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** 7:27 update **
Seagoville Coach Andy Gutierrez said TE Andrew Peterson will sign with Arkansas but the national letter of intent papers are at the school and because of inclement weather and the schools being closed for the 2nd straight day he doesn’t know when he’ll sign.
** 9:08 upate **
DL Lonnie Gosha said he has signed with Arkansas.
** 10:36 update **
Keante Minor’s coach Darren Sunkett said the school is closed but they’re trying to find a fax machine to send in Minor’s NLI. He said it would be done today.
** 10 57 update **
TE Andrew Peterson has signed with Arkansas.
School official at Jashaud Sim’s school said he signed with Arkansas this morning and the papers have been faxed to Arkansas.
** 11:35 update **
Chris Barnett did say he will sign at 12:45 today. Did not say with whom
** 1:01 update **
Barnett signs with Michigan
** 1:25 update **
RB/CB Justus Pickett said in a text that he will not sign today. He made an official visit to Arkansas last weekend.
** 1:40 update **
Malvern DL Grady Ollison video of his signing
Forrest City WR Davyon ‘Sleepy’ McKinney video of his signing
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First one of the day. WPS!
Nice signing day section. Someone did a lot of work.
It was posted here that NW ARK schools will delay scheduled signing press conferences from Wed to Friday due to the weather.
Question Richard. I’m assuming that doesn’t delay the player’s official notification to sign and we will see all those today that were scheduled regardless of the weather. Is that correct? thanks
Well, you better hope that you are a good luck charm with that. There are some that will hunt you down if this doesn’t go right. I’m rooting for you!!!
News Carver says:
February 2, 2011 at 7:04 am (Edit)
Nice signing day section. Someone did a lot of work.
It was posted here that NW ARK schools will delay scheduled signing press conferences from Wed to Friday due to the weather.
Question Richard. I’m assuming that doesn’t delay the player’s official notification to sign and we will see all those today that were scheduled regardless of the weather. Is that correct? thanks
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All the NWA kids are expected to sign today.
Am I reading right. Wholehogsports shows peacock signing. WPS
I see we have Kane Whitehurst, Bett Weir, and Jason Peacock confirmed as signed now.
WPS!
Richard,
Are the recruits already set to sign at a specific time today? Thanks.
Surely someone at the school can go open it up to fax the papers in on Peterson.
Welcome home HOGS!!!
I just think it’s great he’s signing, regardless of when it is.
GO HOGS GO, BABY!!!!!
Someone drive a new letter down to him. Lol
Can’t they faxed the papers to a different location for Peteson to complete and sign LOI.
Chris Barnett–where are you??
There’s one uncommitted recruit, I wonder who else it will be.
I believe C. Barnett said he wouldn’t be signing with anyone until Friday or Saturday.
Porkfritter:
Where are you seeing these signings?
I hope his delay is due to weather–like Peterson.
mrc005,
http://www.wholehogsports.com/signingday/
Just refresh every so often and you’ll see them as Richard updates.
Also, here is another good link.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/wire.asp?WireTeam=1033
Tevin Mitchel has signed now.
Interesting that riles will not be signing
Riles can.
He wasnt able to now. Because they want him to go to prep or juco.
Riles can’t.
He wasnt able to now. Because they want him to go to prep or juco.
That’s great news on peterson! WPS!
Thanks mrc005
Alexander and Jackson officially sign elsewhere.
Richard:
Speaking of riles, do we know what he has decided to do?
I still hope we have another cb out there! Sucks we lost out on jackson
Fayettevillehog:
we have 2 CB’s and 3 as safety’s I think. But I’m also hoping we get one more CB.
Fisher and hodge have signed.
Arkadie
I noticed on Scout where 2 ex-verbal commits, LaQuinton Smith and Roderick Ryles, have commited to Pittsburgh.
