I don’t think the “Blue Chip Ratio” was even a thing until a couple of years ago. And even now, that list obviously changes from year to year, but it stands to reason that programs signing mostly 4/5 stars are going to have a higher rate of signing top players. In the context of an individual recruitment, those stats are meaningless, though.
But with the evolution of NIL, “outliers” will become more common, and we’ll continue seeing a fair number of them transferring.
I don’t even know why this is an argument. We got a great commitment who hasn’t signed yet. What is it that you want to be happening here?
Henderson could be the most marketable football player UH has had since Case Keenum, and before that, Andre Ware and David Klingler. The difference with Henderson is he is nationally known in high school. Case, Andre and David had nowhere near the hype out of high school when they came to UH. Sorry Ed Oliver, I know you were a 5 star, but QBs are more marketable.
The UH Marketing machine is getting good practice with UH’s freshmen sensations, The King, and Snacks. If Henderson is as good as advertised, UH needs to promote the hxll out of him.
Both Fritz and NIL have really turned recruiting around. Fritz coached Weigman’s dad (if not mistaken), and Fritz coached Michael Bishop who is Henderson’s coach. That gave us a leg up on recruiting. As long as we make a competitive NIL offer we can get those type of guys. Without Fritz or NIL, I don’t think we get either of those guys.
That was back in the days when the Nebraska strength+conditioning+“vitamin” program was second to none. Nowadays other schools have caught up and not many 5 stars want to go to frigid and remote Lincoln.
Our Jacket gate five star lol…When Ed Oliver ever says anything nice about UH or starts giving money back to the University, please let me know…remember, his dream school from LSU…
Ed was a great player, but two things disqualify him from the list in my mind.
Jacketgate, when he broke team rules and put himself over the team, and then argued about it with the Head Coach on national TV.
Decided to shut it down at the end of the 2018 season and not play in the Armed Forces Bowl, which UH lost 70-14 to Army. Regardless of the circumstances of the loss, Oliver left his teammates during the season.
