Quote Originally Posted by souljahbill View Post
A completely full bar is the end of the recruits minimum point total. When a school gets a full bar, that's when you'll start seeing soft commits, more then likely from the first school to reach the threshold. It's still possible to get the recruit to de-commit to the school but you'll have to be very close in terms of points.
So I need some outside opinions on this situation.

I'm aware now that when the bar is completely full that is when a school has reached the point total the recruit wants you to reach and from that point on they will start soft committing potentially. I know you want to be the first team to get the interest bar full by earning something like 3,000+ points (it depends how high or low you started off in points to begin with). You want to be first because then you get the highest chance of him signing with you and likely you get a soft commit. But I know you can still battle over soft commits especially if your only back by a couple hundred.

Now what if there's been a close battle the whole time between two teams. One has reached a full bar and gotten a soft commit and the other is -120 right there with him about to reach that point total the recruit wants... If that second team puts together a big call like say +500. Can he still move up from #2 to #1 even though the player has soft committed to that #1 school? And if he does what would happen? Can there be two soft commits, or would they just list you as the new soft commit demoting the old soft commit?

I guess I'll explain my situation: My Michigan team has been going after the #1 DT recruit since day one. I've had him atop my recruiting board and spent 60 minutes per week. I had a A+ visit with him already but all of this and I'm still #2 to USC. USC has reach a full bar and he has soft committed to them. I have been right there with them though the whole time and it says I'm only -180. Here's why I'm asking... They have offered him a scholarship already, they started out #1 on his board. I've been trying to earn my way into that top spot before I use my scholarship offer for that slim chance of a instant commit.

Thing is now that he soft committed I don't know if I can even move from 2nd to 1st and get that chance. Plus I'de hate to have him hard commit to USC while I'm sitting here calling 60 minutes a week and trying to earn my way into #1 before I offer that scholarship and never get the chance to offer it to him.

So how does this work? Anybody know...