Haman, Allen, and Danenhauer sign
Just a thought here guys, but do y’all think Allen will sign. I’m kinda thinking he doesn’t have to since he’s one of the coaches kids. And haman signed.
Erique Florence signs with Auburn, for those wondering….
Some guy in Miami tweets that Gosha has signed with Razorbacks.
Word’s spreading. Looks like Gosha’s a Hog.
Gosha! I’m liking this defense… We have built a solid one, but let’s keep the talent coming! I’m happy about all these defensive signees.
Fisher!!!!!! Our national recruiting is paying off, that’s exciting… This is a new era in Arkansas Razorback football.
Cooper picks SC over Ole Miss, but Nutt & co. do pick up Nick Brassell over the Tide.
Lookin awfully good thus far. I bet our Missouri guys can’t evn get out of their homes to sign. When all is said and don, this will be one awesome class, AND next year’s class will be even better because of it, along wih another great season under BP! WPS!!!!! Go Hogs!
Richard:
Any possibilities of pleasant surprises today?
Where are the updates?
The only ones left to sign: Koby Walker, Jashaud Sims, Keante Minor, Austin Beck and Chris Barnett, but Chris is signing on Saturday….
We have 6 yet to sign? Will there be any bigtime surprises???? Hey, coach!, you atop on everything?
What you know??
KoDy Walker is delayed b/c of weather. Keante Minor is probably getting a lot of this weather too. Austin Beck is from Oklahoma so hopefully the weather is delaying him. The only real question left is Chris Barnett and we won’t know about him until Saturday. I’m very happy with this class and spring practice will be starting soon! BTW….Bobby Petrino will be on ESPNU at 4:08pm today.
glad we were wrong about Gosha.
WHO KNOWS IF PETRINO WILL SUPRISE ANYBODY THIS YEAR WITH HIS SIGNING DAY MAGIC
recruiting 360 has minor has having signed. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks for the CBP on ESPU time, razordoc44.
Jaydevon clowny is committing at around the same time on espnu as coach petrino going on the show. Humm? Wouldn’t that be nice if it was us he’s picking.
NO CHANCE IN HELL CLOWNEY PICKS US I AM OPTIMISTIC BUT NOT THAT OPTIMISTIC
razordoc
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According to wholehogsports Keante Minor has not signed
There’s an update at the top of the page that says he’s cmitted but he’s trying to get to a fax machine. Lotta snow up there.
Mitch Mustain arrested for selling percription drugs online according to 103.7
wooooo pig sooie!! This is exciting!!! im so glad gosha signed with us. i didnt think he was going to. come on c barnett call the hogs! when does spring practice start?
So that’s pretty much everyone we were supposed to get excePt Barnett.
where is coach? lol
I just seen on facebook where Sims has signed.
Jackson will regret playing at Nebraska in the Big Ten (they can’t count). When he sees us playing Texas A&M in Dallas and he knows he could have been there where all his family and friends could watch him…… oh well, he had his chance…….THIS IS A GREAT CLASS!!!!!
If big Chris can’t see what kind of weather they’re having in Michigan right now, and know that CAN”T be fun, heaven help him. C’mon, Chris, call the Hogs. Your new home is meant to be in Fayetteville!
Beck is showing as signed on wholehog now.
Mustain arrested for narcotics….
LOS ANGELES — Former USC quarterback Mitch Mustain was arrested late Tuesday night and held on a felony narcotics charge, Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Bruce Borihanh confirmed Wednesday.
Bail was set at $30,000. Mustain has not paid bail and is still in jail, Borihanh said.
The arrest occurred shortly after 8 p.m. PT Tuesday by the West Valley division of the LAPD, and Mustain was later booked at the Van Nuys jail at 10:44 p.m.
Mustain, 22, was preparing for the upcoming NFL draft and had been on campus at USC to work out in the school’s athletic facilities late last week. He started only one game in four seasons at USC, a 20-16 home loss to Notre Dame in November, after transferring from Arkansas in 2007.
