HERE is their breakdown of recruiting commits as of today. If you click on our team name (No. 30 on 2nd page), it gives the details of each player so far.

      I agress with PLANO JEFF, all this keeping the players and school in LIMBO, damn sure cant help the recruiting. You know other coaches in the BIG12 are using this as a recruiting tool,saying that hr’ll probably go.

      Damn ,,we are #30 in recruitng,after this year, i figured in top 25 easy,after this year we had. Maybe late commits will come through once LEACH, commits. We need a Big COTTON BOWL VICTORY TO MAKE THIS SEASON COMPLETE

Has anyone paid any attention to who we are recruiting?

We are recruiting defensive players heavily right now. More than in any other year.

Last year was also a heavy defensive year.

We also pick up a QB, WR and OTS every year.

But the shock is that this year we actually recruited LBs who are of quality. IN years past we converted players to LB. Thus they always were in a learning curve.

This year we recruited LBS and quality Secondary where normally we convert RB and WR or Athletic players to secondary.

Last year was good. This year is better. We are getting better and better recruits and its getting more and more obvious. I remember 5 years ago that we were lucky to get just 1 4 star recruit to even come look at the Tech Campus.

Now we get 4 to 5 4 Stars who commit to Tech. We are also getting 5 stars to actually look seriously at the Tech program and take a visit which one did this year. We lost that recruit to Alabama after the OU game but honestly, I am not necessarily big on 5 stars that much because they have a low percentage of actually producing as advertised.

But 3 and 4 stars do produce as advertised. We are getting solid 3 and 4 stars.

I can remembe when it was no stars, and massive amount of 2 stars a couple of 3 stars and maybe one 4 star player came to Tech.

Now its a steady diet of 3 and 4 stars. The improvement is very noticeable.

We have arrived in recruiting. It would be nice to see a couple more 4 stars in the future, but I honestly think that we are hitting near peak for high quality players which fit the program.

Its not like some schools who have to pick 5 star players to impress the boosters. Look at A&M. Their team is made up of 4 and 5 star players.

The truth is that it has taken Leach about a decade to overcome Tech’s past and the steady diet of bowl games which is impressive. In fact, Tech has one of the longest Bowl appearances in the country in going to consectutive bowls. Its the longest in the Big 12.

If Potts or Doege works out at the very least 80% of Harrell’s numbers this year and we improve on Defense with a better secondary and Front line, then TTech could go all the way next year.

The truth is that TTech can get to 10-2 or 11-1 or even 12-0 next year. All thouse fair weather fans and pundits I heard and read today are saying TTech will go 9-3 or 8-4 next year because we will get a new QB.

I think not. With each passing year, the team has improved. In the last year, we finally have seen Leach make a concerted effort to focus on defensive players and Leach has modified the offense this year from years past.

People may overlook those things, but the concerted effort by Leach to make the changes over the last 18 months are huge and the reason why the program is much more successful. BJ Simmons had a year like Harrell’s this year. But could not do better than 9-3 that year. So what was the difference this year?

We improved on defense and we made serious changes on Offense to actually close down the massive splits and actually produce a real running game with true designed running plays for the running back where the offensive line actually must do complicated run blocking.

That is something that was not done in years past.

I see next year as being at minimum 10-2.

After all, We play Iowa State, Colorado and Missouri who will be looking for a new QB and they do not have a replacement for Chase like Tech has for Harrell.

That is the difference. Tech has selected every single year one to 5 QBs. Thus Tech has plenty of quality QBs out there.

I really think that Doege will be impressive in the spring. The issue is can Potts make the reads he needs to make and put the ball where it needs to be put. Potts problem is that he has relied on his cannon arm to throw hard as hell but has not found the touch or finess throws.

Guns Up for Next Year and beyond! The Recruits that have Chosen Tech and those who will choose Tech will be secure in knowing that TTech will be a top 10 team for the next several years to come.