DGhustla, we will agree to disagree. Still cant understand why hate on the cats that want to do it. Somebody on here secretly hack into your bank account and make you put money in? Just dont put ya money up playa and keep it moving. But you sound like the biggest playa hata right now trashin cats who want to do something positive. Too each his own.
People overuse the term "hating". It's not hating to suggest that an idea is silly when you are ALREADY a BIG TIME PROGRAM. We are not Arkansas, we don't need to fly a banner to get a recruit's attention. We have a 5 star OL visiting here next month, should we fly a banner for him too?
What people don't understand is Cook has two teammates going to the U. A brother at the U. A mother, father, and grandmother that live in Miami, but he is going to suddenly go to Miami because fans that he doesn't even know are flying a banner. How lame does that sound?
Brother NO ONE is claiming that the banner would be a clincher, any kind of significant impact, or that it would work AT ALL. The idea is, that IF the kid is really torn, and its a 50/50 type proposition at the 11th hour, and any little thing can help tip the odds, THEN, maybe a banner like that, COULD help tip things in our favor a bit. Just giving him some positive vibe from the U, making him feel like the community is rallying around him to come, etc. In the end, it will likely amount to NOTHING, BUT.... there really is nothing to lose by doing it. Its not like hes going to be OFFENDED by something like that.
DJ Williams claimed, and who knows if it was true, that he was torn, and on signing day, his final decision came down to where he felt like having Breakfast. McDonalds, or BK. Point being, that you never know what a kid might see as a "sign", or what might make them feel good, or help push the ball down the field. Especially if we already have positive momentum.
Again, SEC schools send those female hosts to recruits games to fawn all over them. So its not like this is some alien concept. Im not saying this is some kind of great plan that is going to have any kind of results. But I dont see how it can hurt, and it CAN POTENTIALLY, tip things in our favor, if only the slightest bit. But maybe that's all we will need. You never know.