Sooners lose out on Manning to Texas A&M

The Cotton Bowl is nearly a month away but Thursday, Oklahoma lost to Texas A&M.

The Aggies picked up a commitment from Dallas Kimball defensive tackle Justin Manning, the younger brother of former Sooners standout DeMarcus Granger.

Manning (6-foot-2, 275 pounds) picked the Aggies over OU and TCU. He also had offers from a large list of other schools, including LSU, Arkansas, Kansas State, Miami, Tennessee, UCLA and Michigan.

Manning is ranked sixth nationally at his position and No. 90 overall by Rivals.com.

The Sooners have 14 commitments for the 2013 class. None are defensive tackles.

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Galileo, Houston on Dec 08, 2012 @ 10:20 pm

Hard to say this, but those folks above who are criticizing the coaching staff for recruiting shortcomings are correct. Except for one position (QB) OU is not getting the kind of elite talent that we should be, given the stature of the program. Stoops is getting out-coached in recruiting (or "out-recruited" if you prefer, but to me recruiting is part of coaching) and he needs to make a change. Will he?
Little Red on Dec 08, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
Stoops got bailed out at WR by Brown ans Saunders.

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