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The Update: Randy Masters commits plus key prospects emerge for the 2021 class
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The FRO: Fundraising projects and Jahdae Barron's decision
In Facts, Rumors & Opinions (aka FRO), the SicEm365 staff compiles their knowledge and speculation from a number of conversations for a piece to cover a variety of interesting topics on Baylor University and Baylor Athletics including football, basketball and recruiting.
The Official Princely Watch Thread
A little over 6 hours to go until his decision. I have talked to four people this morning who have insight from different vantage points on Princely Umanmielen's recruitment and what he will ultimately do and no one knows or is willing to make a strong prediction. What I will say is that signs point towards this being Baylor. Distance from home, different things that he has told people around him (second hand info, nothing direct) and preference of coaching staff stand out the most in favor of Baylor. If distance wasn't a factor, I would pick Florida to land his commitment and signature, but there is a lot to be said for his parents wanting him close to home and how much they want him to be close. Something additional to keep in mind here as well, I do not believe that his parents went on any official visits with him outside of spending time at Baylor three days ago on Sunday. What does that mean? Who knows in the grand scheme of thing, but maybe I should read into that more than I am. I'm sitting out the prediction game for this one unless I get something more concrete before 2 p.m.Thoughts?
Signing Day Tracker: Baylor looks to close out 2020 strong
Dave Aranda is now the head coach in Waco and with a new staff in place, Baylor is looking to close out the 2020 class by signing a handful of promising prospects.
Princely Umanmielen - what I'm hearing
- Manor defensive end Princely Umanmielen is set to make his decision on ESPN tomorrow and I will be there to see if he decides to pick Baylor. I heard from one of my sources in Florida who is hearing similar things that we have been hearing. Basically that he wants to stay close to home and that it is pretty clear that his parents want him to be in the state of Texas. If that information is correct that would mean that Auburn and Florida are probably close to out. Look for this to be a Baylor vs. Texas head to head tomorrow which should lean things in Baylor's favor. I put my prediction in back in November and am sticking with it at this point. But we have seen this before where schools have 24 hours to put the full court press on if they feel like they aren't in the lead. I expect the teams in the running to try to do this since I feel like Baylor has the slight edge right now. We will keep updating as we hear more.