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DeMarco and AD should fly in unannounced to his high school like Billy Sims did for Marcus Dupree.![]()
Don't think using a pro alum in recruiting is in the NCAA rule book.
Dan: He met Demarco back this summer while he was here touring OU if I remember correctly. From what I could gather that meant a lot to him.
61: I believe there is a rule prohibiting schools from using ex athletes as active recruiting tools unless they have a relationship already with a kid before the school becomes involved in recruiting him. Reggie Bush almost got another set of sanctions against USC when he was playing for the Saints by calling kids on behalf of USC that he did not know. In the case of DM bumping into Starks while on a recruiting visit I wouldn't think would be a violation of any kind, possibly a grey area though.
It's not a violation if you are visiting and the ex player is at school working out or whatever. What Bush did was get on three way with Pete and McKnight and tell him that he didn't do anything wrong so he shouldn't worry about sanctions and come to usc. That was/is a violation and Joe McKnight backtracked on his statement on signing day
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Any news? Saw he has a clear favorite according to ESPN folks.
HN: Oklahoma has been rumored to be your favorite. Is that the case?
Starks: As of right now I’d say yes. Coach [Cale] Gundy has definitely been the coach that I have grown closest to. He stays in touch with me on Twitter and I see him at my school a lot. He’s definitely the coach I am closest to, and I’ve always been an OU fan.
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Nice
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On Twitter? Had no knowledge of Cale on twitter. Seemed too old school for the twitters, to me anyways. Haha
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Foreman, Starks, and Hansen would be a great start to our cl**** of 14. With those elite offensive talents in hand we could focus on DL, OL, and LB and then cherry pick a couple of other skill position guys.
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That's to bad he can't do a visit. Hope OU can close on him.
there's got to be a sooner fan in vegas who can drive him down here...put him in the trunk so as not to make it feel like a benefit hah****
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hope this kid has been getting some love, i think he and Joe Mixon are my favorite RBs in this cl****. Seems like there are actually quite a few good backs in this cl**** but Starks would be my top choice
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Looks like Rivals updated his profile. Ironically, Jerry Montgomery was recruiting him before he took the OU job and it looks like he won't need to now.
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What's this with Alabama becoming a serious threat for him? I saw a thread title on soonerscoop that they are now a real player for him. We really aren't going to miss out on yet another player we should of locked up a LONG time ago are we?
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He can't take unofficial visits because of money issues.
Bama may after but again like Perine he'll look at their depth chart. They took 4 HS backs last year.
Can we get david white to drive him to Norman. Then both can commit to OU. One as a RB, the other in the new recruiting dept.
Rivals posted another interview mainly talking about the close relationship he has with Cale and even mentioned the possibility of his mom moving wherever he attends college.
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From another interview this weekend at a recruiting camp:
"Definitely Oklahoma, I don't think they will ever leave the top. I've been a Sooner fan since I was a little boy. And I'm really close to Coach Gundy.... He cares about me as a person"
An article from that camp called him the best athlete on the west coast this year. He's going to look around at other schools, but every one of his interviews comes back to Oklahoma.
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that's a comforting quote if you're an OU fan. Then again I thought DGB was an OU lock.
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wonder what Houston Sooner thinks? A&M lock?!?
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I hope we get this guy. There are a lot of running backs out there but having the Bishop Gorman pipeline open up again is huge.
It's reported consistently that Starks can't visit because of money, but can't he visit on OU's dime?
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