Akinkumni video. His whole recruiting trip on video
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I'm ready to give up fishing and give football a try. Can I do it at 56 years of age? Am I too old to get the red carpet treatment? I find it amazing the amenities these kids are served today.
A. You'd have to have eligibility left.
B. You'd have to mix up the hitting with really good athletes.
C. You'd have to impress BV enough to earn a paid visit.
You have all three? I'm guess maybe one as a small possiblity. I did think it was a great video to show us most, if not all, of what a recruit looks like on his visit. I was honestly surprised that this video didn't violate some NCAA rule. But it was strictly done by the recruit and who he paid to take it. So I guess it's not a violation.
B. You'd have to mix up the hitting with really good athletes.
C. You'd have to impress BV enough to earn a paid visit.
You have all three? I'm guess maybe one as a small possiblity. I did think it was a great video to show us most, if not all, of what a recruit looks like on his visit. I was honestly surprised that this video didn't violate some NCAA rule. But it was strictly done by the recruit and who he paid to take it. So I guess it's not a violation.
Was a great video my man and an even bigger insight into recruiting. Thanks for sharing. Man how times have changed.
50 years ago, I last ate with the athletes for my fourth year. I promise you, there was nothing close to that elaborate. The biggest perk was the Sooner Beef Club. There were donors who owned beef cattle that they donated to the athletic department so that every meal, there was a dish with a various meat, and if you didn't like that, you could have beef as an alternative. Every meal sliced beef was always available.
But the one exception was home football game day. Five Saturdays a year, we had good steaks. Back then, all home games were early afternoon. 1:00 or 1:30. And the OU locker room was where the visitor dress on game days now, under the west stands with a south entrance. And the stadium capacity was under 63,000 with no upper deck. That was build a couple of years after I graduated.
My junior year, we had the first sell out from my time at OU, the great season of 1971, the real start of the second dynasty. That's why the west side upper deck was construcated.
But the one exception was home football game day. Five Saturdays a year, we had good steaks. Back then, all home games were early afternoon. 1:00 or 1:30. And the OU locker room was where the visitor dress on game days now, under the west stands with a south entrance. And the stadium capacity was under 63,000 with no upper deck. That was build a couple of years after I graduated.
My junior year, we had the first sell out from my time at OU, the great season of 1971, the real start of the second dynasty. That's why the west side upper deck was construcated.
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6'5" 320lb @ 18 years old
incredible. This kid could end up being a mauler.
incredible. This kid could end up being a mauler.
He's likely a project. Big, great feet, and quick for a 300-pounder. But he hasn't had much American football experience. And certainly very little high competition. But an athlete is an athlete, and if anybody can make him a D1 player, BB can.
He's a guard. Push the guy in front of you and pancake him, and if you can't pancake him, shed off that guy and push a linebacker at the next level.
