Coaches: Red River win won't change recruiting

 
By Mike Baldwin
Published: October 6, 2008

There’s been a long-running theory that the winner of the annual Red River Shootout owns a recruiting edge in landing some of the top recruits in the Lone Star state. Texas coach Mack Brown said that’s no longer the case.

“We had 19 commitments by March,” Brown said during the weekly Big 12 teleconference. “Recruiting has really changed. It’s not the old battles it used to be. Kids know where th...


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