The Arkansas native was one of the most sought-after high school players in history.
That might hurt his ‘draft stock’…
Ouch, $30,000 is high, even with a bond & USC doesn’t pay, when players don’t play
Is Walker going to sign today or later, due to the weather?
Disregard the Walker question, saw where RD tweeted the status.
COM ON Chris we need u in HOG LAND u will be a welcomed addition to our already outstanding class, I hope u eant to be a part of a rising national contender on the recruiting and on the playing field, u should know u can be a BEAST in CBP system and get ot the next level with his teaching and development of players, I hope u will be a part of something special jsut like all of our new family members of the hog football team.
Anyone have thoughts on who Chris Barnett will sign with today at 12:45 pm?
I’m still keeping my fingers crossed on Justus Pickett, after his WVU visit, this coming weekend. We should have room for 1 or 2 more (counting wishful thinking on Barnett’s upcoming decision). Also, a CB surprise would be the icing on the cake!
WPS on getting Walker’s signature in!
Keel Frazer = Mitch Mustain
I have a feeling Barnett is going to Miami. Their coach is bragging that he’s flipped a bunch of kids.
I heard Mitch’s mom has scheduled a meeting with the Police Chief.
Alright , Barnett What are you goona do!!
I don’t know Mike. Chris said it was between Arkansas and Michigan. Who knows.
Barnett just signed with the Hogs!!!
He pulled a fake, going MI.
Time to reinstate riles schollie.
Sorry about Barnett fellow fans . I thought he had better sense.:-( We MOVE ON!!!
If we reinstate riles schollie, we still wouldn’t get him for at least 1 or 2 more years. He still has to go to JUCO. I still think we’ll be on standby for him, vice versa…
We got Peterson, and he wants to be a RAZORBACK, the way barnett jumps around he probably would have transfered in about a year
Ony losing Barnett is a win for us. As I said yesterday, a kid who has flipped once is much more likely to flip again. What is hard to understand is that with the Mackey Award winner and Ben Clevland BOTH graduating this year, why would Barnett go to a quarterback scramble school like Michigan verses a pro offense school like Arkansas? Peterson was a stroke of genius by BP.
On riles, if he has a legitimate shot at avoiding JUCO, by getting to go to the Prep route, then yes on reinstating the schollie (it won’t hurt to ‘know’ that we’ll have another good athlete, on campus soon).
Barnett to Michigan–Chris–good luck with that!!! Get ready to block for those new RBs that are coming in this year. Whose going to throw to you?
I think we have a very good class this year. It’s no suprise we’re finishing around 6 or 7th in the SEC. We play in the best conference, year in and year out.
No wonder a NC comes fron the SEC almost every single year.
Our class will probably settle in somewhere between 17th to 20th in the country according to Scout., and probably have 9 teams finish in the top 30.
I can not say that I am really saddened to see Chris Barnett go to Michigan. Although I don’t wish him any ill will, it does appear to me that he has a LOT of growing up to do.
If his heart is not totally with the team he committed to, he will not be dependable and will not excell.
Glad to have Peterson–some experts say he would be a potential NFL- OL prospect if moved there. Obviously we will need him at TE now. We let 2 really good TEs get away screwing around with Barnett. i was hoping we would have pulled his offer 2 weeks ago. Tabb and Van del Wal were great TE prospects–would have liked to have had one of them as well.
CBP no doubt is NOT bothered by the loss of Chris Barnett, as a head coach you can’t sweat it out over a flaky teen who still has almost a year to go before his knee is back at 100%. Peterson is much more the type of athlete and talent that CBP covets. Our loss is Michigans’ misfortune…great looking class CBP and staff..WPS
I believe BP ha already decided Barnett could come or go, he wasn’t counting on him. You can’t count on him. Michigan is his THIRD school. We’ll be fine and he’ll be miserable. I’d be surprised if he finishes up where he starts. We move on and recognize this is a solid class. We have gone into areas never before known to us. It just gets better and better. I love this class of new Hogs. Welcome!!!!!!!!!
michigan sucks
I don’t really even care that Barnett went Michigan… I certainly will not badmouth him.. Let’s be real… It’s not like he would have even played next season… He is not SEC ready.
