I just thought with all the buzz about Ole Miss sending Clifton Garrett 54 hand written letters in one day that it would be interesting to look at some of the other mass mailings that schools have sent recruits.
Clifton Garrett's mail:
This isn't the first time Ole Miss has done a mass mailing to a recuit either. Here is a pic of one day of mail from Ole Miss to Duke Riley:
Hugh Freeze is Testing the Limits of Our Nation’s Postal Service
This mass mailing seems to be a relatively new phnomanon but Ole Miss isn't the first to do this by anymeans. Last year Georgia Tech sent WR-DB Charles Mack 52 pieces of mail in one day:
Recruit gets 52 letters in ONE DAY from Georgia Tech
Nick Saban has to out due everyone with his mass mailing to recruits. A year ago he sent 105 letters to Alvin Kamara in one day:
Alabama sent recruit 105 letters in one day
A closer look at his mail from Alabama:
Ohio State is also known to use the mass mailing technique. Just one example is Jalen Hurd:
So the question I have for everyone is do you think these kind of mass mailings work or do you think they can backfire? Obviously some of the top couches in the country think this is a good tactic, however, it seems like it can backfire. It may be a personal perferance for each individual recruit and the coaches may have to gauge whether they should or should not use this mass mailing tactic. If you were a recruit would you want to be sent 50-100+ pieces of mail by one school in a day?
Dang @cg340 pictures of all the letters from #olemiss just came on sportsnation! 61% said that would make them want to go there less
— Kurt Grubbs (@KurtGrubbs) February 12, 2013
It wouldn't be an Ohio State mailing recruit thread without mentioning when Michigan recruit Logan Tuley-Tillman burning an Ohio State recruiting envelope:
Michigan commit stands by fiery pic
tulley tillman will get his.... hopefully he ends up being good enough to get on the field so the bosa constrictor can eat him up
mark may wins douchebag of the year... again
It'll be 2014 at the earliest. He will redshirt this season.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
Tillman is just one example of attention grabbers there. Too bad that is how they approach things. Definitely hope they actually see the field so that someone can bring them down a notch or two.
Plus 1 for the use of "Bosa Constrictor" in a sentence.
well college football in the sec will keep the usps alive i will give them that.
They may actually drive them to close considering it probably costs the post office 50 cents to actually deliver the mail.
What I don't understand is, is if Ole Miss is doing all these "mass mailings," why is the postal service getting rid of Saturday delivery?
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
The USPS needs more 5* recruits to sustain themselves.
cliff clavin used to hate when it tv guide day.
gotta think that carrier just laughs his ass off
knucklehead
I read that all of the Ole Miss letters were hand written. If that was the case it would "show a lot of love". Otherwise, if they were printed, it would annoy me.
Printed definitely would be a no. Hand written, effort but what could you possibly need to say that takes 54 letters and not 1? This gives me the crazy girl vibe personally and would make me very hesistant of the staff. That being said, I never was a football player, a HS athlete, or worthy of being offered an athletic scholarship to top programs in the country... So I lack a bit of that perspective, but I still don't think getting calls, texts, and 50+ letters all the time would help me choose that school. I can't imagine how much these schools are blowing up recruits phones with the removal of restrictions if they use postal service this aggressively. Family of these recruits have gotta kinda hate their life. Do you get a 2nd unknown line number just so you can give to family and friends? Or use that line only for the coaches and recruiting? I can't imagine this, blessing and a curse.
ya, to me 50 printed letters is just annoying. 50 hand written letters? that's just plain creepy
I wouldn't care if they were hand written or not...send me all that crap and I'm going to send you a letter back with instructions for being able to land my services...no more mail...call me only....text me if I don't answer...1 text per day!!
I heard all of the letters from Ole Miss are chain letters.
I will say when I was getting recruited out of HS and hand written letter or personal email was more meant more than a mass typed letter.
I was pumped to get anything they wanted to send. I will never forget the WVU "EZ - Application" or the FSU half page application.
Before you ask, no they were never serious.
