Report: Nutt staff expected UA departure in October
The sudden de-commitment of a UA recruit last October may make a bit more sense after reading this. It seems, according to a report in the Kansas City Star, that Houston Nutt’s staff told a high-profile quarterback recruit that they did not expect to be with the Razorbacks in 2008.
Soon after, the recruit, Kale Pick, de-committed from the Hogs and verbally pledged to Kansas. Pick is redshirting at the KU this season.
Here’s more from the Star:
Last fall, when Pick was still committed to the Razorbacks, he would come to KU to visit friends. The Jayhawks were undefeated, lighting up the scoreboard, and he’d hear from those same fans who now stop him around town.
“The KU fans would give me a hard time,” Pick said, “saying they were undefeated and that I needed to come here.”
In late October, Nutt’s staff indicated to Pick that they didn’t expect to be at Arkansas after last season. On Oct. 22, with KU 7-0 and moving up the polls, Pick decommitted from Arkansas and immediately gave his pledge to the Jayhawks.
nwanews.com
9/28/08