Austin Tate and Chris Gragg are, and they will get play a ton of snaps… They especially like Tate at FB.. Hefley or Ueckman or Big Tex are very nice third options..
Petrino will always FTS… (Feed the Studs)… With all the playmakers at WR\RB and the loss of DJ, Cleveland, and Stumon.. I doubt we even use the FB\TE position as much as we have in the past…
We are ABSOLUTELY LOADED at WR & RB… Almost scary…
i honestly see our Canadian hog moving to TE. i know he was recruited as a Safety, but i really think he has the tools, he just needs to hit the weights some more. but he seems to have a good head on his shoulders and i think he will do well at any position the coaches put him.
RD:
are we done now, or is there still some possibilities. i mean we are right at our max right?
I was under the impression that FB Morgan Linton was improving and impressing in practice…. To the point of earning a scholarship…. My thoughts are that Kiero Small proabably just stripped him of that….. Any thoughts? …Just curious…
couple thoughts- very good recruiting class and coach has done well the last few years with much less. I am not sure but i am thinking that barnett was afraid of the competition if peterson signed and that was the delay in his signing to see where peterson went. mich mustain has made bad decision after bad and will never play in the NFL. any quarterback that says he does not want to play his freshman year and has mom at school with him does not have what it takes. oh, and nice move by the family to send him to the bigtime at a young age after being sheltered so that he can get into drugs. i do feel sorry for him.
Did anyone see Barnett’s announcement? I’ve heard he did some kind of fake, acting as if he was picking the Hogs then going with Michigan. I hope this isn’t true. I absolutely loathe the classlessness of that sort of thing. Didn’t even like it when Fred Bledsoe did it in our favor a few years back. I don’t like losing a recruit, but if Barnett did that, I say Good Riddance. Have fun losing 7 games a year and freezing your a$$ off.
Heard a funny story about something that happened this morning. HDN received a faxed signed LOI today from an uncommitted player he’d been recruiting. I don’t know who the recruit is, but apparently Nutt made a huge impression on his mom. Come to find out she wanted him to go to Ole Miss so bad that she forged her son’s sig on the LOI and sent it in. The kid’s real sig went on an LOI to Texas A&M, which is where he will play.
Much happier to be getting Gosha and Peterson than Barnett. So if we were only going to sign two, those are the two I wanted.
I wish i had a dollar for every time Barnett says ” damn its cold” the next 4 years. lol
From his history, he probably won’t stay there longer than a year anyhow…
we cant be full, because pickett is still being recruited.
Barnett suprised me. He has everything working against him now. He has an idiot in Brady Hoke for a coach, he’ll be playing in an offense that throws the ball, but is geared to run with a running QB. Will his knee hold up in the cold? Who knows?
How long will it be before he plauys on a winning team? Plus, he’s half a country away from his home in Texas.
Bad choice IMO, but it was his to make. Very glad we got the Peterson kid. It was a good trade.
Minor has signed, thank goodness he made it safe.
Man I would like to know what riles and Pickett are goin to do!
saw where Weir was a 4* by Tom Lemming….This is an outstanding class and I salute CBP and staff for what they accomplished so early in the process…it was a bit anti-climactic compared to the last minute rush that most recruiting years offer up. Can’t wait to get some early commits for 2012
so are we done, just got online?
I feel really good about Kane Whitehurst. After listening to CBP talk about his recruitment, I’m more certain then ever we’ve found a gem in this kid.
CBP said when he watched video of Kane for the first time, the first thing he said was “I can’t believe he doesn’t have more offers”
He also said he believed Kane was an apparant victim of the modern recruiting process, where when a player like Kane played QB at one school for a couple of years, but then transfered to another school and was switched over to play WR and STs with his great speed.
