Of course any team would love to get a commitment from a player as highly touted as Dyer, but the addition of Dyer (assuming he comes close to meeting expectations) to the Hogs will not significantly improve the Hogs offense. We have a stable of good, but not great, young running backs and clearly our recruiting priority is on the other side of the ball. In sum, the Hogs are pretty stacked at the RB position and need to focus their recruiting on D; the addition of Dyer would not have a significant effect on the Hogs offensive capability, and probably no effect on the Hogs W/L record. Plus, these types of player have huge egos and don’t want to share the ball. I think we experienced enough of that with the Springdale kids. Go Hogs!!

Well, might as well admit that it’s a bit of a PR blow when the top-rated recruit in the state elects to go elsewhere, and it doesn’t help that he goes to an SEC West opponent. And that it’s Auburn, who also snagged Burns and Ziemba. But I think it’s also true that if BP had been salivating over Dyer like he did over Wingo last year, that things could’ve been quite different. And I agree with marquisc51—he’s not a recruiting priority from a roster-building point of view. Whereas previous coaches have made a big to-do about building a wall around the state of Arkansas and letting no in-state talent leave, Petrino sees it the other way around—that there will be no wall preventing out-of-state talent from coming in.