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for a program as stingy w/ their offers as texas is, it simply reeks of desperation.

Porter has mainly been out of state. I can understand that. I think we are talking instate. Did the staff just wake up?

I'll throw out a different analogy here. This reminds me of mine & a hs buddies prom experience. I had a gf that dumped me too late in the process to get a decent date. My buddy got strung along trying to land a 10 when he had some 7's that would have jumped all over an invite to the prom. We learned a few valuable lessons after that. I learned not to screw around on your gf 1 month before prom. My buddy learned every girl doesn't think he's the best looking guy on earth. We both learned from talking to buddies who went that getting a return on investment from the prom is a 50% shot.
Here is how this analogy applies to recruiting. We had a few recruits, Smythe & Hicks, dump us too late before signing day to get in on other recruits at the rb & te positions that we really wanted. We've also chased after wr recruits like Rhodes that don't think Texas is "the best looking football team" & there were some wr's that we could have gone after instead that may still have turned out to be good players. Finally, based on our 2009 class; we would be thrilled with a 50% return on investment (half the players panned out).

Funny, that never happened with the slow weak kids that McWhorter recruited or the slow tall kids that Kennedy recruited. Those kids jumped all over their scholarship offers and we never had to worry about them decommitting for some reason?

It happens to every program, its inevitable. It's impressive that Texas has gone this long without hitting it. Texas is the only school that I've ever seen that fills their scholarships up pretty much every year by the time football season rolls around. Just because it didn't happen this year doesn't mean the end of the world and wouldn't for any school. You guys just aren't use to having to endure an entire recruiting process.

Has there ever been a groom walking down the isle who wasn't having second thoughts?

Given what NLeininger was talking about, your response is a non sequitur unless it is your contention that grooms tend to look at the approaching bride, then turn to the bridesmaids to get their digits.