National Signing Day

Mack Brown has some interesting takes on National Signing Day.

The kids that signed today with us, including the nine that have been here with us for the last month, were eight years old when we first got to Texas, so all they know about The University of Texas football program is us. When you start looking at their profiles, one of them had Roy Williams as their sports hero, one of them had Major Applewhite, another had Michael Huff, so it’s really interesting to go back and look at why kids sign and what they feel. After 10 or 11 years of this here, we feel like we have a pretty good idea what we need and who will come.

That is pretty heady stuff. To think that the class you are signing today is there because of you and what you have done in the past. Wow. It also puts some perspective on longevity. 10 years, is a long time for any coach anywhere. It’s especially a long time at Texas. Failure is not tolerated very well at UT.

If Mack Brown stays another 10 years, those 10 will say more about him than the first 10. If he signs his 20th class, all of those signees will not have been born when he took over at UT.

Makes you sit down a think a bit.

Beyond the time is fleeting aspect; Texas was ranked by Rivals as having the #16 best signing day. Only one player is technically from out of state. The rest are from Texas. The one, is the son of a coach for Mack Brown. Think about that; not one non-Texan (ok one technically) and it ranks in the top 20 for recruiting. Staggering the talent in Texas.

On top of that TAMU was actually ranked higher for it’s signing and they are HUGE rivals with UT. They only signed 2 non-Texans. Ironically one from Norman Oklahoma (home of the OU Sooners, rivals of UT.

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