[JJJ]

[quote author=BobK link=topic=11701.msg166982#msg166982 date=1470145731]
August 1st is the first day formal offers can be sent out. 

Just how do formal offers differ from informal ones? Are schools bound to honor them whereas they aren't with informal ones?
[/quote]

I guess this is what a formal offer looks like?

https://twitter.com/K_Britt10/status/760265661155192832

[JJJ]

[quote author=BobK link=topic=11701.msg166982#msg166982 date=1470145731]
August 1st is the first day formal offers can be sent out. 

Just how do formal offers differ from informal ones? Are schools bound to honor them whereas they aren't with informal ones?
[/quote]

I guess this is what a formal offer looks like?

https://twitter.com/K_Britt10/status/760265661155192832

[JJJ]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11701.msg166983#msg166983 date=1470147748]
And the new social media rules allow coaches to send them to recruits via social media.

Send offers in envelopes on formal stationery.  A Stanford offer should not be taken lightly :)
[/quote]

I don't even really (know how to) use Twitter but this tweet just came across my feed:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In 1 hour coaches can retweet and subtweet recruits. That first bullet point is lol worthy &quot;one minute later&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vtHyhEn8IS">pic.twitter.com/vtHyhEn8IS</a></p>&mdash; Anna Hickey (@AnnaHScout) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaHScout/status/759945419010998272">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[JJJ]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11701.msg166983#msg166983 date=1470147748]
And the new social media rules allow coaches to send them to recruits via social media.

Send offers in envelopes on formal stationery.  A Stanford offer should not be taken lightly :)
[/quote]

I don't even really (know how to) use Twitter but this tweet just came across my feed:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In 1 hour coaches can retweet and subtweet recruits. That first bullet point is lol worthy &quot;one minute later&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vtHyhEn8IS">pic.twitter.com/vtHyhEn8IS</a></p>&mdash; Anna Hickey (@AnnaHScout) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaHScout/status/759945419010998272">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[BostonCard]

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...6500435968

OSB deciding Friday.

BTW, I think Ferari replied to that tweet.

BC

[BostonCard]

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...6500435968

OSB deciding Friday.

BTW, I think Ferari replied to that tweet.

BC

[Durty Nelly]

Two others receiving offers

KJ Britt LB from Alabama
Ryan Johnson DT from Alabama

We are striking at the heart of SEC country.

[Durty Nelly]

Two others receiving offers

KJ Britt LB from Alabama
Ryan Johnson DT from Alabama

We are striking at the heart of SEC country.

[BostonCard]

Would be karmic if we took a couple from Alabama, given what Kiffin has been saying about Tennessee.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...-struggles

BC

[BostonCard]

Would be karmic if we took a couple from Alabama, given what Kiffin has been saying about Tennessee.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...-struggles

BC

[French Rage]

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...6500435968

OSB deciding Friday.

BTW, I think Ferari replied to that tweet.

BC

One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

[French Rage]

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...6500435968

OSB deciding Friday.

BTW, I think Ferari replied to that tweet.

BC

One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

[washingtonismoney]

N.D. fans are self-justifying their impending loss of St. Brown: http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/2017-rec...er-52.html

[washingtonismoney]

N.D. fans are self-justifying their impending loss of St. Brown: http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/2017-rec...er-52.html

[BostonCard]

One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

Though it looks like a professional letter, but I wish someone paid more attention to design.  Specifically:

1) In an era of an abundance of beautiful typefaces, you don't think they could have done better than Times New Roman (I think that's what it used).  Stanford has (somewhat confusing) guidelines as far as fonts for written materials:

https://identity.stanford.edu/overview/fonts

The text probably should have been in Source Serif Pro (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Serif+Pro) or Crimson Text (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crimson+Text)

2) I generally don't like fully justified text; it is better to leave it left justified and ragged on the right.

3) They should have aligned the right margin to the right margin of the #OnlyAtStanford hashtag

4) The one place where they do have a ragged justification is the left column, because it is a list of individual bowl games.  But it doesn't look good to have one column be ragged and the other justified.  It probably would have been best to right justify the column of bowl games and leave the left ragged.  Generally speaking, you want centers to be aligned and edges to be ragged.

