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BYU football: 2010 commitments

Woo- Hoo , only 5 scholarships left for the RM's , Transfers, Seniors in high school, and JC's. The cupboard is almost bare. But a better cliche is haste makes waste.

The Cougars will continue to get blown out by teams that can throw the ball.

Always the naysayers, just like little dogs that want to yap at the wheels of passing vehicles.

Get a life.

The brother of a Utah player?? ha ha ha ha ha

Oh I can here it now coming from the Utah fans "We didn't offer him and never wanted him"

Wow you would think that #2 ranking would have made the program a little more marketable??

Re: TheHailstorm ... you are not taking into account any players from this class that leave on their missions prior to enrolling. Most likely, more scholarships will be avail than 5.

Re: Not one DB ... maybe you should look more closely and see that there is one DB in the list.

Can anyone explain to me how this scholorship thing works? What happens if these players get seriously hurt during their senior seasonsand can't play for a few years? Or if they turn out to play terrible their senior year? Also are these scholorships reviewed every year? What about a player that dosen't perform on the field the first few years at BYU? Can they pull his scholorship? I know of some players that have scholorships that didn't even make the practice squad last year. What about them? Help

There just so dang good.

scholorships are reviewed each year. They are not a 4 year deal, but a one year deal that can be renewed each year if the school chooses. So if any of these verbal recruits does not pan out, the scholorship will be re-assigned. By the way, none of these have signed a letter of intent. That is the official commitment. These are all verbal soft commits that until national letter of intent signing day, they can change their minds and go elsewhere. So a scholarship is a 1 year at a time deal and can be pulled and used on another player for any reason the school wants to.

Do my eyes deceive me?

Every year for many, many years we have a weak spot: Defenseive backs. As I look through this list I see the one kid from Massachusetts. That's it!

Ug! This means that sometime in about 4 or 5 years we will have a solid crew of players with walkons manning the defensive backfield...again!!

Say it ain't so!

from little uties is most amusing. Trying to spin the cougars dominance in recruiting as a bad thing. No wonder they never seem to understand that the Cougars have a national recognized program while the uties are still a regional one.

BYU has some DBs that are coming in from JCs (Aguirre, Logan, Eason) that have already signed. Plus, they have some RMs (e.g. Buckner, Comer) and Redshirts (e.g. Nicholson) and those already playing. While I still think it would be good to sign one, maybe two more DBs, they are not as bare as you might believe. BYU has got a good amount of safeties that have signed in the last classes, leaving only 2-3 CBs at most that you would want to sign per class. BYU has been trying to get more athletic DBs to verbal, but Jordan Johnson is the only one that has so far.

I am sure Bryan would have gone to Utah if they would have offered him.

It is simple really. Most Utah fans know that there is at least one position that BYU will always out recruit, and that is TE. Pitta was one of the leading receivers in the country while Colt had very few yards. It is not a big deal to lose a TE to BYU in my opinion. Their scheme is a dream come true for someone in that position. Utah recruits more traditional TE's that mostly block. It is not that glamorous, but it is what most TE's end up doing in the NFL. Unfortunately, that is where I think Pitta will fall short in the NFL. He has great hands, but doesn't have the size to block the way he will be needed to on most plays. It is too bad, he is probably the person that I would most like to see succeed on BYU's team. Seems like a good guy.
You never know though, he could be great like USU's Cooley. "Captain Chaos" is a total stud.

Looks like a strong team being put together.

so Bryan will be a BYU stud because u didn't get around to recruiting yet! What is wit's handicap now?

Yes us Ute fans are jealous of the Cougars.

48-24 - Why couldn't we be on the losing end of that.

Vegas Bowl - We'd rather lose the Vegas Bowl than get to play Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

So sad. Even as BYU signs a nice class of recruits Cougar fans can still only think about the Utes and their accomplishments.

Dear BYU,

Your commitment list is pathetic.

Love,

Oklahoma Sooners

of the 20+ recruits that will be coming in for 2010, I'd say 15 of them will go on their missions the following year freeing up 15 scholarships for returning missionaries... it's a process BYU has perfected...

Dear Oklahoma,

5 Strait BCS losses! Nice work Stoops

1 Thanks to us, also enjoyed the USC stomp was well.

Signed,

Boise State Broncos

We scheduled another high school team for you to play in December, but after last year we don't know if you can handle it. You currently have a 2 game losing streak, which may go to 5 or 6 before you play Utah State. Your fans will then start chanting "BCS", will hold up the 1984 trophy, and will blame the refs, the polls, the new grass, and anything else you can think of to explain the nightmare season. We'd like you to get a mental evaluation before we renew your contract.

Signed,

Las Vegas Bowl