Jeremy Crabtree Quotations

Nobody closes as strong as Bobby Bowden, especially the last couple of years. He's (Bowden) one of the best closers and his staff has really done well.

Neither of those guys was going to make or break the class. Montgomery is going to be a quality college running back and there has to be some disappointment there, but those guys aren't the foundation of the class.

Leave to Bob Stoops to hit a home run on the final day of recruiting. Those two signings were huge.

Les was perennially in the Top 25 while at Oklahoma State, and he wasn't alone in the state like he is at LSU. He and Bob Stoops regularly gave one another headaches a lot of those years.

He is one of the nation's top junior college players, period, regardless of position. And then there's the fact that the kid has already played in the SEC. He's a very, very talented kid athletically. He can contribute almost immediately. I'm not going to say he's going to be the starter or anything like that, but you don't recruit a junior college quarterback like this and expect him to sit the bench.

Given everything that has happened, to sign a top-10 or top-15 class, it might be coach (Larry) Coker's best recruiting effort yet.

He's a great addition for them. Somebody made a mistake not going back after him.

He was an incredible I mean, incredible high school quarterback. It's almost a shame that no one got a chance to see what this kid would have done on the next level.

He's gonna be something special. He's gotten dramatically better throughout his senior season. If he ends up at Miami, he's one of those guys who could play pretty quickly.

He may be the No. 1 kid left on their board. There might've been some high school kids that were a little bit higher, but, to tell you the truth, as it got further into the recruiting process and further into the season, Brent Schaeffer definitely emerged as one of their top, if not the top guy on their board.

I still think we're seeing some major kids who go out of state, but you're getting different types of programs each year that are getting those players. When the Big 8 merged into the Big 12, it opened up a whole new avenue of recruits to look at the northern schools. Then, at the same time, you'll see Florida and Southern Cal come in because they know they need to recruit the state.

I think the biggest common tie (between USC and Texas) is that they're in two of the biggest population areas in the country - and population areas for high school football, too.

I think Willingham did a good job of keeping Washington state kids at home, went out and got some good ones out of California and sprinkled in some junior college guys. It looks like a pretty darn good class.

I think there's no question offensive line is one of the big priorities Miami has wanted, needed and tried to address. Losing your (position) coach makes it difficult to recruit (at that position), but something obviously needed to be done.

I think Coach Brown said to his staff, let's put our foot on the gas early and let's close this deal. It was awe-striking to see how quickly they reeled in those commitments.

It gives (the Rebels) a chance to cement a spot in the top 15. That's an impressive stat considering the struggles that they had on the field.

It all started with Al Woods. Then they were able to go into Georgia and get some quality players, too, and an excellent junior college offensive lineman from Kansas. They got some players from the Houston area and east Texas.

Travis is the fastest rising player in California maybe.

You can game-plan the week of the Oklahoma game without having to call 50 recruits every day. But what if someone better than the player you've got comes along?

Michigan State did a great job going to the junior college ranks. They want some kids who can contribute quickly and got some kids who can step in and do that.

We'll see how they do when they get to show off that national championship ring. You do get a bounce from it.

When you think West Coast offense, you don't think of the shorter guys. You think 6-3 or 6-4, guys who can run great routes and can go across the middle if needed. They hit some home runs from that angle.

When you look back, this might be the worst class he ever signed because he didn't have a lot of time to recruit. But if you think about what he did at Nebraska and the quality players he recruited, he should do well for Buffalo. Florida didn't do as well under Urban Meyer in his first year and neither did Notre Dame with Charlie Weis. It's usually that second class where you see results.

Everybody keeps asking me how Texas is going to capitalize on their national championship. We probably won't see that until next year.

Everything he (Meyer) did was right this year.

Things were difficult on the field a little bit last year and that will keep them from signing a top-25 class, but they have a pretty good class.

While they might not rank higher, they're recruiting on a different level. They were involved in more high-quality people.

The skill collection is going to be special. It's almost an embarrassment of riches.

(Wright's) reputation is stellar. He emerged late as a senior and moved up the charts.

To win games in the Big Ten, you have to have quality offensive linemen. These linemen are an upgrade of what they've done in the past. From the returns, it's looking like they hit their target.

Texas had 25 commitments last summer. They will see a major, major effect next year. It will make things even easier for them in Texas, but it might open the door for a kid in California or might open the door for a kid in Florida.

No question they went amazingly on the defensive side of the ball and hit a lot of home runs.

Some say the rankings are as complex as the BCS. We pride ourselves in trying to tweak it each year and trying to develop it.

A lot of fans are ho-hum about this class because they see last year's top-10 class and think this class doesn't compare. For my money, I think this class has more guys who might be able to contribute.

This is a big loss for Miami. This is the second year they've lost a quarterback and that's something that could catch up to them. Right now, they're trying to hold things together.

If you know anything about how Texas recruits, you know they had 20 or so guys locked in months ago.

If you're expecting him to come in and be a ready-made player, I don't think so. The potential to be special is there, but he's just not there now. He's just not very physically strong right now. He really hasn't been coached a whole lot.

Sergio Kindle is the best player to come out of Dallas in, gosh, who knows how long?

Everyone expects a top-five or top-10 class there, but you do what they did considering everything that was going on and you have to sit back and think, not such a bad job after all.

Not too shabby. They're at six right now and are one point away from fifth. They have three or four left on the board, and within the next 48 hours if they get some of those they could get into the Top 5 and maybe even the Top 3.

It's got to be frustrating. That's tough when you take maybe the centerpiece of the class and cut it out.

(Arizona is) one of the nation's biggest surprises.

It will probably be a top-15 class. If they add a couple more guys down the stretch, they could sneak into the top 10.

I know he has taken his lumps but you can't count him out.

They went not only locally but nationally for good talent.

The guy loves to text message kids. He was at the major-league All-Star last summer. He's text messaging their top recruits, saying, 'I'm here at the ballpark thinking about you.' (That meant) the kid was thinking about Charlie Weis in the middle of the summer.

Those three are committed to LSU, but you know how recruiting goes.

It should be interesting to see how he does. He was a guy who had a very good reputation. He could close. If you knew it was down to him and somebody else, odds are he was going to land the kid.

All the pieces of the puzzle are right there for them.