re: Any leaks on how our visit with Phillips went?

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On OU's site (soonerscoop), posters are on full meltdown mode. Our recruiting expert was confident in the morning, but just recently had an update saying he's hearing that the pendulum might be swinging more towards LSU at the moment. Didn't really say why, though. He's OU's best recruiting "expert" - definitely not the sunshine pumping type. Just crazy all the way around. 17-18 kids, man. Big decision for the young man (seems like a really bright, good kid) and it's his life. Hope he's successful regardless of where he ends up.

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Then there is this story: LINK

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Just curious but why was Phillips never considering LSU before now?

Had he always had an LSU offer and just didn't show much interest?

Why the sudden change in interest in LSU? Was it Gay's desire to have him play LB together at LSU?

Was it the dominance of LSU's defense under Aranda that sparked the interest?

Was the pursuit of Moses and Allen causing the coaches to spend less time on Phillips and other high profile LB's?

I'm glad we have these guys considering LSU and from the looks of their film, I'm not sure they shouldn't of been considered and pressed hard for before our in state guys. Gay is extremely athletic. Seems like the prototypical LSU linebacker.

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Add the Rice decommit too. It seems to have been a factor (along with Moses and Allen both going to the Gumps).

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the raise and extension

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LSU gave the dude 80k more a year and three year extension, I am sure if the boss said "Hey T-Tom, you care if we put a grey shirt on junior so we got room for one more??", Tommy Moffit's response won't be "but Ed, what about the 6k I'll have to pay for this semester??"

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The only time I saw Phillips facetime with OU and others was on snap chat when his snap chat story consisted of a selfie of him inside tiger stadium captioned home.

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So you were with him on his visit the whole time??

This is the recruiting board, not the rant.. relax homie, this isn't the place for that

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His father has been an integral part of this program's success for 17 years

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If they sign all 27 and then all of a sudden some Devonta Smith or other blue chip wants on, Coach Moffit would be on board with his kid grey shirting. You're talking about pride, but this is a business decision. Bringing in the best players is good for the team and what's good for the team is good for whoever grey-shirts. I don't think chipping in 6k is the ultimate sign of disrespect and I'm sure Orgeron would make it right with him in the near future.