I’m not sure why these kids need to make it such a big deal.

The athletes did not make this process so ridiculous. In fact, they are the only ones who aren’t to blame. We post everything we can about these kids from their freshman or sophomore year around here. ESPN televises Signing Day. Recruiting has become an absolutely ridiculous business, but don’t criticize the 18 year old kids who have Facebook Fan Sites dedicated to them, NYT reporters calling them, coaches flying them in to hold " mock press conferences" and other recruiting ploys. Some schools cancel classes on signing day! Teachers ask for autographs from their students at the high school level. How can we be surprised when some of these kids get cocky and arrogant?

…4 kids.

When Kirkpatrick was asked why Texas didn’t have enough “Swagga”, he turned into mushmouth and I couldn’t understand a fucking word he said until the very last part where he said “…just showing off” and then said some complimentary things about Texas.

What makes me laugh is the guy can hardly speak english. He grew up in the USA attending public schools and I can’t understand a fucking word he is saying!!!!

When asked about the benefits of playing on the same team as Julio Jones, his response was something along the lines of: “Everybody with me and in this room knows I ain’t afraid of Julio.” Fucking brain surgeon doesn’t realize they are on the same team.

Kids do this press conference and the hat bullshit for one reason and one reason only……..because adults allow them to.

To CheeseHorn’s original point, while I agree it is a bit suspect that Evans chose to write about a recruit that ultimately didn’t choose Texas, I think he did a better job of doing his homework. If anything, it lessened my dislike for Kirkpatrick knowing how close he came to choosing us, even if he “ain’t too bright”.

Speaking of stupid, I’m curious how much $$$ Saban would be on the hook for if a 5-star recruit rolled an ATV while on his property. Seems like a retard move from a liability standpoint.

obviously I’m a tad biased as I am thrilled about Dre wearing crimson but I’d like to throw in my perspective.

For what its worth, Dre appeared on the Paul Finebaum radio show on NSD and was very open about the fact that his son played a role in his decision. Its unfortunate that such a young man is a father, but hey there it is, its not like he can go back an undo anything. I look at this way, he could’ve skipped town to Texas and left the mother alone with the burden of taking care of this kid (sans occasional visits home) but he didn’t. You gotta respect that on some level. He made an immature move getting a girl pregnant at that age but he is at least showing maturity now by stepping up and saying “hey, I have other people (my son and his mother) to think about in this decision besides myself.” When so many young men in this same situation don’t do the right thing, or deny certain things from begining, it says something for the fact that he is at least taking some responsibility here. If his career goes as I’m sure we all hope, and he is playing on Sundays in the near future, he will be able to provide for his son on a level that most of us will never know. And lets be honest here, Dre isn’t the only teenager to get a girl pregnant. He isn’t the only college football player to do it either. I’m not justifying it, I think its wrong, I think he made a mistake, but its done. At least he’s being a man about it now. Cut the kid some slack.

…“question a guy who knocks up a gal while a young teenager”.

Sometimes shit happens and teenagers do stupid things. I question his parents about not educating him well enough to use a rubber. And that is an assumption on my part, his parents may have taught him well, but as a 16 or 17 year old, you get caught up in the moment and boom…

I agree about his dumb theatrics.