UPDATED: Mark Matthews commits to TAMU

[JADood]

I’ve said it once in here and I’ll say it again. I’ll believe this kid is going to Texas A&M when I see him sign his NLI there. This dude is the best OL in the country from our backyard and our coach is Mario Cristobal. This kid will be a cane. There’s just no scenario where it makes any kind of sense for him to go elsewhere.

 

[Cookie917]

Don’t believe the hype. We paying for the visit on account of the optics. aTm gone pay more in the end.

Honest question man and this is a hypothetical, flip the logos in this story... Rumor is a player is going to A&M since day 1, then as commitment day approaches stories and rumors start swirling he is going to Miami for an insane bag, Fong switches his pick from long standing front runner A&M to miami, then on the eve of committing said prospect pumps the breaks and decides to take an OV back to A&M a few weeks later and lets also say this prospect lives in Texas, as a MIAMI fan, are you confident that A&M is just paying for a visit and he is still good as gold in this class or would you be saying he gone?

Because that is literally what is happening.

 

[JADood]

Another thing to keep in mind, this visit is early. He’ll still OV to aTm after.

and he could be just leveraging A&M for more money.

From us? It’s been reported we’re the highest bidder already. If anything he’s leveraging us.

 

[Udynasty]

 

[Ric Flair Blitz]

A lot of you guys clearly weren't around in the days of us recruiting Josh Jobe and it shows.

Mario Loafers Cristobal isn't going down without bludgeoning his opponent in the process. Buckle up boys, we're recruiting with the big dogs now. And we have a full blown psychopath at the helm leading the way.

 

[JADood]

Honest question man and this is a hypothetical, flip the logos in this story... Rumor is a player is going to A&M since day 1, then as commitment day approaches stories and rumors start swirling he is going to Miami for an insane bag, Fong switches his pick from long standing front runner A&M to miami, then on the eve of committing said prospect pumps the breaks and decides to take an OV back to A&M a few weeks later and lets also say this prospect lives in Texas, as a MIAMI fan, are you confident that A&M is just paying for a visit and he is still good as gold in this class or would you be saying he gone?

Because that is literally what is happening.

It was just assumed by everyone he was a lock here because he’s an OL from the area. You know what the saying is about assuming? Also, when was he on the eve of committing recently?

And yes to your hypothetical.

 

[ben]

 

[Cookie917]

It was just assumed by everyone he was a lock here because he’s an OL from the area. You know what the saying is about assuming? Also, when was he on the eve of committing recently?

And yes to your hypothetical.

Read the post above from the A&M board, I think last week of April someone on Rivals (like a reporter) said he made a decision and was ready to commit and knew where he was going, now A&M writer is saying we did enough that he will be "delaying" his decision, not saying he comes but this is what you need to do to stay in the fight.

 

[No_Fly_Zone]

We Byke!

 

[ageezy]

Another thing to keep in mind, this visit is early. He’ll still OV to aTm after.

for what, he spent a week there ... we trying to close on the 29th

 

[TheATLCane]

Perfect timing after Gaby's mock class earlier this morning didn't have him

 

[CanesSkins26]

Hopefully Olu doesn't commit elsewhere while we continue to pursue MM.

 

[U got This]

These are 17 year old kids. They play everyone they don’t end up signing with. If Matthews wanted to come to Miami, he would have already committed. You guys just don’t get played by this EJ dude who’s just looking for clout and a check himself and got ran out of Michigan for selling subscribers false hope

UM was getting played back in 2012. This is 2026 and recruiting is entirely different now and UM has a coach that can adapt to this style of recruiting.

UM had nothing to sell 2012 but past glory and none of the top players really envisioned themselves here compared to now though. Plus UM is cutting checks too

 

[U got This]

Perfect timing after Gaby's mock class earlier this morning didn't have him

Is chess being played?

 

[JADood]

Another thing to keep in mind, this visit is early. He’ll still OV to aTm after.

for what, he spent a week there ... we trying to close on the 29th

And? How many times has he already uOV’d Miami? More than any other college.

 

[stefan426]

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An A&M reporter claiming NIL is a reason they may not get a recruit is the funniest **** I’ve ever seen.

 

[aelmiami]

We Byke!

Don’t believe the hype. We paying for the visit on account of the optics. aTm gone pay more in the end.

Maybe. But Mario doesn’t seem like he’d just pay to get a local talent to visit and then lose him. Honestly, going for broke and still losing him is worse than if he had committed to TAMU last week like was assumed. Optics are worse the more we “beg” this kid to stay. Him visiting us and not coming here is worse tenfold.

 

[jtwist89]

Nice!! Isn’t Brewster visiting the same weekend?

 

[Otiscane]

An A&M reporter claiming NIL is a reason they may not get a recruit is the funniest **** I’ve ever seen.

That's the thing, other than SEC and money what does A&M have to sell to recruits rn?

 

[DurDurDurrCane]

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An A&M reporter claiming NIL is a reason they may not get a recruit is the funniest **** I’ve ever seen.

The irony