re: Ricky Seals-Jones: Odds on Where Nation's No. 1 Wide-Receiver Recruit Will Sign

Texas backs off a 5 star that is taking visits to USC and Oregon? Where have I heard this before? If LSU starts cooling on him, it will be a carbon copy of the Seastrunk recruitment.

Aggie friend swears hes 90% lean to A&M. Said they wont let him leave their backyard

Thanks OrangeBlood. I like Eric Nahlin a lot and you're right, he's usually very informed and on the ground with his stuff. Unfortunately that's the only Longhorn site that I cannot access at the moment(I'm working on it). I used to read the Q & A's over there but they don't put them on the free board anymore, if they still do them. I'm not a big fan of Shuttlesworth(too homer for me) but he's not big in the recruiting stuff anyway.

I agree with Duckie. There are some strange vibes in this recruitment. FTR, I've never shied away from the fact that I have no issues with shady recruitments and LSU's involvement but messing around in Texas these days is a dicey proposition. They'll rat on your arse. I'm not saying anything shady is happening but I can see where people are jumping to that conclusion. I've been very impressed so far(it's still early) with the Longhorn insiders and the fact that they haven't been pointing in that direction just yet. The aforementioned Inside Texas crew are the ones that I need to see though. They are usually the leaders of that train of thought.

OrangeBloods.com (Rivals) was going along with it too:

Geoff Ketchum Geoff Ketchum ?@gkketch
Confirmed: 2 sources confirm that the Longhorns are backing off the recruitment of Ricky Seals-Jones
8:02 PM - 12 Sep 12 from Austin, TX

Inside the 40 Acres board
They have a thread on their board titled "The moral of the RSJ story? Mack doesn't like going to the circus"

I've only heard his show on Yahoo Radio a couple times, but he seems pretty terrible. It's tough to listen to.

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I'm hesitant to throw around the street agent BS that always comes up (with many fan bases)

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Really? I have heard that from one fan base. Even on players that end up committing to them and suddenly those played are reformed and saw the error of their ways. Joke.

I think oregon is a stretch since they don't have as much of the basketball angle. usc may be on probation for basketball (they had some issues) but they may be the NEW team to watch. eric dickerson is mom's first cousin and I think he lives out there.

just a little odd that the only 2 AWAY schools he is looking at are two schools with recent recruiting violation issues.

Also, Oregon always has the Nike treatment along with the new state-of-the-art facilities. He was up there for The Opening and while Oregon couldn't officially tour them around, they likely didn't stop them from doing it on their own

i'm just a little suprised that a WR from texas would look at both oregon and usc and not visit oklahoma or okie state. oklahoma has had the best passing game in the country over the last 5+ years. okie state has produced the best wrs (1st round draft choices) in dez bryant and dexter blackmon

Do we have film on Dexter Blackmon yet?