BC

[BostonCard]

One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

Though it looks like a professional letter, but I wish someone paid more attention to design.  Specifically:

1) In an era of an abundance of beautiful typefaces, you don't think they could have done better than Times New Roman (I think that's what it used).  Stanford has (somewhat confusing) guidelines as far as fonts for written materials:

https://identity.stanford.edu/overview/fonts

The text probably should have been in Source Serif Pro (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Serif+Pro) or Crimson Text (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crimson+Text)

2) I generally don't like fully justified text; it is better to leave it left justified and ragged on the right.

3) They should have aligned the right margin to the right margin of the #OnlyAtStanford hashtag

4) The one place where they do have a ragged justification is the left column, because it is a list of individual bowl games.  But it doesn't look good to have one column be ragged and the other justified.  It probably would have been best to right justify the column of bowl games and leave the left ragged.  Generally speaking, you want centers to be aligned and edges to be ragged.

BC

[CornFed]

[quote author=French Rage link=topic=11701.msg167046#msg167046 date=1470240968]


One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

Though it looks like a professional letter, but I wish someone paid more attention to design.  Specifically:

1) In an era of an abundance of beautiful typefaces, you don't think they could have done better than Times New Roman (I think that's what it used).  Stanford has (somewhat confusing) guidelines as far as fonts for written materials:

https://identity.stanford.edu/overview/fonts

The text probably should have been in Source Serif Pro (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Serif+Pro) or Crimson Text (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crimson+Text)

2) I generally don't like fully justified text; it is better to leave it left justified and ragged on the right.

3) They should have aligned the right margin to the right margin of the #OnlyAtStanford hashtag

4) The one place where they do have a ragged justification is the left column, because it is a list of individual bowl games.  But it doesn't look good to have one column be ragged and the other justified.  It probably would have been best to right justify the column of bowl games and leave the left ragged.  Generally speaking, you want centers to be aligned and edges to be ragged.

BC
[/quote]

All I can say is, "Wow!!!"  I am knocked out!

[CornFed]

[quote author=French Rage link=topic=11701.msg167046#msg167046 date=1470240968]


One looks like a professional letter, one looks like a Buzzfeed infographic...

Though it looks like a professional letter, but I wish someone paid more attention to design.  Specifically:

1) In an era of an abundance of beautiful typefaces, you don't think they could have done better than Times New Roman (I think that's what it used).  Stanford has (somewhat confusing) guidelines as far as fonts for written materials:

https://identity.stanford.edu/overview/fonts

The text probably should have been in Source Serif Pro (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Serif+Pro) or Crimson Text (https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crimson+Text)

2) I generally don't like fully justified text; it is better to leave it left justified and ragged on the right.

3) They should have aligned the right margin to the right margin of the #OnlyAtStanford hashtag

4) The one place where they do have a ragged justification is the left column, because it is a list of individual bowl games.  But it doesn't look good to have one column be ragged and the other justified.  It probably would have been best to right justify the column of bowl games and leave the left ragged.  Generally speaking, you want centers to be aligned and edges to be ragged.

BC
[/quote]

All I can say is, "Wow!!!"  I am knocked out!

[JohnR34231]

Osiris is apparently on the verge of announcing a commitment:

https://twitter.com/adamgorney/status/76...3152052224

Per 24/7, we are 2:1 underdogs.

http://247sports.com/Player/Osiris-St-Brown-58938

BC

If you believe 247 Sports, we are not going to have much of a recruiting class.
We are underdogs for most of our top uncommitted recruits, including Sarell, Little and Black.

[JohnR34231]

Osiris is apparently on the verge of announcing a commitment:

https://twitter.com/adamgorney/status/76...3152052224

Per 24/7, we are 2:1 underdogs.

http://247sports.com/Player/Osiris-St-Brown-58938

BC

If you believe 247 Sports, we are not going to have much of a recruiting class.
We are underdogs for most of our top uncommitted recruits, including Sarell, Little and Black.

[PrinceLightfoot]

I assume he's Equanimeous' brother, right?  We were after E. St. Brown, but I think he committed to UFDFG.  Anyone remember the story?  There is precedence for the younger brother of a recruit we lost due to Door #1 issues coming here, as happened with Andrus Peet (after older brother Todd went to Nebraska).