Does anyone think the coaches actually hand write all these letters? Obviously done by a) other students/ga's/volunteers who obviously have nothing better to do, b) sophisticated computer / printer that can actually make the letter look hand written. It is amazing how gullible some recruits are. Don't know that I would want an athlete who could be swayed by this type of fluff.
+1 That's exactly what I was thinking! Personally I would feel bad for the intern(s), or whomever, would have to hand write all of these.
Try 100 letters from Pitt to Shai McKenzie today
+1 Nice addition Gene! Saban still has Pitt by 5 though...
A can school send a recruit a billion letters, and it's perfectly fine. I send my ex one letter and it's harrassment. So unfair. :/
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
+1 bawhaha! Did you offer her a full ride?
Yeah, but she just called me an a-hole, and hung up. :(
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
Like Meg to Stanford?
I just ran across this picture of Lorenzo Carter's mail. This wasn't all in one day but it was what he had received by January 6th, 2013:
I was just about to say that it looked like Lorenzo received no love from the Buckeyes, but wait, there it is, last column, 4th down. Lots of TSUN junk mail below ours, of course below/under/placed in an inferior position as it should always be.
FWIW: When he tweeted this pic he mentioned the Buckeys as the first school and no mention of scUM:
Who is #BigBlue?
kentucky
+1 Sman, you beat me to it. Another common Twitter hash tag for Kentucky is #BBN = Big Blue Nation.
OMG HE MENTIONED US FIRST SO HE'S DEFINITELY COMING HERE WE WERE THE FIRST SCHOOL HE THOUGHT OF SO HE'S A LOCK TO BE A BUCKEYE WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
I don't think that any one is jumping to that conclusion, in fact I thinik most people think that Carter is somewhat of a longshot at this point(at least until/if we can get him on campus or Urb at least takes over). I didn't even include the caption when I posted the pic because I didn't think it was really that relavent and it wasn't until SXMW mentioned the Buckeyes mail vs. TSUN mail that I noted it starting with FWIW.
Reaching out on a limb, but I think he was being sarcastic. Then again, I hate it when I...
I think that anything is good, except in excess. 100 letters in one day, really? I know first hand that mass mailings don't work. My wife has been heavily recruited by multiple department stores for years, and she hasn't committed to one yet.
An angry fan...rooting for an angry team...led by angry coaches
back in the late 90s I used to save every recruiting letter I received b/c I thought they were kinda neat momentos --- (I still have them) --- but 54 letters in one day is excessively creepy & borderline desperate - here's looking at you Ole Miss
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
+1
Since it was brought up, I recommend doing a Google image search on "burning letters". It could be me, but it is kind of cool.
+1 for you. I see you liked the recommendation. It inspired my new Icon.
+1 It did! (You replied before I could resize it properly so here it is looking a little better.):
Sorry about that. I hope the additional +1 makes up for it. By the way, the second one does look better, but may I recommend the addition of the following letter.
No worries, maybe a Mod will delete that first one. How's this?
Looks like you stayed up later than I did. +1 for putting it together. It looks pretty cool.
Gray Box, I just wanted to say you are putting some good stuff up. I also like how interactive you are in your threads.
+1 Thanks Blue Bayou! I appreciate the feed back and kind words!
I kept every letter from schools that offered scholarships. I also kept every rejection letter. I can't remember every school that offered a scholarship but I will never forget those that said no.
How does a staff come up with 100 different subject matters to write letters about? How can a staff come up with 50? That is remarkable to me and I can't imagine that many hand-written letters can be all that interesting of reading material.
I think each letter contains a puzzle piece. The recruit then has to put them together to read the message. This is the only explanation that makes sense.
that does make sense, although I would probably get pissed off trying to put it together and say screw (insert name of college who did it) and never talk to them again haha
What are the contents of the 100 letters? I know! Letter #1 says "Please" , letter #2 says "please", letter #3-48 say "please"... letter #49 says "pick", letter #50 says "us!". Letter #51 says "Please"...
i wish an osu commit wouldve thought to do the letter buring first, actually a pretty good idea for a jab at your rival, to bad the skunk bears beat us to it
Ole Miss puts a $10 bill in each letter