…
Baylor literally has 2 nfl defensive players. Drafted 6th and 7th round. (Bryce Hagar, Demetri Goodson)
For us, 2017 has to be a loaded DB class..
Especially if we miss out on Mayden..
From what K has said, the kid wants UT, the Dad wants OU. The compromise was staying home in Waco.
Jeez, that’s a weird compromise.
I would rather go to UT and play D than pond scum Baylor…
He was one of my fav players this year.
Good luck to him.
Yeah odd for sure.
Briles will be HC longer than Strong?
Most likely.. but Texsa is just a better brand of football with $$$$ to buy anyone. (than Baylor). If Strong has another losing season, I don’t think you can justify paying him 5 mil a year for three losing seasons. But Texsa being as rich as they are can tempt just about anyone to become their “head coach” (nick saban)
Briles on the other hand, I think he’s at Baylor for the rest of his career. But, he hasn’t put anyone of relevance in the nfl on the defense side of the ball in his entire Baylor or Houston career.
If I play defense and I have my choice of Texsa or Baylor.. I would go to Texsa. There are a lot of good defensive players to lean on when you go pro … Derrick Johnson, earl Thomas, henry melton, aaron Williams.
But, if he chose OU he wouldn’t have any of those issues..
Sigh..
That sounds more like a punishment than a compromise.
Right!!!!, that’s what I was thinking.
If he wants Texsa.. let him go.
But Baylor?… yikes
Briles has been there since 2007 and has a whopping
9 players in the NFL!
Only nine? Wow.
Yes sir…
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Great list, but no Earl Thomas for ut?
Oh you’re right. My formula didn’t pick it up.
Nice Catch
that adds 40 mil into the texsa column
277 mil total current value as of 2015 for Texsa
Is this their current contract value, or all the money they have made in the NFL?
It is the total contract value of the most current 2015 contract.
Damn thats sick, almost half a billion. Thanks for the info.
That it is
Welcome
Baylor’s best NFL player is the Kicker.
Can you email me that spreadsheet?
Sure…
[email protected] thank you! i am HUGE Sooner fan for over 35-years and love my oldest son to death – even though he chose Texas to get his Masters in Aero Engineering. I would love to show this to him :). Thx man.
I will email it tomorrow morning for ya.
Take out the bust $$$ that RGIII got and the Baylor number takes a gigantic hit.
Yes sir…
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Indeed. Like being undecided about a vacation to Hawaii or the Virgin Islands and choosing Flint Michigan as a compromise.
Flint Michigan…..come on in! The water’s fine….
That sounds wacko
YOU WON’T LET ME GO TO UT? FINE! I’LL JUST STAY HERE!
Pretty sure that’s how it really went down.
again recruiting is too strange for adults to comprehend
His dad knows a silhouette of a uterus when he sees one. Smart dad.
I guess if you grow up around Waco maybe you don’t realize the dump that it is like outsiders do.
Oh, and Kendall is going to be dropping dimes over these guys heads in a couple of years.
incredibly disappointing to read this news.
Choosing a college where you will be for the next 4 plus years can be difficult and not just for athletes. So I get it. Let’s just do away with the whole commitment thing until signing day. Now that would really make it interesting..lol They can silent commit to coaches/schools but no more of this hat grabbing, radio,social media and television hyped nonsense…the kids really don’t need the extra added pressure. It is a decision that should be taken very seriously. I personally have never take a circus seriously. Well unless one of the Lions got loose…lol
Moving on.
Moving on.
Ok need a new update….went to lunch and back and its still being discussed.
Update: Cobb chose to get a 4 year degree and employment in a conventional job over getting prepared for a multimillion dollar career in the NFL?
And…the next we’ll see of him is chasing Andrews as Andrews goes for six.
Was it the Swag Pontoon?
Extra ship for PJ Blue or Riley Cole
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Panic if you want to — honestly, DB is the position I worry about least these days.
Cooks has already proven he can recruit, and can develop what is there. One more ship for a LB, or a DL sounds silky.
Panic if you want to — honestly, DB is the position I worry about least these days.
Cooks has already proven he can recruit, and can develop what is there. One more ship for a LB, or a DL sounds silky.
I for one will be glad once signing day is over
Amen
Either way…not getting the big time athletes is alarming. And no matter how much coolade I drink, the obviousness here, shows up later. We need that dominant DT and a big time LB. Got to be dominant up front if we really want to compete with the elite.
Your right winning a championship and playing for the title just isn’t enough . ..sigh
There’s no “sighing” in football
Yawn.flips day before . …hmm any one doing that has character issue and I don’t want someone who can’t be honest and keep their word..
Mr.Cobb wanted to go to a University that has Christian values & he thinks Baylor(with all the Sexual assaults is just a great place)????Good luck to the young man.Go Sooners!!!!!
Oh bull smit…a good Christian honors his word…he won’t even play next year OU was a better chance for him but we don’t want liars on our team anyway
Cobb is 5’10”, Farrar is 6’4″ …something like that.
Yep can’t wait to see him get his ass handed to him
Next.
This is kinda odd, this happ to us in the reverse with Sanchez, life is a circle, no doubt,
Not too worried, he probably wouldnt have been a significant contributor till RS sophmore year. Would have been behind thomas, austin, parker, mayden(hopefully) and stephens.
We would have recruited over him most likely by then anyway.
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