BC

My recollection is that Equanimeous did not take any AP classes his senior year and that essentially closed the door without him even applying. He did reconsider Stanford in December (there was talk with the coaches), but by then it was too late. He had the academic chops looking at his junior year, but did not follow through unfortunately.

[PrinceLightfoot]

I assume he's Equanimeous' brother, right?  We were after E. St. Brown, but I think he committed to UFDFG.  Anyone remember the story?  There is precedence for the younger brother of a recruit we lost due to Door #1 issues coming here, as happened with Andrus Peet (after older brother Todd went to Nebraska).

BC

My recollection is that Equanimeous did not take any AP classes his senior year and that essentially closed the door without him even applying. He did reconsider Stanford in December (there was talk with the coaches), but by then it was too late. He had the academic chops looking at his junior year, but did not follow through unfortunately.

[Mick]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=12094.msg117775#msg117775 date=1430936437]
I assume he's Equanimeous' brother, right?  We were after E. St. Brown, but I think he committed to UFDFG.  Anyone remember the story?  There is precedence for the younger brother of a recruit we lost due to Door #1 issues coming here, as happened with Andrus Peet (after older brother Todd went to Nebraska).

BC

My recollection is that Equanimeous did not take any AP classes his senior year and that essentially closed the door without him even applying. He did reconsider Stanford in December (there was talk with the coaches), but by then it was too late. He had the academic chops looking at his junior year, but did not follow through unfortunately.
[/quote]


Then he will get what he deserves, as do we all, from college and from life.

[Mick]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=12094.msg117775#msg117775 date=1430936437]
I assume he's Equanimeous' brother, right?  We were after E. St. Brown, but I think he committed to UFDFG.  Anyone remember the story?  There is precedence for the younger brother of a recruit we lost due to Door #1 issues coming here, as happened with Andrus Peet (after older brother Todd went to Nebraska).

BC

My recollection is that Equanimeous did not take any AP classes his senior year and that essentially closed the door without him even applying. He did reconsider Stanford in December (there was talk with the coaches), but by then it was too late. He had the academic chops looking at his junior year, but did not follow through unfortunately.
[/quote]


Then he will get what he deserves, as do we all, from college and from life.

[TrumpCard]

If you put stock in 247's crystal ball (which I generally do not), then you'll be happy with the recent developments there. All of the recent predictions for Sarell, Little, St.Brown, and Molden are for Stanford.

[TrumpCard]

If you put stock in 247's crystal ball (which I generally do not), then you'll be happy with the recent developments there. All of the recent predictions for Sarell, Little, St.Brown, and Molden are for Stanford.

[theashwineffect]

N.D. fans are self-justifying their impending loss of St. Brown: http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/2017-rec...er-52.html

The most remarkable thing about this link is that Irish Envy has 55 pages worth of recruiting dialogue on one uncommitted player in the 2017 class.

[theashwineffect]

N.D. fans are self-justifying their impending loss of St. Brown: http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/2017-rec...er-52.html

The most remarkable thing about this link is that Irish Envy has 55 pages worth of recruiting dialogue on one uncommitted player in the 2017 class.

[rudruff]

They write a lot about almost anyone ND is interested in. You should bring a tin-foil hat to fit in though.

[rudruff]

They write a lot about almost anyone ND is interested in. You should bring a tin-foil hat to fit in though.

[ColoradoTree]

Now that ESPN has updated the ESPN 300, I figured I'd do a quick Mills update.  They still way undervalue Mills, but not by as much.  He is now the #4 pocket passer (#8 QB overall) and the #82 recruit overall.  That's at least within spitting distance of the other QBs. 

To sum up: 

• Scout: #1 QB/# 3 overall
  
• 247: #1 QB/#21 overall
  
• Rivals: #2 QB/#28 overall (behind Clemson commit Hunter Johnson, the #4 overall recruit)
  
• ESPN: #8 QB (#4 pocket passer)/#82 overall (behind Johnson, McCaffrey the Younger, Penn State's Sean Clifford, Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa, Texas A&M's Kellen Mond, LSU's Lowell Narcisse, and Miami's N'Kosi Perry
  

Appreciably less shameful than the last round of ESPN rankings, but still an outlier on QBs overall.  Having him behind Johnson is fine--he's been one of the top QBs on all services for a long time, and they're both terrific.  And Tagavailoa is hardly egregious, as all the services agree that he's a top guy and probably the top dual-threat guy out there (#3 QB/#34 overall on Scout, #3 QB-DT/#56 overall on Rivals, and #1 QB-DT/#34 overall on 247), so picking one over the other is like splitting hairs or whether you prefer a pro-style passer or a dual threat guy.  And Dylan McCaffrey is generally a top 50 overall recruit (except for Scout, which has him at 101), so whatever. 

