Interesting Perry Jones III Article

[Clone5]

This made me earn a lot of respect for Perry Jones. One interesting part of the article is that he and his family say one Big 12 school did offer him money during recruitment and Baylor did not. There is really not much doubt in my mind that was Kansas.
The story behind Baylor Bears star Perry Jones III -- men's college basketball - ESPN

 

[Cyclonepride]

This made me earn a lot of respect for Perry Jones. One interesting part of the article is that he and his family say one Big 12 school did offer him money during recruitment and Baylor did not. There is really not much doubt in my mind that was Kansas.
The story behind Baylor Bears star Perry Jones III -- men's college basketball - ESPN

Not sure why KU would need to offer him money- they're choosing between 5 stars and 4 stars most of the time.

 

[Clone5]

Not sure why KU would need to offer him money- they're choosing between 5 stars and 4 stars most of the time.

Who do you think it was then?

 

[Cyclonepride]

Who do you think it was then?

No idea. If this was a blind question with Player A getting offered cash by Big XII team B, I'd say Baylor. Obviously, the insinuation was that it was someone else. I'd guess a struggling South school. Not sure which.

 

[brett108]

Who do you think it was then?

Which teams have replaced coaches recently? Us(don't really think so), TTU, A/M, Mizzou, OU. My guess is it was OU. Capel's program was far dirtier than anyone could have imagined.

 

[Acylum]

Who do you think it was then?

I can think of two. Getting ready for their new conference.

 

[CycloneErik]

I doubt it was KU offering $.

Love the article. That A.J. Walton line stood out: "He's finding his roots instead of his leaves."
PJ3 sounds like a deeper guy than I was guessing without knowing much about him.

 

[brett108]

I can think of two. Getting ready for their new conference.

Pretty sure it wasn't Turgeon or Anderson. OU is the likely culprit.

 

[Cyforce]

OK St is the only other offer he had on the Rivals database.

 

[VeloClone]

I'm not sure why you guys are only looking for one program. Doesn't the article say one Big 12 team offered money and another offered jobs for the family and a new house?

 

[trajanJ]

Pretty easy to figure out who it was. At that time there was only two Big 12 schools still recruiting him. One school has more money than any other school in the country and the other has an athletic department ran by an oil man.

 

[Clone5]

You guys are probably right about OK State being the program that offered him cash.

 

[Clone5]

By the way, just because I have a new found respect for Jones doesn't mean I won't be rooting for him to have another terrible game tomorrow night.

 

[CycloneErik]

By the way, just because I have a new found respect for Jones doesn't mean I won't be rooting for him to have another terrible game tomorrow night.

Agreed. Let's cause him to fail for a night.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Agreed. Let's cause him to fail for a night.

Yes. A horrible night against us should lead to more adversity, which will further build his character, and perhaps lead to another heartwarming story such as this one.

 

[CycloneErik]

Yes. A horrible night against us should lead to more adversity, which will further build his character, and perhaps lead to another heartwarming story such as this one.

Children in the future will read about him, and he'll point to this game as the greatest turning point in his life yet.

Do it, Cyclones!! It's for the children.

 

[MNclone]

Very good read. Too bad the focus on here has to be about the payment offers and not about the player/story.

 

[VeloClone]

Very good read. Too bad the focus on here has to be about the payment offers and not about the player/story.

Forgive me if I'm not convinced that everything at Baylor isn't 100% squeaky clean.

 

[Knownothing]

Texas and Okie State were the other two big 12 teams recruiting him.

 

[State43]

Pretty easy to figure out who it was. At that time there was only two Big 12 schools still recruiting him. One school has more money than any other school in the country and the other has an athletic department ran by an oil man.

This! My first thought was UT. No disrespect to barnes, but I think the idea of getting beat by Baylor in basketball would rub UT the wrong way. That and the tone of acting like they are above BU would sound a lot like Texas to me.