Most of the recruits the services were following had already been involved with them for a couple of years and had already primarily based their rankings off the players Jr. season.
Petrino believes potential recruits like Kane get overlooked in situations like this when they have breakout Sr. seasons, but weren’t really being looked at seriously before that.
Does anybody have a link to the video of Petrino’s press conference? I’d like to hear it if anybody has it.
Here is Tim Horton talking a little about the class.
http://www.southernpigskin.com/Recruiting/view/hor
I think I sent a bad link. Try this one.
http://www.southernpigskin.com/Recruiting/view/horton-very-pleased-with-class
Porkfritter, it’s on arkansasrazorback.com
arkansasrazorbackS.com
I found the Petrino interview. Here’s a link if anybody wants it.
http://www.wholehogsports.com/videos/2011/feb/02/4540/
First, that is a great spread sheet. Many thanks to the people that put the work in on it.
As for Chris Barnett, sorry to lose him. I think that CBP saw this coming and that is the reason he recruited Peterson. I thought we had too many TEs on the books for this year. That has now been taken care of. Long term, I have reservations on this kid’s real character. I truly hope my reservations are proven wrong.
As for Mustain, his problems truly disappoint me. But if we look at the total background, we should have seen this coming. As for his Mother visiting with the Chief of Police, I doubt whether she can help him, certainly not like she could have helped him in Fayetteville. These LA attorneys are going to cost her BIG $$$$, even if this is his first offense.
Pretty sad how HD Nutt essentially nosedived the kid’s career life and well-being, when there was no reason for it.
Before we move on to 2012 recruiting — take a look at this link of the revenues for the SEC. http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/19440/whos-making-money-in-the-sec
Heres the revenue:
* 1. Alabama — $71,884,525
* 2. Georgia — $70,838,539
* 3. LSU — $68,819,806
* 4. Florida — $68,715,750
* 5. Auburn — $66,162,720
* 6. South Carolina — $58,266,159
* 7. Tennessee — $56,593,946
* 8. Arkansas — $48,524,244
* 9. Kentucky — $31,890,572
* 10. Ole Miss — $28,409,774
* 11. Mississippi State — $14,551,275
* 12. Vanderbilt — $14,152,061
Any chance the hat switch was done to spite CBP for telling him his schollie was gone after he found out peterson was on board? Probably not, but most recruits don’t do that without a reason to give the “you could’ve had me” jab. Anyone heard anything like that? His hat ceremony was way after peterson committed so it’s a possibility.
plus…. barnett wasnt going to sign until saturday originally. I respect Richard a lot but I don’t agree with his statement that the recruitment of Peterson was totally disconnected from Barnett’s.
After seeing how much money SEC schools spend on football and how much revenue they earn from football, i decided to calculate a ratio of how much the schools spend compared to how much they earn. Here are the results:
Vandy – 100% (They spend the same amount on their football program than they rake in from it)
Ark – 45%
Ala – 43%
Aub – 42%
LSU – 37%
Fla – 36%
GA – 26%
To me, it was eyepopping that Georgia only spends 26% on football compared to what they rake in from football. Crazy. And Arkansas clearly is putting a high value on our football success– which is great to see.
Well, it was probably pitched to everyone that it wasn’t connected, but the spite move and the expedited signing does seem to indicate he had some hard feelings. I personally wanted him bad, but if he couldn’t take competing for a job the I don’t want him.
any word on riles?
Yeah. I thought it was kind of strange that he was origionally going to sign on Friday or Saturday, but then after Peterson decided to sign with the Hogs, he suddenly changed his mind and said he was signing his LOI at 12:45 pm today.
Maybe there was no connection. Maybe there was. Doesn’t really matter now though. We have Andrew Peterson and that’s good enough for me.
Good luck in Michigan, Chris.