But Clifford, for example, is the #7 pro-style QB on Rivals (#163 overall), the #10 pro-style QB on 247 (and #360 overall, just a 3 star), and the #18 QB on Scout (#245 overall).  Narcisse is similar (#13 QB/#183 overall on Scout, #7 dual-threat QB/#250 overall on 247).  So is Mond (#3 dual-threat QB/#172 overall on 247, #6 QB-DT/#101 overall on Rivals, #9 QB/#95 overall on Scout).  So is Perry (#9 QB-DT/#319 overall on 247, #17 QB-DT on Rivals (doesn't even have an overall recruit ranking), and the #17 QB/#238 overall on Scout). 

[ColoradoTree]

Now that ESPN has updated the ESPN 300, I figured I'd do a quick Mills update.  They still way undervalue Mills, but not by as much.  He is now the #4 pocket passer (#8 QB overall) and the #82 recruit overall.  That's at least within spitting distance of the other QBs. 

To sum up: 

• Scout: #1 QB/# 3 overall
  
• 247: #1 QB/#21 overall
  
• Rivals: #2 QB/#28 overall (behind Clemson commit Hunter Johnson, the #4 overall recruit)
  
• ESPN: #8 QB (#4 pocket passer)/#82 overall (behind Johnson, McCaffrey the Younger, Penn State's Sean Clifford, Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa, Texas A&M's Kellen Mond, LSU's Lowell Narcisse, and Miami's N'Kosi Perry
  

Appreciably less shameful than the last round of ESPN rankings, but still an outlier on QBs overall.  Having him behind Johnson is fine--he's been one of the top QBs on all services for a long time, and they're both terrific.  And Tagavailoa is hardly egregious, as all the services agree that he's a top guy and probably the top dual-threat guy out there (#3 QB/#34 overall on Scout, #3 QB-DT/#56 overall on Rivals, and #1 QB-DT/#34 overall on 247), so picking one over the other is like splitting hairs or whether you prefer a pro-style passer or a dual threat guy.  And Dylan McCaffrey is generally a top 50 overall recruit (except for Scout, which has him at 101), so whatever. 

But Clifford, for example, is the #7 pro-style QB on Rivals (#163 overall), the #10 pro-style QB on 247 (and #360 overall, just a 3 star), and the #18 QB on Scout (#245 overall).  Narcisse is similar (#13 QB/#183 overall on Scout, #7 dual-threat QB/#250 overall on 247).  So is Mond (#3 dual-threat QB/#172 overall on 247, #6 QB-DT/#101 overall on Rivals, #9 QB/#95 overall on Scout).  So is Perry (#9 QB-DT/#319 overall on 247, #17 QB-DT on Rivals (doesn't even have an overall recruit ranking), and the #17 QB/#238 overall on Scout). 

[BostonCard]

To sum up: 

• ESPN: #8 ... Lowell Narcisse
  

Josh Rosen's younger brother?  Sorry, couldn't resist.

BC

[BostonCard]

To sum up: 

• ESPN: #8 ... Lowell Narcisse
  

Josh Rosen's younger brother?  Sorry, couldn't resist.

BC

[amartinsu13]

4-star WR Osiris St. Brown commits to Stanford!

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...0943984640

[amartinsu13]

4-star WR Osiris St. Brown commits to Stanford!

https://twitter.com/osiristbrown/status/...0943984640

[BobK]

brobdingnagian, fantastic, a Home Run for Shaw and Staff. 

[BobK]

brobdingnagian, fantastic, a Home Run for Shaw and Staff. 

[washingtonismoney]

From Drukarev: https://stanford.rivals.com/news/commitm...s-st-brown

[washingtonismoney]

From Drukarev: https://stanford.rivals.com/news/commitm...s-st-brown