Not the best publicity in the world

[Airforcehawg]

Seems a bit petty...could of worded his response to the recruit a little better.

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-aggies/texasamaggies/2017/09/21/arkansas-staff-member-blasts-texas-am-commit

[Wildhog]

http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=637809.0

[PorkRinds]

Oh look, another "fan" that wants the staff to act like little girls instead of men.

[PorkRinds]

And what a garbage title to that article.

[Next1_04]

And what a garbage title to that article.

Put em blast because he wanted a free ticket and got told no. People need to grow a pair these days and tell kids no more often, may help things out a little.

[Ironhawg]

This thread is like deja vu all over again...

[Boss Hog in the Arkansas]

The kid is an A&M commit. wanted to come and watch us play the team he's committed to on our dime. Had we allowed him to come, he would've posted something after the game about how he used Arkansas. Just another entitled little prick that uses the system to make himself look like a victim

[azhog10]

Nothing wrong with what we did, I think these articles are a bit out of touch expecting teams to just allow a player a chance to come watch the team he is committed to play, on a different teams dime.

[Piggfoot]

I would have responded the same way.

[Locutus_of_Boar]

This is a missed opportunity which is not all that surprising.

Arkansas and A&M both rely and the Jerry World trip to impress recruits.  It would be in both team's interest to equally split invitations to the game regardless of which team is the home team in any year.  As this is more critical to Arkansas' recruiting than it is to A&M this would have been an opportunity to appear magnanimous while giving up nothing.

[buldozer]

Looks like a WR decommitted, but it was Maureese Wren. Not connected to this incident I hope.

[PorkRinds]

Looks like a WR decommitted, but it was Maureese Wren. Not connected to this incident I hope.

Why would it have anything to do with this non-incident?

[PorkRinds]

This is a missed opportunity which is not all that surprising.

Arkansas and A&M both rely and the Jerry World trip to impress recruits.  It would be in both team's interest to equally split invitations to the game regardless of which team is the home team in any year.  As this is more critical to Arkansas' recruiting than it is to A&M this would have been an opportunity to appear magnanimous while giving up nothing.

Garbage.

[Wildhog]

Garbage.

[buldozer]

Why would it have anything to do with this non-incident?

1. Maureese is from TX
2. His decommitment has to do with something.... if all was well he wouldn't have decommitted

Hence, I hope its not connected to this publicized snub. Not likely connected like I originally posted.

More likely connected to the fact we have lost 3 power 5 games in a row and have not scored a point in those games after half time, and have a coach listed as being on the #5 hottest seat in all of college football.

[ricepig]

Garbage.

[Wildhog]

1. Maureese is from TX
2. His decommitment has to do with something.... if all was well he wouldn't have decommitted

Hence, I hope its not connected to this publicized snub. Not likely connected like I originally posted.

More likely connected to the fact we have lost 3 power 5 games in a row and have not scored a point in those games after half time, and have a coach listed as being on the #5 hottest seat in all of college football.

No way it's connected to this. 

[Wildhog]

It's like some of you JUST NOW realized that Bielema's not going to get it done here, and are blowing every little thing way out of proportion in an attempt to tie it to his lack of success.

[PorkRinds]

It's like some of you JUST NOW realized that Bielema's not going to get it done, and are blowing every little thing way out of proportion in an attempt to tie it to Bielema's lack of success.

This exactly.

[PorkRinds]

1. Maureese is from TX
2. His decommitment has to do with something.... if all was well he wouldn't have decommitted

Hence, I hope its not connected to this publicized snub. Not likely connected like I originally posted.

More likely connected to the fact we have lost 3 power 5 games in a row and have not scored a point in those games after half time, and have a coach listed as being on the #5 hottest seat in all of college football.

We've recruited him as a DB. He's decided he wants to play WR and we likely have others above him in the WR area.

[HOGinNC]

Why would we host some kid we haven't even extended an offer to that's committed to another school? This is a non-story.

[Wildhog]

The kid was essentially asking for us to give TAMU an unofficial visit on our dime.  And there's zero chance he wouldn't be recruiting AGAINST us at the game...ON OUR DIME.

[1HourToHogville]

The kid obviously chose to share his private conversation with the world. 
Doesn't bode well for his future at A&M.   Just what coaches everywhere want, a player who can't keep his mouth shut and chooses to share his "problems" and "mistreatment" with the world. 

[Sivad]

Just what coaches everywhere want, a player who can't keep his mouth shut and chooses to share his "problems" and "mistreatment" with the world. 

No kidding. Thought the kid was just trying to freeload a ticket (which he was) but he has even bigger problems. Glad we didn't waste a ticket (or any more time) on him.

[JaketheSnake]

No one with any sense would think this looks bad on us.  Then the kid doesn't get what he wants so he tattles to the NCAA.  What we did was perfectly legal.  Michael Scott wouldn't pay for Staples to travel to come sell paper to his customers!