Who's with me that NU sends 5 coaches to see Cate by the end of the week. Pull off some Tomerlin stuff man. Visit his girlfriend man
I think they go after Mitch Mustain first before they go after Cate. With Mitch being a soft verbal and currently shopping around, he would be the easier of the 2 to steal away.
Mitch could be a real possibility. What's interesting is his high school coach insisted that he and the rest of the "'Springdale 5" either commit before the high school season started, or to put off recruiting until after the season. All five committed before the start of the season. Besides Mitch, a receiver committed to Arkansas, a lineman committed to Notre Dame, and a receiver and a tight end committed to Florida. Mitch's high school coach was just hired by Arkansas as the Offensive Coordinator (yes, you read that right - they hired a high school head coach with
no experience at the college level to be their OC).
Currently, the word is that Mitch is favoring Notre Dame, Tennessee and South Carolina...and Arkansas, sort of. The thing is, I'm convinced he re-opened his recruiting because he wanted to go to Notre Dame - he's mentioned them by name. The problem is that they already have two top quarterbacks committed, and are no longer really showing any interest.
From what I can gather in Arkansas, Tennessee has never really been high on the list - the school popped up almost as an after-thought. And I don't recall
anything that indicated Mitch was seriously looking at South Carolina.
What does all this mean?
1. Mitch may end up at Arkansas, but the fact he re-opened his recruiting (he has
not technically decommitted) sure indicates he wants to go somewhere else. If not, why has he remained "open" even after his high school coach - who is going to install the same system Mitch ran in high school - was hired by Arkansas?
2. He probably thought that, with all the accolades and awards he's received, Notre Dame would come calling - they were very interested before his committment to Arkansas and before they got those two other quarterback committments. There was a rumor of an in-home visit by ND staff. ND denied it immediately, and the Mustain family finally said that no visit OR CONTACT has occurred.
3. Tennessee appears to be in the mix
only because they hired Cutcliff - who tutored both Mannings. Makes it appear that Mitch is thinking more about "the next level" than anything else.
4. One would think - if all of that is correct - he'd jump at the chance to attend a tradition-laden school that is on the upswing, and has a staff that has either been in the NFL, or has shown great sucess in moving kids to the NFL.
Hmmmm....